Green Lantern: New Guardians #36 Preview / Discussion

[Mister.Weirdo Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Mister.Weirdo]

For anyone who still cares.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...eview&id=24685

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

It was alright. Kyle got suckered too easy.

And are the New Gods good in anyway now?

[Andrew NDB Shot Caller Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew NDB]

Haven't picked it up yet, but I'm not sure about that art.

[W.West Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close W.West]

Neves has never impressed more than a page here or there.

[Star-Lantern Weaponer of Qward Find all posts View Profile Close Star-Lantern]

I wasn't really into this issue. It seemed rushed, and the art was rough. I actually also didn't like the awkward A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones reference. It also bothered me a bit that Muz is a full blown planet that was recently featured in Green Lantern Corps (that desert place with the sand worms), and Jordan re-uses the name for some city in this issue. A small thing, I guess, but it bothered me.

It was also really predictable. While I didn't know that Kyle Rayner would be so suckered, or that Highfather would be so thirsty for power, I figured he'd get the life equation and remove it from Kyle Rayner. And there weren't any curve balls or twists to catch my attention.

And that art was really bad.

[Noct Sinestro's Sparring Partner Find all posts View Profile Close Noct]

I think Carol is the only one who shines in this issue, to face Highfater like that even tho only for a second.

[jhpace1 Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close jhpace1]

The artwork was fine in my opinion. The story was something else. I remember too much the story of GL vs. Silver Surfer with Hal Jordan/Parallax and Thantos in it. Every story of Kyle "giving up the power" is exactly the same.

As far as the New Gods go, Highfather is making every best effort to make every person of power in the universe reject him just out of spite. Yes, Darkseid is bad. Highfather can't just draft every person in the universe(s) against him. But that's what he is doing. Pretty soon you have people fighting the New Gods instead of Darkseid.

What I really don't like about this story is how for years the writers have been changing the rules on the power rings, saying each one must find a new Chosen One to be used, and yet we have the New Gods literally just picking them up and using power rings like a new sword or a new battleaxe on that specter for Highfather. Very passive to me.

But we do get a reason why the writers wrote the 5-year Futures' End with Kyle the way they did. As a preliminary to what Highfather wants to do with the power rings. Not use them, but use their power.

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

What I really don't like about this story is how for years the writers have been changing the rules on the power rings, saying each one must find a new Chosen One to be used, and yet we have the New Gods literally just picking them up and using power rings like a new sword or a new battleaxe on that specter for Highfather. Very passive to me.

The idea of a ring not working except for a specifically chosen one is at odds with the vast majority of GL history. As far as I can recall, only Kyle's ring was locked to him specifically. Other rings have been usable by whoever had their hands on them, provided they had the necessary qualities to make them work (though what those were HAS been changed over the years. Used to be anybody could pick up a GL ring and use it to SOME degree...GLs could just use it BETTER...more EFFECTIVELY. The Rebirth came along and told us that using the GL ring at all was like passing a kidney stone EVERY TIME. But even there, it would still work for whoever was able to put in sufficient effort.)

[jhpace1 Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close jhpace1]

It was around the time of the Sinestro Corps sending out power rings that the whole "chosen" aspect became more of a rule and less of a "best of the best". Abin Sur's Yellow Lantern son, for instance. Then other GL storylines picked them up, either requiring a person to be chosen by the ring, or for the power battery to be unlocked by the GL oath (Hal Jordan's oath, which became the Corps' oath). Only in the last 3 months has the turnaround begun in that very strong emotion can cause you to be chosen - even if you are wearing another power ring at the time (John Stewart in GLC #36). Notice how in GLC Future's End John's GL ring left him when the Indigo Tribe power ring took him. Blue Lantern power rings have also shown to be "fickle", leaving their wielders if they dared defy the emotional requirement.

I want to see more "hybrid" Lanterns - Guy as Green/Red, Hal was once Green/Blue, now we have John being Green/Violet. It was hinted at in Blackest Night how humans could only manage one or two emotions at a time (Kyle proven the exception), but Superman had nearly every emotion running strong in him, according to Black Lantern vision (not Black Hand himself). So it's a matter of discipline as well as emotional empathy.