The Green Lantern by Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp

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THE GREEN LANTERN SEASON TWO #1
written by GRANT MORRISON
art and cover by LIAM SHARP
variant cover by GERALD PAREL
blank variant cover

The team of writer Grant Morrison and artist Liam Sharp continue their bold new take on the Emerald Warrior in a wild 30-page second season opener!
In the wake of the Blackstar incursion, Hal Jordan and his fellow Lanterns must pick up the pieces from that cataclysmic conclusion. Among them is Jordan’s next critical mission: search for the next generation of cosmic immortals. Is the universe ready for…the Young Guardians?

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

Well it wouldn't be a GL comic, if there wasn't some major Guardians' changes in there, now and again.

In the old days, that just meant that a Guardian would die here and there, or that they would go into seclusion. I preferred that to them ALL killing themselves (except Ganthet), then being brought back as kids, then growing up overnight, then retroactively being evil, then being replaced by a different group, then (apparently) disappearing again somehow and being replaced by yet more youngsters.

To my mind, the Guardians as incredibly ancient, wise, and benevolent beings (even if their benevolence might not always look like it at street level) is what makes the GLC work as an organization. It is what gives them some level of legitimacy in their role of preserving cosmic order. Otherwise they seem like a self-appointed police force made up of an assortment of sentients with no real basis for claiming to know what is best for the universe.

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

In the old days, that just meant that a Guardian would die here and there, or that they would go into seclusion. I preferred that to them ALL killing themselves (except Ganthet), then being brought back as kids, then growing up overnight, then retroactively being evil, then being replaced by a different group, then (apparently) disappearing again somehow and being replaced by yet more youngsters.

To my mind, the Guardians as incredibly ancient, wise, and benevolent beings (even if their benevolence might not always look like it at street level) is what makes the GLC work as an organization. It is what gives them some level of legitimacy in their role of preserving cosmic order. Otherwise they seem like a self-appointed police force made up of an assortment of sentients with no real basis for claiming to know what is best for the universe.

I agree, but writers like to change up the status quo, so that means that The Guardians have to be taken down a notch, or changed-up. I'd much rather prefer they'd be wise-old ancient deity's again, as opposed to ignorant billion years old fools, but apparently that doesn't make for good storytelling these days. I'll admit, I find it quite frustrating.

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

So now the Templar Guardians (those that didn't die from the Controllers), Ganthet, and Sayd are gone.

Here I was hoping to see Ganthet and Sayd making the Blue Lantern Corps again.

The lantern in the picture above looks bizarrely different. Oh joy.

So Hal is trying to re-ignite the GLC by recruiting both "lawmen" instead of Mogo/Oa choosing "those without fear" or "able to overcome fear". And Hal is even recruiting new Guardians. Like that ever worked in the old GL.

I can just barely stand the artwork as well. It reminds me of the "independent" comics, or worse yet, Jason Yungbluth (https://www.whatisdeepfried.com/). I just can't stand the style. I miss the clean, crisp Dan Jurgens.

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

So now the Templar Guardians (those that didn't die from the Controllers), Ganthet, and Sayd are gone.

Wait, what happened to them?

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

I'm just saying I don't see them in the black&white previews above, nor in the description.

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

Wait, what happened to them?

No idea, but I'm assuming the need for new Guardians was prompted by the absence of the present ones. (I recall the Controllers doing something to them, but I don't remember how that turned out.)

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THE GREEN LANTERN SEASON TWO #2
written by GRANT MORRISON
art and cover by LIAM SHARP
variant cover by NICOLA SCOTT

Hal Jordan is stuck on the worst possible planet he can imagine: Earth! Reassigned by the bold new Guardians to patrol his home planet, Hal finds himself a bit bored with his familiar haunts versus the infinite expanse and adventure of outer space. But when an invasion from the dawn of time strikes the planet, can Hal stop…the Ornitho-Men?!

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[BLACK HAND Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close BLACK HAND]

Good news for people who wanted a more grounded approach to GL with Hal spending time on earth, building relationships, etc.

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

Sometimes I suspect that Grant Morrison reads this board.

The only thing he's done wrong with Hal so far is to proceed from the idea that he's a space cop, which is the only bad idea of Geoff's that he's carried forward. The space cop should be Guy. And it looks like Morrison is fixing that.

Now if he'll just make Ferris a racing company instead of an aircraft manufacturer... well, then he can work on losing the ring constructs.

Yeah.

[Big Blue Lantern Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close Big Blue Lantern]

Now if he'll just make Ferris a racing company instead of an aircraft manufacturer... well, then he can work on losing the ring constructs.

Yeah.

Dude, Green Lantern is a SPACE title, not a Nascar title. Perish the thought of Ferris Air being connected to racing.

[Big Blue Lantern Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close Big Blue Lantern]

Sometimes I suspect that Grant Morrison reads this board.

The only thing he's done wrong with Hal so far is to proceed from the idea that he's a space cop, which is the only bad idea of Geoff's that he's carried forward. The space cop should be Guy. And it looks like Morrison is fixing that.

Now if he'll just make Ferris a racing company instead of an aircraft manufacturer... well, then he can work on losing the ring constructs.

Yeah.

I hope that's better than it sounds....or looks at this point. Hal's on Earth fighting bird men? Who possibly get his ring away from him? That doesn't bode well. I guess we'll just have to hope for the best.

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

Good news for people who wanted a more grounded approach to GL with Hal spending time on earth, building relationships, etc.

Yeah, I'm good with this.

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

Get those neurons firing, BBL duuuuuuuude. I didn't say there shouldn't be a GL comic that's based in space. I said Hal should star in an Earth-based comic.

You just focus on Jessica Cruz and let me focus on everything else.

[Big Blue Lantern Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close Big Blue Lantern]

Get those neurons firing, BBL duuuuuuuude. I didn't say there shouldn't be a GL comic that's based in space. I said Hal should star in an Earth-based comic.

You just focus on Jessica Cruz and let me focus on everything else.

Hal has always been a character closely associated with flight and aerial battles. A transition to something like an astronaut made sense, but you want to turn him in Richard Petty?