Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29286 in Books
• Brand: The Hobby Spot
• Published on: 2007-11-07
• Released on: 2007-11-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 5.00 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 168 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781401215071
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

What are the Green Lantern Corpse?
This trade is comprised of two different storylines. The opening three issue arc introduces us to the Green Lantern Corpse, an unknown covert black ops style faction of the GLC that will do the dirty deeds others will not or should not do. Keith Champagne's fascinating new premise in the GL lore is an absolute winner, with much to be further explored and developed down the road along with paving the path for a plethora of interesting plot possibilities. He barely scratched the surface here and certainly left the reader wanting more, which according to him will eventually happen in the not too distant future. The closing four issue arc deals with numerous threads involving many of the regular Lanterns from this series, but does center on a problem concerning the planet Lantern Mogo. Lanterns who come to him for their specialized version of R & R leave with far more serious problems than they arrived with. In connection with that, we are introduced to yet another great addition to the Corps by the name of Bzzd, an insect Lantern who happens to be Mogo's space sector partner. The situation with Mogo is related to and leads directly into the recently completed Sinestro Corps epic. The diverse and richly characterized cast of Lanterns is one of the strengths of this trade and the concept in general. It is one of the primary reasons why the overall mythos of the GLC has grown so impressively over the years into one of the strongest in the entire comics medium. Some people feel it is the best time ever to be a Green Lantern fan, and they just may be right.

More solid GL yarns with seeds of things to come
A Darker Shade of Green continues Dave Gibbons' take on the Green Lantern Corps, as things begin to heat up in this TPB. It is revealed that the ever knowing, seemingly omnipotent Guardians are in knowledge of a super-secret faction of Lanterns, which sets up the superb epic The Sinestro Corps War, and eventually, Blackest Night. Prophecies are spewed, promises are made, and seeds are planted for some future, catastrophic events that may very well alter the Green Lantern Corps for the forseeable future. Problem is, A Darker Shade of Green doesn't really do much other than be a lead-in of sorts for the coming events. Still though, legendary Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons provides a solid and often compelling story that will hold your interest regardless. Other than some more sub-par art from Patrick Gleason, A Darker Shade of Green is a worthwhile read for Green Lantern fans, and serves as an interesting prelude to The Sinestro Corps War.

Bad art brings down this trade!
While the general plot and storyline are pretty good the art by Patrick Gleason and Dave Gibbons takes some of the seriousness away from the book. The ultra-cartoony aspects of the art also make it hard to take in some of the scenes. I usually focus on the writing first but here its hard to avoid. Overall, just a decent read that could have been so much better.