Green Lantern: A New Dawn

Green Lantern

by Ron Marz

Once, a finely honed corps of heroes patrolled all the sectors of known space aided by amazing rings---fantastic weapons powered by their very will given to them by the Guardians of the Universe.

These galactic protectors were known as Green Lanterns.

That time came to a catstrophic end.

Now, Kyle Rayner is the last Green Lantern.

One guy. One ring.

No instruction manual.

It's a New Dawn.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Dc Comics

117 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1994

About the author

Marz is well known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the Marvel vs DC crossover and Batman/Aliens. He also worked on the CrossGen Comics series Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars comics. He has also done work for Devil’s Due Publishing’s Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on XO-Manowar, for Valiant Comics.

Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.

His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).

Photo by Luigi Novi.

Reviews

[Jaimedm · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really thought the 'romantic comedy' feel of the story, introducing a fully established relationship between Kyle and Alex, instead of playing the 'will they/won't they' card with the love interest was a nice, fresh touch in a superhero comic. For example, seeing them work together to discover Kyle's new powers in a playful way. No secret identity dilemmas, no damsels in distress.

And then the fridging happens.

[Drew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice collection of early Rayner escapades. Love the Superman and Alan Scott appearances.

[Adam Cole]

Backlog.

[Chuck Ventura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun introduction to Kyle Rayner. Marz was still trying to figure out Kyle's characterization, so he's got the whole lovable but irresponsible macho thing going on.

Has a 90s slice-of-life feel you just don't see anymore. Then takes a dramatic turn that has definitely not aged well. Still a great read.