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Green Lantern (2011)
Green Lantern, Vol. 2: The Revenge of Black Hand
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Comics hottest writer Geoff Johns (JUSTICE LEAGUE, AQUAMAN, BLACKEST NIGHT, GREEN LANTERN, THE FLASH) joins artist Doug Mahnke to on one of DC Comics The New 52's hottest titles, GREEN LANTERN!
After the events of WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS, the villainous Sinestro is suddenly a Green Lantern, whether he wants to be or not! Now teaming up with his former foe, Hal Jordan and Sinestro find themselves investigating a crime that leads them deep into the homeworld of the Indigo Tribe. As their situation grows more and more dire, the unlikely team of these two Green Lanterns uncovers a secret that will change the GL Corps forever!
Collects issues #7-12
From the Hardcover edition.
Comics hottest writer Geoff Johns (JUSTICE LEAGUE, AQUAMAN, BLACKEST NIGHT, GREEN LANTERN, THE FLASH) joins artist Doug Mahnke to on one of DC Comics The New 52's hottest titles, GREEN LANTERN!
After the events of WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS, the villainous Sinestro is suddenly a Green Lantern, whether he wants to be or not! Now teaming up with his former foe, Hal Jordan and Sinestro find themselves investigating a crime that leads them deep into the homeworld of the Indigo Tribe. As their situation grows more and more dire, the unlikely team of these two Green Lanterns uncovers a secret that will change the GL Corps forever!
Collects issues #7-12
From the Hardcover edition.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 8, 2013
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Geoff Johns
2,718 books2,410 followersGeoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.
His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.
Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.
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February 16, 2019
This held my interest. The guardians, apparently, have gone crazy. They are supposed to guard the galaxy and protect it with the Lantern corps. Well, they are trying to take away free will to bring order to the galaxy as they can't seem to control Chaos with their lanterns. Too much order is its own evil. So they are crazy and they are going to wipe out the green Lanterns.
We also see where the Indigos get their power and what they are. I guess we didn't know before then. I like the indigos. They are pretty interesting and I want to see more of them. We also see the first lantern, which is sorta interesting. I kinda don't understand why it's always a Lantern, but I guess it has to do with light.
I'm going to keep going with this story. I think it's pretty good and I'm enjoying it. I want to learn more about this word as it is vast and I know so little about it.
We also see where the Indigos get their power and what they are. I guess we didn't know before then. I like the indigos. They are pretty interesting and I want to see more of them. We also see the first lantern, which is sorta interesting. I kinda don't understand why it's always a Lantern, but I guess it has to do with light.
I'm going to keep going with this story. I think it's pretty good and I'm enjoying it. I want to learn more about this word as it is vast and I know so little about it.
August 14, 2017
Just my second GL read, but storyline was really amazing and easy to follow, awesome artworks and now really have to add Darkest Night to my future reads as soon as possible.
January 6, 2021
Hal and Sinestro team up again and they are taken in by the indigo tribe as they want to make sinestro into a indigo lantern and in this volume we learn the secrets of the tribe and how they came into being and how Abin sur was involved and further more we learn of their motivations and there is some cool scenes where Black hand is involved too and then we have Sinestro and Hal playing tag team vs the Indigo lanterns and fighting them and then black hand later while in the background guardians are moving on to their plans with the third army and whatever the first lantern is, and what they do to Hal and Sinestro in the end wow, its setting the stage for the next big 2 crossovers! It was epic and was setup mostly but interesting predictions of whats to come for Hal and GLC and up next: SIMON BAZ!
December 9, 2015
3.5 stars
It's an enjoyable read if you're a fan of the Lanterns, and you could definitely do a lot worse if you're looking to continue with DC's New 52. I'm personally not getting my hopes up anymore.
Anyway, Black Hand is back, the Indigo Corps are after Sinestro, and the Guardian have gone batshit crazy.
The 'secret' of the Indigo corps is also revealed, but I doubt there is anyone out there who has been reading these books who hadn't already figured that one out.
The origin of that corps, however, was a bit more interesting. I wasn't floored, but it was still cool.
I'm also hoping that the next volume will be at least as readable as this one. That's not asking too much, is it?
Recommended for Lantern fans.
It's an enjoyable read if you're a fan of the Lanterns, and you could definitely do a lot worse if you're looking to continue with DC's New 52. I'm personally not getting my hopes up anymore.
Anyway, Black Hand is back, the Indigo Corps are after Sinestro, and the Guardian have gone batshit crazy.
The 'secret' of the Indigo corps is also revealed, but I doubt there is anyone out there who has been reading these books who hadn't already figured that one out.
The origin of that corps, however, was a bit more interesting. I wasn't floored, but it was still cool.
I'm also hoping that the next volume will be at least as readable as this one. That's not asking too much, is it?
Recommended for Lantern fans.
July 1, 2014
Oh for shit's sake Johns, do you really believe in your heart of hearts that the best way to grab your audience on page one is to have some alien race babbling in non-subtitled made-up consonant-vowel boulieabaise? Geezus man, I keep trying to give you a welcoming chance into my heart, and you keep taking an ex-lax dump on my front doorstep.
Carol Ferris in that godawful Star Sapphire tattered excuse for a costume. Great if you're a porn star attending the Adult Video Awards in Vegas to pick up the "best three way from a newcummer", terrible if you're supposed to inspire respect or admiration from anyone around you. I'd be less skeezed out if Hal kept on of those peeing cherub fountains around his home.
Guns, grenades and race cars. Man, I think Johns really *is* twelve years old. I would have a lot lore respect for a teenager writing decent tripe with all the teen fanboy fixins than I do a 40's-ish 'man' churning out this pre-juvenile turdpile.
So, like, Sinestro and GL are in mortal danger from an attack by lunatics...and then they're not? Almost as soon as it started? Not feeling any of that storytelling tension - no real threat, since Sinestro and his alien abs of steel were pretty well attuned to fighting one-on-six.
Or let's see, the GL's have their rings depleted, but somehow find a way to unearth just enough energy to bring back their power lantern? All while moaning on and on about willpower (and the other coloured rings and their own ridiculous emotional powers)? Yep, sounds like a typical Green Lantern storyline to me.
Oh wait, is this an episode of the 70's Incredible Hulk TV show, where you get to see the transformation sequence twice in the hour, usually at 23 and 53 minutes in? Almost - here you get to hear that retarded chant that they say every time they power up their green rings - is there something in their contract that everyone needs to hear their motto at every approved occasion? Hell, I still don't know the words to my national anthem - let alone the motto and corporate values printed on the back of my work badge. And I sure as hell don't recite them like that slow kid in my grade 4 class.
Was Green Lantern mythology always so obsessed with the Pride Day rainbow rings? I mean, that *is* what this all means doesn't it? Beneath all that testosterone bluster, Hal, John, Kyle and *especially* Guy are just closeted man-lovers, aren't they? That's the only way I can make sense of these stories - teams and teams of men only (and their deformed alien bottoms), constantly brandishing the biggest oversized weapons (phalluses), and always trying to find a way to touch "rings"?
Even despite all this barely-sublimated homoeroticism, there's the bones of a few interesting plot points. Sinestro is still the most interesting dude (though his motivations are getting blander and weaker as we continue down this green road). The Guardians are still threatening (although at their stature I still can't take them all that seriously - I mean, what are *they* an allegory for?), and the mythos of how the First Lantern can wipe out the rest of them is sufficiently broad as to actually make one wonder. Although when you've got Lanterns running around with power over death, there's always gonna be an easy deus ex machina whenever they kill off one of the main dudes, so...yawn. Is there an end to Johns' run planned yet?
Oh and one more thing I almost forgot: who seriously believes that after Hal and Sinestro, the Guardians consider Guy Gardner the most notable Green Lantern? Hah, you made a funny Geoff. Wait, that wasn't a joke?
Carol Ferris in that godawful Star Sapphire tattered excuse for a costume. Great if you're a porn star attending the Adult Video Awards in Vegas to pick up the "best three way from a newcummer", terrible if you're supposed to inspire respect or admiration from anyone around you. I'd be less skeezed out if Hal kept on of those peeing cherub fountains around his home.
Guns, grenades and race cars. Man, I think Johns really *is* twelve years old. I would have a lot lore respect for a teenager writing decent tripe with all the teen fanboy fixins than I do a 40's-ish 'man' churning out this pre-juvenile turdpile.
So, like, Sinestro and GL are in mortal danger from an attack by lunatics...and then they're not? Almost as soon as it started? Not feeling any of that storytelling tension - no real threat, since Sinestro and his alien abs of steel were pretty well attuned to fighting one-on-six.
Or let's see, the GL's have their rings depleted, but somehow find a way to unearth just enough energy to bring back their power lantern? All while moaning on and on about willpower (and the other coloured rings and their own ridiculous emotional powers)? Yep, sounds like a typical Green Lantern storyline to me.
Oh wait, is this an episode of the 70's Incredible Hulk TV show, where you get to see the transformation sequence twice in the hour, usually at 23 and 53 minutes in? Almost - here you get to hear that retarded chant that they say every time they power up their green rings - is there something in their contract that everyone needs to hear their motto at every approved occasion? Hell, I still don't know the words to my national anthem - let alone the motto and corporate values printed on the back of my work badge. And I sure as hell don't recite them like that slow kid in my grade 4 class.
Was Green Lantern mythology always so obsessed with the Pride Day rainbow rings? I mean, that *is* what this all means doesn't it? Beneath all that testosterone bluster, Hal, John, Kyle and *especially* Guy are just closeted man-lovers, aren't they? That's the only way I can make sense of these stories - teams and teams of men only (and their deformed alien bottoms), constantly brandishing the biggest oversized weapons (phalluses), and always trying to find a way to touch "rings"?
Even despite all this barely-sublimated homoeroticism, there's the bones of a few interesting plot points. Sinestro is still the most interesting dude (though his motivations are getting blander and weaker as we continue down this green road). The Guardians are still threatening (although at their stature I still can't take them all that seriously - I mean, what are *they* an allegory for?), and the mythos of how the First Lantern can wipe out the rest of them is sufficiently broad as to actually make one wonder. Although when you've got Lanterns running around with power over death, there's always gonna be an easy deus ex machina whenever they kill off one of the main dudes, so...yawn. Is there an end to Johns' run planned yet?
Oh and one more thing I almost forgot: who seriously believes that after Hal and Sinestro, the Guardians consider Guy Gardner the most notable Green Lantern? Hah, you made a funny Geoff. Wait, that wasn't a joke?
August 9, 2013
It’s been so long since I read a decent Geoff Johns book that I began to doubt whether he’d ever written anything worthwhile. But after a terrible year of 2 awful second volumes for Justice League and Aquaman, and the worse-than-brain-cancer New 52 Justice League of America, he actually wrote something worth reading with Green Lantern Vol 2.
Hal and Sinestro are kidnapped by the Indigo Tribe with Hal being sent to a cell where he meets William Hand aka Black Hand, last seen causing all kinds of mischief in Blackest Night. Meanwhile the Indigo Tribute attempt to turn Sinestro from a Green Lantern to an Indigo one. Though the Indigoes are the compassionate colour corps, they harbour a dark secret... But if Black Hand wasn’t bad enough, the newly driven Guardians have given up on the Lanterns as protectors of the galaxy. Turning to the First Lantern, the Guardians decide to wipe out the Lanterns Corps with the help of The Third Army.
Johns has been writing Green Lantern for a long time and knows the world and the characters inside out, so reading Hal and Sinestro here you get a strong sense of their personalities and their history. It’s the anti-buddy cop movie but manages to work. The Indigo Tribe storyline was the most enjoyable - well constructed, nicely paced, and there weren’t any major clunkers in the dialogue department.
It’s because I really disliked Blackest Night that I didn’t get much out of the Black Hand storyline that makes up the second half of the book. Black Hand is just such a terrible character! I don’t know what his “revenge” is because all he does is eat chinese food with his dead family, read a book, and raise more dead people who’re easily defeated by Hal and Sinestro because they’re just ordinary dead people zombies! The one time he actually legitimately defeated Hal and Sinestro was with the help of the Guardians and the First Lantern. So yeah, I don’t get this dude’s appeal - the Joker he is not.
And then we get the whole Third Army storyline - they’re called the Third Army but are raised by the First Lantern, not sure how that works out, but there we go. We only see the beginning but most of this storyline features the Guardians who just make me laugh despite their super-seriousness. They’re smurfs! They’re blue midgets who look like smurfs and we’re not supposed to laugh when they frown and fly about firing magic fireballs at each other in their little gowns? I don’t know, for all their talk of doom and gloom, I kept wanting to pet them on the head. That’s just me though, I’m not a big Green Lantern fan so I don’t hold certain aspects of the character’s world sacred.
The main thing is: this book is readable and interesting. Unlike Justice League and Aquaman my hands weren’t twitched as my brain kept telling me to drop the books and read something good, and unlike Justice League of America I wasn’t contemplating giving up on the DC New 52 altogether. No, instead I was reading a comic and more or less enjoying it, which is all I ask. It’s not perfect but given the rest of Johns’ output, that it’s readable at all is quite an accomplishment. 3.5 stars.
Hal and Sinestro are kidnapped by the Indigo Tribe with Hal being sent to a cell where he meets William Hand aka Black Hand, last seen causing all kinds of mischief in Blackest Night. Meanwhile the Indigo Tribute attempt to turn Sinestro from a Green Lantern to an Indigo one. Though the Indigoes are the compassionate colour corps, they harbour a dark secret... But if Black Hand wasn’t bad enough, the newly driven Guardians have given up on the Lanterns as protectors of the galaxy. Turning to the First Lantern, the Guardians decide to wipe out the Lanterns Corps with the help of The Third Army.
Johns has been writing Green Lantern for a long time and knows the world and the characters inside out, so reading Hal and Sinestro here you get a strong sense of their personalities and their history. It’s the anti-buddy cop movie but manages to work. The Indigo Tribe storyline was the most enjoyable - well constructed, nicely paced, and there weren’t any major clunkers in the dialogue department.
It’s because I really disliked Blackest Night that I didn’t get much out of the Black Hand storyline that makes up the second half of the book. Black Hand is just such a terrible character! I don’t know what his “revenge” is because all he does is eat chinese food with his dead family, read a book, and raise more dead people who’re easily defeated by Hal and Sinestro because they’re just ordinary dead people zombies! The one time he actually legitimately defeated Hal and Sinestro was with the help of the Guardians and the First Lantern. So yeah, I don’t get this dude’s appeal - the Joker he is not.
And then we get the whole Third Army storyline - they’re called the Third Army but are raised by the First Lantern, not sure how that works out, but there we go. We only see the beginning but most of this storyline features the Guardians who just make me laugh despite their super-seriousness. They’re smurfs! They’re blue midgets who look like smurfs and we’re not supposed to laugh when they frown and fly about firing magic fireballs at each other in their little gowns? I don’t know, for all their talk of doom and gloom, I kept wanting to pet them on the head. That’s just me though, I’m not a big Green Lantern fan so I don’t hold certain aspects of the character’s world sacred.
The main thing is: this book is readable and interesting. Unlike Justice League and Aquaman my hands weren’t twitched as my brain kept telling me to drop the books and read something good, and unlike Justice League of America I wasn’t contemplating giving up on the DC New 52 altogether. No, instead I was reading a comic and more or less enjoying it, which is all I ask. It’s not perfect but given the rest of Johns’ output, that it’s readable at all is quite an accomplishment. 3.5 stars.
June 27, 2015
Great collection here. The story was amazingly easy to get into, even for non-GLC fans, and the art was great. My interest in Green Lantern has been renewed!
June 29, 2015
Well that was a pretty damn solid entry!
July 25, 2020
Green lantern is reeving up to end Johns run here as he tells his last few stories.
The first half is about Senistro and Hal working together again. This kind of feels like a replay of volume 1 but it also builds up to something really interesting with first lantern. Then the second story is all about Black Hand and his crazy ass. The end left me kind of confused on how it can be reversed but nobody stays dead forever, right?
This was pretty good. I mean solid writing, good art, pretty great set up for the next and final event for Johns run. But nothing was blowing me away. I didn't feel that "invested" for some reason. Just feels disconnected or run of the mil storytelling. However, still solid enough to enjoy. A 3 out of 5.
The first half is about Senistro and Hal working together again. This kind of feels like a replay of volume 1 but it also builds up to something really interesting with first lantern. Then the second story is all about Black Hand and his crazy ass. The end left me kind of confused on how it can be reversed but nobody stays dead forever, right?
This was pretty good. I mean solid writing, good art, pretty great set up for the next and final event for Johns run. But nothing was blowing me away. I didn't feel that "invested" for some reason. Just feels disconnected or run of the mil storytelling. However, still solid enough to enjoy. A 3 out of 5.
May 31, 2015
Black Hand returns, and the Guardians of the Universe have gone rogue! Sinestro is making an interesting partner to Hal Jordan, and their camaraderie is fun to see. Johns is setting up for the rise of the Third Army, and has me eager to catch the next volume of his GL work.
March 29, 2013
He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me? He loves me not?
Geoff Johns, it's as if you're flipping a coin to see which books you will write with loving care and which you will make a completely confusing waste of time. In all honesty, pre-Nu52, I was never all that impressed with your work (not counting the Hawkman revamp which was awesome), and pretty much hated everything you did involving the GL series. But this? This?! You must really, really love us.
There is a strange disparity between the Geoff Johns that is writing the Green Lantern and Aquaman books right now, and the one who is writing the Justice League. With GL and Aquaman, he is writing what I will g so far as to say classic arcs and truly memorable stories with absurdly strong characterization and fantastic dialogue. In Justice League, he's phoning it in. But hey, if that's what you have to do to make sure this book is an A+ month to month, then by all means, slack off on JL. Because seeing Hal Jordan and Sinestro covering each other's backs and at each other's throats is just the best thing I could have ever hoped for. Thank you, Johns, for bringing Sinestro back into the Green Lantern books. Hero, villain, doesn't matter, as long as his character is intact. And Johns excels at making you love Sinestro.
My only complaint would be that Hal Jordan has taken a backseat to Sinestro in the first 12 or so issues, but it doesn't even matter much to me. The writing is so level, so dead-on and characterization s accurate, it's hard for me to believe that this is real. Even seeing the Indigo tribe here, one of those other-ring colors I loathe on a conceptual basis, forced me to enjoy the plotting revolving around them as a whole. Then the transition to the Black Hand, who is unspeakably evil and whom Johns shows to be a truly megalomaniacal, sociopathic serial killer with nearly limitless power, makes the book so much of a joy to read, I had to read it a second time to take it all in.
It isn't often I'll gush like this about a modern comic book, especially one from the Big Two, but this makes me remember why I fell in love with comics and why I keep reading them. Teaming Johns with Mahnke, who has truly upped his game over the years, was probably the best choice DC execs could have made. Stylistically, Mahnke's work in this book is just gorgeous.
Too. Damn. Good.
Writing: A+
Art: A
Geoff Johns, it's as if you're flipping a coin to see which books you will write with loving care and which you will make a completely confusing waste of time. In all honesty, pre-Nu52, I was never all that impressed with your work (not counting the Hawkman revamp which was awesome), and pretty much hated everything you did involving the GL series. But this? This?! You must really, really love us.
There is a strange disparity between the Geoff Johns that is writing the Green Lantern and Aquaman books right now, and the one who is writing the Justice League. With GL and Aquaman, he is writing what I will g so far as to say classic arcs and truly memorable stories with absurdly strong characterization and fantastic dialogue. In Justice League, he's phoning it in. But hey, if that's what you have to do to make sure this book is an A+ month to month, then by all means, slack off on JL. Because seeing Hal Jordan and Sinestro covering each other's backs and at each other's throats is just the best thing I could have ever hoped for. Thank you, Johns, for bringing Sinestro back into the Green Lantern books. Hero, villain, doesn't matter, as long as his character is intact. And Johns excels at making you love Sinestro.
My only complaint would be that Hal Jordan has taken a backseat to Sinestro in the first 12 or so issues, but it doesn't even matter much to me. The writing is so level, so dead-on and characterization s accurate, it's hard for me to believe that this is real. Even seeing the Indigo tribe here, one of those other-ring colors I loathe on a conceptual basis, forced me to enjoy the plotting revolving around them as a whole. Then the transition to the Black Hand, who is unspeakably evil and whom Johns shows to be a truly megalomaniacal, sociopathic serial killer with nearly limitless power, makes the book so much of a joy to read, I had to read it a second time to take it all in.
It isn't often I'll gush like this about a modern comic book, especially one from the Big Two, but this makes me remember why I fell in love with comics and why I keep reading them. Teaming Johns with Mahnke, who has truly upped his game over the years, was probably the best choice DC execs could have made. Stylistically, Mahnke's work in this book is just gorgeous.
Too. Damn. Good.
Writing: A+
Art: A
June 7, 2014
OK so this wasn't bad. Considering its Geoff Papa Johns...I think secretly he only wants to do GL, but ends up doing all the rest of it too.
Sinestro and Hal Jordan are still working together (reluctantly - does anyone in Johns' universe actually WANT to work cohesively? Or is in-fighting a mandatory part of all New 52 now?) to see what the hell is going on in the universe with the Guardians, but are kidnapped before they can do anything.
Turns out the Indigo Tribe has done this, to try and reform Sinestro...Hal waits in a cell in the meanwhile, until he's able to trick Black Hand (remember him? Blackest Night? He was 'saved from the darkness' by Indigo - with compassion!) and gets his GL power.
There's some shenanigans, Hal finds out that Abin Sur (his predecessor with the ring and former best friend of Sinestro) actually had a hand in the creation of the Indigo Tribe...which exists for a far different reason than one would think...
Anyhow, Black Hand gets free, gets his ring back, and boom. Some silly shit with dead bodies like a mini-Blackest Night again, except not.
We also see the Guardians (as Sam rightly says, the wee Smurf looking mofos who are too serious for their own good) and the path to 'Order' that they want...seeing as how their Manhunters failed (First Army) so too have the Green Lanterns (Second Army) so they will use the First Lantern to unleash....yes you got it! the THIRD Army.
So to boil down: Sinestro & Hal are Riggs & Murtaugh. The Guardians are the evil corporation/mafia/Government. The Indigo tribe is the sketchy ally of the cops (Joe Pesci?), and Black Hand is Gary Busey.
This is better than I expected, far more coherent that Johns usually is. I am intrigued enough to follow through more on the rest of this.
Oh, and Carol Ferris puts on her Star Sapphire ring again but has absolutely NOTHING to do with the rest of this book, not even seen at all. I'm hoping she's in one of the other GL titles or this is just a whoopsie!
Sinestro and Hal Jordan are still working together (reluctantly - does anyone in Johns' universe actually WANT to work cohesively? Or is in-fighting a mandatory part of all New 52 now?) to see what the hell is going on in the universe with the Guardians, but are kidnapped before they can do anything.
Turns out the Indigo Tribe has done this, to try and reform Sinestro...Hal waits in a cell in the meanwhile, until he's able to trick Black Hand (remember him? Blackest Night? He was 'saved from the darkness' by Indigo - with compassion!) and gets his GL power.
There's some shenanigans, Hal finds out that Abin Sur (his predecessor with the ring and former best friend of Sinestro) actually had a hand in the creation of the Indigo Tribe...which exists for a far different reason than one would think...
Anyhow, Black Hand gets free, gets his ring back, and boom. Some silly shit with dead bodies like a mini-Blackest Night again, except not.
We also see the Guardians (as Sam rightly says, the wee Smurf looking mofos who are too serious for their own good) and the path to 'Order' that they want...seeing as how their Manhunters failed (First Army) so too have the Green Lanterns (Second Army) so they will use the First Lantern to unleash....yes you got it! the THIRD Army.
So to boil down: Sinestro & Hal are Riggs & Murtaugh. The Guardians are the evil corporation/mafia/Government. The Indigo tribe is the sketchy ally of the cops (Joe Pesci?), and Black Hand is Gary Busey.
This is better than I expected, far more coherent that Johns usually is. I am intrigued enough to follow through more on the rest of this.
Oh, and Carol Ferris puts on her Star Sapphire ring again but has absolutely NOTHING to do with the rest of this book, not even seen at all. I'm hoping she's in one of the other GL titles or this is just a whoopsie!
June 7, 2017
There are eight organizations based on the colors of the emotional electromagnetic spectrum, one of which is the Green Lantern Corps. The most mysterious of the eight is the Indigo Tribe, a nonsense-speaking group of various aliens that wields the cuddly power of compassion and whose motives are unclear. At the end of the Blackest Night event, the Indigo Tribe took possession of Black Hand, the leader of the death-mongering Black Lanterns, and placed him under their control. The Tribe's handle on Black Hand gets tenuous when they come in search of Sinestro and attempt to forcibly recruit him as well. Meanwhile, the Guardians of the Universe are planning to scrap the Green Lantern Corps in favor of a newer and "better" order-keeping force. Unfortunately, the Guardians have a very literal severance package.
The ultimate revelations of the Indigo Tribe are interesting and used well in service of the story, and the return of Black Hand is welcome considering his new role as the antithesis of all of the other colored corps. The fight is more personal than that of Blackest Night, and seeing Hal and Sinestro get all Lethal Weapon on Black Hand was a lot of fun. The plot has a lot going on and it's much more the focus in this volume as Hal and Sinestro's development is slightly de-prioritized. .
The ultimate revelations of the Indigo Tribe are interesting and used well in service of the story, and the return of Black Hand is welcome considering his new role as the antithesis of all of the other colored corps. The fight is more personal than that of Blackest Night, and seeing Hal and Sinestro get all Lethal Weapon on Black Hand was a lot of fun. The plot has a lot going on and it's much more the focus in this volume as Hal and Sinestro's development is slightly de-prioritized. .
May 1, 2016
This book has quite a few reveals and expands the lore of the Green Lantern universe, especially regarding the Indigo lanterns. It includes two story arcs, the four-part 'The Secret Of The Indigo Tribe' and the two-part 'The Revenge Of Black Hand', the first of these two arcs being - by far - the superior one. I really liked what Geoff Johns did with this volume, and I'm curious (yes, maybe even excited) to see how he's going to end his landmark run on the Green Lantern series in the next volume, the aptly titled The End.
January 25, 2013
This book's a tick or two off top notch. Seems a bit odd to have Black Hand return as the villain again so soon after the previous huge Green Lantern event. The pacing is a bit manic, afraid to slow down for a moment. And I totally do not understand what's going on with the Guardians. I just can't see them turning on a dime and becoming evil overnight, each and every one of them, en masse. There's more coming to the story, so it's not all wrapped up in this book. I'll have to wait and see what happens before I cast my final judgement on these strange premises.
April 17, 2014
This may have been one of the best volumes I've read in any title over the new 52!
Geoff Johns has done a great job with this series so far, but this volume really kicks ass. An interesting plot with great characters. Hal an Sinestro's team chemistry is amazing. I love there spiteful banter throughout this book. And I enjoyed the new artist as well. I preferred this much more than the previous volume.
Overall this was wicked. Read it. Enjoy it.
Geoff Johns has done a great job with this series so far, but this volume really kicks ass. An interesting plot with great characters. Hal an Sinestro's team chemistry is amazing. I love there spiteful banter throughout this book. And I enjoyed the new artist as well. I preferred this much more than the previous volume.
Overall this was wicked. Read it. Enjoy it.
September 10, 2017
I thought this was good but not remarkable, and then the interesting developments in the concluding chapter are making me want to get the next edition. ( sigh ) You win, DC.
June 9, 2014
While the first volume of GREEN LANTERN's New 52 story left me a bit disconnected from Hal Jordan's adventures in Space Sector 2814 as they continued rather uninterrupted from the pre-FLASHPOINT storyline, VOLUME 2: REVENGE OF THE BLACK HAND measured new and old into a cool, threat-level-midnight story about the impending collapse of the Green Lantern Corps and How Hal (Is Going to) [Got] His Ring Back. That, I assume, is all coming in Volume 3, but for now, I'm far more satisfied with John's second New 52 GL book than I was his first.
This story split its duties between continuing the story of Hal's temporary GL ring and his rivalry-based team-up with Sinestro, whose actions in the middle and at the end of the previous volume amp up to full concern here, with the Book of Black leading the danger in concert with the Guardians of Oa, who now want to destroy the Lantern Corps with something called the Third Army. I thought the story of the Indigo Lanterns, a context-rich story section that did a lot to bring me up to speed as a "new" reader. Key background includes: The origin of the Indigo Tribe, the fate of Black Hand, and the nature of the Guardians' new approach to galactic stability. Johns moves through the complexity of the lore much easier this time, with a steadier hand and a more engaging plot to get the information to us, and to get us to think about the things that we as readers are supposed to be thinking about with so much richness.
The second half of the story deals mostly with setup for the final Johns volume of GL, what I assume will include some kind of resolution to the "Is Hal Jordan a Green Lantern, or not?" question, which I consider the chief concern of the story: in the Justice League book, which directly references some of the goings-on in Hal's solo book, he appears to be 100% a member of the GL corps. I enjoyed the action sequences at the graveyard, the cliffhanger that Johns leaves us with (part of which does a lot to set my expectations for V3), and the significant but restrained role that Carol plays in this story, more as a catalyst for Hal's character than a key player of any kind. I hope to see more of her in the coming months, ring or not.
Doug Mahnke's art continues it strong presence in bringing the GL world to life, especially his settings. This volume takes us from Coast City to a prison world, and from there to a jungle and to Sinestro's secret lair and back to Earth again. Exciting, intense, and much more coherent to new and returning readers this time around, REVENGE OF THE BLACK HAND seems to be a book with mass appeal. It really raises the stakes and makes great use of the GL lore, and as a middle-act of a larger drama, definitely improves on the groundwork that the first volume established. Johns' final contribution to the GL sector of the DCU can only do the same, and this volume did much to set expectations and make promises for that conclusion.
This story split its duties between continuing the story of Hal's temporary GL ring and his rivalry-based team-up with Sinestro, whose actions in the middle and at the end of the previous volume amp up to full concern here, with the Book of Black leading the danger in concert with the Guardians of Oa, who now want to destroy the Lantern Corps with something called the Third Army. I thought the story of the Indigo Lanterns, a context-rich story section that did a lot to bring me up to speed as a "new" reader. Key background includes: The origin of the Indigo Tribe, the fate of Black Hand, and the nature of the Guardians' new approach to galactic stability. Johns moves through the complexity of the lore much easier this time, with a steadier hand and a more engaging plot to get the information to us, and to get us to think about the things that we as readers are supposed to be thinking about with so much richness.
The second half of the story deals mostly with setup for the final Johns volume of GL, what I assume will include some kind of resolution to the "Is Hal Jordan a Green Lantern, or not?" question, which I consider the chief concern of the story: in the Justice League book, which directly references some of the goings-on in Hal's solo book, he appears to be 100% a member of the GL corps. I enjoyed the action sequences at the graveyard, the cliffhanger that Johns leaves us with (part of which does a lot to set my expectations for V3), and the significant but restrained role that Carol plays in this story, more as a catalyst for Hal's character than a key player of any kind. I hope to see more of her in the coming months, ring or not.
Doug Mahnke's art continues it strong presence in bringing the GL world to life, especially his settings. This volume takes us from Coast City to a prison world, and from there to a jungle and to Sinestro's secret lair and back to Earth again. Exciting, intense, and much more coherent to new and returning readers this time around, REVENGE OF THE BLACK HAND seems to be a book with mass appeal. It really raises the stakes and makes great use of the GL lore, and as a middle-act of a larger drama, definitely improves on the groundwork that the first volume established. Johns' final contribution to the GL sector of the DCU can only do the same, and this volume did much to set expectations and make promises for that conclusion.
June 11, 2024
I'm not much a Green Lantern reader, but when I do read it, I enjoy anything that involves Sinestro. Since this continues the plot in Volume 1 in which Hal has lost his ring, but Sinestro creates a proxy ring for him in order to force Hal to work for him, I figured it would be worth the read. Also, even though this was the New 52, I remembered that Green Lantern was one of the few characters/worlds that wasn't touched by the changes. This story connects a lot with Blackest Night, the only Green Lantern story I've read, so that also was helpful.
Review: I definitely did enjoy the story. I liked that it connected with "Blackest Night," since I always thought that was a good story and I found the concept of the Indigo Tribe, whose power is compassion, to be interesting and unique. Instead of forming a corps of members, here we find that not only are most of its members part of some sort of brainwashed hivemind, we also find out WHY and that it's actually a good thing (if ethically questionable.) I enjoyed the characterization of Hal and Sinestro; I think I've always enjoyed their hate/respect relationship, and that whole mentor/former student thing still works for them. I like that the comic hints and but doesn't delve into Sinestro's motivations and backstory, but that's always what has made him an interesting gray character in my opinion. This was definitely worth the read.
The art was pretty solid, although a bit messy at times. However, since we are dealing with aliens, I guess that gets a pass.
Overall, a good collection that seems to be buildign up to an interesting event that I'll have to check out!
Issue Overview:
Review: I definitely did enjoy the story. I liked that it connected with "Blackest Night," since I always thought that was a good story and I found the concept of the Indigo Tribe, whose power is compassion, to be interesting and unique. Instead of forming a corps of members, here we find that not only are most of its members part of some sort of brainwashed hivemind, we also find out WHY and that it's actually a good thing (if ethically questionable.) I enjoyed the characterization of Hal and Sinestro; I think I've always enjoyed their hate/respect relationship, and that whole mentor/former student thing still works for them. I like that the comic hints and but doesn't delve into Sinestro's motivations and backstory, but that's always what has made him an interesting gray character in my opinion. This was definitely worth the read.
The art was pretty solid, although a bit messy at times. However, since we are dealing with aliens, I guess that gets a pass.
Overall, a good collection that seems to be buildign up to an interesting event that I'll have to check out!
Issue Overview:
February 9, 2013
The uneasy alliance of Sinestro (former Yellow Lantern and sworn enemy of Green Lantern Hal Jordan) and Hal Jordan continues from the last book. Sinestro has discovered a plot by the Guardians of the Galaxy (who lead the Green Lantern Corps) to get rid of the Green Lanterns and control the universe with a mysterious "Third Army." Before Sinestro has a chance to drag Jordan back into the action, the mysterious Indigo Tribe (who wield the light of compassion) drags Sinestro back to their home world. Jordan pursues, finding more than he bargained for. His old enemy, Black Hand, is one of the Indigo Tribe and seems to be reformed, or at least brainwashed, into serving the tribe. But what is really going on, and how is Abin Sur (the Green Lantern who gave his ring to Jordan as he died) related to the Indigo Tribe?
The story spins out nicely with plenty of action and plot development. The secret of the tribe is pretty interesting and fits well with the themes of redemption being explored for the various characters (especially Sinestro, Jordan, and Black Hand). The secret is also related to the larger plot involving the Guardians' shenanigans. I'm curious to read more!
The story spins out nicely with plenty of action and plot development. The secret of the tribe is pretty interesting and fits well with the themes of redemption being explored for the various characters (especially Sinestro, Jordan, and Black Hand). The secret is also related to the larger plot involving the Guardians' shenanigans. I'm curious to read more!
March 30, 2014
I have to hand it to DC... the Green Lantern saga of the Blackest Night is probably one of the best storylines I've read in comics... while the Blackest Night was written a couple years ago the follow up story lines have been great and this one is no exception. The Guardians (the creators of the Green Lantern Corps.)have decided to eliminate all the rings and decided to create a third army to accomplish their goals even aligning themselves with the dreaded Black Lanterns... and bringing the first Lantern out of a million year exile.... there is a lot going on in this story and you would be lost without first reading the whole Blackest Night saga, but it's actually well thought out and a good story. I will be looking for more in this series when I go back to the library. I want to read the next couple volumes...
September 20, 2013
There is a whole lot of plot building in this arc; setting up the backstory of the Indigo lanterns, fleshing out another major even in the Green Lantern side of the DC Universe, and all of that intermingled with a (thankfully) brief excursion back into the Blackest Night story with Black Hand. The book moves very quickly, deftly juggling all of the characters, and I don't think anyone these days writes Hal Jordan as well as Geoff Johns. Ethan Van SCiver's art is as lush as ever, and the interplay between Sinestro and Hal is as complex as ever. There's even a fair bit of comedy when Hal interacts with the guardian of the Indigo lantern. Overall it's a very rounded piece, well built and well told.
November 3, 2013
The Secret of the Indigo Tribe (7-10). This is Johns’ Green Lantern at its best. Rather than a simple rainbow of fruit-flavored rings, we get actual insight into what one of those rings means — here the Indigo Tribe. We also get deep characterization of both Hal and Sinestro, something that was notably missing during Johns’ GL epics [8/10].
The Revenge of Black Hand (11-12, A1). This story doesn't have as much heft to it mainly because it's a bridge piece between Blackest Night, "Secret of the Indigo Tribe", and Rise of the Third Army. Still, it's a nice piece of the continuing story, though one that loses some of our characterization as it goes more big screen [7/10].
The Revenge of Black Hand (11-12, A1). This story doesn't have as much heft to it mainly because it's a bridge piece between Blackest Night, "Secret of the Indigo Tribe", and Rise of the Third Army. Still, it's a nice piece of the continuing story, though one that loses some of our characterization as it goes more big screen [7/10].
October 7, 2014
I really enjoyed this one, but then, I've pretty much loved Geoff Johns' entire run with the Green Lantern series. It's become a full-on space-opera since the New 52 began and I am enjoying the grandiose melodrama quite a bit.
Sure, the relationship between Hal and Sinestro is a bit of an Odd Couple cliche; but it is still very entertaining and there is definitely a sense that it is temporary as the entire GL universe seems to be in transformation.
In this volume, the Indigo tribe is at the centre of conflict while the Guardians continue to unroll their ultimate "secret" plan to turn the universe into an emotionless police-state.
4/5
Sure, the relationship between Hal and Sinestro is a bit of an Odd Couple cliche; but it is still very entertaining and there is definitely a sense that it is temporary as the entire GL universe seems to be in transformation.
In this volume, the Indigo tribe is at the centre of conflict while the Guardians continue to unroll their ultimate "secret" plan to turn the universe into an emotionless police-state.
4/5
August 1, 2016
I'll be honest and say that the only reason why I picked up this title is because I heard a new Green Lantern would replace Hal Jordan in this book. I've nothing against Hal Jordan, but I honestly can't say I'm a big fan. As it is, and given my admittedly limited knowledge of Green Lantern lore, and I enjoyed this volume a lot. Maybe Geoff Johns should just stay away from writing team books because while the Justice League is kind of terrible, this book and Aquaman are anything but.
February 4, 2014
Great art, good story. Lots of setup in this book, but still enjoyable. The Black Hand inclusion seemed an odd choice, and almost unnecessary with the other things going on (Indigo Tribe/Sinistro conflict, Guardians going bad). Hopefully it's purposeful. Looking forward to more.
February 4, 2017
And yet again.. it keeps on coming.. the great stories...
Soooo grrrreat to have Black Hand back.... right? ;)
Ok, I'm gonna stop talking and just keep on reading.. GL kicks ass is all you need to know now!
Soooo grrrreat to have Black Hand back.... right? ;)
Ok, I'm gonna stop talking and just keep on reading.. GL kicks ass is all you need to know now!
June 20, 2017
[3.5 Stars]
June 29, 2025
Green Lantern Vol. 2: The Revenge of Black Hand dials up the darkness in all the best ways. Geoff Johns leans hard into horror as Black Hand brings a chilling, undead edge back to the Lantern mythos—proving the dead don’t stay buried for long. Watching Sinestro and Hal team up again adds tension and uneasy camaraderie that keeps things interesting.
Doug Mahnke’s art nails the horror vibe with eerie detail and twisted cosmic spectacle. A fun, grim ride that blends superhero action with just the right dose of nightmare fuel.
Doug Mahnke’s art nails the horror vibe with eerie detail and twisted cosmic spectacle. A fun, grim ride that blends superhero action with just the right dose of nightmare fuel.
August 15, 2021
Si avvicina la conclusione del ciclo di Johns.
I piani dei guardiani continuano a prendere drammaticamente forma!
Disegni e scrittura al top, come sempre!
I piani dei guardiani continuano a prendere drammaticamente forma!
Disegni e scrittura al top, come sempre!
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