Green Lantern: Brightest Day; Blackest Night #1

Green Lantern: One-Shots

by Steven T. Seagle (Writer), John K. Snyder III (Artist)

A classic tale of the original Emerald Gladiator is told in this lavishly painted one-shot! When a planeload of mysterious foreigners carrying a secret weapon is forced to land in the wilds of Gotham City's Slaughter Swamp, radio announcer Alan Scott springs into action as Green Lantern! But the rescue attempt is thwarted by a malevolent brute Scott has never seen before: the murderous man-monster known only as Solomon Grundy. Prestige Format.

Genres: Comics

Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Steven T. Seagle is an American writer who works in the comic book, television, film, live theater, video game, and animation industries.

Reviews

[Shane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun!

[Rizzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's not often Golden Age characters get their own little specials, so this was a treat. And it's actually quite a good one! Alan Scott versus Nazis in a swamp? Hell yeah.

[Tony Laplume · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strangely, Steven T. Seagle reads a lot like Howard Chaykin for most of it, but on the whole it’s the kind of story we need at the moment...twenty years early. Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, gets involved in a Nazi plot that happens to collide with Solomon Grundy, but the crux of it is whether a woman on the verge of a career in journalism should tell the truth or bury it for the sake of the public. Sometimes it’s better to lean away from rather than lean into facts. This isn’t about lying but rather omission. This is the idea that escalation is not the best course of action, even for superheroes, when it can be avoided. Which is pretty much always. Discretion being the better part of valor and all that.