Green Lantern: Futures End (2014) #1

Futures End: One-Shots

by Robert Venditti (Writer), Martin Coccolo (Illustrator), Aaron Lopresti (Illustrator)

Across the universe, the dead are rising. The Black Lanterns are back and only one being knows what it will take to destroy them: Relic!

Genres: Dc Comics, Comics

23 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 3, 2014

About the author

Robert Venditti is a New York Times bestselling author of more than three hundred comic books and graphic novels. Some of his works include the monthly comic book series Justice League, Superman ’78, Hawkman, and Green Lantern for DC Comics, X-O Manowar, Armor Hunters, and Wrath of the Eternal Warrior for Valiant Entertainment, and the graphic novel Six Days, inspired by the story of his uncle’s participation in D-Day. He has also adapted Rick Riordan’s global bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus novels, as well as Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia and Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz. His graphic novel The Surrogates was adapted into a feature film by Touchstone Pictures, and his work on The Flash was the basis for season three of the CW television series.

Venditti lives in Atlanta, where he both writes and serves as a storytelling consultant for some of the most recognizable entertainment brands in the world.

Reviews

[Jayson · Rating 3 out of 5]

(B+) 77% | Good
Notes: Not knowledge-light, re: Blackest Night, a battle climax to a story (a story missed, does not exist): results in purgatory.

*Progress update

[Nicolo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like all Future's End one-shots, a bleak future hold for the hero, the Green Lantern named Hal Jordan.

Reading this issue reminded me of how I used to read Green Lantern voraciously, back when Geoff Johns was writing his adventures. I didn't carry over into the new 52 and let my readership lapse. When Rob Venditi started writing the Green Lantern books (part of the reason I dropped Green Lantern was that it morphed into a dozen books I had no interest of following) I was able to read an early story arc of his that introduced Relic, his survivor of an earlier universe. So basically, Venditi introduced Galactus into Lantern mythology.

So not to spoil the story, things ended bleakly for Hal Jordan but not without any hope of recovery. It's almost like a passing of a torch from Hal to Relic but this wouldn't happen anytime soon. Especially if what I heard was true that Venditi has become a Valiant exclusive writer. I guess, this is pretty much how Venditi would write the last Hal Jordan story.

[José Miguel (TheHudson) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Demasiado simplista final para un grande. Hal Jordan al menos merecía algo más, mucho más, épico.

[Tony]

DC Comics, Sept 2014; +4 Futures End #18-21, +33 ...Futures End #1 (Aquaman, Grayson, G.Arrow, GL; Action Com, Batwing, Detect Com, Earth 2, Swamp Thing, Trin of Sin-Phant Stranger; Batgirl, Constantine, GL Corps, JL Utd; Batman, New Suic Squad, Superboy, Worlds Finest; GL NG, Justice League, Sup-WW, W.W.; Batman&Robin, Bat-Sup, Red Hood, Supergirl, Teen Titans; Aquaman/Others, Harley Quinn, RedL, Sinestro, Superman, The Flash), +2 Multiversity 2nd (dbl), +1 Sen Com f/ W.W. #3; 40 issues; finished 27 Sept