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Earth One #11
Green Lantern: Earth One, Vol. 2
Hal Jordan and John Stewart must team up to save the last Green Lantern Guardian from an evil force!
Manhunters, alien races, rings of power--it's a lot for the people of Earth to absorb. Especially when an interplanetary incident forces their protector, Hal Jordan, to leave on a rescue mission that results in the discovery that there's a new player in the Yellow Lanterns!
While they seem a benign force for peace, Jordan can't get comfortable with how much power they wield, or their bizarre, lockstep behavior. When fellow Earthling John Stewart ends up with a yellow ring, he and Hal must work together to confront the being who destroyed the original Green Lantern Corps--the last surviving Guardian.
Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman feature two of the most famous DC characters, Hal Jordan and John Stewart, like you've never seen them before!
Manhunters, alien races, rings of power--it's a lot for the people of Earth to absorb. Especially when an interplanetary incident forces their protector, Hal Jordan, to leave on a rescue mission that results in the discovery that there's a new player in the Yellow Lanterns!
While they seem a benign force for peace, Jordan can't get comfortable with how much power they wield, or their bizarre, lockstep behavior. When fellow Earthling John Stewart ends up with a yellow ring, he and Hal must work together to confront the being who destroyed the original Green Lantern Corps--the last surviving Guardian.
Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman feature two of the most famous DC characters, Hal Jordan and John Stewart, like you've never seen them before!
144 pages, Hardcover
First published August 11, 2020
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September 13, 2020
Hey, so I'm not sure what changed but I thought this volume was a lot better than the last one.
Mind you, everyone else seemed quite taken with volume 1, so it may just be me.
This time around we're introduced to John Stweart, the Yellow Lanterns, & one of the little blue guys. I liked the new take on each and every one of them.
The Earth is once again playing the role of Reactionary Idiots as some of the rich and powerful try to start a war, leaving Hal and his newfound friends to try to stop all the other life forms in the galaxy from wiping their alien asses with the rubble of our planet. Of course, there are layers upon layers of conspiracies to wade through before they can figure out who is really behind it all.
And more importantly, why?
Recommended for GL fans!
Mind you, everyone else seemed quite taken with volume 1, so it may just be me.
This time around we're introduced to John Stweart, the Yellow Lanterns, & one of the little blue guys. I liked the new take on each and every one of them.
The Earth is once again playing the role of Reactionary Idiots as some of the rich and powerful try to start a war, leaving Hal and his newfound friends to try to stop all the other life forms in the galaxy from wiping their alien asses with the rubble of our planet. Of course, there are layers upon layers of conspiracies to wade through before they can figure out who is really behind it all.
And more importantly, why?
Recommended for GL fans!
November 28, 2024
I really enjoyed this book. I love the more Scifi feel to the Earth One feel to the Green Lantern. Here the ring are more weapons that, then the person using them choosen. There is a more science reason for the power difference of the rings as well. I hope to build on this in the next volume.
The artwork matches the story perfectly. There is a lot of things set up or unfinished in this volume, so I am definitely looking out for that.
I on one of the quotes of this book is "true to the character's core", this is true bit it is the world that is a different world. I think it is even mentioned by Jordan himself that he is from a totalitarian society. All in all, it is a very enjoyable version of Grean Lantern. There is no cover gallery but a sketch book to finish the book off.
The artwork matches the story perfectly. There is a lot of things set up or unfinished in this volume, so I am definitely looking out for that.
I on one of the quotes of this book is "true to the character's core", this is true bit it is the world that is a different world. I think it is even mentioned by Jordan himself that he is from a totalitarian society. All in all, it is a very enjoyable version of Grean Lantern. There is no cover gallery but a sketch book to finish the book off.
September 1, 2020
I liked this volume even more than the first one. I love the straight up sci-fi approach while still incorporating core Green Lantern concepts like the Guardians and the Yellow Lanterns. The beginning setup is fantastic with humanity making meaningful contact with its first alien race. Hardman is a veteran sci-fi artist and it shows. He gives the book a gritty realism I quite enjoyed. Hopefully, this husband and wife team will give us a volume 3.
August 3, 2021
This was okayish volume
Earth is no longer alone and its dealing with aliens now but when on an interstellar space meeting between the Llarans and Earth, some representatives of the former are murdered and suspicion is arised on humans and the Xenophobia is rising and the politicians take advantage of this chaos and blames are put on Jordan and he has to step up and rescue everyone and save the world. He goes to the new GLC base and see that the new Guardian has returned and along with it Yellow Lanterns and many GLC members leave them and join with the new enemy. Its all around war as Centcom is after Hal, Yellow Lanterns have their own agenda and some hostages including John Stewart are on Llaran and how this stories all inter connect and the result of the big war between Green and Yellow and big revelation about the guardians and Qwardians is here with the stake of everything!
Its a cool volume but it has so much exposition and filler and it could have done away with that and some huge word bubbles cut down the enjoyment of this volume but regardless the story is somewhat decent and provides a new twist on Sinestro but he felt bland here and the war was so one sided and even the cliffhanger is predictable but sets up the third volume with Hal on Qward and its not meh but not just that exciting. Though I like some scenes with John here and him being a YL is something. Also I hope in the future volume they can do more Hal-Carol as that relationship here had some hints. Overall a decent volume and a good one time read.
Earth is no longer alone and its dealing with aliens now but when on an interstellar space meeting between the Llarans and Earth, some representatives of the former are murdered and suspicion is arised on humans and the Xenophobia is rising and the politicians take advantage of this chaos and blames are put on Jordan and he has to step up and rescue everyone and save the world. He goes to the new GLC base and see that the new Guardian has returned and along with it Yellow Lanterns and many GLC members leave them and join with the new enemy. Its all around war as Centcom is after Hal, Yellow Lanterns have their own agenda and some hostages including John Stewart are on Llaran and how this stories all inter connect and the result of the big war between Green and Yellow and big revelation about the guardians and Qwardians is here with the stake of everything!
Its a cool volume but it has so much exposition and filler and it could have done away with that and some huge word bubbles cut down the enjoyment of this volume but regardless the story is somewhat decent and provides a new twist on Sinestro but he felt bland here and the war was so one sided and even the cliffhanger is predictable but sets up the third volume with Hal on Qward and its not meh but not just that exciting. Though I like some scenes with John here and him being a YL is something. Also I hope in the future volume they can do more Hal-Carol as that relationship here had some hints. Overall a decent volume and a good one time read.
September 29, 2020
This sequel is a huge step-up! It picks up three years after the climactic Battle of Oa and the galaxy (and interstellar travel) has opened up a new frontier for Earth. But the first diplomatic negotiations with another alien race have been violently sabotaged by a shadowy organization on Earth, springing Hal Jordan into action. But the arrival of Lanterns wielding the color yellow also threatens the shaky order in the galaxy.
The action here is so much more exciting and the writing is more robust. This is a space-faring adventure and reads like a summer blockbuster. Although the mythos is very different from the main DC universe, Bechko and Hardman truly capture the spirit of the Green Lantern stories I've fell in love with. It feels closer to modern, topical, more grounded science fiction than other superhero stories. They take the characters that we're familiar with, like John Stewart, Sinestro, Carol Ferris, and Arisia (who has an awesome new design by the way), and gives them a believable twist. I really wish they continue these Earth One books and truly create a new universe. I really want to see more of this. It does get a bit wordy and bogged down in the final act but it's exciting and feels like I'm rediscovering the world of Green Lantern again.
The action here is so much more exciting and the writing is more robust. This is a space-faring adventure and reads like a summer blockbuster. Although the mythos is very different from the main DC universe, Bechko and Hardman truly capture the spirit of the Green Lantern stories I've fell in love with. It feels closer to modern, topical, more grounded science fiction than other superhero stories. They take the characters that we're familiar with, like John Stewart, Sinestro, Carol Ferris, and Arisia (who has an awesome new design by the way), and gives them a believable twist. I really wish they continue these Earth One books and truly create a new universe. I really want to see more of this. It does get a bit wordy and bogged down in the final act but it's exciting and feels like I'm rediscovering the world of Green Lantern again.
August 13, 2020
An interesting volume. It’s been a while since I read the first one so some parts I didn’t remember (like the seemingly one world government earth has, I don’t remember that at all), but I like how the Yellow Lanterns were introduced in this series. Tbh I really liked the dystopian future vibe this volume had, I really didn’t get that when I read the first one some years ago. I really like all of the Earth One stories, but this and Wonder Woman have been the best so far. I’m guessing there will be another volume given the ending, so I’ll be looking forward to that whenever it comes out.
August 11, 2020
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DC Comics has been known for the past years to continuously develop their concept of a multiverse, taunting the reader with the potentiality of multiple parallel universes somehow co-existing with their own respective realities. With each comic book series centered around a hero (or a group of them), they’ve explored countless different stories where time and space are relative, but it is through non-canonical series that they are able to allow writers and artists the chance to write stories with unique premises. Their Earth One graphic novel series is one of them, paving the way for various creative teams to re-imagine to their liking the origin stories of all the superheroes we’ve come to love throughout our lives. While some are far less memorable than others, Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko continue to successfully deliver a surprisingly coherent and cohesive origin story for Hal Jordan, the legendary Green Lantern.
What is Green Lantern: Earth One (Vol. 2) about? Taking place after the events of the first volume, the story begins with an interplanetary peace event set on establishing a partnership between Earth Central Command and the Llaran Colony. As things take a turn for the worse, an incident forces both parties to retreat, while a group of scientists and diplomats are kept hostage by the Llaran colony. To quickly resolve this issue before Earth is forced to come up with an offensive invasion, Hal Jordan flies off after them to try and understand what went wrong. On his way there, a new threat appears with a familiar technology: Yellow Lanterns. Fighting the same menace as the Green Lanterns, this new group working under a mysterious Guardian, possess an agenda far deadlier than anything before, testing the loyalty of many Green Lanterns in the process. Will Hal Jordan be able to save the day or watch his friends fall to darker instincts?
There’s something thoroughly appealing in writers Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko’s Hal Jordan. His character doesn’t resemble much to the original hero besides being a persistent risk-taker who would do anything to right a wrong, especially when it concerns the well-being of others. The world they also conceive for this character, void of any other hero that doesn’t belong to the Green Lantern lore, makes for a fascinating social and political climate where he essentially presents himself as a mediator between humans and extraterrestrial beings. But how much can the world trust a man with an alien technology giving him incredible powers? His composed attitude and sense of leadership, however, make for an excellent role-model who is genuinely rooted in a morally- and ethically-appropriate vision of life.
This concise tale also draws upon more of the well-known elements of the Green Lantern universe, from the crucial and mysterious role played by one of the Guardians of the Universe to the ideologically-opposed dilemma faced by none other than Sinestro himself. Without ever really being a simple rehash, writers Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko offer a compelling story that fully explores the various dynamics inter- and intra-planetary that requires the presence of these Lanterns to supervise and promote peace and prosperity. This volume also introduces Jon Stewart and offers him an excellent and modest origin story as he looks to the good within him to do the right thing during this crisis.
When it comes to artwork, it remains astonishing to see writer Gabriel Hardman deliver just as much quality as an artist on this volume too. It’s crisp, jagged, and heavily focused on shadows, brilliantly giving the world a distinguished sci-fi tone where space isn’t all bleak and empty. The panel structure is also brilliantly conceived, fully making use of each panel to capture the sequence of events with stunning accuracy. The Green and Yellow Lanterns also add a splash of colour that exquisitely jump off the page and remind us of the power of their force. With excellent character designs, it’s safe to say that Gabriel Hardman’s art and Jordan Boyd’s colours help make this volume a wonderful read. Both visually and narratively.
Green Lantern: Earth One (Vol. 2) is an excellent and compelling sequel building upon its first volume to expand the Green Lantern lore.
Yours truly,
Lashaan | Blogger and Book Reviewer
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September 24, 2020
This continuation of Harold Jordan's story started out leaning into the hard sci-fi elements of the previous volume (tense first contact scenario)...and then proceeded to start leaning further and further away from them the remainder of the story (magic FTL engines! extra dimensional beings! multiverses!).
This inherent conflict aside I did enjoy it a lot as it was ultimately a hopeful story for the future of humanity and intelligent life, and I would very much enjoy reading a third and presumably final installment to the series one day.
This inherent conflict aside I did enjoy it a lot as it was ultimately a hopeful story for the future of humanity and intelligent life, and I would very much enjoy reading a third and presumably final installment to the series one day.
August 18, 2020
I’ve been a fan of Green Lantern for longer than I could properly understand the concept. I’ve read a lot of Green Lantern comics over the years. I can tell you the names of every human Green Lantern. As it now stands, these Earth One graphic novels are my favorite Green Lantern stories, and this second volume affirms it.
The first volume was a radical reinterpretation of the lore. This second volume begins to help things look more familiar, but still ground in the idea that this is a version of Green Lantern where nothing is taken for granted, there are no shortcuts, and the story is both bigger and more intimate than ever.
Geoff Johns famously went epic scale about fifteen years back, and pounded away like that for the next decade. Never before had Green Lantern looked so important. That’s the kind of scale this volume uses, with Hal Jordan’s status in the Corps drastically affecting Earth, both its internal affairs and its status in the galactic community. When the volume opens both are converging on an unprecedented cultural exchange with a visiting alien species. Of course, things go horribly wrong, and Jordan and his allies have to set things right.
The threat turns out to be the Yellow Lanterns. The cleverest thing Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman revise is what exactly this alternate Corps is. In the regular comics they are pawns of the rogue Green Lantern Sinestro, who does become mixed up in their affairs here, but doesn’t become hopelessly corrupt. The rogue figure is the same Guardian from the first volume, who created the Yellow Lanterns to replace the Green Lanterns, starting with the Qwardians (who in the regular comics are usually depicted as independent Weaponers who merely helped forge Sinestro’s original yellow ring).
Along for the ride is astronaut and engineer Jonathan Stewart, based on another familiar figure, who ends up in a fairly familiar role. He becomes caught up in the big dramatic developments that leave everything vastly different than how the volume found it.
And I love it. I would continue to urge anyone who isn’t already a Green Lantern fan to read these volumes, and even existing fans. This is the new template. This is how Green Lantern ought to be done. And hopefully there’s at least one more volume to come from Bechko and Hardman.
The first volume was a radical reinterpretation of the lore. This second volume begins to help things look more familiar, but still ground in the idea that this is a version of Green Lantern where nothing is taken for granted, there are no shortcuts, and the story is both bigger and more intimate than ever.
Geoff Johns famously went epic scale about fifteen years back, and pounded away like that for the next decade. Never before had Green Lantern looked so important. That’s the kind of scale this volume uses, with Hal Jordan’s status in the Corps drastically affecting Earth, both its internal affairs and its status in the galactic community. When the volume opens both are converging on an unprecedented cultural exchange with a visiting alien species. Of course, things go horribly wrong, and Jordan and his allies have to set things right.
The threat turns out to be the Yellow Lanterns. The cleverest thing Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman revise is what exactly this alternate Corps is. In the regular comics they are pawns of the rogue Green Lantern Sinestro, who does become mixed up in their affairs here, but doesn’t become hopelessly corrupt. The rogue figure is the same Guardian from the first volume, who created the Yellow Lanterns to replace the Green Lanterns, starting with the Qwardians (who in the regular comics are usually depicted as independent Weaponers who merely helped forge Sinestro’s original yellow ring).
Along for the ride is astronaut and engineer Jonathan Stewart, based on another familiar figure, who ends up in a fairly familiar role. He becomes caught up in the big dramatic developments that leave everything vastly different than how the volume found it.
And I love it. I would continue to urge anyone who isn’t already a Green Lantern fan to read these volumes, and even existing fans. This is the new template. This is how Green Lantern ought to be done. And hopefully there’s at least one more volume to come from Bechko and Hardman.
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August 13, 2020I was a fan of the first volume’s take on the green lantern lore. It really pushed the property in a wonderful Star Trek high sci fi direction, using the galactic scale to explore intergalactic cultural relations and technological Futurities in a space adventure story (ref in my recent Hickman vol. 1 x-men review). This one was a disappointment in comparison, and heightened the major flaw of the former book, its depiction of Hal Jordan. Jordan is very much a good cop this entire book, never making a wrong decision thanks to his wellspring of integrity. Therefore there’s never any tension when it comes to his decision-making as I didn’t have any reason to believe he wont choose duty above home and personal relationships. The antagonists are also not given a position ever worth really considering, and a non earth based race The Llarans are given a huge role in the book’s initiating action and climax but readers are never provided much insight into their highly evolved culture, which facilitates their societal ability to process conflict without military escalation, according to one character’s repetitious exposition. This book remains interested in using GL for smart galactic romps, but its creators get too bound up in plotting and character introductions to let their geek proclivities fly as they did last time around.
August 15, 2020
Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 2 is the follow up to the first volume that came out in 2018. While the Earth One line from DC has been mostly up and down, I thought that Hardman and Bechko’s take on Green Lantern as more of a hard sci-fi story was really entertaining. The same team is back for volume 2, with Bechko and Hardman co-writing and Hardman illustrating (with Jordan Boyd providing colors). I was excited to sit back down with the world that the first volume created.
Volume one introduced the Earth One versions of Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps. As I mentioned, rather than opt for the more adventurous and fantastical tone of the original Green Lantern books from DC’s main line, Earth One’s Green Lantern is much less whimsical. Think more The Expanse and less Star Wars. I thought it was a really good take on the story. Volume two takes place three years later and begins by introducing another fan favorite lantern to the universe in John Stewart. Humanity is quickly being thrust into the intergalactic community following the events of the first volume. Hal Jordan is a well-known, and controversial, entity on Earth. Humanity’s new reality is not one that all members of Earth openly embrace and a conflict at diplomatic talks with a space-faring race only serves to accelerate those issues.
A small spoiler warning for the next paragraph, but the primary development of volume two involves the introduction of the yellow lanterns. I was actually a bit surprised that the team opted to go with a newer addition to the canon, but it makes a ton of sense given that it’s proven to be the most memorable new development in the last twenty or so years of the character. Given that these only come out once every few years, going with the most compelling foil was a good choice. The yellow lanterns fit in well with the world that Hardman and Bechko have crafted and serve as a good way to introduce Hal to more of the universe beyond Earth.
Hardman’s art is such a perfect fit for the style of book that’s being written here. This should come as no surprise to those who read volume one, or Invisible Republic, another series drawn by Hardman with a similar hard sci-fi lean. There are giant space set pieces and fast-paced, cinematic sci-fi action. I love how much of the narrative is driven by Hardman’s art. The story isn’t over-burdened with long-winded explanations of space politics and redundant explanations of what’s clear on the page. This isn’t to say that the book lacks good scripting, but Hardman and Bechko have a great sense of when to let the art do the talking.
My only real qualm with this book is that the pacing did feel a bit unbalanced. I thought the second act was over-extended at the expense of the third act. Everything was resolved well but there’s a lot jammed into the last twenty pages. I’m guessing that’s partly caused by the length constraints of these Earth One graphic novels and there was an ambitious amount of ground to cover.
Green Lantern continues to be my favorite of the Earth One line. Hardman is clearly in his element as an artist and the story that he and Bechko put together is good sci-fi and top notch Green Lantern work. I’m hoping the creative team will be given more opportunities to revisit the world they’ve been building in additional volumes.
Volume one introduced the Earth One versions of Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps. As I mentioned, rather than opt for the more adventurous and fantastical tone of the original Green Lantern books from DC’s main line, Earth One’s Green Lantern is much less whimsical. Think more The Expanse and less Star Wars. I thought it was a really good take on the story. Volume two takes place three years later and begins by introducing another fan favorite lantern to the universe in John Stewart. Humanity is quickly being thrust into the intergalactic community following the events of the first volume. Hal Jordan is a well-known, and controversial, entity on Earth. Humanity’s new reality is not one that all members of Earth openly embrace and a conflict at diplomatic talks with a space-faring race only serves to accelerate those issues.
A small spoiler warning for the next paragraph, but the primary development of volume two involves the introduction of the yellow lanterns. I was actually a bit surprised that the team opted to go with a newer addition to the canon, but it makes a ton of sense given that it’s proven to be the most memorable new development in the last twenty or so years of the character. Given that these only come out once every few years, going with the most compelling foil was a good choice. The yellow lanterns fit in well with the world that Hardman and Bechko have crafted and serve as a good way to introduce Hal to more of the universe beyond Earth.
Hardman’s art is such a perfect fit for the style of book that’s being written here. This should come as no surprise to those who read volume one, or Invisible Republic, another series drawn by Hardman with a similar hard sci-fi lean. There are giant space set pieces and fast-paced, cinematic sci-fi action. I love how much of the narrative is driven by Hardman’s art. The story isn’t over-burdened with long-winded explanations of space politics and redundant explanations of what’s clear on the page. This isn’t to say that the book lacks good scripting, but Hardman and Bechko have a great sense of when to let the art do the talking.
My only real qualm with this book is that the pacing did feel a bit unbalanced. I thought the second act was over-extended at the expense of the third act. Everything was resolved well but there’s a lot jammed into the last twenty pages. I’m guessing that’s partly caused by the length constraints of these Earth One graphic novels and there was an ambitious amount of ground to cover.
Green Lantern continues to be my favorite of the Earth One line. Hardman is clearly in his element as an artist and the story that he and Bechko put together is good sci-fi and top notch Green Lantern work. I’m hoping the creative team will be given more opportunities to revisit the world they’ve been building in additional volumes.
October 19, 2020
Just okay. This was a pretty straight forward sci-fi adventure. It is a bit predictable and lacks the excitement you would expect from the Green Lantern stories by great writers like Geoff Johns & Robert Venditti. The artwork is okay but is a meh. To me you really need the visuals to pop in these types of stories. We are introduced to the new take on the yellow lantern corps. which isn't quite that different from what you'd expect. It is never made clear who the guardian is in this tale but I did find the multiverse angle a bit interesting. That thread could be interesting to explore if there is a volume 3. The ending was a bit hallow to me but the twist at the end of where Harold Jordan winds up was great. This is still a all to familiar lantern story that didn't really bring anything new to the table and I also found John Stewart to be a bit one-dimemsional in this book as well. This is not the worst of the Earth one books but it wasn't as exciting as Batman or Wonder Woman Earth One. Still a fast and entertaining graphic novel.
August 24, 2020
In some ways, and I mean this as a compliment, I feel that this version of Jordan hearkens back more to the early Bester/Fox days of trying to introduce a little, all right, very little, hard science fiction feel to the title. For a sci-fi nerd like me (yes, the use of those terms will probably irk someone) I think Hardman and company succeed.
It has been awhile since I read the first volume, but enough was sprinkled throughout to help my memory dredge up some plot points from that one. Time wise there is a three year jump between volume one and two, and Earth is dipping its toes into the interstellar pool.
Of course things go wrong, and the diplomatic meeting/first contact goes wrong in so many ways, including its impact on Earth, and Earth's reputation among other sentients. Add to this political intrigue on Earth that will likely derail the interstellar ship Jordan, Ferris et all are working on on the moon, and a lone Guardian reappears.
And we all know what happens when only one Guardian shows up. Nothing good is going to happen.
Decent re-workings on Sinestro, Arisia and even Jordan as the driven hero. Nice introduction of John Stewart, and I still nerd out over Captain Seaton (re: Skylark of Space reference).
Of the Earth One titles so far my favorite along with Superman. Drawback-the ending seems to kind of put an end to this series. I probably would have read more.
It has been awhile since I read the first volume, but enough was sprinkled throughout to help my memory dredge up some plot points from that one. Time wise there is a three year jump between volume one and two, and Earth is dipping its toes into the interstellar pool.
Of course things go wrong, and the diplomatic meeting/first contact goes wrong in so many ways, including its impact on Earth, and Earth's reputation among other sentients. Add to this political intrigue on Earth that will likely derail the interstellar ship Jordan, Ferris et all are working on on the moon, and a lone Guardian reappears.
And we all know what happens when only one Guardian shows up. Nothing good is going to happen.
Decent re-workings on Sinestro, Arisia and even Jordan as the driven hero. Nice introduction of John Stewart, and I still nerd out over Captain Seaton (re: Skylark of Space reference).
Of the Earth One titles so far my favorite along with Superman. Drawback-the ending seems to kind of put an end to this series. I probably would have read more.
May 31, 2021
Se tem um quadrinho que foi bem realizado na inciativa Terra Um com certeza o que escolho é o do Lanterna Verde. Esqueça o do Superman, do Batman, da Mulher-Maravilha e dos Novos Titãs. Aquele que tem mais consistência, de longe, é o do Hal Jordan. É fácil ver que poderia gerar uma adaptação para os cinemas muito melhor do que aquela feita no início dos anos 2000, isso porque um dos autores, Gabriel Hardman trabalhou como storyboarder de filmes de ficção científica bastante concetuados. Isso significa que ele consegue construir uma atmosfera de sci-fi muito interessante para a mitologia do Lanterna Verde, as cores de Jordan Boyd e o roteiro detalhado de Corinna Beckho também ajudam a desenvolver esse entorno. O primeiro volume é muito bom, o segundo consegue manter um nível bom, mas não se compara com o primeiro, mas certamente está além das outras inciativas Terra Um de outros heróis da DC Comics. Lanterna Verde: Terra Um é um daqueles quadrinhos que se aproximam muito do que poderia ser um bom filme de super-heróis.
July 15, 2025
Realmente realmente realmente ame esta serie ... por favor díganme que no han cancelado esto de tierra uno, necesito más, el volumen 3 de Superman no está mal, pero we estos dos de green lantern son otra cosa we
January 13, 2022
A nice conclusion to a somewhat tangled story, confusing and overcrowded at times. It picks up three years later from Volume 1 and there are some questions that were not answered for me, someone that does not follow Green Lantern. It was entertaining, indeed, and a little heavy to read, but the art and the conclusion took it to a good ending.
May 14, 2023
Not as good as volume 1, but still a good read. I'd read more from this title, if they made any. I've loved the Green Lanterns, since reading the entirety of Geoff John's run on the character and so there were some surprising changes made to the lore that I'm familiar with.
September 16, 2020
The logical second entry for a reimagined GL, and just as satisfying as the first.
October 22, 2020
I've loved the GL Earth One title almost as much as Johns' Batman.
January 23, 2021
This book was an absolute gem. Discovering earth one and learning the history of the characters over again is so much fun. This was even better than the first book and I really hope we get a third!
January 17, 2021
The first volume was good enough, but this one is less so. Several things are thrown in without any or with very little explanation. This is done at the same too-fast rate as in the first volume and now they just seem like they're pulled out of the writer's ass. If only the action scenes were better. Bottom line is the Greens are getting the butts handed to them. That is until Hal goes all deus ex machina on everything.
Earth has opened up to extraterrestrial communication and trade through a new organization named Centcom. The first negotiation turns sour when an order from Centcom to target the extraterrestrial ship, though ignored by the orbital station's commander, determines a violent response that destroys the station and risks to spark a war. Ta-ta-na-naa! Green Lanterns to save day! Oh, but there are enemies without and within, and betrayal and unexpected stuff. Don't worry, Hal has cheat mode enabled.
Earth has opened up to extraterrestrial communication and trade through a new organization named Centcom. The first negotiation turns sour when an order from Centcom to target the extraterrestrial ship, though ignored by the orbital station's commander, determines a violent response that destroys the station and risks to spark a war. Ta-ta-na-naa! Green Lanterns to save day! Oh, but there are enemies without and within, and betrayal and unexpected stuff. Don't worry, Hal has cheat mode enabled.
May 3, 2021
Now that we've covered Hal Jordan's origin story in Volume One of Green Lantern: Earth One, it was nice to see Bechko and Hardman's take on a full Green Lantern Corps story. I find most of my review of Volume One to be pretty much the same here: great setting/context, great art, so-so storytelling.
After a little time skip from the events of Volume One, Volume Two finds the newly reformed Green Lantern Corps defending their homeworlds well until a figure from the Corps' past ushers in a new threat to the safety of the universe. Setting and context-wise, the rough sci-fi aesthetic naturally returns here and it has the same great effect on me. Ferris Galactic does get retconned a little bit from nefarious mining corporation into futurists seeking to improve humanity's standing among the stars, and I quite liked that harsh belligerent mega-corp ethos they had in Volume One. We see more locales here as well, including Qward (whose nature and origin are obviously significantly different here).
Hardman's art style shines here again, just with a more...golden color palette to work with. The same rough edges, harsh landscapes, and scruffy character designs return here to great effect. I love the individual spins on each Lantern's outfit and how it matches their personality (Arisia's cape, Kilowog's tattered lab coat, Hal's space suit), and looks amazing. One gripe I do have is in the character design of the Yellow Lanterns. I wish they still had a similar aesthetic to the Sinestro Corps from the mainline comics (armbands, sharp lines in their outfits, the fear sigil, rings on left hands) as I feel it still matches them in this universe; however I totally understand why Hardman chose to draw/write the Yellow Lanterns as he did.
Again my main gripe is in the pacing of the story, specifically the middle of the book. Whereas all last volume was paced well until the end, the middle of this book just felt really slow, bookended with dynamic opening and closing thirds. I'm getting kind of tired of storylines, but again I see why they went that route. The story here ends up a little like the script for Green Lantern 2011, but with actual coherent writers.
This is definitely not my favorite set of Green Lantern stories, but I still find these Earth One books to have a good place in the current climate of the DC Universe. There are so many characters, subplots, and continuities to keep track of that it is refreshing to see new Elseworldsly tales pop up here and there, and I would definitely like to see Bechko and Hardman tackle my favorite group of Emerald Knights again in the (hopefully) not-so-distant future.
After a little time skip from the events of Volume One, Volume Two finds the newly reformed Green Lantern Corps defending their homeworlds well until a figure from the Corps' past ushers in a new threat to the safety of the universe. Setting and context-wise, the rough sci-fi aesthetic naturally returns here and it has the same great effect on me. Ferris Galactic does get retconned a little bit from nefarious mining corporation into futurists seeking to improve humanity's standing among the stars, and I quite liked that harsh belligerent mega-corp ethos they had in Volume One. We see more locales here as well, including Qward (whose nature and origin are obviously significantly different here).
Hardman's art style shines here again, just with a more...golden color palette to work with. The same rough edges, harsh landscapes, and scruffy character designs return here to great effect. I love the individual spins on each Lantern's outfit and how it matches their personality (Arisia's cape, Kilowog's tattered lab coat, Hal's space suit), and looks amazing. One gripe I do have is in the character design of the Yellow Lanterns. I wish they still had a similar aesthetic to the Sinestro Corps from the mainline comics (armbands, sharp lines in their outfits, the fear sigil, rings on left hands) as I feel it still matches them in this universe; however I totally understand why Hardman chose to draw/write the Yellow Lanterns as he did.
Again my main gripe is in the pacing of the story, specifically the middle of the book. Whereas all last volume was paced well until the end, the middle of this book just felt really slow, bookended with dynamic opening and closing thirds. I'm getting kind of tired of storylines, but again I see why they went that route. The story here ends up a little like the script for Green Lantern 2011, but with actual coherent writers.
This is definitely not my favorite set of Green Lantern stories, but I still find these Earth One books to have a good place in the current climate of the DC Universe. There are so many characters, subplots, and continuities to keep track of that it is refreshing to see new Elseworldsly tales pop up here and there, and I would definitely like to see Bechko and Hardman tackle my favorite group of Emerald Knights again in the (hopefully) not-so-distant future.
November 4, 2023
An okay sequel but it ends on bit of a whimper. So I was really excited to read this after reading the excellent Green Lantern: Earth One, Volume 1, but it didn't really turn out the way I suspected.
It continues the plot line of the Yellow Lanterns backed by the last guardian showing up to cause problems for Hal (I refuse to call him Harold like the book refers to him as) and the other Green Lanterns. The issue is there just too many plot lines and characters to juggle in the limited page length of this book that I feel like they should have split this story into two volumes, kind of like what the Wonder Woman series did with its second and third volumes. You have the war with the Yellow Lanterns, drama within the Green Lantern ranks with Sinestro and Killawog, and you have John Stewart introduced, which had me hyped but he really doesn't get to do much in this story. It honestly feels like this is part 3 of a trilogy and there's a volume in between that we never got. The story ends on I wouldn't say a downer, but I do think they wrote themselves into a corner since I don't see where they could go with a Vol 3.
The art is still awesome but there were less wow moments then in the first volume imo. Overall, I don't know if I'd recommend this one unless you were a die hard fan of the first volume and want to read more. If we don't get another volume and this is it for the run, then that would be a real shame.
It continues the plot line of the Yellow Lanterns backed by the last guardian showing up to cause problems for Hal (I refuse to call him Harold like the book refers to him as) and the other Green Lanterns. The issue is there just too many plot lines and characters to juggle in the limited page length of this book that I feel like they should have split this story into two volumes, kind of like what the Wonder Woman series did with its second and third volumes. You have the war with the Yellow Lanterns, drama within the Green Lantern ranks with Sinestro and Killawog, and you have John Stewart introduced, which had me hyped but he really doesn't get to do much in this story. It honestly feels like this is part 3 of a trilogy and there's a volume in between that we never got. The story ends on I wouldn't say a downer, but I do think they wrote themselves into a corner since I don't see where they could go with a Vol 3.
The art is still awesome but there were less wow moments then in the first volume imo. Overall, I don't know if I'd recommend this one unless you were a die hard fan of the first volume and want to read more. If we don't get another volume and this is it for the run, then that would be a real shame.
September 19, 2020
The first volume in this series felt like a great sci-fi movie about our underdog "Green Lanterns" trying to fight back against a regime of evil robots. It was fun, it was great, but this... this volume is so much more. Bechko and Hardman delve into the morally grey here, the problems with the Green Lanterns and how these "Yellow Lanterns" can further complicate the mix. Harold Jordan is trying to foster peace on Earth, and develop extra-terrestrial relations with the rest of the galaxy, but greed and corruption keep getting in the way. A host of enemies from another dimension have started interfering with peace-keeping operations across the universe. No one knows how or why things are happening, but they have to fight for it. Most cleverly they're using these Yellow Lanterns and other trappings of the modern Green Lantern franchise, circa Geoff Johns, while addressing the core principles that founded the franchise in the Silver Age, circa John Broome. It's not a big sci-fi action movie like the first volume, it's some great sci-fi drama. Maybe it's not about "superheroes" as we think of them but it's certainly about what makes a "hero", super or not.
February 26, 2021
I liked it. I'm not sure if I liked it more than the 1st volume but it was good and feel like it was an suitable sequel. This one certainly ups the stakes when it comes to what it happening in the galaxy. I think the writing does a good job of taking a new approach with the character and the history while at the same time paying an homage to the stories that came before.
I like Hardman's interpretation of how the yellow lanterns came about and how Sinestro got involved. The introduction of John Stewart was also done well. I like that both volumes take a more sci-fi approach to this character and the overall environment.
I really enjoyed the artwork of Bechko in the first volume and I'm glad that she returned to do the art for this volume. The art and the writing for these books are a perfect match.
Generally speaking, I enjoy the Earth One series. I like all of these alternate depictions of these iconic DC characters. I would not say that Green Lantern is my favorite of this series but it is certainly better than others. In fact, quite frankly, this is the Green Lantern on which I think Hollywood should base a movie.
I like Hardman's interpretation of how the yellow lanterns came about and how Sinestro got involved. The introduction of John Stewart was also done well. I like that both volumes take a more sci-fi approach to this character and the overall environment.
I really enjoyed the artwork of Bechko in the first volume and I'm glad that she returned to do the art for this volume. The art and the writing for these books are a perfect match.
Generally speaking, I enjoy the Earth One series. I like all of these alternate depictions of these iconic DC characters. I would not say that Green Lantern is my favorite of this series but it is certainly better than others. In fact, quite frankly, this is the Green Lantern on which I think Hollywood should base a movie.
September 10, 2023
5/10:
There’s a MASSIVE decline in quality, especially in terms of writing between this volume and the previous. Three years have passed since we last see these characters, the Green Lantern Corps has seemingly cemented itself, and somehow the Yellow Lantern Corps remained undiscovered?
Bogged down my confusing galactic politics as well as those on Earth, confusing explanations of multiversal travel, and way too many characters to keep track of (alongside their ideals) this just gets too overwhelming for anything to feel good. I truly think Kilowag and Sinestro get the coolest moments in this volume though, alongside John Stewart wielding a Yellow Lantern ring.
Pretty sure this is where this story will end, and honestly, I think that’s totally fine.
There’s a MASSIVE decline in quality, especially in terms of writing between this volume and the previous. Three years have passed since we last see these characters, the Green Lantern Corps has seemingly cemented itself, and somehow the Yellow Lantern Corps remained undiscovered?
Bogged down my confusing galactic politics as well as those on Earth, confusing explanations of multiversal travel, and way too many characters to keep track of (alongside their ideals) this just gets too overwhelming for anything to feel good. I truly think Kilowag and Sinestro get the coolest moments in this volume though, alongside John Stewart wielding a Yellow Lantern ring.
Pretty sure this is where this story will end, and honestly, I think that’s totally fine.
October 18, 2020
I really liked this one. The art definitely stood out the most, I thought it was gorgeous. The harsh lines and watercolor backgrounds were so great. The characters and dialogue all felt so natural but the story itself was just okay. It was a cool shift from the normal canon but it wasn't anything mind blowing like the art. Jon Stewart and his crew were really fun and the comedic moments all felt so smooth and weren't out of place or anything.
Maybe not my favorite Earth One book but it easily had some of the best art.
Maybe not my favorite Earth One book but it easily had some of the best art.
January 17, 2025
In this, Hal Jordan attempts to unite the Green Lanterns against the Manhunters and also the mastermind behind the Manhunters and later, the Yellow Lanterns. There interplanetary diplomacy, space travel and also massive battles in space and on planets. There is treachery abound and lots of plotting. Green Lantern mainly goes around blasting stuff and stumbling upon one plot after another. The story is alright, not particularly compelling. The artwork is to be commended.
January 4, 2024
Fun, fast paced sci-fi.
March 26, 2024
Pretty good. Not as good as volume one but a great reimagining of Green Lantern. Really enjoyable!
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