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The Green Lantern Chronicles #2
The Green Lantern Chronicles, Vol. 2
The 1960s adventures of Green Lantern continue in this new volume reprinting his stories in their original order of publication. Included are the Emerald Gladiator's battles with The Weaponers of Qward, renegade Green Lantern Sinestro, Hector Hammond, and introduces Tomar Re, an alien Green Lantern.
160 pages, Paperback
First published December 8, 2009
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John Broome
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February 17, 2026
Apart from the occasional bright spot, all in all, this book is a pretty weak continuation of what started off as a fresh and exciting series. I have a lot of complaints that when all taken together make this book maybe worth more of a skim than a full read.
My grievances are:
They can't seem to figure out what to do with Carol. She's supposed to be this super driven business woman but yet we only really see her at parties, dating, or mooning over one man or another. As a character she basically get's totally sidelined.
The stuff that was cringe in the first volume, they double downed on big time. Everytime I read Pie-face, it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
The art seems to have suffered, it still has moments of greatness, but this book doesn't have the same crisp technical perfection that it's predecessor does, and looks like maybe it was drawn in a rush.
Things I can forgive:
The stories are all pretty goofy with lots of plot holes and or REALLY bad science. The power ring seems to have godlike power, but it's only ever used in a reactionary way. It makes things a bit silly, but the events remain fun.
The plots are much longer in page count. They get points for ambition, but the execution was a bit underwhelming if you ask me.
Things that were cool or interesting:
We get to see more of the GL corps in this and have our first appearances of some now familiar faces. Siniestro also makes his first appearance. Did anyone else know he was red to start?!
When the stories are more about space battles and weird SF happenings the book is actually pretty good, and the alien monsters are great! A couple of them are pretty freaky looking. My favorite being the giant orange chicken clowns on PCP looking guys.
It's also nice that Hal manages to remain a decent guy, even if he's been dumbed down a bit in this book.
My grievances are:
They can't seem to figure out what to do with Carol. She's supposed to be this super driven business woman but yet we only really see her at parties, dating, or mooning over one man or another. As a character she basically get's totally sidelined.
The stuff that was cringe in the first volume, they double downed on big time. Everytime I read Pie-face, it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
The art seems to have suffered, it still has moments of greatness, but this book doesn't have the same crisp technical perfection that it's predecessor does, and looks like maybe it was drawn in a rush.
Things I can forgive:
The stories are all pretty goofy with lots of plot holes and or REALLY bad science. The power ring seems to have godlike power, but it's only ever used in a reactionary way. It makes things a bit silly, but the events remain fun.
The plots are much longer in page count. They get points for ambition, but the execution was a bit underwhelming if you ask me.
Things that were cool or interesting:
We get to see more of the GL corps in this and have our first appearances of some now familiar faces. Siniestro also makes his first appearance. Did anyone else know he was red to start?!
When the stories are more about space battles and weird SF happenings the book is actually pretty good, and the alien monsters are great! A couple of them are pretty freaky looking. My favorite being the giant orange chicken clowns on PCP looking guys.
It's also nice that Hal manages to remain a decent guy, even if he's been dumbed down a bit in this book.
December 30, 2012
60th book read in 2012.
Number 101 out of 292 on my all time book list.
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Number 101 out of 292 on my all time book list.
Follow the link below to see my video review:
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July 5, 2024
Silver Age Green Lantern has a zany, fun flavor to it, with all of the lovable faulty science and far-out space adventures that one could possibly want. Couple that with superb artwork by Gil Kane and you have a winner. Many of the mainstays of Green Lantern are introduced during this time period (i.e. Sinestro, the Green Lantern Corps). I am still a GL neophyte, with this being only the second book that I have read. I hear that last year's Blackest Night mini-series was really good. I will wait for Chronicles Vol. 280 to find out!
March 23, 2011
Genuinely freaky and mind boggling. Where else could you read about a race of huge gila monsters that shoot shrinking rays from their eyes, dreams that turn eskimo sidekicks into seagulls, and a race that sleeps underground while their above ground projections of themselves turn evil because of a faulty chip? He's an interesting mix, Green Lantern, with a foothold in the modern urban world ala Superman and more than a foothold in the crazy future/time warp/alternate worlds storyline. Fickle heiress girlfriend Carol Ferris doesn't feature in most of these, she makes one attempt to unmask him and fades into the background for crazier storylines until the last tale introduces a parallel to Lois Lane, a pretty intrepid reporter, Sue Williams, with an insatiable thirst to unmask GL. The color palette is thrillingly electric and the artists took eagerly to their task of creating new body forms (the episode with the meeting of all Guardians of the Universe must have been especially fun to create). highly enjoyable.
October 15, 2011
Sometimes the things you loved as a child are better than you realized, and that is true of the stories in this collection. Green Lantern stories improve as they grow in number, thanks to the pre-Stan Lee visionary work of editor Julius Schwartz, writer John Broome, and artist Gil Kane. As the characters and complexity of this world expand, they richly inform each story and give me the feeling that this character has something special. Even a bad story, such as the clichéd last tale in this collection, twists the cliché a bit by using Green Lantern’s brother as the one suspected of being Green Lantern, where in Superman and Batman stories it was Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne under suspicion. This makes for a sappy story, but deepens the connection between GL and his brothers. At bottom, this is still only a 1961 kid’s comic book, but no comics published in 1961 are better than this.
November 17, 2011
The first appearance of Sinestro was in this volume along with more background on the Lantern Corps. Pretty good stuff. I find the old school comic style amusing. So many sentences end with !'s it's absurd. Also, some of the phrasing is weird too. Green Lantern is described a couple of times as being aroused. Also, some of the plots are hilarious. Only in a comic, or an old one for that matter, could this happen, "It's odd, Green Lantern! Biffy is a well-know crook, but he never pulled a bank job before! I'm inclined to credit his story that he's been under some kind of spell..."
May 29, 2013
Finally, the original back story of Sinestro. It's so strange to see today's Green Lantern stories (the movie, new comics, the animated series) Sinestro is always seen as mostly a good guy. Yeah, he started out as a Green Lantern in the original story, but of course he reverted to villainy in a strive for power. Today, he's seen as a villain, but in the animated series he didn't even turn yellow, he remained a Green Lantern with evil intentions. Also, this volume contains the first appearance of Hal Jordan's alien friend Tomar Rei. Yup, this one's going next to my classics.
August 3, 2011
Lessons Learned:
Evil villans are almost always bald!
The most difficult part of a superheroes life is managing his love life.
The answer for all problems, including uncovering secret indenties, is marriage. In fact the only thing females think about is marriage even if they are running a major aircraft corporation.
Don't sleep with your power ring on, you might turn your sterotyped sidekick into a bird.
Card tricks are always a crowd pleaser at parties.
Evil villans are almost always bald!
The most difficult part of a superheroes life is managing his love life.
The answer for all problems, including uncovering secret indenties, is marriage. In fact the only thing females think about is marriage even if they are running a major aircraft corporation.
Don't sleep with your power ring on, you might turn your sterotyped sidekick into a bird.
Card tricks are always a crowd pleaser at parties.
September 10, 2015
This was just as good as The Green Lantern Chronicles, Vol. 1. I can't wait to get The Green Lantern Chronicles, Vol. 3.
March 4, 2015
An improvement over the first volume with more creative storytelling and the introduction of two of GL's greatest villains, Sinestro and Hector Hammond. The art is great, but the gender politics and racial sensitivity are still unfortunate.
June 12, 2011
Jumping fishhooks, Eskimo greasemonkey!
August 16, 2012
See The Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1.
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