Green Lantern: Circle of Fire

Green Lantern

by Brian K. Vaughan, Scott Beatty

A nightmarish creation from Green Lantern's childhood imagination has come to life.

He is Oblivion, and he's on a direct course towards Earth. Leaving devastation in his wake, even the forces of the Earth's mightiest super-heroes, the JLA, cannot stop him.

Aided by six Green Lanterns from different time periods, Kyle Rayner must not only battle a foe from his childhood nightmares but his own inner demons and uncertainty as well.

With an all-star lineup of writers and artists, Green Lantern: Cirle of Fire continues the adventures of Kyle Rayner, a young Green Lantern destined to become one of Earth's greatest heroes.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes, Comic Book, Fiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2002

About the author

Brian K. Vaughan is the writer and co-creator of comic-book series including SAGA, PAPER GIRLS, Y THE LAST MAN, RUNAWAYS, and most recently, BARRIER, a digital comic with artist Marcos Martin about immigration, available from their pay-what-you-want site www.PanelSyndicate.com

BKV's work has been recognized at the Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, Shuster, Eagle, and British Fantasy Awards. He sometimes writes for film and television in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family and their dogs Hamburger and Milkshake.

Reviews

[Nicolas · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story was good for the most part, but the Dr. Phil ending sorta took the wind from its sails.

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[Neal · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.9⭐️

I’m rounding up on this one. I’m not a big Green Lantern fan but I’m a huge Brian K. Vaughn fan. This was just not his best work. By a long shot. It’s pretty unoriginal and never really hooked me…But it’s not bad, and even quite fun in places. If you’re GL fan I’d say to give it a shot but if you’re a BKV fan who is looking for some of his classic writing I’d say go ahead a skip this one.

[Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decently weird Green lantern story, which dabbles in being meta. Honestly, could've used more of that.

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

men will literally create a world-ending threat to universal life and then threaten to kill themselves before getting therapy

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

The new Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) must fight a seemingly unbeatable entity: a malevolent being that seems to be identical to one that he himself created for a comic book as a youngster. The League has been trapped and are helpless. Helpers mysteriously appear, but are they what they seem?

All in all, not bad. A bit earnest and simplistic, but I'll give the writers credit for a good, sincere try. Except that the ending is VERY abrupt and incomplete - so much so that I strongly suspect that the copy I read (from the library) is missing one or more of the final pages. The pages aren't numbered, so I can't be sure.

[James Bowman · Rating 3 out of 5]

An entertaining side-story featuring Kyle Rayner and an array of Green Lanterns from other times facing off against a cosmic villain named Oblivion. The few very minor plot hiccups towards the end are balanced out by the fun and interesting character moments throughout the rest of the storyline. (B)

[Chuck Ventura · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can skip most of the stuff in the middle. Just read CoF#1, GL/GL, and CoF#2 to understand the story. Most of the tie-ins that take place in between are just filler.

Really important character moment for Kyle, as he finally overcomes his emotional baggage and insecurities.

[Fugo Feedback]

Tengo que chequear si se editó en castellano. Aunque sea imposible de conseguir a esta altura, por lo menos la dejo goodreadeada.

[Tony · Rating 2 out of 5]

started 17 Dec 2011; terrible, worst comic book story arc I have ever read