Green Lantern, Vol. 1: No Fear

Green Lantern, Vol. 1: No Fear (Green Lantern IV #1)

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A new hardcover collecting GREEN LANTERN #1-6 and GREEN LANTERN SECRET FILES #1! Hal Jordan is back from the dead — now watch as he re-establishes his life as a pilot. Standing in his way, though, is one of the deadly Manhunter androids followed by the Shark.
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published April 19th 2006 by DC Comics
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Robert
Hal Jordan is back and I couldn't care less. Not that I have a problem with the character or his traits. It's just that Johns isn't capable of making me feel for anything Hal does or says. The writing is just amateurish and even when he gets the scene emotionally right, gets to some kind of climax, he ruins it with idiotic explanations of things that us readers should be well capable understanding. His Hal is not a person with faults who tries to do better, he's not inspirational at all. Just a...more
Zack! Empire
This feels like a bit of a bland collection. I think it has to do with the fact that I’m just not familiar with the Green Lantern villains. Some of these guys I have no idea who they are, or what kind of threat they represent. With superhero comics a large part of the drama comes from the history between the characters. So when Black Hand shows up in this book it might be a big moment to longtime fans, but to me it was just another case of “who is this guy”? Although Black Hand does seem to hav...more
Mike Jozic
This is another book that I passed on when it debuted, mostly because I wasn't too terribly interested in seeing Hal Jordan reintegrated into the DC Continuity. Granted, Geoff Johns is a competent writer, and I've always loved the work of Carlos Pacheco, but it still wasn't enough of a draw until I could read it from a library copy with only an investment of time to lose.

The biggest disappointment to me here is the fact that Carlos Pacheco, an artist I absolutely love, is around to bring back th...more
Andrew Williams
Geoff Johns brought Hal Jordan back with Green Lantern rebirth, now he returns Green Lantern to the DCU in a new ongoing series.

The backstory here, Hal Jordan had been through a strange character arc in the 90's that saw him turn into a villain, destroy the Green Lantern Corps, and eventually sacrifice himself to save the earth, then return as the latest version of the Spectre. The details of this arc chronicled mostly in Green Lantern: Rebirth, and give you the understanding you really need to...more
J.M.
Disappointing. Geoff Johns' writing in GREEN LANTERN: NO FEAR (GL:NF) was all over the place, the pacing was choppy, the characters were merely brushed upon, the storyline in general was sometimes boring, often contrived, and just all over the place with no real depth like in GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH
(GL:R).

I was also bummed to find that Ethan Van Sciver only drew one issue of the six in this collection! I didn't mind Carlos Pacheco's art, but he's been better. His art seemed rather rushed and mor...more
Crushi
After a bit of origin and history of the character exposition a story finally kicks in and gets interesting. I get bored with reading origins again and again. Yes, we know... but every time they reboot a character they have to get people caught up. I just want him to put that ring on and blast off to the nether reaches of the galaxy to kick some insane alien's ass!

Summer is still here and I've finally got some time to devote to reading again. I'm slowly making my way back to regular books but ta...more
Madeleine
Taking place after Green Lantern: Rebirth, this reboot of the Green Lantern series is really only a reboot in numbering. Geoff Johns pretty much honors then-current DCU continuity, but does use his Hal Jordan which seems to have an origin slightly different than say the origin given to Jordan in Emerald Dawn (I'm not sure where Emerald Dawn fits into DCU canon/continuity, just that it's a well known Jordan origin story. Where he's a whiny motherfucker through most of it.).
Mostly, this volume (is...more
Ithlilian
As the second installment in a new Green Lantern series, No Fear is a little disappointing. It's pretty basic. We definitely get more of a feel for Hal Jordan's personality and backstory, but everything else is all over the place. There are some bad guys going around smashing things, but I didn't feel a sense of danger. Details weren't really explored in depth, and the chain of events didn't unfold in a streamlined fashion. As such, I was a bit confused a times, or at least left wondering if I m...more
Joe Mahoney
I've never really followed along with the Green Lantern. All I really knew was that head a magic ring but it didn't work on yellow things. Dumb.

My son is getting into superheroes and particularly enjoys the GL cartoon. Who am I kidding—I like it too. So when I saw this trade at the local library I picked it up for both of us to read.

This is a bit of a reboot of the GL mythos. Hal Jordan is back from the dead and fighting old-school enemies like Black Hand. He also has family issues and an hones...more
Chris Westin
I've read several other Green Lantern collections, and this is not one of the best. This is mostly about an Earthbound Hal Jordan wrestling with the reboot of the Green Lantern Corps, and his rejoining the Air Force as a test pilot after being kicked out for insubordination. There's very little in the way of heroic action beyond dealing with a couple of rogue manhunters, which only takes a few pages. There are brief cameos by Kyle Rayner and John Stewart. The isn't a clear storyline, just disjoi...more
Taylor Johnson
I knew that I needed to get through this collection because there are greater Green Lantern stories down the road. I can't wait to read Darkest Night or War of the Green Lanterns. In order to fully comprehend those I feel like I need to know the whole story. This collection is the beginning of the full story.

Pacing and artwork are my two biggest complaints. It's a light, quick, and some times very enjoyable read. But I know what Geoff Johns is famous for. He's famous for his epics. This is not a...more
Ubalstecha
Hal Jordan is back as Green Lantern. In this first volume of Geoff Johns's reboot of the character, we see Hal trying to re-establish himself. He tries to regain his job as a test pilot. Tries to convince his brother to move back to Coast City. All the while, he is fighting Manhunters, aliens and old foes.

A good compilation of the first few issues of the new series. It is interesting that Johns has chosen to keep the back story of Hal, rather than completely reboot. There are some good elements...more
Joshua
I haven't ready any DC comics or novels in a long time. I was talking to Jason, the owner of Flint Town Comics here in Gallatin, TN. He said that the new series is a revamp on the entire DC universe and histories. This book was great as an introduction into the Green Lantern world! It gave quite a bit of back story, but made you want to know more about the history and made you want to know what happens next in the series by the end of the book. Inking and coloring was intense and very well done!...more
M
With Hal Jordan back as the major Green Lantern, this volume helps reestablish the former test pilot and his not-so-stellar rogues' gallery for a new generation. After an initial "send-off" to Kyle Rayner, we get to see the new and improved Manhunters, creepy takes on the hyper-evolved Hector Hammond and Shark, and a twisted new direction for Black Hand. Though the Hammond/Shark storyline only serves to help propel Black Hand into the forefront of Blackest Night, the volume is a solid reintroduc...more
Kevin
This was a decent collection. It certain wasn't Green Lantern at greatest, but it spent its time continuing the story and setting things up for the future. As a volume one it was okay since it did give glimpses into the character's past. This whole volume seemed designed to bring back some of Hal's old enemies: the Manhunters, Black Hand, and Hector Hammond. I'm definitely glad I read it after Secret Origin and Revival because I would have been far more confused had I not. I recommend this for f...more
Ross
The collection following Geoff Johns' revival of the character in Green Lantern: Rebirth follows Hal Jordan as he attempts to get himself reestablished in the nearly rebuilt Coast City and working again with the Air Force. As does so, he comes face to face with the Manhunters, Hector Hammond and other menaces.
Starting off the new series, the story starts off at a high octane pace and doesn't let up. With a quick origins story featuring Hal and Kyle Rayner, this does an excellent job of starting...more
Sophie
There's a lot of exposition in this book, but it's mostly wrapped in nice tidbits and moments, and overall this is well-written and fun. The only problem is that I'm having a hard time giving a damn about Hal Jordan. I think one problem may be that I knew John *and* Kyle before I read any story featuring him, and while everyone says that he's the Greatest Lantern Of Them All, I... don't really see why, at least not so far. But I've become a huge fan of the Corps, and I definitely want to read th...more
Abhinav
You can read the full review over at The Founding Fields:

http://thefoundingfields.com/2013/05/...

Rebirth, the six-issue mini-series that marked the start of Geoff Johns’ nearly 9-year run on the Green Lantern book, was a story that completely blew me. It was pretty much a perfect graphic novel as far as I was concerned. Despite the fact that it was a transitional book and marked the return of Hal Jordan as a Green Lantern after spending a considerable amount of time as Parallax, and so would nor...more
Nick
This book is the archetype of Comic Books as they are known to the uninitiated. This is a bad thing.

1.) It retells Hal Jordan's youth yet again, in exhausting detail. All-Star Superman told Superman's entire origin story in four frames, why does a single part of Hal's origin story require several pages? 2.) It is deeply mired in canonical nonsense that it can't seem to manage properly. 3.) It arbitrarily makes up superhero magic bullshit and deals with it in a way that is totally unrelatable.
The_Mad_Swede
This volume collects issues #1–6 and Green Lantern Secret Files and Origins 2005 and has writer Geoff Johns pick up where he left off in his Green Lantern: Rebirth miniseries in which he redeemed and returned Silver Age Green Lantern Hal Jordan to the fold. Like last time, Johns gets help from Ethan van Sciver. However, this time the latter is not alone: Darwyn Cooke, Carlos Pacheco and Simone Bianchi all contribute to the visuals of the volume. And none of them misses a beat.

The volume opens w...more
Nick
Re-reading No Fear, the opening volume of Geoff Johns's ongoing Green Lantern series, I was amazed to see the consistency presented in the mythos Johns has created for the Emerald Warrior. Having read through the latest issue of the series, I was floored to see seeds planted all the way back in these fledgling issues for Blackest Night. This opening collection also does a great job getting to the heart of Hal Jordan. Johns wisely doesn't make this book about Hal's past, which would weigh down th...more
Brad
Geoff Johns brought Hal Jordan back to life in Green Lantern: Rebirth and here he gives him a life. He resettles in Coast City, which has lots of construction but no citizens (it's renamed "Ghost City"). Coast City now joins Bludhaven, "Sub Diego" and Star City as DC cities that could stand in for real-life New Orleans. Those superheroes aren't doing much to defend their hometowns. Hal also rejoins the Air Force so he can fly without needing his ring.
Johns really excels at this style of superh...more
Tyler
I was not amazed by this volume. I've really enjoyed the others in this series which leads up to Blackest Night, but this one seemed disjointed; I just couldn't get into it at all.

Really the only thing of import is that the impending "Blackest Night" is mentioned here and the Black Hand arrives.

The artwork didn't do it for me, either. I really liked it at first, and then someone else (Ethan Van Sciver, I believe) finished and it was actually off-putting.

Ah, well.

Onto Blackest Night!
Standardtoaster
This is Hal Jordan returning to his roots; this is the volume that made him a favorite of mine. He's rekindling old family ties, and sparking up new friendships. These are random space-encounter adventures, before the "other-color" lantern corps stuff (thats dominating the GL books at the moment) gets introduced. Love Carlos Pacheco as an illustrator - he's one of my all-time faves. The dude that illustrated the last issue in this volume isn't a fav, but he's not so horrible that it brings my vo...more
Chris
A really great superhero graphic novel. This is up there with "Green Lantern: Secret Origin" which (I think) was part of the same launch. An enjoyable read which included characters such as "Cowgirl" who I liked from previous Green Lantern stories. This would be a great place to start as it ties in well with what happens/has happened elsewhere in the story of Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern. The only negative, which prevents a five star rating, is the artwork towards the end of the novel, which...more
Nathan Buchanan
The opening story is about little Hal Jordan going for an "off the record" late night flight with his Dad. It's an absolute 5-star story featuring Darwyn Cooke's art. Much like in "New Frontier" he perfectly captures the look of a Silver Age that never was. The rest of the run deals with Hal taking up his mantle of Green Lantern and USAF test pilot after the events of Rebirth. I might be tempted to give the collection 3 stars but the first story is so brilliant it's definitely 4.
Stephen Bergstrom
Sorry, I just have to write something to counter Robert's utter dismissal of this title. We get it, it's not his cup of tea. That doesn't make Johns a bad writer, just not one that's suited to Robert.

This picks up somewhat after the events of GL: Rebirth and carries us into the first six or so issues into the current ongoing. Oh, wait, this would be the prior ongoing. Now there's the whole New52 thing going on.

Okay.

Still freakishly awesome.
Fizzgig76
Reprints Green Lantern #1-6 and Secret Files & Origins 2005 #1. Hal Jordan tries to reclaim his life after his rebirth and finds himself faced with his old enemies. The relaunch of Green Lantern brings solid stories, but the art varies issue to issue (the best art being Darwyn Cooke's flashback story from the Secret Files & Origins issue). The book is relatively slow moving but does seem to build for future storylines.
Trevor Kidd
Green Lantern: No Fear reintegrates Hal Jordan into his old life as a pilot and a green lantern. This volume follows a couple of story lines that jump around a little.

The Good: The artwork is fantastic. It's colorful but not overdone. No Fear is a good place to jump into Green Lantern. It has plenty of backstory but not so much that a new reader has to know to get what is going on. The Black Hand story arc gives some interesting foreshadowing for the Blackest Night series.

The Bad: The man-hunter...more
Dave
This is a good, solid kick-off to Geoff Johns's renewal of the Green Lantern franchise, though slightly disappointing after the excellence of the prelude, GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH.

Highlights include: very strong art from Carlos Pacheco, Simone Bianchi, and Ethan Van Sciver, the excellent opening story, "Flight" (drawn by Darwyn Cooke), and a creepy, Hannibal Lecter-ish use of Hector Hammond.
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