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The Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 2. (The Green Lantern Chronicles #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.
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by Titan Publishing Company
(first published December 8th 2009)
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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 coll...more
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 ba...more
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 h...more
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.
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Jumping fishhooks, Eskimo greasemonkey!
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