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Okay, first of all, disregard that review below about Hal's illegitimate child. Clearly the writer didn't get past the first couple pages. Why write a review for something you didn't bother to read?
I enjoyed reading this as it answers the question about what is Hal Jordan's legacy, as viewed through the eyes of his old sidekick Tom "Pieface" Kalmaku. It skirts the issue of whether one's actions can be judged by mistakes or heroics. Tom is guided along a journey in which he visits many of the people and groups that Hal wronged. While on this journey, Tom and his companion are hounded by a mysterious entity that seeks to destroy them. So overall, I enjoyed reading this but it certainly wasn't what I was expecting. Brent Anderson's pencils deserve special mention, for at times they look like Neal Adams, and that's always a good thing.
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Legacy is a very touching and well written book, but there are some continuity errors. this is supposed to happen after Final Night. but if i remember correctly, Hal healed John Stewart's paralysis, but in the book, it still has him in a wheelchair
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Yeah, right, I'm suposed to believe this. And Spiderman has been replaced by a clone for the last ten years. This is the problem with the "twisty" continuety of the alternate, so-called current DC Universe. It makes no sense. Talk about kicking a guy when he's down. Now they have GL fathering an illigetimate child. Well, if you like your heroes torn down, discredtied and Michael Jackson wierd this is for your. Otherwise, buy yourself one of those Green Lantern Archives and read about Hal Jordan's advventures before a host of second-rate artists and third-rate writers got to him.
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In Legacy: The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan, writer Joe Kelly and Artists Brent Anderson and Bill Sienkiewicz try to add a fitting coda to the career of Hal Jordan, the disgraced (and deceased) former Green Lantern. Prior to his death, Jordan went berserk with grief (The City he called home was destroyed by an insane alien baddie), slaughtered the entire Green Lantern Corps., and usurped their power in an attempt to undo the destruction of Coast City. He was eventually given a chance to redeem himself; He died saving the Earth, and has since been reborn as the newest incarnation of the wrath of God known as The Spectre. Whew!
The book centers around former Jordan sidekick/Green Lantern wannabe/offensive racial stereotype Tom "Pieface" Kalmaku. (Can you believe there was actually a time when it was OK to call an Eskimo "Pieface"? Jeez!) He is wallowing in self-pity over the loss of his friend Hal; He's a destitute alcoholic, he's just lost his job, his Wife, his Kids......and now, out of nowhere, he's handed a child that is allegedly Jordan's, and a note from Hal reading "Tom- Fix it. Hal" Who is this kid? What does the note mean? What can one man do in a world of super-powered God-like beings? Tom is about to find out....
The art is nice, the book is attractively designed, and the reappearance of my favorite ever Green Lantern (I won't spoil the surprise, poozer!) is much appreciated and very unexpected. Writer Joe Kelly even manages to end the book on a note of triumph, with a hint of a bright future for The Corps. My only problem is that if I weren't aware of the twisty Green Lantern continuity, I'd have been lost. The book just doesn't seem new-reader friendly. Who is The Spectre, and what does he have to do with Hal Jordan? Who is the big yellow guy that blew up Coast City? What did Hal hope to accomplish by killing off The Corps. and The Guardians? I knew the answers to these quetions, but a new reader wouldn't.
Longtime fans should be satisfied, though.
Rating: -
The art work was well done. The story line was starting out very well but got confusing. I really can't give a full review without giving away some of the plot.
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