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After Johns' "Green Lantern: Rebirth" miniseries, in which he restored Hal Jordan to the role essentially by ignoring the last ten years of DC continuity surrounding the character and creating the "Yellow Cosmic Fear Bug" that explained away Parallax, he started new with a new volume of GL's ongoing monthly title. This new series started just before "Infinite Crisis" was getting off the ground, and it wasn't long before it became obvious that Johns was essentially treading water. Jordan's character takes on a much larger role in the post-IC DC Comics Universe, and consequently the first ten issues of the new Green Lantern series (this volume collects 1-5, I believe), which took place before and during the Crisis, were there merely to create the presence of a Green Lantern title in the market. The character wasn't actually rethought, retooled and relaunched until DC's One Year Later event (the first issues of which were just released in the Revenge of the Green Lantern Corps hardcover, also by Johns).
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You've got to hand it to Geoff Johns. The fan favorite writer has managed to sucessfully weave superb stories during his runs on the Flash, JSA, and his DC Universe shattering Infinite Crisis. However, there's something about his relaunch of Green Lantern that just stands head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. After the events of Green Lantern: Rebirth, silver-age GL Hal Jordan has been resurrected and restored as a member of the Green Lantern Corps, with fellow GL John Stewart in the JLA, and fellow GL's Kyle Rayner, Guy Gardner, and Kilowog in space training new recruits. Now that Hal is back, Johns retraces his silver-age origins from when he is first bestowed with the ring, to the present day as he is once again an air force pilot trying to reclaim the life that he had lost. No Fear begins with Hal on the trail of a murderous renegade Manhunter, and seeks out information from long time adversary Hector Hammond. There's plenty of other appearances from the GL rogue gallery as well, and Johns' wonderfully done homages to the GL stories of yesteryear are magnificent. Featuring art by a list of greats: Carlos Pacheco, Ethan Van Sciver, Darwyn Cooke; No Fear is an excellent re-launching of the new ongoing Green Lantern series, and an even more excellent return of one of the most iconic figures of the DC Universe.
Rating:  -
This collection of the latest adventures of the Silver Age Green Latern (Hal Jordan) is an excellent relaunching for the character and a fine place to begin for a reader new to this character. The history of the title comes alive, but in a way that does not swamp new readers to the series and the artwork is high-quality. The sole disappointment is the series is a bit slow to develop a few of the secondary story arcs.
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