Books : Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1: To Be a Lantern

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- Solid GL Corps. Stories
If your a fan of Dave Gibbons clean ,clear art, he illustrates part of this trade. The really Interesting part of this trade was the mysterious "Green Lantern Corpse", What could this be you ask? Buy the trade and find out.

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- The Green Lantern Corps: One Year Later
"To Be a Lantern" picks up the Green Lantern Corps story after Guy Gardner has completed his one year of "no shore leave" from Oa. The story, by Dave Gibbons, is entertaining and reads like "NYPD Blue" meets "Star Trek: TNG". The artwork is somewhat inconsistent in the first three issues collected here, but improves once Dave Gibbons takes over pencilling chores himself. While not in the same league as Green Lantern Corps: Recharge, "To Be a Lantern" is still a fun series.

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- A Great Series
This is one of my Favorites series going on right now right up there with Fables. It brings into focus so many different characters it is next impossible to not find at least one that you like. And by pairing up Green Lanterns into groups of two you get a lot of ying-yang relationships such as Guy and Kyle while the former is an arrogant, hot head the latter is humble guy who keeps control of himself. This really is more of a filler between major story arcs but still a solid story.

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- refreshing
In Green Lantern Corps you get the opportunity to follow the stories of some of the lesser known GLs. I would always see them in the Green Lantern books, flying around, not saying anything and basically taking up space and making Hal Jordan look good. In this series the main characters are Kilowog and (Love him or hate him)Guy Gardner as they train and lead a new generation of Green Lanterns. I think Green Lantern Corps is THE Green Lantern book to read. Ion and Hal Jordon have fallen from grace for me and I find real solace and enjoyment from reading the Corps. Many interesting topics arise in Corps such as brotherhood, Racism, faith and the scales of justice. Corps is definitely worth a read is you're into Green Lantern. The stores are good, the characters are dynamic and it could very be the future of the Green lantern legacy. Even though it can get a little flaky at times it's still a very entertaining read.

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- Decent enough Green Lantern yarn
Picking up where Green Lantern Corps: Recharge left off, To Be a Lantern focuses on Lanterns Guy Gardner, Kilowog, and the rookie Lanterns introduced in the aforementioned book as the guardians of the universe are dispatched across the universe. There's nothing really substanscial about To Be a Lantern, and it's not really as compelling as Recharge was (mostly thanks to writer Dave Gibbons, mainly known as the artist of the legendary Watchmen, not having Geoff Johns as a co-plotter here), but the overall story has it's share of charm, and Green Lantern fans new and old alike will enjoy this story regardless. Patrick Gleason's artwork is enjoyable as well, with an assist from veteran Green Lantern inker Prentis Rollins that only improves upon Gleason's foundations. All in all, To Be a Lantern doesn't really do much to expand the Green Lantern mythos, but it doesn't try to either, and in that regard alone, this book is a fun and enjoyable ride nevertheless.

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