Ion

[TheCorpulent1]

The issue felt pretty boring to me. It was all exposition of stuff we already knew. Kyle's changing, he's got access to the Starheart and the CPB now, Hal's a *****ebag, blah, blah, blah. The Kilowog/Salakk scene at the beginning was the best part for me.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Where have they been treated like lowly newbies? Kilowog's basically the Guardians' man on the streets, keeping the entire Corps running smoothly. John's patrolling the sector he was meant to patrol from the beginning. Kyle's working through his transformation into something more than just a Green Lantern.

 

[kiuju2k]

I don't see how him having the power of the starheart and cpb make him the strongest in the dcu like they were say in during IC. If somebody can point that out to me i'm all ears.

 

[Darthphere]

Issue wasnt that boring to me, it seems like a lot of exposition, but overall I can tell this will be ramping up next issue.

 

[Darthphere]

This issue reminded me a lot of Empire Strikes Back and the cave scene on Dagobah.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah, me too.

 

[Hush]

SO I hope we get some awesome interaction between Hal and Kyle, because honestly I want Hal to just be FORCED to step out of Kyle's way. Yes I want to see Kyle own Hal because Hal tries to stop Kyle from doing what he is doing. Which is something that has purpose and meaning and hal is to stubborn to see this, because if the guardians arent interfering than there is no reason for Hal too and Kyle see's that. I would like this to happen next Issue.

 

[Hush]

It would be a good fight, would it not?

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

i was interested in kyle rayner right up until this ion crap popped up. now he's my least favorite. im just not digging this direction at all.

 

[supes_el]

Well after 2 lame issues, this is finally starting to pick up. This issue was a lot more readable than the first 2 and it actually goes somewhere. I think its going to get interesting from here.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

Kyle's so emo.

 

[BrianWilly]

My thoughts on this from the Bought/Thought thread...

Ion #3
Okay so it reads a little cliche, "When dead girlfriends attack!", but then you consider that Kyle's had three dead girlfriends and it becomes a bit more charming and almost necessary. I liked the fact that Marz likened all of Kyle's costume changes to his girlfriends of the month. The whole "history of the character dream intervention" thing is not really anything that we haven't seen before, but it works. A character like Kyle Rayner is much less about the subtext and much more about the, uh, text. Marz also sets up a nice scene which reveals that Kyle's really not afraid of new powers or anything -- getting new powers is what he's done forever now, and he's way used to it -- but afraid of what this new powers would do to people around him considering what his powers have always done to people around him. It's ridiculously simple and straightforward pathos but again, Kyle's never been overly complicated. It's when you overwhelm him with layers upon layers of psychoses and angst and subtleties that the character loses his charm.

(7 out of 10)

 

[yenaled]

I agree with Brian.

I thought the issue really highlighted Kyle, his past, what he would feel by having three girlfriends die on him and showing him moving beyond the fearful rookie.

I also loved the start with Kilowog/Salakk. I liked. "We owe him that... we all do" and "If you hadn't done it, I would have."

I also liked the fact that Mogo is helping Kyle sort his mind out a bit more, when Kyle did the exact same thing for Mogo back at the end of Winicks run.

 

[Mister J]

#3 was much welcomed after the first two issues kinda dragged. Good moments with Kyle experienced the physical form of his fears and regret. The accompanying uniform changes were a nice touch. We should get some good stuff in #4. I'm looking forward to the interaction with Hal and Kyle.

 

[Darthphere]

I really liked #3 as well, probably my favorite issue so far, but I can see why people didnt like it.

 

[kiuju2k]

Still i don't follow his being as uber powerful as the previous ion by having access to the starheart. So if we gave alan or jade a power ring they would be as powerful as Kyle? I would like to think he would be more than that ya know. I mean hes had access to all of the power of the cpb and he did incredible feats. Right now i'm not seeing it i mean i know the starheart is a massive collection of magic the guardians gathered and only 2 people actually have access to it but, still it doesn't seem like it would make him the strongest of them all. Or at least as strong as the previous ion or anywhere near it.
I just wanted more out it. Some other type of power besides the obvious.

 

[BrianWilly]

I think of it like this: if you gave Alan Scott a power ring, he's still stuck to either using his own Starheart power or the Central Power Battery power one at a time. It's not as if he's combining the two powers into a greater power, he's just using two different rings separately that pretty much do the same things anyway. Kyle is literally combining the two, using one form of energy concurrently with another and not in addition to, and who knows what the result will be. I loathe to use this example more than anyone could possibly know, but it's like fusion from Dragonball Z

; two powerful fighters attacking someone at once isn't as powerful as if the power of the two fighters were contained within one being.

At least, that's how I see it right now with what little info we're given; the power of Ion could turn out to be something completely different, after all.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm kind of wondering if Kyle is actually turning into a Guardian-level being. Maybe he'll join the little blue men's ranks by the time this is all over. I hope that's not the case, though. Kyle's place should be out adventuring.

 

[Darthphere]

And banging soon to be dead chicks.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Seriously, Kyle and Daredevil's penises must have poison tips or something.

 

[Tarnish]

I just got my own copy of Ion #3, and while I almost dropped it on #1, it has continued to get better and better, especially the art IMO. I love the fact that some of the Lanterns are pulling a runaround the Guardians and using Hal to do it. As for Kyle, given all the dead girlfriends in the past, it is amazing he's held together so well

 

[The Leaguer]

It's because he's awesome.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

Omit the emo thing.

 

[The Leaguer]

There is no emo thing.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

No, he's the emo structuroid.