Ion

[BrianWilly]

My thoughts from the B/T thread:

Ion #2
Not much to say, honestly; the plot progresses a bit, the mystery deepens, and the art is a lot better.

We get to see a bit of Ion's actual power, and it doesn't actually feel too different from his old Green Lantern powers other than the fact that he has no ring. There's an interesting tidbit where Kyle mentions his powers are a combo of the Central Power Battery and the Starheart, which would make sense. I wonder if that's going to be significant down the line; maybe a combination of logical science and chaotic magic is exactly what the Guardians' "experiment" is all about. It would be nice if the Guardians' return to their old stodgy, authoritarian attitudes was just a ruse, since that tends to invalidate a lot of what Winick did with them, but I dunno...mystic stuff usually feels incredibly out of place in a Green Lantern's universe.

Again, it's nice that Marz is one writing this, since his "tone" is unmistakably and unrecognizably Kyle.

(7.8 out of 10)

 

[kiuju2k]

I thought it was alright. Kind of a slow one. Now his power is actually a little more clearer to me. Starheart with Green Lantern power. I always thought it was residual Ion power like it was said back in IC. I guess hes even more like Alan Scott than he has ever been. Like it was said earlier i think its at least an interesting experiment with the guardians using magic at this point and how unpredictable it is. So far so good

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I was pretty surprised that Kyle was such a wuss. He displayed more power as a GL in JLA. Still, #2 was good overall. Slow again, but at least we got to see some more of the Corps' reaction to maybe-Kyle/maybe-not's actions.

 

[Hush]

I Loved it and I havent even read part one yet partly because its gone at my store.

 

[yenaled]

Kalman Andrasofszky has posted a new version of Ion #5 cover on his weblog.

Compaired to the old cover it is amazingly stunning;

Kalman needs to get a regular inside job because he covers are amazing, he is fastly becoming a favourite penciler of mine.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Oooh, glowy effects.

Just kidding. Yeah, the new cover looks better on all counts. Kyle and Hal's poses are much stronger, the more stylized, Chinese dragon motif to the yellow monster is much more visually interesting, and the fact that the antagonist is flying out of the monster's eye creates a nice frame.

 

[yenaled]

and it has glowy effects.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Naturally.

 

[kiuju2k]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say thats probably going to be nero. Seeing as the construct is well... artsy.

I was pretty surprised that Kyle was such a wuss. He displayed more power as a GL in JLA. Still, #2 was good overall. Slow again, but at least we got to see some more of the Corps' reaction to maybe-Kyle/maybe-not's actions.

Thats true I don't think green lanterns now can do the things kyle has done
with the ring. Or perhaps vice versa. I'm really interested in his power levels now and how he is supposedly the strongest well one of the strongest in the dcu. We'll see how hes written.

and it has glowy effects.

Wow!

 

[Hush]

Issue 3 comes out when??

 

[yenaled]

End of the month.

 

[Hush]

ARGH!!! I hate waits, lovin this series though even though I didnt get issue 1 I just loved issue 2.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

meh, not really digging the whole direction, i wouldve preffered if he just lead the GL corps instead. issue 1 nor 2 didnt really impress me, I'll pass on this series.

 

[The Leaguer]

According to Marz, the true direction of the book is supposed to become clear around issue 4, so if you stick around until then, you might be pleased.

 

[yenaled]

I'm enjoying the direction, it's Kyle and I love it.

I'm liking exploring the starheart more. Hoping maybe Yulan Gar might be involved, especially with the Chinese motiffs on the cover.

 

[Darthphere]

meh, not really digging the whole direction, i wouldve preffered if he just lead the GL corps instead. issue 1 nor 2 didnt really impress me, I'll pass on this series.

You. Not liking something? Get outta here.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm enjoying the direction, it's Kyle and I love it.

I'm liking exploring the starheart more. Hoping maybe Yulan Gar might be involved, especially with the Chinese motiffs on the cover.

I'm hoping to see Hal get the hell out of the series and Alan start showing up on covers soon. The whole series is about Kyle's adapting to the changes of his evolution and being unique among the GLs. Alan's the perfect mentor for that. If Marz doesn't have at least one sit-down between the two of them, I'll be annoyed.

 

[yenaled]

Couldn't agree more, Alan has always been a father and mentor figure to Kyle and if there is one person in the universe he would turn too (except perhaps Ganthet) it would be Alan.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That's another thing I'd like to see: Ganthet growing a pair and standing up to his fellow Guardians. The guy clearly grew a conscience and learned to relate to the mere mortals he was forced to depend on for so long. It's gotta be burning him up to watch the other Guardians jerk the Corpsmen and Kyle around like nothing more than pawns on their intergalactic chessboard again.

 

[Darthphere]

Im really liking this book, dont know why but I do.

 

[warren_sparta27]

holy ****, that wart work is fantastic

 

[ToddIsDead]

I just read issue 2 yesterday. Pretty good.

 

[Hush]

I think Hal is there more as a "Im going to find out whats wrong because I am the best and when something is out of the ordinary its my job to fix it.........because im the best." role than anything else. I have a gut feeling we will see Alan just because the starheart was mentioned. Hal I think is going to try and stop/figure out whats wrong, and get his ass handed to him in a variety of ways, via really freaking cool consructs.

 

[Darthphere]

I wonder who the 3rd Lantern is.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Which third Lantern?