The Official Green Lantern Thread

[BrianWilly]

I can see Kyle and Guy forming a group of "Rouge Lanterns"

And they will be utterly fabulous.

 

[RockSP]

The Eve of Blackest Night: Geoff Johns on...Everything

Pretty good article. This make me happy the most:


Here's hoping some good things happen with him.

His excuse about John is pretty much bull. Even when it was Hal that was the main GL in JLA, John was still in the background in the Green Lantern book.

 

[Ion Kenshin]

His excuse about John is pretty much bull. Even when it was Hal that was the main GL in JLA, John was still in the background in the Green Lantern book.

Let's hope that this will be a change for the better.

 

[WompuM]

He'll go violet. They've been building that up for weeks.

 

[Artistsean]

There are just enough rings for each finger, minus the thumbs.
I'd like to see Hal as the White Lantern, maybe have his costume contantly changing.
Like a conveyor belt type thing, then like a diagonal wipe his costume changes to an Orange Lantern, then again a diagonal wipe changes his orange costume into a blue lantern, and so on.

The Black Lanterns:

Spoiler

Martian Manhunter:

Aquaman:

Superman of Earth 2:

Firestorm:

Deadman:

 

[Wesley Dodds]

I think John is gonna be the White Lantern. White being Life, he'll bring the Black Corps members (who survive TBN) back to life. But it'll be at the cost of his own life.
As a reward the universe reunites himwith Katma-Tui...

On an unrelated note, did anybody else think that that the "Hal's hand being cut off last issue was actually a Blue Ring Construct" thing was a huge cop-out.?

 

[Hush]

Well we all know the John's Golden boy wasnt going to ACTUALLY have harm done to him.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Yeah but spoons its just not ethically right, even if they did kill, you could argue they are under the influence of thier ring which selected them, they did not chose. They are essentially just doing the duty of there corps.

I find it kinda hard to maintain a considerable level of ethics when we're dealing with criminals like the Sinestro Corps and Red Lanterns; or any supervillain in a comic book really. If ordinary cops were executing bank robbers and drug addicts, that'd be ridiculous. But somebody like Mongul or Atrocitus, who'd kill/eat/dismember you in a heartbeat? I catch him, I'm killin' him.

As Kyle said, it's not about them, it's about holding up an ideal. Sure a lot of rapists, murderers, and whatnot deserve to be executed and it's plain fact that they did it. But fair trials and due process are ideals that must be upheld in a civil society.

Also, there will be backlash. If Green Lanterns were held prisoner by the Sinestros, they too would have attempted to escape the first chance they got. Do they deserve to be executed? An action such as this can create backlash of retaliation in the same manner.

If a GL were taken prisoner and killed by ANY of their enemies, it wouldn't surprise me at all. I know good villains are hard to come by so you can't just kill 'em all off but I'm gettin kinda tired of the "capture a villain, he escapes, kills a family member or close friend, you capture him again, he escapes, rinse and repeat". The villains know the hero isn't gonna kill 'em and that they'll ultimately escape, so where's the threat to them? Sinestro was entirely too calm when he was a GL prisoner :

 

[Dark Sentinel]

going off topic, but Colossal Spoons..the Feeny Call..you are my new best friend haha

 

[Watson]

There are just enough rings for each finger, minus the thumbs.
I'd like to see Hal as the White Lantern, maybe have his costume contantly changing.
Like a conveyor belt type thing, then like a diagonal wipe his costume changes to an Orange Lantern, then again a diagonal wipe changes his orange costume into a blue lantern, and so on.

The Black Lanterns:

Spoiler

Martian Manhunter:

Aquaman:

Superman of Earth 2:

Firestorm:

Deadman:

[BLACKOUT]Martian Manhunter looks cool, but what a weird choice to only make Aquaman's leggings and gloves black. It looks really bizzare IMO.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[Colossal Spoons]

going off topic, but Colossal Spoons..the Feeny Call..you are my new best friend haha

Haha, George would make a great Blue Lantern

 

[Artistsean]

There are just enough rings for each finger, minus the thumbs.
I'd like to see Hal as the White Lantern, maybe have his costume contantly changing.
Like a conveyor belt type thing, then like a diagonal wipe his costume changes to an Orange Lantern, then again a diagonal wipe changes his orange costume into a blue lantern, and so on.

This is what I meant, (thanks to AxlsAppetite for animating it for me)





See the idea is that Hal will wear all the Lantern rings,
Green
Red
Yellow
Blue
Orange
Black
Sapphire
Indigo
One for every finger (not including thumbs), and either become the White Lantern or become all the Lanterns like a Dr. Spectrum.
(all the colors in the light spectrum added together make white.)

A sketch up of Hal as a Black Lantern:

Spoiler

He died ya know.

Spoiler

 

[BrianWilly]

Uh huh. I don't see a pink uniform, sir.

 

[Artistsean]

I also didn't make an orange or an indigo uniform either.
But imagine they are in there.

 

[CLARKY]

I find it kinda hard to maintain a considerable level of ethics when we're dealing with criminals like the Sinestro Corps and Red Lanterns; or any supervillain in a comic book really. If ordinary cops were executing bank robbers and drug addicts, that'd be ridiculous. But somebody like Mongul or Atrocitus, who'd kill/eat/dismember you in a heartbeat? I catch him, I'm killin' him.

I do not find it so much "considerable" and I think using pedagogy and cleverness is what the GL Corps should be and not maintain order by force or fear. They are turning into what Sinestro wants. And killing when you fight someone is one thing, killing in cold blood in something different. I agree that Atrocitus should be killed but not in cold blood. He has to face his crime. but I would be the first one to kill him if I had a ring and was fighting with him. I'm talking about this but I do not even know anything about killing people. so talking about death and killing without having been in a war seems out of place IMO.
Personally I find it very good that Kyle and Guy acted this way. I find very good that Green Lantern is promoting ethics or peace. I think it is good and important. Not to promote that one can kill when it necessary. Call me naiv but I think it is important.
For my part, I found Guy, and especially Kyle, really brilliant. I do not see this kind of behavior often in the comicbooks and I was "proud" to read this.

If a GL were taken prisoner and killed by ANY of their enemies, it wouldn't surprise me at all. I know good villains are hard to come by so you can't just kill 'em all off but I'm gettin kinda tired of the "capture a villain, he escapes, kills a family member or close friend, you capture him again, he escapes, rinse and repeat". The villains know the hero isn't gonna kill 'em and that they'll ultimately escape, so where's the threat to them? Sinestro was entirely too calm when he was a GL prisoner :

I disagree if a GL escaped, he would kill the ones in the way but he would not decimate everyone (!). That is the difference between Green and Red or Yellow.
And the whole thing about not killing the bad guy is because it is a comic book. come on what would happen if Sinestro dies ? I mean, for good ?
Maybe you like it when people die and you enjoy when the hero brightness is darken a bit bit a murder for the greater good but it does not mean it is bad. I find it completely hypocrit the way Batman does not kill the Joker for instance. It is completely out of sense. But I "understand" it because they have to keep the status quo. In order to do that, I think g.Johns came up with better idea for Sinestro than any other writers for Batman.
Mostly due to the fact that Kyle or Guy or Hal or John or the four of them are nor super-power-ultra-knowledge God like the Goddam Butman.
Oh well...

 

[WompuM]

Deadman:

Where'd you find this lil' guy?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Boston better be possessing someone in Blackest Night to f*** up his zombified body.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

It'd be cool if Boston becomes some kind of "inside man" for the JLA. Like, The BL's think he's just another Corpse but Brand's in there getting the inside scoop.

 

[WompuM]

That would be cool. "Black Hand really likes soda. The Anti-Monitor's car is green."

 

[Wesley Dodds]

That would be cool. "Black Hand really likes soda. The Anti-Monitor's car is green."

Hehe!

I always thought of the Anti-Monitor as more of a Segue man!

Seriously, it'd be cool though. The BLs could find out halfway through and literally like, tear him apart... Romero-style...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'd be down with Boston spying as well. Really, anything other than Boston somehow becoming just a normal Black Lantern. He's been dead long enough that he should be more than just a zombie, damn it.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Well the ring would theoretically go after his body not his ghost though right? So Boston could fight Boston. Cool looking picture too

 

[Wesley Dodds]

But it is still his body. It'd be a nice twist if Boston found himself in the unusual position of being able to possess his own corpse and use the BL powers for good in some way...

 

[yenaled]

Boston vs. his body is an excellent idea.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I do not find it so much "considerable" and I think using pedagogy and cleverness is what the GL Corps should be and not maintain order by force or fear. They are turning into what Sinestro wants. And killing when you fight someone is one thing, killing in cold blood in something different. I agree that Atrocitus should be killed but not in cold blood. He has to face his crime. but I would be the first one to kill him if I had a ring and was fighting with him. I'm talking about this but I do not even know anything about killing people. so talking about death and killing without having been in a war seems out of place IMO.
Personally I find it very good that Kyle and Guy acted this way. I find very good that Green Lantern is promoting ethics or peace. I think it is good and important. Not to promote that one can kill when it necessary. Call me naiv but I think it is important.
For my part, I found Guy, and especially Kyle, really brilliant. I do not see this kind of behavior often in the comicbooks and I was "proud" to read this.

I guess I just don't see the difference when it comes to killing somebody with no remorse/regret for their crimes in cold blood vs after a trial. I can't see Sinestro or Atrocitus feeling bad or apologizing for anything they'd be tried for; which they'd be found 100% guilty of too. I guess Kyle and Guy had to say what they said cuz they're stand-up GL members but it sounded too "Afternoon Special for the kids" to me.

I disagree if a GL escaped, he would kill the ones in the way but he would not decimate everyone (!). That is the difference between Green and Red or Yellow.
And the whole thing about not killing the bad guy is because it is a comic book. come on what would happen if Sinestro dies ? I mean, for good ?
Maybe you like it when people die and you enjoy when the hero brightness is darken a bit bit a murder for the greater good but it does not mean it is bad. I find it completely hypocrit the way Batman does not kill the Joker for instance. It is completely out of sense. But I "understand" it because they have to keep the status quo. In order to do that, I think g.Johns came up with better idea for Sinestro than any other writers for Batman.
Mostly due to the fact that Kyle or Guy or Hal or John or the four of them are nor super-power-ultra-knowledge God like the Goddam Butman.
Oh well...

I don't just wanna see people dying for the heck of it lol. If the Flash stops a bad guy from robbing a bank, I wouldn't expect him to vibrate his hand through his heart; that'd just be unnecessary and barbaric. But this is an intergalactic war where the crimes are a lot more severe than robberies. If you ring sling a red or yellow lanterns head off in battle, you can feel bad about it later if you want but that's 1 less dangerous killer out in space as far as I'm concerned.

I understand the stat quo thing and the lack of good long-term villains these days though