Last time: We went over Showcase, now onto the main series.
Green Lantern Story time
Wyatt Harris
Andrew Sanchez
More space adventures coming up!
Benjamin Wood
Enter the Guardians! And yeah Hal is still officially a "Possessr of a Battery of Power" not a Green Lantern. This... won't last very long given how not catchy a name "Possessr of a Battery of Power" is.
Austin Mitchell
And we get a recap of his origin for those that missed Showcase.
Levi Ross
That ion storm cutting out communication will end up getting a good work out about a decade from now.
Isaiah Jackson
Henry Brown
Feels like getting a second crack at this let Kane make the angles used a bit more dramtic.
David Green
Given the limits of coloring tech at the time they did a great job with that all-green panel.
Easton Stewart
Wait, shoot. This should come first.
John Johnson
At the time it would have been over half a year since anyone had read Hal's origin making the panel for panel re-make much more bearable.
Jordan Anderson
Jackson Gray
Also notably this is VERY similer to Hal's first space adventure, which again having been over half a year ago makes some sense.
Justin Wilson
Brayden Foster
We may have entered the 60s but the 50s' love of giant monsters is still strong.
Daniel Wood
I do love the creative uses you get when the ring was 'do anything even if I get why they slowly regined it in over the years.
Jonathan Reed
Damn it!
Isaac Allen
So Hal just became an angel or demi-god or something to these people we will never see again.
Hudson Roberts
James Cook
The B-plot of Carol being annoyed at GL is also lifted right a showcase story.
Cameron Collins
By now she's basically forgotten all about Hal.
Jaxon Bennett
Slowly the lantern symbol is being simplified into the iconic GL symbol.
Julian Robinson
Jace Wright
Why did they have that clown with such a demonic face in the parade anyway?
Hudson Thompson
Just spelling his motives out loud to nobody, as you do.
Parker Fisher
Hal... buddy. You have to see how going out with Carol as GL is not helping you.
Asher Murphy
Get used to yellow just kind of being everywhere Hal.
Cooper Phillips
Then maybe stop going out with her as GL!
John Ward
Hello?
James Brown
Enter Qward!
Jaxon Wright
It is somewhat telling Hal's first recurring foe to appear is an organization, playing into the space opera elements added to GL perfectly.
Wyatt Morales
This is the only time a native Qward is shown to be able to just do this if I remember correctly.
Colton Moore
And from day one Qward is set up as having the potential to be an interesting place to explore. Not everyone there is evil so even in the main and so far only society we've been shown, there is room for some complexities if anyone wanted to dig into it.
Hudson Ramirez
And of course, Qward will end up being a big deal for the whole of DCU given its role in Crisis.
Lucas Williams
Ayden Harris
Sometimes squeezing a ring charge in every story/issue could get clunkly.
Jackson Harris
Jack Lee
RIP Telle-Teg
Joshua Stewart
Noah White
Man talk about your militarized police.
Jonathan Lewis
Justin Gonzalez
Ohhh a plot point that won't be resolved until the next issue, how dareing!
Nathaniel Foster
Dylan Robinson
Enter Tom! Annnnnd his unfortunate nickname.
Matthew Gutierrez
Hal, he will just deck a dude.
Michael Moore
... well at least Tom doesn't have broken English. He's just a good likable character. I miss Tom. And they dropped the nickname in like the 80s.
Levi Ross
This is one of those times where for story reasons it would have been better to not show Hal charging his ring.
Levi Sanders
Luis Barnes
Luke Gutierrez
Yeah, his ring already being out of juice would be a lot more believable if he hadn't just charged it three pages ago, and nothing suggests anywhere near 24 hours have passed since then.
Blake Cox
Ahh gotta love convoluted death traps.
Jackson Perry
I will give, this is a creative way to kill someone.
Kayden Ramirez
You see he didn't have the energy to make lassos, but a small sun? Well that's child play! Wait, what?
Camden Watson
And Tom officially joins the team!
John Ward
Hello? Is anyone out there?
Grayson Baker
Time to wrap up that dangling plot thread from the last issue.
Sebastian Morgan
Adam Lee
Well that's a twist.
Tyler Morris
And that's just impossible! Which I think they got a letter about.
Landon Diaz
Nice that Tom was able to overhear an explanation for those of us in the cheap seats.
Nicholas Bennett
Asher Morales
Yeah, it just did anything.
Michael Garcia
So does he just... his gloves with his ring or something?
Evan Turner