Comments on: Review: Green Lantern #43

By: Salieri

Salieri — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:00:07 +0000

I’m fairly certain the corpse is someone else’s, if only because when it was dragged out by Superman it lacked the little pockmarks that the forehead of the cowl had been given while Bats was imprisoned in the evil factory. Most likely another alternate Batman was shunted into place as the original was shunted backwards in time.

By: Ricco

Ricco — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:31:49 +0000

Bruce is dead, I don’t care how good he is even he can’t outlive old age.

The corpse that we see Sup holding IS his body, it was brought back to the time he was shot by Darkseid after living out the rest of is life in the past.

He’s stone cold dead, but by killing him in the past you create a time paradox where a being dies before it’s born which should be all the leeway a time master, let’s call him Reap Hunstman, would need to “bring him back to live” by returning him to his proper time frame.

By: Brent

Brent — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:37:49 +0000

Darrin, you’ve just enlightened me to a whole new way of thinking about time/space continuum. Based on your interpretation/explanation, a guy can automatically be exempt from getting in trouble with his woman for being at strip club because the very next day he can say despite being in a strip joint last night (in the past), he is PRESENTLY at home with her and therefore, having begun a divergent timeline where he will never again visit a strip club, he should not be in trouble in the now. Yeah, that’s the ticket…Steve Rogers is diggin’ it.

By: Darrin

Darrin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:15:32 +0000

@Brent: if you think about it, yeah, Bruce is alive in the PAST, which would mean that in the PRESENT he’s technically dead. He can’t exist in both timelines (pre-historic and modern) at the same time, therefore Bruce really is dead in the present time, although in some ways he’s not.

I probably just confused you more. Sorry if that’s the case.

By: Brent

Brent — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:05:03 +0000

This book rocked. It left me wondering why Bruce Wayne is cited among the dead by “Death” or whatever entity is driving Black Hand. Maybe I’m the slow kid in the class, but I thought the whole issue of Bruce being put through the Omega Sanction RATHER than death was put to rest. If Bruce is dead, then how is he also in the cave drawing a bat symbol on the wall?

I am really digging the the cryptic narrative that stated “Someone ALLOWED Death to be cheated”. I think it is great that the ressurections of various characters are finally going to be justified, perhaps tidying up problematic editorial decisons in a merciful retcon.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:17:00 +0000

I read JSA and Booster when they started with Geoff Johns and both have suffered since he’s left. I haven’t seen any BN yet but I think Johns gets a bit overlooked compared to Bendis or Morrison. Generally, I enjoy Johns’ stuff more.

By: Ricco

Ricco — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:46:41 +0000

@Brad: I think you missed the point, to Hand killing his familly WAS an act of love.

The real test of “cheapness” in this series is going to be what they do with Sinestro.

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:38:12 +0000

I felt like going home to off his family was a little bit much. I debate what it added to the story, would it have left the possibility of some hope or somewhat loving emotion existing within him had he left them alive….maybe….I think it will depend what death is supposed to personify. Maybe by the end of the series I’ll have changed my mind. But as of now i feel about it like you guys do when they kill a kid simply to make a bad guy seem extra bad, it was cheap writing.

In comics we’ve seen plenty of times they have a villian they make too good, and then the good guys win in some cheap it comes together at the last minute kind of way……I’m on board for the ride, but I just hoping that DC doesn’t pull a WWH.

Planet Hulk was superb, WWH was great, and then they dropped the ball…

Sinestro wars was great, I think Darkest Night will be great, but I hope they don’t write a story just to chock us and then everything goes back to normal after that

By: brainypirate

brainypirate — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:26:58 +0000

Wow — the seen with him returning home to his family — brutal. Really. Effing. Brutal.

I think I’d almost prefer if he weren’t psychopathically obsessed with death and instead was someone who was an agent of death out of revenge or despair or something like that….

By: Hat of Tim

Hat of Tim — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:15:08 +0000

I must admit that Green Lantern is a title I’ve only picked up occasionally down the years, but having read a couple of review about this issue, I felt I had to get this. And boy, am I glad I did. Excellent art, storytelling, and a sense of forboding about the coming Blackest Night event. All comics should be this good…although it’s a good thing they’re not as I’ve gotta eat sometime!

BTW, which character has been resurrected the most times? If Aquagirl comes back again, that’ll be three (?) times since she died in Crisis on Infinite Earths!

And is Legion of Three Worlds # 5 on the same publishing schedule that Camelot 3000 was on? Which means it’ll be out sometime in 2011…

By: ~wyntermute~

~wyntermute~ — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:32:31 +0000

One thing I learned: Stephen does a _MEAN_ Sunglasses Salute. B-) (Sorry. With the advent of author photos, I figured I’m allowed one freebie. :D ) Oh, and I’m with Ricco: I loves me the “when” panels.

By: Brother129

Brother129 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:29:22 +0000

Doug Mahnke’s pencils just kill on this issue….he did a great job as a storyteller. He should ALWAYS be on someone’s monthly book.

By: Ricco

Ricco — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:01:56 +0000

Three thing we learned: 1 guardian eat motor oil, bling and have weak stomachs, 2 Legion of Three Worlds needs to finish fast for Conner Kent’s return to happen before the storylines in Blackest Night involving him start and 3 Zamarons have an Ace in the hole in the form of the Predator (who looks sorta like the Void Hound last seen in Trinity).

I get that Legion of Three Worlds has a bimonthly/annual/whenever-we-feel-like publication schedule but it needs to ends fast, we already have Bart with no explaination as how he travelled back in time…

I love this book for the simple green panel at the beginning “These events take place before Blackest Night #0″, oh continuity how I’ve missed ye!