June 2012 Green Lantern Solicitations

The June 2012 solictations from DC Comics for the Green Lantern family of books has been released and it looks like Ed Benes is has been replaced as the regular artist on Red Lanterns by Miguel Sepulveda.  June looks to be an exciting month for the Green Lantern books with the Red Lanterns and Star Sapphires mixing it up, John Stewart's saga goes to trial, the Blue Lantern's having a major crisis and the secrets of the Indigo Tribe laid bare.

RED LANTERNS #10 Written by Peter Milligan
Art and cover by Miguel Sepulveda
On sale June 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information.
• Welcome new artist Miguel Sepulveda
• Continued from last month’s STORMWATCH #9!
• BLEEZ and the rest of the surviving RED LANTERNS head for ZAMARON to confront the STAR SAPPHIRES about their role in the poisoning of the RED POWER LANTERN.

JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #10 Written by Dan Jurgens
Art by Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan
Cover by David Finch and Richard Friend
On sale June 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• "BREAKDOWN," picking up where last month’s FIRESTORM #9 left off.
• The JLI team – BOOSTER GOLD, AUGUST GENERAL IN IRON, GODIVA, GUY GARDNER, BATWING, O.M.A.C. and FIREHAWK – face off against THE BURNERS, who want to create anarchy by any means necessary!

GREEN LANTERN #10 Written by Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy
1:25 B&W Variant cover by Doug Mahnke
On sale JUNE 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $3.99 US
This issue will ship with two covers. The variant cover will feature the standard cover in a wraparound format.
• As "THE SECRET OF THE INDIGO TRIBE" races toward its conclusion, all is revealed about the INDIGO LANTERNS!
• Leads into next issue’s shocking turn of events that can’t be missed!
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.


GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES #3
Written by Art Baltazar and Franco
Art and cover by Dario Brizuela
On sale June 13 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E
• HAL JORDAN and KILOWOG find adventure on a new planet!
• RAZER is almost kidnapped by a SPIDER GUILD bounty hunter!
• AYA, the ship’s computer, takes her new robot body for a spin!

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #10 Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art and cover by Fernando Pasarin and Scott Hanna
On sale June 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
• "ALPHA WAR" part two!
• JOHN STEWART is on trial for murdering his fellow GREEN LANTERN – but does GUY GARDNER think he’s guilty?
• Plus, more of the GUARDIANS’ secret plans to amass a new army!

JUSTICE LEAGUE #10 Written by Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Jim Lee and Scott Williams
Backup story art by Gary Frank
Variant cover by Cully Hamner
1:100 B&W Variant cover by Jim Lee
On sale June 20 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Combo pack edition: $4.99 US
• "THE VILLAIN’S JOURNEY" part two!
• The identity of the Justice League’s newest and deadliest foe is revealed!
• Part four of the debut of SHAZAM!
This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.

GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS #10 Written by Tony Bedard
Art and cover by Tyler Kirkham and Batt
1:25 B&W Variant cover by Tyler Kirkham and Batt
On sale June 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
This issue will ship with two covers. The variant cover will feature the standard cover in a wraparound format.
• Part two of "THE FALL OF THE BLUE LANTERNS"!
• The NEW GUARDIANS reunite!
• Why is every CORPS coming apart at the seams? One word: LARFLEEZE!

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April 2012 Green Lantern Solicitations - Updated

The April 2012 solictations from DC Comics for the Green Lantern family of books has been released, revealing that some of the current plots from the books will be intersecting with each other as the effects of Sinestro and Hal Jordan's defeat of the Sinestro Corps leads to problems for Arkillo and the rise of the Third Army creates problems for John Stewart - plus we will be seeing more on the connection between Indigo-1 and Abin Sur.

Updated with full listings

 

Red Lanterns #8 - On sale April 4
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Ed Benes and Rob Hunter
Cover by Ed Benes

Who is it that brings death to all on Ysmault? John Moore could not have become a Red Lantern at a more apocalyptic time. But what’s worse: being caught in Atrocitus and Bleez’s civil war, or taking the blame for the infection spreading throughout the Red Lantern Corps? Facing extinction, how long until all the Red Lanterns burn out?






Green Lantern #8  - On sale April 11
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy
Cover by Doug Mahnke, Variant cover by Dale Keown
1:200 B&W variant cover by Doug Mahnke

“Secret of the Indigo Tribe” Part 2! On the Indigo homeworld, Hal Jordan and Sinestro are trapped, powerless and on the run – with the entire Indigo Tribe in hot pursuit! Their situation grows even more dire when we learn the Indigos’ deadly secret! Plus: Why Indigo-1 is so interested in Hal’s predecessor, Abin Sur?

This issue is also offered as a special combo pack edition, polybagged with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.

Green Lantern: The Animated Series #1 - On Sale April 11
Written by Art Baltazar and Franco
Art and cover by Dario Brizuela

It’s the first issue of the monthly series inspired by the new Cartoon Network series! Hal Jordan faces his greatest challenge onboard the Interceptor when he faces off against a captured Red Lantern and his own mentor, Kilowog! Has their trip to the outer reaches of Guardian space driven Kilowog mad? Has their rage-filled prisoner influenced him to rebel against the Guardians’ will? Hal can’t believe his eyes, and neither will you!

Blackest Night Special Edition #1 - On Sale April 11
Written by Geoff Johns
Art and cover by Philip Tan
HILIP TAN
Green Lantern #40-41, two key chapters from the Blackest Night saga, are reprinted in this new special, previously available only in the DC Direct Blackest Night Action Figure Boxed Set.

Green Lantern Corps #8 - On sale April 18
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art and cover by Fernando Pasarin and Scott Hanna

The Guardians’ plan to replace the Corps continues to move forward as John Stewart is arrested by the Alpha Lanterns! The terrible truth of John Stewart’s crime has been uncovered by the Corps – and unfortunately for them, John refuses to go quietly.








Green Lantern: New Guardians #8 - On sale April 25
Written by Tony Bedard
Art and cover by Tyler Kirkham and Batt
1:25 B&W Variant cover by Tyler Kikham and Batt

Betrayed by Sinestro! Arkillo, the most loyal of all the yellow ring wielders, has returned to Korugar only to find the Sinestro Corps is no more! The members of the corps have been rounded up and executed, and the yellow power battery is gone – all at Sinestro’s command! Armed with the dwindling energy of a ring he can no longer recharge, it’s a race against time as Arkillo slaughters his way toward a desperate goal: the birth of a new type of yellow power ring!

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Green Lantern The Animated Series #0 Review

The Green Lantern animated series is as much of a success as you could hope it to be, garnering over 1.9 million U.S. viewers in its one airing and garnering two Annie Award nominations despite only airing one two-part special.  Like many other DC animated series, the Bruce Timm produced Green Lantern: The Animated Series has crossed back over to the comics medium with a special zero issue by the Eisner Award winning team of Art Baltazar and Franco.  The special issue is exactly what one would expect it to be - a fun light hearted romp in the Green Lantern universe with lots of action.

The Story -

This issue picks up after the two part special with Hal Jordan, Kilowog and Aya, the artificial intelligence behind the super light-speed craft the Interceptor, deep in frontier space.  In the first two pages we are given all we need to know about Green Lantern and what prompts Hal and Kilowog to be investigating an energy source floating in space.  When the source is identified as a owner-less power ring Hal leaps first with his trademark lack of caution and after looking over the ring the two lanterns discover that the Green Lantern ring was really a Red Lantern ring in disguise.

Hal Jordan - impulsive not matter what medium you use him in!

Instantly the two are surrounded by seven Red Lanterns.  Outgunned, Kilowog and Hal make a valiant attempt to hold their ground as the rage ensues.  It's not long before Aya brings the Interceptor in range to help them escape, but Kilowog is captured before he can get on board.  The Red Lanterns and their hostage disappear without a trace, leaving only the energy trail of the false ring as Hal's only clue.

Tracing the energy signature to a nearby planet Hal unearths a small black box which Aya identifies as a "Quantum Refractor", an up to now theoretical device capable of bending light around an object, rendering it invisible.  In this case the Red Lanterns were able to program the device to change the color of the Red Lantern ring from afar, and with it Hal now has a device he can use to help him free Kilowog.

A short time later Hal and Aya have somehow managed to find the place where the Red Lanterns are holding Kilowog, and we discover that their goal is to try to capture a Green Lantern ring but cutting of Kilowog's arm and ensnaring it before it can fly off to find a new owner.  Hal instructs Aya to use the Quantum Refractor to turn Kilowog invisible, leading the small squad of Red Lanterns to become distracted.

Kilowog chained

Hal launches an assault on the surprised Red Lanterns and Kilowog is set free to fight alongside his human companion.  The two Green Lanterns use the element of surprise to escape when Aya reminds them that the  Refractor was left behind.  Hal chooses to destroy it from afar, but when Aya informs him that there are two unique energy signatures coming from the device and one of them is coming from inside it, the mission becomes one of retrieval because the second signature is presumed to be coming from a living being.

I half expected them to name him Itty!

Kilowog provides some more distraction while Hal makes an end run for the Refractor and the two make a hasty retreat before the Red Lanterns can recover.  Back on board the Interceptor we learn that the being that was held captive feeds on the ions that float around space and was being used to power the Refractor by having those ion siphoned away before they could consumed by the hapless creature.  The issue ends with the Green Lanterns setting the creature free.  

In addition to the story, the comic includes a "Draw Your Own Hal Jordan"  feature and some artwork from the animated series.

The Writing -

Art Baltazar and Franco have a gift in taking crafting a story that is family friendly while not being too watered down for adults.  It's certainly not a complex story and the dialogue is clearly written for a younger audience, but that's fine.  There are four other comics in the Green Lantern family that I can read as an adult, but as a parent I wouldn't let a pre-teen child necessarily read them.  

This book is that one book I know I could let a child who is interested in comics read without having to pre-screen it - and one I'd be apt to read with my child.  So I can overlook some of the simplistic dialogue and goofiness that I wouldn't tolerate in a regular book for the sake of being able to have something to stimulate a child who might have watched the animated special or movie and wants to explore Green Lantern more.  And that's a wonderful thing.

The Art -

Like the writing the art is clean and simple and something that might spur an artistically inclined child to explore illustrations a bit more.  Darid Brizuela keeps it plain, but not without keeping that character design style we saw in the animated special.  As you might expect the constructs are a bit chunkier as you might think a young person might envision them to be.

What Do I Think?

I know fun is a four letter word that comics fans seem to scorn these days, but this book was just that and it had more action in it than some of the other Green Lantern family members of late.  Gone are the days when most kids can walk into a store and buy a comic book and find new exciting places and adventures to inspire and thrill them.  So this book is unashamedly fun, and captivating and silly sometimes.  But that's okay because for a few minutes there I kind of felt like a kid again...and that's worth $3 to me.  Four out of five lanterns.

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Green Lantern Animated Series to Get Monthly Book

Following suit with other DC Universe animated shows, the upcoming Green Lantern animated series will also get a monthly book debuting November 30th.   The November #0 issue will be written by Art Baltazar and Franco (Tiny Titans), with art by Dario Brizuela (Super Friends, Batman the Brave and the Bold).  The book will be rated E for all ages.  The cover is shown at right with the solicitation information below.

"The all-ages adventure begins in this issue that sets the stage for the upcoming monthly series! Green is the color of will power, and one of the most powerful lights in the universe. The Guardians have harnessed this power to create an intergalactic police force wielding green power rings. What happens when Hal Jordan and Kilowog find one of these rings abandoned in space? Has one of their comrades fallen, or is something even more sinister happening?"

Source: Comics Alliance

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