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5/30/12

Green Lantern: New Guardians #9 Review

5/30/2012

The Blue Lanterns have probably been the most highly regarded of the new groups from Geoff Johns' exploration of the emotional spectrum yet they have not been given a lot of page time outside of Saint Walker. With Green Lantern: New Guardians #9 the embodiment of all the Hope in the universe takes center stage as their base of operations comes under attack from the Reach.

Animated Series Episode 13 Review - "Homecoming"

5/28/2012

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For weeks now Green Lantern: The Animated Series has built to a crescendo and this week fans got to experience what we all hoped for - a finale filled with epic moments that illustrate what we love most about the Green Lantern mythology. Like all the episodes before it, not a moment was wasted on screen during the thirteenth episode, "Homecoming", and in fact there was more to the story than the creators could fit in according a tweet by the episode's director, Sam Liu, who said that there were some great moments that had to be eliminated prior to the episode reaching the animation stage. It's hard to imagine this episode being much better because the finished product is near perfect.

Clips for Animated Series Episode "Homecoming"

5/25/2012

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The Cartoon Network has provided clips from the May 26th episode of Green Lantern: The Animated Series, "Homecoming". This is the final episode for this first "mini-season" of thirteen and features the debut of a blue wearing Saint Walker.

Here's the synopsis of the episode:

Atrocitus wreaks vengeance on Oa, as the Red Lantern armada crosses into Green Lantern space – with only Kilowog to stop them. It’s up to Hal to take the shortcut back to Earth by teleporting across the universe from the Star Sapphires’ homeworld of Zamora and stop Atrocitus and Zilius Zox from killing the Guardians.

Green Lantern: The Animated Series airs on the Cartoon Network Saturday mornings at 10am and is available for digital download from Amazon on Demand, iTunes, PSN and the Zune Marketplace on the Xbox 360.

Red Lanterns #9 Review

5/19/2012

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Since the very beginning of the Red Lanterns series there has been a slow, and some would say too slow, buildup towards a confrontation between Atrocitus and Bleez for control of the Red Lantern Corps. Issue nine brings us a head to head confrontation between the two, but whether or not it is a satisfying confrontation or not depends on what the reader is hoping to see happen.

August 2012 Green Lantern Solicitations..Updated

5/14/2012

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The August 2012 solictations from DC Comics for the Green Lantern family of books has been released which includes a shock ending to this month's Justice League issue and the final issue of Justice League International which features Guy Gardner. There's a lot to look forward to this month with so many plotlines wrapping up, and that's probably no coincidence with the Green Lantern Annual promising to change a lot of things in the Green Lantern universe.

Animated Series Episode 11 Review "Flight Club"

5/12/2012

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The first season of Green Lantern: The Animated Series continues to build upon the foundation built by earlier episodes as it pushes ever closer to the end of the first "mini-season" and the inevitable explosive conflict between the Red and Green Lanterns. "Flight Club" calls back to the prison planet run by Myglom and the Spider Guild in the series third episode, "Razer's Edge". While "Flight Club" maintains a lighter tone throughout there's a sense of the dark days that are on the horizon for the crew of the Interceptor.

5/12/2012

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When Warner Brothers was promoting the Green Lantern movie last year there were a lot of comparisons being made to Star Wars. While the film didn't match that comparison in the minds of many I think anyone watching Green Lantern: The Animated Series would have a hard time not seeing the magnitude of the universe being explored by the show's producers. As we prepare to enter the end of the first "mini season" of thirteen episodes the overarching narrative reaches a major turning point with the tenth episode, "Regime Change."

Clips for Green Lantern Animated Series Episode "Regime Change"

5/03/2012

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The Cartoon Network has provided clips from the May 5th episode of Green Lantern: The Animated Series, "Regime Change" and it appears that the Red Lanterns are on the move! Here's the description for the new episode:

Hal and the crew of the Interceptor must return to the planet Betrassus to help Queen Iolande defend her world. Her brother Ragnar has received a red power ring and eagerly accepts it. Now, Hal, Kilowog and the rest of the crew must save Queen Iolande and Betrassus before Ragnar takes over the planet... or destroys it altogether.

Green Lantern: The Animated Series airs on the Cartoon Network Saturday mornings at 10am and is available for digital download from Amazon on Demand, iTunes, PSN and the Zune Marketplace on the Xbox 360.

Green Lantern: New Guardians #8 Review

5/01/2012

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Kyle Rayner and the New Guardians survived their first run in with Invictus and now, free from the Orrery but burdened with the task of taking down Larfleeze, the group of unlikely allies literally need to recharge before going after Agent Orange. Of course things don't go as planned since quite a bit has changed in the universe since the New Guardians had contact with the outside universe and how each member reacts drives the events in issue eight.

The Podcast of Oa Episode 20

4/20/2012

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In this episode of the Podcast of Oa hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey talk about Red Lanterns #8 and Green Lantern #8 and what the connection between the Indigo Tribe and Abin Sur might be. Myron shares Green Lantern news and they have a lengthy conversation about the latest episodes of Green Lantern: The Animated Series. All that and listener feedback round out our twentieth episode.

Animated Series Episode 7 Review "Reckoning"

4/15/2012

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With episode seven of Green Lantern: The Animated Series we have the return of the greater underlying plot for the show's first season put squarely back into the limelight. "Reckoning" brings with it a lot of drama and action that puts our protagonists face to face with their red ringed adversaries and the crew of the Interceptor don't make it out unscathed.

After weeks of observing the Red Lantern base ship, Shard, Razer seemingly turns his back on the crew and sabotages the Interceptor to rejoin Atrocitus and the Red Lanterns. Razer's true goal is to rid the universe of Atrocitus but when his plan backfires it's up to the Green Lanterns to risk it all in order to save him. In the mayhem we learn the origins of the Red Lanterns and the truth behind Razer's loss with the show ending on a solemn note with the revelation of the plans that Atrocitus has put in motion.

Clips for Green Lantern Animated Series Episode "Reckoning"

4/13/2012

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The Cartoon Network has provided clips from the April 14th episode of Green Lantern: The Animated Series, "Reckoning". In the seventh episode of the series Razer seemingly betrays the Green Lanterns and returns to Atrocitus on the Red Lantern homeworld, Shard. He attempts to kill the Red Lantern leader but is found out. Hal, Kilowog, and Aya go behind enemy lines to rescue Razer and discover the secret of the Red Lantern armada. Bleez and Skallox both make their debut in this episode.

Red Lanterns #8 Review

4/11/2012

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It's no secret that I've felt that Red Lanterns has been a bit of a let down and I've made it a point to try to let it stand on its own merits and not color my opinion with my own preconceived notion of what the title should be by focusing on what it is. I really felt that issue 7 was a step in the right direction and that the book had finally found a focus with the arrival of Rankorr and a brewing civil war. Issue 8 adds another plot to the mix which could render the civil war a meaningless affair as the ghosts of Atrocitus' past comes back to haunt him in a most volatile way.

July 2012 Green Lantern Solicitations

4/09/2012

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The July 2012 solictations from DC Comics for the Green Lantern family of books has been released and the start of the "Revenge of the Black Hand" story that Geoff Johns talked about to Newsarama recently as all roads for the Green Lantern books lead to the coming of the Third Army. Alan Scott also gets his post-relaunch origin and Larfleeze takes on the New Guardians while the "Alpha War" wraps up in the pages of the Green Lantern Corps.

Green Lantern: New Guardians #7 Review

3/31/2012

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Green Lantern: New Guardians has had a wonderful buildup in terms of bringing together characters which should be at each others' throats and slowly melding them together into a unique team. While they certainly aren't friends (yet), the alliance being built between the various Corps of the emotional spectrum is compelling and it's what motivates me to look forward to this title each and every month. Tony Bedard's solid writing and Tyler Kirkham's great artwork doesn't hurt, either. This week's seventh issue of the series provides some more great character moments and a compelling back story for Invictus - and perhaps a little bit more in terms of DC's cosmic history.

The Story -

Saint Walker remains the last New Guardian standing from the assault of Invictus in issue six and the Blue Lantern's attempt to heal Invictus' pain is rewarded with getting a glimpse at the distant past when Invictus was one of many beings from the Vegan star system who brought peace and prosperity to the planets in the system such as Okaara, Tamaran and, surprisingly, Maltus.

Podcast of Oa Episode 18

3/23/2012

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In this episode of the Podcast of Oa hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey talk about the latest episode of the new Green Lantern animated series, “Razer’s Edge”. Things pickup with the seventh issue of Red Lanterns with Bleez leading the team while Atrocitus confronts some of the demons from his past and Rankorr makes his entrance on Ysmault.

We also discuss the start to the “Secret of the Indigo Tribe” story in the pages of Green Lantern #7 and share some Green Lantern news, plus we get an audio response to our last Kilowog Challenge.

Red Lanterns #7 Review

3/17/2012

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There have been a lot of plots running through the Red Lanterns series but as many fans will point out there doesn't seem to have been a traditionally defined storyline through the first six issues. That's not to say that the book has been completely scatter-shot as we've started to see some cross between the various plotlines. In issue six most of the pages were dedicated to establishing Rankorr as the second Red Lantern of Earth, but unlike Dex-Starr the human recruit has shown to be a little different than most members of the rage brigade. This issue starts to pull some of these subplots together and it seems that we are on a collision course for a major upheaval in the ranks of the Red Lanterns.

June 2012 Green Lantern Solicitations

3/12/2012

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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!

Green Lantern: New Guardians #6 Review

2/24/2012

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Last month's issue of Green Lantern: New Guardians ended on a great note with the visage of Invictus rising from the center of the Orrery vessel to confront Kyle Rayner and his fellow New Guardians. Kyle's barely held together band had made their way to the surfaces of several worlds making up the solar system sized ship and the inhabitants called forth their protector, a being the likes of which we haven't seen before. This issue the unlikely allies come face to face with Invictus, a being of mysterious origin that has a unique history with Larfleeze.

The Story -

On Tamaran, or a reasonable facsimile of the planet, Kyle and Glomulus attempt to warn the rest of the New Guardians about the coming of Invictus, however his Green Lantern ring is giving him problems in trying to use it to contact other agents of the emotional spectrum. Kyle manages to get off a message to them all and urges them to regroup before Invictus can defeat them in smaller numbers.

Podcast of Oa Episode 16

2/16/2012

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The sixth issues of Red Lanterns and Green Lantern are the subject of the sixteenth episode of the Podcast of Oa. Hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey talk about the latest member of the Red Lantern Corps, Rankorr, and what lies ahead for Atrocitus and company. Meanwhile there's plenty to talk about with the events of Green Lantern #6 and the vision that Sinestro has of the future and the upcoming arc "The Secret of the Indigo Tribe".

Are YOU ready to take the new Kilowog Challenge!? Plus we talk about the behind the scenes effort that brought last episode's Salaak interview to life and whether or not the podcast will include discussion about the Green Lantern animated series.

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Show Notes
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:14 Red Lanterns #6
00:23:01 Green Lantern #6
00:49:25 Listener feedback
01:12:21 Kilowog Challenge
01:16:26 Outro