![]() ![]() He’s served as a member of the Justice League, fought during the Trinity War, battled Volthoom and the New Gods and has served as the Green Lantern of Earth during Hal Jordan’s tenure as the leader of the Green Lantern Corps. But the fact is that Simon got his ring during 2012’s Rise of the Third Army. The writers even go so far to say that Baz has only had his power ring for a few weeks longer than Cruz who has only just gotten hers. The whole sequence seems forced to show that the two don’t get along, and when Hal Jordan arrives to scold the two for not working better together the story goes off the rails for me.ĭC seems intent on selling Simon Baz as a rookie and the problem is that he isn’t. His disdain for Guy Gardner is incredibly off base considering the relationship they developed during Godhead and we haven’t seen anything about the two that would indicate tension between the two. Johns and Humphries try a little too hard to show that the two don’t get along with each other and Simon is pretty out of character at this point. For Cruz this is a bigger issue as not much is known about her civilian life and it’s a shame that more space wasn’t devoted to her with her past being the much bigger question mark. New readers are likely unaware of either Baz’s or Cruz’s backstory and while this issue skips on the details it provides you with enough information to get a sense of their history. The Geoff Johns / Sam Humphries script shifts location back to Earth where they give readers a few pages to get introduced to Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. As this new power is unleashed the energy takes on the pattern of what is very likely a new symbol for this as yet unknown power and it would not be a surprise if at some point one of our leading characters may become the wearer of this new ring. The Guardian of the Universe is a previously unknown character and while we don’t get a lot of information here it’s probably safe to say that his past is not unlike the Templar Guardians based on his wardrobe and the fact that he feels fear as he is surrounded by the Dominators – personally one of my favorite alien races in the DCU. There’s something previously unknown out there, it’s powerful and it’s dangerous, and this secret carries a grave threat to the universe. The issue starts out very much like I’d expect a Green Lantern tale to begin in a comic with Geoff Johns’ name on the cover. ![]() So while I’m going to do my best to remain as open as I can to this direction I can’t say for certain how long I’ll cover this series, but I want to make sure that anyone reading this understands my perspective. It’s also certainly not, again in my opinion, the “swift kick in the pants this franchise needed” as Newsarama claims it to be. I’m finding myself in a similar position with this title.ĭC Rebirth was an opportunity to get back to what’s great about the DC universe and when it comes to both the Flash and Green Lantern families I think the company has failed those properties by leaving them overcrowded with characters that, in my opinion, makes being a speedster or a person with a power ring less special than it should be, and in the case of the Green Lanterns I quite honestly feel that DC is using the franchise as a lazy way to show diversity in their lineup. JESSICA CRUZ REBIRTH SERIESCase in point – when the Larfleeze series came out I found the book such a poor representation of the character than I dropped the series after two issues. The Blog of Oa has been the outlet for my personal expression of my love of the Green Lantern universe and as nothing more than a fan I sometimes struggle to share my opinions about books when the creative direction doesn’t line up with what I love about the universe. When it comes to this week’s Green Lantern Rebirth #1 I’m not quite sure where to begin. ![]()
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