Wow, we had green lanterns, then sinestro corps (yellow lanterns) and now red lanterns (led by Atrocitus and powered by...read and find out) and blue lanterns (powered by...ditto).I can't wait for Blackest Night...Geoff Johns may just make Green Lantern a DC mainstreamer. Big Three beware (okay, Batman is probably safe but after the Superman Returns bomb and Wonder Woman unable to sustain any amount of profit in any medium) Green Lantern is on the rise.Aside from maybe the Bendis/Brubaker curren...

This book was epic! We have first the execution of the son of Abin sur by Laira in a fit of rage as the new GL law states and then Hal and all witness her trial and we also have the birth of the Alpha Lanterns and they are manhunters-GL hybrids and its gruesome to see. Next up as the execution is commencing, we also see Laira becoming a GL, Sinestro as he is being transported attacked by the Red Lanterns and then the story just explodes! It just keeps becoming more and more epic, we have the com...

Another volume in whats probably the greatest Green Lantern run ever. In this volume we see a Green Lantern tried for murder in a situation that makes one question just when lethal force is authorized for the Lanterns. Sinestro is on Death Row, but his sentence is interrupted by the Red Lanterns, an event which also heralds the first appearance of the Blue Lanterns. The Violet Lanterns are also lurking on the fringes, so this volume is pivotal as far as character introductions go. The art is gre...

Each volume is trashier than the one before, I can't wait for this agony to end.

Actually 4.5 starsAll I can say after reading this is that I'm reeeaaaallllyyyy looking forward to diving into the Blackest Night event now... You know a comic's good when you're reading it in public and you're having to stop yourself from gasping out loud and swearing on a subway. I did miss seeing Guy and Kyle in this one though. Still, this event is going to be just colossal and I am absolutely here for it. Bring on the marathon.

A bit gimmicky with the multi-colored ring war, but I'll pick up the sequel.

The Spectrum of colors expands! This TPB edition contains “Green Lantern” #26-28; #36-38, and “Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns” #1. Featuring the “Rage of the Red Lanterns” event.Creative Team:Writer: Geoff JohnsIllustrators: Mike McKone, Shane Davis & Ivan Reis TASTING BLOOD The Sinestro Corps War was supposedly a victory to the Green Lantern Corps……but a new law in the Book of Oa had to be approved……Lethal Force was enabled against any member of the Sinestro Corps.The Guardians of

In this follow-up to The Sinestro Corps War, the increasingly paranoid and fearful Guardians have not only granted the Green Lanterns permission to use lethal force against any enemy of the Corps, but have also formed the Alpha Lanterns , an internal affairs division of the corps. Geoff Johns begins to really deepen the Green Lantern mythology and continues to move steadily toward the fulfillment of the Blackest Night and War of Light prophecies by introducing more colors of the Emotional Spectr...

I find myself fascinated by the whole emotional light spectrum, and the Reds really turned out some freaky characters. Of course, nothing beats messing with Hal when it comes to story time. I think the Blues hold the best promise, and the Violet's the greatest danger, but this is just too obvious, all considering.Fun stuff. ;)

Probably knowing more about the Green Lantern Corps than I do would be helpful here. Certainly knowing what the Sinestro Corps was all about would have been nice. But I didn't really need that to enjoy this trade. There are seven issues here. The first three detail the founding of the Alpha Lanterns, surgically altered Green Lanterns that serve essentially as internal affairs. Necessary now that the rings have been authorized to use lethal force against all enemies. The last four issues are abou...

Oh, Hal Jordan. You and I have such a terrible relationship, and it was not improved by Rage of the Red Lanterns. To be sure, there is some interesting stuff here, including the birth of a new Corps. and the creation of a new division within the Green Lantern Corps. But the focus of the book - and this sucks if you're not a fan - is on Hal Jordan, how awesome he is, and on his ever-evolving relationship with Sinestro. And that other stuff can't save this book for me because Hal is Just. So. Whi

Quite interesting and very colourful.

The birth of the Alpha Lanterns, the birth of the Red Lantern Corps, the enactment of the second new law from the Guardians.... This volume is a clear indication of the massive, massive scope of things to come in the Green Lantern universe. Geoff Johns may seem a little too cryptic at times in this volume, but I trust that he knows what he's doing. It's mostly all lead-up and the artwork is a little flat, average. But I love the killer kitty!

That was pretty epic.

A prelude to 'Blackest Night'. Following on from the events of the Sinestro War, the Green Lantern Corps has been irrevocably changed not only by the rise of the fear-powered Sinestro Corps, but also by the Guardians' shift towards lethal force. As Hal Jordan struggles with the implications of the Corps' intention to execute Sinestro, a new Corps appears powered by the red light of rage.On one level the introduction of the Red Lanterns, the Blue Lanterns and the new corps of Star Sapphires is an...

This was pretty good actually. I still really feel like I need to read an origins story about Hal Jordan in order to fully appreciate the Green Lantern series but I thought this one was really interesting. I guess that normally there are only two colors: Green (Willpower) and Yellow (Fear). But in this one I got to see Green, Yellow, Blue (Hope) and Pink (Loss maybe?). My husband recommended it to me for two reasons: (1) Because Green Lantern is his favorite comic series and (2) Because he likes...

In my review for The Sinestro Corps War that original Green Lantern writer (and creator of the Hal Jordan version) John Broome had set the stage for a whole spectrum of power ring bearers by creating both Sinestro and the Star Sapphire. It took nearly fifty years for this to take fruition under writer Geoff Johns, but maybe Broome had a whole spectrum of rings in mind and just never got to the ones that weren't green, yellow or violet. The fact is that eventually someone did and with The Sin...

2.5 stars: Green Lantern now becomes a chaotic clusterf**k to follow with the addition of Alpha, Red and Blue Lanterns, references to orange and black lanterns, set up for the Blackest Night event and obscure references to Alan Moore Green Lantern story that few people honestly have read or remember. Hal is still a cocky, arrogant unlikeable jerk, the other Green Lanterns are basically useless and Sinestro is still the best written character in the room. The red lanterns are mindless and angry,

I just want to dive in The Blackest Night event after reading this. This is the most thrilling and exciting part where Red Lanterns emerge and target Green and Yellow Lanterns both with Sinestro on top in their hit list. Atrocitus, killer and one who instilled fear in Abin Sur, gets hold on power he's been trying to get for years and spread rage among Yellow and Green slingers. Red Lanterns, More barbaric and lethal than Sinestro corps will ever be, are tough competition even for Hal's will.I li...

Very cool. I can't wait to read Blackest Night!