As with any collection involving various writers, this is a mixed bag of stories. If you are a Green Lantern fan, though, it's definitely worth a look.

Green Lantern 80th Anniversary Special (2020)This is my very first foray into GL apart from the Batman GL hybrid in Dark Knights Metal. I really didn't know anything about the character. In "Dark Things Cannot Stand the Light" Alan Scott receives the power of the ring. In "Last Will" written by Geoff Johns finds GL in an embarrassing situation. 🤣🤣🤣In "The Meaning of Fear" Sinestro of Korugar faces 1961 GL and explains to him the meaning of fear. In "Time Alone" Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern teach...

Green Lantern 80th Anniversary #1 is a collection of 10 Green Lantern tales that spans the characters 80 years in comics. There are stories about Alan Scott, Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Kilowog, Sinestro, Kyle Rayner, Jessica Cruz, and Simon Baz.I haven't read a Green Lantern book since Blackest Night so this was a fun journey down memory lane. I have never been huge into the Green Lantern books but I have enjoyed what I have read. My favorite Lanterns would be Alan Scott and Guy Gard...

I thought all the stories were pretty strong. I Don't follow Green Lantern particularly though I've read a bunch of stories. Kyle and Guy were my Green Lantern's as a kid in the 90s but I connected with the whole corps. I feel a lot of these stories would land even better for regular readers. But totally enjoyable nearly throughout.Jessica Cruz always having her anxiety pointed out comes off a bit lame to me though. Her story can feel one note when it comes up.I will say the final story about Si...

Of all DC's recent anniversary issues, this one is, for me, the best. There is really no bad story I can think of (only one was OK), and I love the GL concept despite not being a devoted fan to the Corps. My brief opinion about each story.1. And the dark things cannot stand: controversial retcons aside, I can't think of a better start to a book like this story, written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Gary Frank. The original Green Lantern starts it all, as it should be.2. Last Will: The definiti...

This was great. DC got most of its long running Green Lantern creative teams of the past to come back and do stories for the 80th anniversary. Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis give us a new Hal Jordan story. In Denny O'Neill's last story before his death, he returns with Mike Grell filling in on art for a a hard traveling heroes story of Green Lantern / Green Arrow. Ron Marz and Darryl Banks return from the Kyle Rayner era. Peter Tomasi and Fernando Pasarin write up a GL Corps story. Cullen Bunn and Do...

Overall, this book was a disappointment. A couple of the stories are outstanding, and one almost brought me to tears. It was so well done. The problem is that most of the stories are pointless or silly. The ones that are well done are just proof that you really can tell a great story in a small amount of time. The couple of stories that are really good are definitely worth the read, but they only highlight the pointlessness of the rest of the stories. If you want to know which stories I think ar...

Must have per gli amanti delle Lanterne! Spiccano le storie di Tynion IV e Johns, su tutte. Ma anche i disegni di Reis, Mahnke, Sandoval e Villalobos (che non conoscevo!). Bello bello!

I'm a sucker for these anniversary sets, though I have to admit this was not nearly as good as the one they put out for Robin last year. For starters, Alan Scott, who is actually the character celebrating 80 years, gets very little to do. He has the lead story, but we only see him in costume for one panel. The rest of the stories are relatively forgettable, though I did love the Denny O'Neill/Mike Grell Green Lantern/Green Arrow story. It felt and looked just right. I also really enjoyed the var...

This was actually pretty great. Similar to Batman and Superman 80th anniversary we get different stories of Green Lantern. Best part is we get multiple green lanterns to talk about. DC wisely brings back huge writers who have written Green Lantern before like Johns, Ron Marz, Tomasi, and more. The stories all range from decent to fantastic. The highlights for me being the very first story about Alan Scott. Didn't know I'd be so touch by the themes and storyline presented here. I also really enjo...

Green Lantern 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular is a commemorative issue that celebrates the eightieth anniversary of the Green Lantern. It is a collection of ten short stories that celebrate the anniversary of the Green Lantern and is penned and penciled by the best alumni from DC Comics.This anthology is divided into ten vignettes with each story centering on a different or a group of Green Lanterns: Alan Scott, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Sinestro, Simon Baz,...

Me gusta la estructura de este número. Se parece más al especial de 80 años de Robin que al de Catwoman. La diferencia es que en el caso de estos personajes (Robin y Green Lantern) ha habido distintas encarnaciones de ellos, con historias y personalidades muy diferentes. Tanto este especial como el de Robin exploran en historias cortas los distintos personajes que han portado el manto.De todas las historias, en realidad fueron pocas las que me gustaron.La primera, de Alan Scott es bastante bella...

Its a great day of new comics and could not wait to read a review the Green Lantern 8oth Anniversary issue. I really hate that DC comics keeps milking the whole $9.99 anthology book thing. They have been doing this since the Action Comics #1000 and Detective Comics #1000 were big sellers. They got me with this one. I am such a huge Green Lantern fan. I have been on the series since Geoff Johns run and continued to read the series even now with Grant Morrison on the book. I still think Johns clea...

This is a great anthology that I would definitely recommend for those who enjoy Green Lantern. My favourite stories were ‘Four’ by writer Writer Robert Vendetti and artist Rafa Sandoval, where the Green Lanterns reminisce about their battles in a reunion and ‘The Meaning of Fear’ by writer Cullen Bunn and artist Doug Mahnke shows why Sinestro is a great villain and I enjoyed the twist behind the Green Lantern ring.

Aqui no Brasil esta edição dos oitenta anos de criação do Lanterna Verde Alan Scott saiu no número nove de Lanterna Verde, fazendo parte do novo formato de publicações da Panini Comics. A edição brasileira, diferente da gringa, conta com uma espécie de gloossário sobre os mais importantes Lanternas Verdes atuais. Como todo compilado de histórias, e neste temos 10 histórias de oito páginas, estão presentes tramas que são muito boas como a história de Alan Scott escrita por James Tynion IV e desen...

Picked this sleek piece of scifi heroism up for just a buck in pristine form ($10 cover price) so: no-brainer. But usually I'm a little averse to anthologies (in comics) because I feel like they're more of a marketing plot to put less effort into something they can charge more for. Get a gaggle of creators together and have 'em spin out a quick 10 pages each, smash it all together, call it a 80 page spectacular and charge ya thrice the price. And that probably was the agenda here since I doubt a...

Surprisingly solid anthology dedicated to a corner of the DC universe I usually have the hardest time trying to care about. James Tynion’s Alan Scott story illustrated by Gary Frank was my favorite of the bunch, but pretty much all the shorts here have at least some elements that I dug, and the included pinups were all absolutely gorgeous. Definitely one of the better anniversary issues DC published in recent memory.

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Una colección de cuentos que abrazan la nostalgia. Así definiría este tomo. Si bien podríamos iniciar una crítica sobre el contenido de las historias, éstas son una breve reseña de cada uno de losnpiradores de la antorcha, esa fantasía intergaláctica con la que crecimos.No apto para lectores críticos que buscan una pieza maestra o historias que marquen un antes y un después en el canon de los personajes o una especie de "secret files & origins". Son más bien, leyendas.Leyendas, como lo es la mis...

Nice historical cross-section of all ring wearers in the Green Lantern legacy written and drawn ( mainly ) by those who have left their stamp on those heroes. We even get a neat Green Lantern/Green Arrow story written by the late Denny O'Neil with some nifty art by Mike Grell. I chose the 70's Neal Adams cover for the issue I bought. I especially liked the back pages with spotlights on the main ring wearers featured with their first appearance as well.