Posts Tagged ‘Green Lantern’

 Is Hell really what we make it?  Is it simply a state of mind?  Is the Devil simply doing God’s dirty work? And what do these questions (and Leo Tolstoy) have to do with a comic book??  Journey into the world of the Spectre #1 with Mark and Jim and all will (hopefully) be made clear!  And could a trip to Hell be complete without a discussion of  Fantastic Four, a film flop of biblical proportions?

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Holy crapola! The first episode of August is a current issue review conversation featuring the GL books out in the month of July! HOW PUNCTUAL IS THAT?! But for realsies, listen in as we continue following along with Hal’s tortured renegade status, John and CO babysitting Krona, Sinestro being and -cough- well…you know, and Green Lantern in the Star Trek Universe! WOOHOO! Be sure to chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!

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For their final OFFICIAL entry into the 75th Anniversary of Green Lantern celebration, the guys are graced by the presence of Jacque Nodell, the granddaughter of Alan Scott creator Martin Nodell! There was really no better way to tack an exclamation point on the celebration! And if that wasn’t enough, after the break, the guys review the first EVER ‘Green Lantern #1’ from 1941 featuring the talents of Martin Nodell himself! An interview AND a landmark Golden Age review? TOP THAT! haha! Be sure to chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!

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And be sure to keep an eye out for Jacques book detailing the life and times of her grandfather as well as the creation of Green Lantern, tentative release for 2020! 😉

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It’s about darn time! The guys pull up the mic once more in a penultimate episode entry into the “OFFICIAL” GL75th anniversary event! The topic? Why it’s none other than the 3 issue series featuring Alan Scott himself “Heart of Darkness”! Jade, Kyle, Obsidian and the Starheart join the fun in this wicked interdimensional insanity romp! And so do we! Be sure to chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!

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Mark and Chad are BACK with current issue reviews for the June books! After a brief update from Chad, the guys talk Sinestro shenanigans, Hals new direction, and the new ‘Lost Army’ title! Rancor amnesia, gauntlet self control issues, the logic of multiversal rebirth, and LISTENER FEEDBACK abound!!!! Be sure to chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!

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Mark and Chad take a few moments, ok about two hours, to run down the more important bits of news from the 2015 San Diego Comic Con! Deadpool, X-Men, The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Suicide Squad, Gambit, Batman V Superman and MORE!!!!! Complete with special audio clips! BANGARANG! Be sure to chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!

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Mark and Jim are back to fill in the gap between Day of Judgment and the Destroyer of Worlds arc.  The boys discuss how JLA #35 and Green Lantern #119 help pave the way for Hal’s ongoing Spectre series.  Just don’t expect them to completely agree on how successful the paving was!   All that and some GL movie talk too, as our Green Lantern 75th anniversary celebration continues all summer long!  #‎GL75th‬

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Our coverage of Green Lantern Corps Quarterly CONTINUES! Whew, just under the wire! Listen in to the SECOND of EIGHT episodes spread out over 2 years as we bring forth such notable stories as: Alan Scott VS a headache (or was that Hector Hammond?), snarky and unhelpful Green Lantern rings, the origin of Waverly Sayre, drug induced Green Lantern history, and the continuing adventures of G’Nort and Sax Girl! This one’s a doozy!  Be sure to chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!

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Kicking off the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Green Lantern, the guys cover a story they’ve been WAITING to talk about! Emerald Knights! That’s right, a time lost Hal Jordan comes back to the ‘present’ with Kyle and crazy sauce ensues! So join Mark and Chad as they talk Mjolnir constructs, mom jeans, freaky toes and Guys inability to understand anything! Be sure to chime in on our voice-mail at 708-LANTERN!

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My name is Jim Remolde.  I have been an active comic book fan for about 5 years.  I will be writing reviews of the comic book series ‘The Darkstars’ from the 1990’s.  Why, you might ask?  I am so glad you asked that question.

I said I was not active in comics, what I should have said was that I was not active in superhero comics.  Growing up in the 1980’s, I read ‘Star Trek’ by DC Comics, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘G. I. Joe’; both licensed comics published by Marvel.  I also fell in love with the little cartoon from the 70’s into the early 80’s called the Super Friends.  My favorite season being the Challenge of the Superfriends which pitted eleven of DC Comics heroes including the then big four of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman along with Robin with other heroes like Flash, Hawkman, and the Green Lantern, notably Hal Jordan.  I, of course not reading comics, never heard of the characters of Guy Gardner and John Stewart, who were both Green Lanterns in the printed book, against the thirteen (that number might mean something, I’ll have to ponder that) of the most fearsome villains of the galaxy including a yellow ring slinging villain called Sinestro.

I fell in love with Green Lantern, but I thought there was only one, like Superman or Batman. I also had no concept of the Multiverse either. I had a lot to learn.

Sure I watched other shows and movies as the time moved on, I learned about Hal going mad with power and a new Green Lantern coming along, Kyle Rayner.  I watched the Superman animated series where Superman meets Kyle, not much of a memory of that show or episode and even then the Bruce Timm universe took a more expansive approach.

I found that in the 2000’s a new team up show, The Justice League was starting and I watched Batman and Superman begrudgingly teaming up.  I like a little dissension in their ranks but I still hold that, at the end of the day, they will have each others backs.  They both teamed up to free the alien J’onn J’onzz from a government installation and in the escape other heroes were called in telepathically by J’onn; Wonder Woman, Flash (Wally West), Hawkgirl and Green Lantern.  I knew of Wally and that he was not Barry Allen who I thought was the first Flash (sorry Jay) and of course I knew the two women, but the Green Lantern surprised me.  I was thinking that the Lantern would be Kyle, he was not.  I had just been introduced to John Stewart.

I wanted to do some research and through Comixology I got into the Green Lantern comics starting with ‘Rebirth’ and moving into ‘Blackest Night’ and I was hooked.  Of course I read about Hal and Kyle and Guy Gardner (who I first met on the show Batman:  The Brave and the Bold) but also John Stewart.  Green Lantern became my gateway drug to the rest of the DC Universe and I discovered the Multiverse as a result. So Alan Scott, Jay Garrick, Helena Wayne; pleased to meet you all!

By listening to podcasts and getting into the “older” (I use that term loosely as I am in my 40’s now) comics I learned more about the back stories of characters like John.  I read ‘Green Lantern:  Mosaic’ which highlighted John as the main character.  I learned about the tragedy of Xanshi and John’s own military and architectural background.  I also learned about another cosmic force which John would eventually join that also included Donna Troy from Marv Wolfman’s run of the ‘New Teen Titans’, called the Darkstars.  A group that was led by a group of aliens related to the Guardians of the Universe called the Controllers.

In my posts I will be reviewing ‘The Darkstars’ series including their crossovers with ‘Green Lantern’. I’ve found that both Hal and Kyle had dealings with them, the ‘Teen Titans’, ‘Damage’, and ‘L.E.G.I.O.N.’.  I will be examining the Controllers and hopefully get at their motivations and why they split from the Guardians.  My thanks to Chad and Mark for allowing me to document my journey on the Lanterncast.com and I hope you will enjoy this journey as I will in taking it.  Your comments and questions, as always, are more than welcome.

Now let’s get this journey started as we travel back to a time after a reality altering Crisis where Barry died and nothing else is really known and a time before a Kryptonian died and a vigilante in a gothic city was broken by a hulking drug addict…