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  • #31
    Yeah #47 was awful and one of the reasons I didn't bother collecting the rest of vol. 3 other than the first couple issues [love the #1 opening pages with Hal taking a dive off a cliff]. That and that horrible Hal vs demons in football thing...



    ~KL~

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    • #32
      Originally posted by The Kid Lantern View Post
      It just makes more sense now with Parallax being retconned into a fear entity. It was Parallax who did the bad stuff, Hal was still a hero. I just loved the standard cover with everyone in the DCU holding a green flame. And back then Swamp Thing didn't appear much in the mainstream DCU, but he showed up to grow the garden...

      ~KL~
      That Swamp Thing garden and the green flame were nice things, I have to agree. Not all was bad in the issue.

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      • #33
        LOL! I skipped #47 because it was such a pricey issue. Go figure. Anything with Green Arrow on the cover seems to raise the value! So I had been wondering, after issue #46, I must have missed something that set up for #48, but looking at the cover didn't think it did... my hunch was right...

        I think you might be missing out Kid Lantern, many issues of 1-25 are very good and carry on the spirit of Volume 2. They're a little goofy but still a lot of fun, especially the antics of Guy. Before reading Volume 3 I feared they'd be all one-off stories (which bore me) but they are more of a big long arc. Some people prefer it the other way but that's what attracts me to these comics.

        Here's an issue that could almost work as foreshadowing:

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        • #34
          When does this happen: "the emergency power ring that Jordan once gave Green Arrow"?

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          • #35
            You mean what issue does he give it to him in? Or what issue do we find out he has it? Because, though I could be wrong, I don't think there was ever an issue showing him giving it to him.

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            • #36
              It happened off-panel somewhere during Hardtravelling Heroes. We found out about it in Brad Meltzer's Green Arrow run.

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              • #37
                A couple of asides. The collapse of Jordan and the rise of Rayner is the crux of Volume 3.

                If you're going to include GL Vol 3 #100-106, you also have to include Green Arrow #146, because, doggone it, there's a two-parter involving Connor Hawke. GL #81 was one of the most poignant, soul-rending books of the run, not only because it showed John Stewart with restored mobility, but also because of the attendees at the funeral...hey, check out those back pews! Isn't that Ollie, with his feet propped up? How often do dead people really show up at funerals?

                Other sideshow books you need to consider for inclusion are Ganthet's Tale (trade paperback), the Trinity micro-series (7 books: two self-titled, five cross-overs including the Darkstars and L.E.G.I.O.N. books, because whatever retcon you choose to define as Emerald Twilight makes absolutely no sense without these...it was the "fool's errand" that took Jordan off-planet, so he wasn't in California when Mongul showed up), and the short run with Jordan as leader of Justice League Europe. Also, check out some of the "Death of Superman" and "World Without A Superman" arcs for continued deterioration of the character.

                The power of will is found at the deepest level of your being. It's more than mere rules. It's a duty that you must honor.

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Mister Ed View Post
                  That would have been a good idea for more than one reason. Skipping #47 would have helped with the setup for #48-50 because they would have avoided all the exposition about Hal coming to terms with the loss of Coast City, and moving forward that made it so jarring when the next issue showed him mad with grief from the very beginning.

                  Plus skipping #47 would have been good simply because, independent of any other consideration, it just sucked, plain and simple.
                  Oh, I quite disagree. #47 was a dumb but necessary story to close out the Montoya Bay arc. It was scripted to lead into the original Emerald Twilight plot, but look at all the ties to sanity that are cut in #47. Carol tells Hal to get lost because she has to take care of her crazy mother. Olivia Reynolds tells GL to get lost, and would have done it with foot-stamping style had she known GL was Hal. Even Tom Kalmaku doesn't trust Hal by the end of this one, and Ollie is off on a wild goose chase.

                  It didn't happen all at once. But eventually, Hal broke. No past. No anchors. No love interest. Just a hole, the same thing we started Volume #3 with, the cliff at the end of the road. Suddenly, no desire to go on living. Anger simmering, grief mounting, an entire life washed away. Little wonder that, when he paid a visit back to Ground Zero, the shattered doll's head half-buried in the dirt became the final symbol of total failure. He didn't crack irretrievably until all those other support mechanisms were gone. Hey, folks, it happens. May you never have someone close to you go through a nervous breakdown.

                  In retcon-speak, he was easy prey for Parallax through the ring's tachyon net. Parallax or no Parallax, it still makes sense. Even born without fear and totally honest, Hal was human.

                  The power of will is found at the deepest level of your being. It's more than mere rules. It's a duty that you must honor.

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by The Kid Lantern View Post
                    That and that horrible Hal vs demons in football thing...
                    As a Seattle football fan, I kinda sorta had a problem with a demon named Tuiasosopo. Manu! Manu!

                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Tuiasosopo

                    Long live the Mudville Maroons!

                    The power of will is found at the deepest level of your being. It's more than mere rules. It's a duty that you must honor.

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by Evergreen City View Post
                      A couple of asides. The collapse of Jordan and the rise of Rayner is the crux of Volume 3.

                      If you're going to include GL Vol 3 #100-106, you also have to include Green Arrow #146, because, doggone it, there's a two-parter involving Connor Hawke. GL #81 was one of the most poignant, soul-rending books of the run, not only because it showed John Stewart with restored mobility, but also because of the attendees at the funeral...hey, check out those back pews! Isn't that Ollie, with his feet propped up? How often do dead people really show up at funerals?
                      I think you mean Green Arrow #136. But can you give me a two-line summary for Emerald Knights, for example the beginning point in issue #100 and the ending point in issue #106? I don't quite see the importance of this as I haven't read it. Maybe I'm way off but "time-travelling Hal comes from the past and has an emotional epiphany" doesn't look to qualify as a major plot point. Reading through Volume 3, post-Parallax Hal has an emotional epiphany on every f***in page. When does John Stewart lose mobility?

                      Originally posted by Evergreen City View Post
                      Other sideshow books you need to consider for inclusion are Ganthet's Tale (trade paperback), the Trinity micro-series (7 books: two self-titled, five cross-overs including the Darkstars and L.E.G.I.O.N. books, because whatever retcon you choose to define as Emerald Twilight makes absolutely no sense without these...it was the "fool's errand" that took Jordan off-planet, so he wasn't in California when Mongul showed up), and the short run with Jordan as leader of Justice League Europe. Also, check out some of the "Death of Superman" and "World Without A Superman" arcs for continued deterioration of the character.
                      What would the plot point of Ganthet's Tale be? Also, I don't know which issues in those Superman arcs would be relevant. I noted Superman #80 since it shows Coast City being destroyed. Having Hal's leave-of-abscence is an important one though, so whenever he leaves, that would be worthy of adding to the list.

                      There is another thread, "Reading Order for Vol 3" that would be perfect to include literally everything mentioned here.

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                      • #41
                        Emerald Knights doesn't have any real significance, it's just a nice read.

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by sundrop View Post
                          What would the plot point of Ganthet's Tale be?
                          Ganthet's Tale explains the origin of Krona and also the origin of the universe.
                          This is important for the third law storyline, Zero Hour etc.

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by Evergreen City View Post
                            Oh, I quite disagree. #47 was a dumb but necessary story to close out the Montoya Bay arc. It was scripted to lead into the original Emerald Twilight plot, but look at all the ties to sanity that are cut in #47. Carol tells Hal to get lost because she has to take care of her crazy mother. Olivia Reynolds tells GL to get lost, and would have done it with foot-stamping style had she known GL was Hal. Even Tom Kalmaku doesn't trust Hal by the end of this one, and Ollie is off on a wild goose chase.

                            It didn't happen all at once. But eventually, Hal broke. No past. No anchors. No love interest. Just a hole, the same thing we started Volume #3 with, the cliff at the end of the road. Suddenly, no desire to go on living. Anger simmering, grief mounting, an entire life washed away. Little wonder that, when he paid a visit back to Ground Zero, the shattered doll's head half-buried in the dirt became the final symbol of total failure. He didn't crack irretrievably until all those other support mechanisms were gone. Hey, folks, it happens. May you never have someone close to you go through a nervous breakdown.

                            In retcon-speak, he was easy prey for Parallax through the ring's tachyon net. Parallax or no Parallax, it still makes sense. Even born without fear and totally honest, Hal was human.
                            Sorry, I don't see a shred of what you have convinced yourself is there in this. And I feel justified that my vision of it is the truer one since when it was written there was absolutely no plan to make Hal go off the deep end. The change in Hal from this to #48 was so jarring that, when I first read #48 I literally stopped and checked the issue number to make sure I hadn't somehow missed an issue.

                            Hal snapping DID happen all at once. At the beginning on #48. There was no foreshadowing, no build up, no hints. There could NOT have been, since nobody knew when they were writing anything before #48 that he was going to go nuts.

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Mister Ed View Post
                              Hal snapping DID happen all at once. At the beginning on #48. There was no foreshadowing, no build up, no hints. There could NOT have been, since nobody knew when they were writing anything before #48 that he was going to go nuts.
                              While it's true that there may have been no planning and thus no purposeful foreshadowing, you can still read into it that way if you wish. "Art transcends the artist" and all that.

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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by sundrop View Post
                                I think you mean Green Arrow #136. But can you give me a two-line summary for Emerald Knights, for example the beginning point in issue #100 and the ending point in issue #106? I don't quite see the importance of this as I haven't read it. Maybe I'm way off but "time-travelling Hal comes from the past and has an emotional epiphany" doesn't look to qualify as a major plot point. Reading through Volume 3, post-Parallax Hal has an emotional epiphany on every f***in page. When does John Stewart lose mobility?
                                John Stewart lost the use of his legs during the fall of the Darkstars on Rann in GL #75. At some point Parallax gave John an energy boost that let him walk again and it left some residual energy John used once or twice [once during Emerald Knights IIRC and again fighting Fatality while Jade was the GL of Earth]. John was crippled again by the end of issue #112, again IIRC.

                                Issue #100 wasn't part of Emerald Knights, just the lead-in. Kyle was in the past first and helped a rookie Hal defeat Sinestro before he and Hal were both sent into the future to Kyle's present at the end of the issue. Emerald Knights was important because it was the first time Kyle met the real Hal, and not Hal as Parallax. It was also the selling point that had Kyle believing a Corps needed to exist, and by the end of the arc Hal gave Kyle a copy of his GL ring that could make more copies. This was a feature Kyle's ring didn't have at the time.

                                The arc was significant in that the ring given to Kyle was what let him deputize Jade in #107, and later it was given to John after the Hate Crime arc after Kyle left Earth in issue #155. The same self replicating ring was used in the two part prestige format New Corps, and it was also the ring Kyle proposed to Jade with at the end of GL #136. The ring itself was more important in the present than Hal himself, Hal just happened to be the one to give the ring to Kyle is all LOL. Emerald Knights is also significant in that it was the start of the Kyle/Jade relationship in issue #103 I think it was...

                                ~KL~

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