Green Lantern #32 *Preview/Spoilers*

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Green Lantern #32 Preview
Writer: Robert Venditti
Artist: Billy Tan

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Issue out. Poll added.

[jhpace1 Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close jhpace1]

3 out of 5 stars.

The plot was good. Hal Jordan recognized that he wasn't as good a leader as he thought he was. Wow, Hal, too bad you didn't realize that back before the Parallax days, huh? So we'll have to see what happens, if Hal becomes better or if he allows anyone else the spotlight. Hal may not be a terrific leader, but he's no follower, either.

The Durlans and the Kunds have a falling out. All those who saw that happening in less than 3 issues, raise your hands! But the Durlans are more treacherous, with plans inside plans, and loathing to depend upon anyone else for any length of time. The Durlans also have a solution to their "weakness" of needing radioactive energy in order to maintain their shapeshifting ability. A Durlan solution.

As for Hal's talk with the Clan woman (who was a Star Sapphire briefly?), it was required to get the information out of her. No Martian Manhunter telepaths nearby, this time.

Artwork was decent, faces were okay, plot was strong. It could have been worse.

[SD80MAC Not a True Fan Find all posts View Profile Close SD80MAC]

Awful.

["Chosen" NOT his black friend Find all posts View Profile Close "Chosen"]

So did anyone read this shit?

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

Not great, but I like that the war has shifted and Hal's (quick) acknowledgment of his imperfections was decent.

[greenblogger Fatality's Blacksmith Find all posts View Profile Close greenblogger]

Awful.

Was it really that bad? I have yet to get myself a copy...

[Spectremjm Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close Spectremjm]

It's not good. Tan really doesn't draw Hal well at all and the endless Durlan thing (since the Khund are essentially out of it now) just sucks the life out of you. At least Corps has brought back some characters that were in mothballs for a long time, but this book is just there. Red, NG and Sinestro are all much more fun books to read right now.

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Was it really that bad? I have yet to get myself a copy...

Save your money. As Dave would say, this issue was drizzled shits.

[SD80MAC Not a True Fan Find all posts View Profile Close SD80MAC]

Yep. I wouldn't be surprised if Venditti leaves within a year. This mess smacks of editorial interference.

[Spectremjm Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close Spectremjm]

If the sales continue to tank, Vendetti will probably be gone whether he wants to be or not within the next year. It isn't just one book at risk, but a whole family of books. If the post-Durlan story line isn't a vast improvement, I can't see DC sticking with the current direction of the book for too much longer.

[SD80MAC Not a True Fan Find all posts View Profile Close SD80MAC]

I don't even want to know what event the next storyline will be.

[Star-Lantern Weaponer of Qward Find all posts View Profile Close Star-Lantern]

I'm curious as to what this issue does that's so terrible. I read it, and while I won't rave about it, I fail to see any particularly large offense. The Durlan storyline won't end until "Uprising" is over, so it's pretty obvious what you're getting into here. I will concede that I feel they're taking too long to tell this story, though.

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Save your money. As Dave would say, this issue was drizzled shits.

I get a nickel every time somebody uses that!

And man, I just barely forced myself to read #31 a few days ago. Got caught up on all of the GL issues from May before I got too far behind. I've got to find my second wind to be bothered to read this month's issues.

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I don't even want to know what event the next storyline will be.

"The Slight Irritation of the 2nd Lantern"


This current issue isn't so much more horrible than the past few, it just was more of the same, and that really isn't good.

Plus, we haven't even seen Saint Walker in like 3 months and seeing him was just enough to make the early part of this Durlan/Khund thing readable.