# Where do I start with The Green Lantern? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149 "2005-08-22T17:41:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/21 "2005-08-22T23:03:08Z")
I’m not too fond of the Earth-based GL’s as a rule. I got into the Green Lantern Corps mythology through the “Tales of the Green Lantern Corps” that used to run in the back of **Green Lantern** in the 1980’s. There’s been precious little of this since 1986 or so. But I hear that Dave Gibbons, one of the greatest GLC writer/artists, is doing a new GL Corps book as a separate series from the new Hal Jordan book. Compared to the previous eighteen years of GL as a single Earth-based hero, I’d rather recommend the Tangent **Green Lantern** , who’s a completely different character. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/22 "2005-08-23T02:01:52Z")
Anything starring that insufferable idiot Guy Gardner should be avoided at all costs. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/23 "2005-08-23T03:21:39Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Anything starring that insufferable idiot Guy Gardner should be avoided at all costs. Except for the Keith Giffen/J.M. DeMatteis run of Justice League International, which is one of the finest superhero comics of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/24 "2005-08-23T03:25:52Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Anything starring that insufferable idiot Guy Gardner should be avoided at all costs. Eh, he’s kinda funny in the Griffen/DeMatteis stuff and I think they finally found his character in the past couple of years: jackass, but good at heart. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/25 "2005-08-23T03:28:54Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Except for the Keith Giffen/J.M. DeMatteis run of Justice League International, which is one of the finest superhero comics of all time. Note to self: preview. I found a local shop that does back issues for $1 each and have been raiding the JLEs. Thanks to the JLE/JLA crossover I might need to start raiding the JLAs before I move. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/26 "2005-08-23T03:31:47Z")
Aye, **Lou**. That Guy Gardner rocked. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/27 "2005-08-23T03:44:15Z")
Heh. My favorite GL-related moment EVER was when Batman clocked Gardner. And I have only one thing to say…GNORT! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/28 "2005-08-23T05:30:59Z")
The only potential problem with comics like _The Golden Age_ and _The New Frontier_ is that part of their appeal is based on the reader’s knowledge of the characters. The writers assume the reader already has a general awareness of DC history. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/29 "2005-08-23T06:29:17Z")
The too-brief Chuck Dixon run on Guy Gardner’s series was very good as well. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/30 "2005-08-23T11:35:09Z")
> [@bubastis](#): > > This is exactly my problem; GL seems to be a really cool character, but its hard to know where to dive in. My only knowledge of the character comes from silver age series _Crisis on Multiple Earths_ , and i must say i didnt really enjoy the old-school style. I’m hoping for something ballsy, dramatic; again, I use DKR as my example. Emerald Dawn or Emerald Twilight sound like they could do the job. So does Rebirth, although that doesnt show up in tpb form until christmas… I hear ya, but at some point youn just have to dive in. The new Green Lantern series is probably the best place to start right now. It’ll certainly be the easiest to find. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/31 "2005-08-23T16:29:29Z")
Isn’t Hal Jordan now the main Earth GL? What happened to Kyle? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/32 "2005-08-23T17:05:49Z")
**middleman** , long story short Hal Jordan is back from the dead. John Stewart is still the JLA GL. Guy, Kyle, and Kilowag are featured on the cover of “The Corps,” so its’ safe to assume they’ll be helping out with them. Guy has popped up in the mini-series “OMAC” where he is forming a posse of the Giffen/DeMatteis JLA to find the murderer of a former teammate. In the current mini-series “The Rann-Thanagar War” Kyle and Kilowag are space GLs and have gotten wrapped into the titular (tee hee) war. Don’t know if Kyle will return and be the East Coast GL while Hal watches the west or what. He’s on the cover of Infinite Crisis #1, so he’s not dead yet and hopefully won’t die ( : fingers crossed : ). Also, Jade dumped Kyle for some banker guy, so no loose ends there. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149/33 "2005-08-23T23:38:10Z")
Not to ignite a H.E.A.T. debate, but that explanation (thanks for it, by the way) reminds me why I stopped reading Superhero titles! :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-the-green-lantern/318149.md?page=1)