Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 1

It's considered the best Green Lantern run of all times and the art is really impressive. The art. Quality of the DC Omnis is really catching my eye. I'm quite excited to read this run because of all the cosmic and sci-fi elements of the stories. The book was delivered in perfect condition and before the expected delivery time.

This omnibus marks the beginning of Geoff Johns legendary run on Green Lantern that culminated in the Blackest Night event. This is a must have!

Created in 1940, the first Green Lantern was Alan Scott, who carved his ring from a meteorite that gave him mysterious powers. The original holder of the Green Lantern title was very occult/sci-fi oriented about it, but never quite caught the attention needed. But with the birth of the Silver-Age in 1956 (thanks to Barry Allen, AKA The Flash) and DC changed up the aspects of Barry from his original golden-age counterpart, and Green Lantern was also part to the change up. So was born Hal Jordan in 1959, an air force pilot who stumbles along a dying alien who gives him a power ring to make any construct of his will and imagination, as part of an interstellar police force. The character proved to be a hit and latter lead to other human GL's taking over in place of Hal over the years like Guy Gardner, John Stewart, and Kyle Rayner. So while Hal has come and gone throughout 40+ years in the influence of the GL/DC universe, he never quite showed his star power to the fullest...until a young writer named Geoff Johns decided he wanted to bring the character back and in a massive way in 2004. Johns had already done marvelous work on Flash (Pre-52 Wally West), Hawkman, and Justice Society of America, so it was time for the then-young writer to re-cement Hal and the GL lore to the top of the comic heap. And boy-o-boy, did it deliver. Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 1 collects the following: Green Lantern Rebirth #1-6 ( Green Lantern: Rebirth ) Green Lantern Corps Recharge #1-5 ( Green Lantern Corps: Recharge ) Green Lantern #1-6 and Green Lantern Secret Files 2005 #1 ( Green Lantern, Vol. 1: No Fear ) Green Lantern #7-13 ( Green Lantern, Vol. 2: Revenge of the Green Lanterns ) Green Lantern #14-20 ( Green Lantern: Wanted - Hal Jordan ) Green Lantern #21-23; Green Lantern Corps #14-15; and Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special ( Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1 ) Green Lantern #24-25; Green Lantern Corps vol. 2, #16-19 ( Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 2 [Hardcover] [2008] (Author) Geoff Johns ) Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman Prime #1 and Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files #1 from ( Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps ) (Since this omnibus has way to much detail, I will summarize it as to not write out a massive essay. So please click on the links above for further information.) Hal Jordan is dead. The last and current holder of the Green Lantern title is Kyle Rayner and he has found a way to bring Jordan back to life, but numerous forces are at work that comes with a price for his resurrection. To make the long story short, yes, Hal Jordan does return (as the cover and book descriptions point out) in a spectacular fashion to the whole DC universe and most of the stories collected here are Hal getting re-adjusted to living and working as a GL again, while reconnecting with his family and friends (and running into many of his own rogues). All the while little nuggets of story lines slowly start coming together into the last quarter of the book into the Sinestro Corp War. That's a pretty much the summary I can give you without giving away any juicy information, but I assure you this is one hell of a start for people who want to try Green Lantern for the first time and begin a lengthy epic journey that is worthy enough to be side-by-side with Batman and Superman. Johns creates a hefty amount of action, character development, and world expansion within Hals world by giving him further motivations with his family, his rogues, and the very GL mythology in ways no writer has done before. All these aspects make for a world-building series that builds each step at a time and keeps readers hung on the entire time. It all comes to ahead by the last quarter of the book in Sinestro Corp War, one of the best and coherent events you'll ever read. It's massive in scale, epic in action and grit, and is handled extremely well considering the event crossed over with Green Lantern Corp, the sister series written by Dave Gibbons and Peter Tomasi (which thankfully is collected here in proper form and order). And it all ends for the next big chapter of Johns work on GL with the 2nd omnibus coming out this year. And although a good majority of Johns work is focused on Hal and his many associates, we still get some moments to shine from the other three human lanterns John Stewart, Guy Gardner, and Kyle Rayner (especially since Guy and Kyle get most of the panel time in GLC: Recharge miniseries as they rebuild the Corp and introduce new characters). Since this is an omnibus, there are plenty of artist to list off, most of which is top notch level stuff. Ethan Van Sciver does all of Rebirth and some issues in-between. Carlos Pacheco and Ivan Reis take up majority of the issues to excellent detail, with Simone Blanchi, Daniel Acuna, and Darwyn Cooke doing some fill-in issues. Okay, now for the real review here: this 2015 omnibus. It is in a deluxe-sized hardcover with sewn binding! Yes, that means there is no gutter loss in this beauty, something most DC omnibi have gotten better over time. You will see the sewn binding in the 2-page splash pages, but it's impressive a DC omnibus can open up flat from front-to-back. Any who, the dust jacket front cover has the beautiful Alex Ross cover as seen on the Amazon picture, the spine has Hals hand blaring his ring vividly, with a Van Sciver picture on the back. The next big improvement from DC is the board-cover under the dust jacket, where instead of the common black board that has become common among their omnibus collections as of lately, it has an awesome reflective-design of Van Sciver's Hal on the front and back boards. So well done there DC. The only extras include 7 alternative covers, 1 black and white unused cover, and 1 page of sketches. The only flaw with this collection is for new fans might be confused about the long history of Hal and the GL legacy from the REBIRTH story. Many plots only hardcore fans who are caught up on the story lines will understand. Questions like Guy turning into a crazy-monster, Kyle's history in space, and John's tragic backgrounds are things Geoff Johns doesn't really cover or explain in his work. Don't let any of those aspects scare you away though for new readers, as many questions and old plots do get explained as you read deeper in this series. If anything consolation, the Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files #1 gives you an entire rundown of every member of the GL and Sinestro Corps, as well as numerous other files on characters, planets, and information to catch you up with what is going on in the GL universe. So for the first volume of GREEN LANTERN BY GEOFF JOHNS OMNIBUS is a splendid start to this masterful run. It's highly enjoyable, great art, and fixes many of the common problems DC's omnibus suffers from. It's also much cheaper than buying the Absolute Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War , though you may choose to buy all the softcovers as they are still plenty in print and easy to get access to. I love this character and Johns work so much I have all the soft/hardcovers and wanted to double-dip on buying this again in omnibus form. Later this year, the lead-up and entire GL/Blackest Night material in proper reading order in Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 2 (Green Lantern Omnibus) and finally 2016 for the remaining parts of GL.

Alway a huge fan of Geoff Johns. Best green lantern story ever, the definitive run of the character and his mythology!

Muy buen punto para empezar a leer Green Lantern, primer tomo de 3 que completan Green Lantern de Geoff Johns. Personaje totalmente renovado, historia cósmica fascinante y arte fabuloso.