Green Lantern Rebirth Pre-Requisites
Some of you who have seen me from the other forums know that I am dissatisfied with Superman's post-Rebirth direction, and have been dropping my subscriptions to all his books one by one (Last one will be dropped on Wednesday after the issue that comes out that day- other than JLA, which is in the middle of an arc that hopefully will be finished, lot of delays on that, so we'll see). I won't likely be back on the Superman titles unless new52 Superman returns or they do some sort of a reboot that is better than what they are doing with the title from Rebirth going forward (I'm trying to be vague because, you know, spoilers, but you guys have probably heard).
So far, I only have 2-3 Marvel books and 1 Image book to replace them that I'm subscribing to.
I was thinking about maybe one or both of the Green Lantern books or the Green Arrow book (Especially at the new lower price point)- could be none, could be one, could be two, slight possibility all three. Green Arrow seems pretty straightforward if I want to pick it up, based on what I know and the solicitations I've read for the advance comics.
With either or both Green Lantern titles, though, I'm guessing it would benefit me to read some other titles before the Green Lantern Rebirth, if I decide to pick either of the two new lines up (I hear one is a Hal Jordan title and the other is about Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz).
Here's what I've got in general Green Lantern wise (Also, I've of course seen various Green Lanterns in crossovers and things like Justice League):
Green Lantern (2011-2016) #1-#8
Green Lantern: Lost Army #1-#6
Green Lantern: Edge of Oblivion #1
I plan to finish out of the Edge of Oblivion miniseries. That seems like an obvious one that may play into the Green Lantern Rebirth and, honestly, I just like it, so I'm going to finish it regardless. ;)
Anything else I need, or can I just jump on if I want to?
The reason I only have Green Lantern 2011 #1-#8 is because it's the type of thing where I just buy the next issue every once in a while at the standard digital old comic discount when I feel like it (I have a few early Green Arrow issues, but am way behind, for the same reason). I can't afford to buy them all at once, nor am I "into" it enough to do so- and before Superman got screwed up, I was already kind of oversubscribed given my budget and new comics prices, but with the Superman titles gone and some prices cut... Actually, the storyline in the 2011 Green Lantern titles I was reading was getting boring (After a good start with the strange positions Hal and Sinestero find themselves in), but I'd kind of like to see where the thing with the Guardians possibly being evil and/or wanting to get rid of the GL Corps goes (Please no one spoil that for me. :) ).
In addition to pre-requisites, if people want to just recommend classic Green Lantern stories as well, that's cool, but please mark them as being non-prerequisites so I don't get confused. :)
Oh, and if I were to pick just the Hal Jordan title or just the Baz/Cruz title, which of the two do you think do you think is the one to go with?