Hal Jordan: Green Lantern Appreciation 2019

[silly]

The ejection seat is a nice touch. Brings personality to the Spectre.

[liwanag]

[Bored at 3:00AM]

The latest issue of The Green Lantern really was worthy of the hype. It's somewhat similar to an episode of Doctor Who in which the TARDIS becomes human, but the art and prose push it into really something special.

It'll be very difficult to view Hal charging his ring the same way after this issue.

[Mutatis_Mutandis]

Well, that was beautiful. More thoughts later.

[Russ840]

Class act.

[EsotericFailures]

The latest issue of The Green Lantern really was worthy of the hype. It's somewhat similar to an episode of Doctor Who in which the TARDIS becomes human, but the art and prose push it into really something special.

That was what it reminded me of as well. Like The Doctor's Wife I think it'll be a standout from the series.

[j9ac9k]

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I'm not really surprised, but it appears Morrison ignored the fact that Hal made his ring. I guess unless it's germane to the story, it's too complicated to get into, but it would be nice if continuity was actually a real thing

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[Bored at 3:00AM]

Minor spoilers:
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I'm not really surprised, but it appears Morrison ignored the fact that Hal made his ring. I guess unless it's germane to the story, it's too complicated to get into, but it would be nice if continuity was actually a real thing

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Since it's not really relevant to the story Morrison is telling, it didn't really need to be brought up, although the fact that Hal personally recreated his ring after having lost it yet again adds yet another beautiful layer to this story in retrospect.

[j9ac9k]

It's not it wasn't brought up, there's a line that outright contradicts it. (although I guess it depends if you see it as "re"-create or create from nothing) No biggie, but at least Morrison hasn't brought back the yellow weakness.

This was still a beautiful interlude one-and-done story.

[Johnny]

[Mutatis_Mutandis]

Such a beautiful page. This issue also reminded me of how Hal and the ring just seem destined to find each other, no matter what. How many times has Hal given up the ring now? And he's always - always - come to regret it. First during the Wein/Englehart era when he left the ring for Carol. Then even after Emerald Twilight and Zero Hour, Hal wanted his ring back. And then he lost his ring during the Johns run too. But like no matter what, they always find each other somehow. And Hal's life always takes a turn for the worse whenever he gives up the ring. So yeah, this issue really showed how deep their relationship is - perhaps deeper than any other Lantern and their ring. Truly the one true love of his life.

[Denirac]

Hal is on the List of Suspects being infected by Batman who Laughs to become more like a Dark Version and selected for the New Secret Six

[Mutatis_Mutandis]

After having read TGL #7, I'm getting extra chills reading that scene from Rebirth where the ring flies off to Hal just before he is revived.

[j9ac9k]

(SO many bad jokes in my head about Hal's ring being fingered by another person...Must stop...)

[Bored at 3:00AM]

It's not it wasn't brought up, there's a line that outright contradicts it. (although I guess it depends if you see it as "re"-create or create from nothing) No biggie, but at least Morrison hasn't brought back the yellow weakness.

This was still a beautiful interlude one-and-done story.

The physical object that is Hal's ring has been destroyed and recreated several times by now, but its "essence" has always remained the same because the ring is essentially coalesced energy, which can neither be destroyed nor created. That's how I look at it anyway, and I think the comics repeatedly referring to his ring as the same one given to him by Abin Sur despite all the times it has been destroyed would indicate that this is the way creators approach it, too.

Since the power ring represents technology on a scale so beyond our comprehension that it is essentially magic, I think treating the ring as a kind of spiritual totem that exists outside of its mere physical form is more appropriate anyway.