Waaaay back in the day when I first dallied with the four-colored addiction known as comic books (1981), I was dearly wanted to read a kick ass Green Lantern comic. As such, there was no monthly series at the time, but got something better, a mini-series entitled ‘Takes of the Green Lantern Corps.’ Thanks to the recent unparalleled success of Green Lantern in his own comic, the series is now available to a whole new audience.
Epic in scale, think of it as a first draft of Sinestro Corps War… it was that good.
From the beautiful Brian Bolland covers, this three issue series by Mike Barr (Len Wein) and Joe Staton is a treasure. After a somewhat lackluster reception to his monthly comic, Tales re-introduces a vast gallery of other space police-men. Some of these characters are known to long-time fans while others are new. Yet, it was the inclusion of the power-mad Krona and his horde of monstrosities that made this comic sing to my young eyes… it was the operatic scale of devastation.
The story began with a pleasant meet-up in space and reached a crescendo as characters battled on the rim of death’s realm itself, a giant ghoul reaching out and reducing hero and villain alike to specters with a mere touch!
Krona is set on re-creating the big band in order to harness the primal power source of the universe. It is the brutal defeat of the seemingly unstoppable Green Lantern Corps at the end of Krona’s spiked fists that stuck with me. I had never really seen a hero fall so far in a DC Comic, and Hal Jordan, Green Lantern of Earth, was seen hanging on for dear life in this one.
Featuring a plot that would be developed again by Marv Wolfman where Krona re-appeared in Crisis on Infinite Earths, this book is a real treat into the history of DC Comics. And since GL scribe Geoff Johns is delving into old material, I have no doubt that there is a hint of storylines to come hidden in these pages.
Make sure to reserve a copy today!
Recommended:
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1
Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 2
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1 (Green Lantern (Graphic Novels))
