The finale to that, right near the end, is an astonishingly heartbreaking moment beautifully written, as is most of the final chapter once the major villain of the piece has been dealt with. He rebuilds the relationship between Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris, and innovatively forces a renewed companionship between Sinestro and Hal. Johns continues to throw in surprises, but it’s the character moments that are the most memorable. Four of those six volumes are crossovers involving multiple detours into other titles for the complete story, not all of those detours included here, although not all are required. In paperback this content is found as Green Lantern: Brightest Day, War of the Green Lanterns, Sinestro, Revenge of the Black Hand, Rise of the Third Army and The Wrath of the First Lantern.

The inevitable consequence was the epic becoming commonplace, patched together with the joins showing as Johns seemed unaware there was a problem of diminishing returns. 2, the plot that fed all subsequent stories was the seeming corruption of the Guardians of the Universe, and it’s where Johns lost his way somewhat, dragging Green Lantern and all associated titles from one crisis that needed the involvement of thousands to the next. With Blackest Night dealt with in Omnibus Vol. Over the course of nine years writing Green Lantern, Geoff Johns grasped an ailing franchise and gave it a complete creative overhaul, introducing a multitude of new ideas, characters and pretty well constant thrills.

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