Green Lantern Corps is a book that I've wanted to see for years, and this creative team has me hooked. This first chapter is perfectlyexecuted by a creative team that has the willpower to pull this off in style. Read Full Review

Right away this book left me excited about the potential directions Adams and Hampton could take, the dazzling art of Pasarin. For Lantern fans there should be no question you need to go all-in with this series. Read Full Review

Seeing John Stewart as an enlightened hero is terrific and the perfect centerpiece of this new Green Lantern Corps series. The Green Lantern Mythos is taking off again, and keeping that momentum going forward is the best idea for another book. Having the main series creative team join up with Morgan Hampton is excellent as it is a Creative Corps working on this book. You can tell they have incredible chemistry together as their characters shine. It is the perfect time to join the Corps and get this series on your pull list, no matter how long you've been a Lantern fan or who your main Lantern is. Read Full Review

All in all, Green Lantern Corps #1 is everything one could hope for in a first issue. It sets the stage for a grand conflict, but offers continuity without drowning the reader in exposition. The artwork is simply amazing and the story full of surprises for old and new readers alike. Read Full Review

This first issue is maybe a little dense and wordy at points, but it does a great job of balancing a huge cast and a lot of plot. Read Full Review

Overall, Green Lantern Corps #1 is a promising start to a new era for the iconic space police. It's a visually stunning and entertaining read that effectively reintroduces the core members of the Corps and sets the stage for exciting adventures to come. Read Full Review

Green Lantern Corps #1 has a fresh start aura that is given to everything that goes on. At the same time, what is presented is built off everything that's happened with the Green Lantern franchise in the last few years. Read Full Review

By establishing challenges that threaten to test the Corps' resolve both inside and internationally, Green Lantern Corps #1 effectively lays the setting for an epic narrative. This issue is a must-read for fans and a good place for newcomers to the series to start because of the superb artwork and well-written narrative. Read Full Review

Fun start to the series, focusing on a Green Lantern Corps that taps into my own personal interest in this franchise, so that was nice. Good introduction of all characters, and put everyone and the Corps to good use. Read Full Review

Aside from Sinestros appearance, Green Lantern Corps #1 isnt a spectacle. Its not a splashy first issue. But its fun and entertaining. And most important, Green Lantern Corps #1 absolutely drives interest for the new series. Read Full Review

Green Lantern Corps #1is a decent beginning to a new series that follows the renewed Green Lantern Corps as they undertake monthly missions to protect the galaxy. Morgan Hampton and Jeremy Adams's script is a solid complement to the ongoing Green Lantern title, and Fernando Pasarin and Oclair Albert's impressively detailed artwork is excellent. That said, the big threat of the Sorrow Lantern, established in the previous one-shot, takes an odd back seat.7/10 Read Full Review

This is great, super-detailed old-school comic book art. The story isn’t bad either.

pretty solid

A super solid debut here, in my opinion, with a really nice amount of focus on John Stewart, who's my personal favorite Green Lantern. I really liked the Sinestro stuff as well, though, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of him. Simon and Jessica's section was also really nice, also.

John's opening, beating up Kanjar Ro is quite funny, got a good chuckle out of that.

Also this book clearly has two writers, I assume Adams is doing the general plot while Morgan does the finer details (as Adams needs to ensure this book follows the general plot points he needs it to hit to make sense with his GL book). Sadly you can tell this as the general concept makes sense and I like where it is going, but the character to character interactions are a bit weak. Morgan I think needs to really work on being a writer. Maybe Adams can train him into a great comic writer? I can only hope.

Also what is it with John pulling all the ladies? Like I know he is a cool dude and I like him but dang, it is kind of funny and a touch bizarre watching him get flirted with that much. Not out of character per say. Just something you almost never see (Correct me if I am wrong). more

Very strong first issue, great art.

Very strong kickoff for the new title with a great story and amazing artwork that tees up exciting things to come while setting a nice foundation for a variety of stories and characters. I’m delighted to have this book back where it belongs, front and center in the All-In DCU!

this was a really great starting point. It's nice to see the toehr Green Lanterns besides Hal Jordan get their spot to shine

This debut issue is great. It catches up readers on the Lanterns and their current status. We get John Stewart, Jessica Cruz and surprisingly, Sinestro featured! There are appearances from Jo Mullein, Teen Lantern and Simon Baz. Jeremy Adams incorporates a lot of history as well as getting things going with the Sorrow Lantern. Brining Sinestro back into the Corps is an interesting idea and it’s done wonderfully in this issue. There are lots of little bits that make this a great issue. Only one thing stands out as a possible concern…is that Shayera (Hawkwoman) Hol on the last page? She’s on Oa as a royal ambassador to work with John Stewart to help salvage what’s left of their homeworld. It doesn’t look like Shayera’s hair color. Her body language and facial expression certainly indicate she has history with John, and John doesn’t want it to be her. As the kids say, she looks thirsty. Unfortunately, it appears that Adams is trying to incorporate the DC Animated Universe relationship between John and the random Thanagarian Hawkgirl from that show with a name that never made sense. This would be a huge mistake…. The DCAU was very unkind to the Hawks and there’s no reason to make the same mistakes in the comics. Additionally, the status quo of Hawkman and Hawkwoman established at the end of Robert Venditti’s Hawkman series was both elegant and beautiful and it just doesn’t make sense that Shayera would show up looking “thirsty” for John Stewart. Since Fernando Pasarin drew that Hawkman issue as well, you’d think he could’ve pointed out that something’s not right! Ok, it’s a small concern for this issue, but a huge concern moving forward for Shayera. more

I didn't hate this issue as much as some people did. I thought some of the jokes didn't land like the MIB reference and I do agree that there are too many human characters in the book. I did like some of the interactions. I liked the reveal as I'm a fan of the relationship between Hawkgirl and Stewart, however, I don't like the designs on either. Everyone said that Jeremy didn't really write this issue. I'm not sure how true that is.

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RKS - Feb 22, 2025 (edited)

Let's be honest here, if it isn't Hal, Guy, Kyle, or even John it isn't really interesting. The main question that should be asked on every single page of this book is "Where is Hal?" The other characters are just sort of there and to be honest silly. They can be written out of the book without hurting anything,

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Art: 4/5
Story: 3/5
Total: 7/10

Very disappointing that Jeremy Adams chose to pander to the DCAU fans who don't buy comics and ruin Shayera's character development. John/Shayera is just a shit pairng that has done dirty to the Hawks franshise. Also it is really a bummer that while every fan wants to see is Hal/Sinestro dynamics, Jeremy Adams stole Hal's frenemy relationship with Sinestro and gave that to John. Come on, hasn't John taken enough things away from Hal?