The art by Tomas Giorello is simple and beautiful and fits the story perfectly. The details on the characters are great and the backgrounds are fantastic. There aren't a lot of action sequences in this book but when they do happen they are breathtaking. Giorello's art is complimented by the colors by Andy Troy. They are bright and bold. The use of shadows is great and the constructs that are created by each Lantern are fantastic. I cannot say enough about the art and the colors. Read Full Review

This Annual was a fun read and well worth grabbing for fans of the new Lanterns. Read Full Review

Its overall irrelevance doesn't matter, because this is actually one of my favorite issues of the Green Lanterns run, featuring pitch-perfect takes on the main characters amid a compelling plot with several surprising twists. Read Full Review

For an Annual this book does its job very well. The story is outside of any current plots, and does a good job at pushing the characters forward, and establishes their voices nicely. Read Full Review

Green Lanterns Annual #1 is a true return to form Read Full Review

Green Lanterns Annual #1 is a character-focused and highly entertaining comic about heroes conquering the villain that is public speaking. The comic is a little slow at times, but most of the book is engaging enough to firmly hold the readers attention. Plus, Perkins and Troy are a hell of an artistic team. This comic earns a recommendation. Give it a read. Read Full Review

GREEN LANTERNS ANNUAL #1 brings Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz to an outer space Lantern memorial that results in a unique discovery. Andy Diggle writes a solid story, though it somewhat takes the Lanterns at face value. Read Full Review

This was okay, but doesn't really add to the Lantern mythos, nor change the characters. If one is looking for a Lantern adventure, this will do, but it won't be one that's remembered in a few months. The visuals are slightly better than the story, but are not as good as those in the twice monthly series. Read Full Review

The artwork for this issue was okay, on the whole. The constructs were spot on, which considering how big of a role they played here is a very good thing. However some of the expressions and faces were a bit off. For example Jess' face on page 7 is downright jarring (it's the eyes). That's just one example, and sadly every time that sort of thing happened it did interrupt the immersion of the plot. Otherwise the artwork was good and fit in with the typical Green Lanterns art style. Read Full Review

Green Lanterns has shown a knack for telling compelling self-contained stories, and the 2018 annual keeps that streak alive. Read Full Review

All in all, this was a good smooth fast paced read. We really had a three act story that was well constructed and was climaxed with a Karaoke invitation. How could I not praise this issue with a moment like that? Read Full Review

Despite its conflicting tones and otherwise forgettable story, this remains an entertaining, if not particularly memorable, read. Read Full Review

The artworkis very dynamic and stylized, which I appreciate. My only complaint is thatJessica has never looked lovelier. By which I mean to say that Perkins artreinforces the pattern among comic book artists that they are unable to draw normalpeople. Everyone in the world of comics comes across like a CW cast member,unless theres a reason for them to appear doughy and unattractive. Read Full Review

This annual issue seems unnecessary and a distraction until the next arc of Green Lanterns begins. The plot for the most part is dull with the exception of some action and backstory given towards the end of the issue. The art is rough for the majority of this issue. The next arc needs to begin immediately. Read Full Review

We're back to rings not needing to be charged with this issue and that's disappointing, but it's also disappointing that we're dealing with just the basic concepts of our main characters and little else to just convey a message of what the difference between willpower and willfulness is.  The art is interesting in this issue, but little else really is in the long run. Read Full Review

Diggle does his best to string it all together but it falls a bit flat. The art again is decent but the story doesn't allow for much excitement. The ending is a bit of a dull bummer. I hoped it would turn around the entire time but it never did. Read Full Review

Green Lanterns Annual #1 is a clear skip it issue for me. This story could easily have been told in one regular issue rather than this bloated $4.99 affair. Add in Andy Diggle's contradiction on how the Lantern universe functions and the lackluster art and I can't recommend anyone buying this one at all. Read Full Review

A pretty standard story but I liked the way Andy Diggle handled the characterization of Jess and Simon a lot more than Seeley has been.

This was an okay story with okay art (sometimes great art, but there were some panels with less than flattering face work). With a $4.99 price tag, you really expect more out of a book. With this, you simply get more pages, so it is a situation of quantity over quality. The story is serviceable, and I do not mind that it is inconsequential to the main Green Lanterns storyline. This could have easily been edited down to a $2.99 one shot issue in the series, and that is my main problem with it.

Nor a bad or a strong reading. The part about all can have a second chance is nice even if I doubt that. And I wonder why they made this old ring that powerful.

Cover - Nice, not related. 1/2
Writing - Inappropriate ! ^^ ... Poor jess. I wonder why the writer like make her this wretched. And I didn't know her ring call her J-Bird. So weird. 2/3
Arts - This was good. I dind't know what seem off to me. The ink ? the coloring ? 2/3
Feeling - This wasn't a story made to make me interesting in the ongoing. So on that they fail. 1/2

A pointless story that really isn't worth the cover price. This could have just as easily been a single issue story of the ongoing series - an annual should feel important. The art was just okay at best.