One word: incredible.

Hands down the best #1 of the Abolute line. If the philosophy of the Absolute line is to swing for the fences while retaining the spirit of the character, the Absolute Martian Manhunter team just won the World Series.

If this is not a candidate for comic/story/art of the year then I may as well stop reading and travel back in time to Mars. OMG I seldom if ever get blown away by a story but i couldn't find a single word that didn't have a meaning......to the whole team an DC......Please take a bow for that was utter perfection........Jonn

Art= nice

otherwise, Geoff ("only ever read comic books") Johns repackaging his planned Killing Zone for DC...

The Atomic Knight (I mean "Geiger")
G.I. Robot (I mean "Junkyard Joe")
The Immortal Man (I mean "Redcoat")

etc. etc.

Once again an amazing issue, love what Venditti and company are doing here and heck, they even brought back Klein the coroner!!
Anyone who's interested in where this interpretation of Dodds came from check out the excellent Sandman Mystery Theatre.

More please!

Ah, lovely! Waid (And Mora) are elegantly restoring Cap to what makes him special and unique. While the "Shazamily" was a fun diversion for a moment, it was in no way sustainable and the new roles (?) for the family look more interesting, whether they stick or not.
Cap has never seemed more Cap in a loonnnngggg time. Hooray!


Glad Johns is on to other things (turning his Killing Zone line into Ghost Machine, turning DC characters into barely-disguised other versions of themselves...Geiger = Atomic Knights; Junkyard Joe = GI Robot, etc. etc....best quote I've heard in a while: "reading a comic by Geoff Johns is like reading a comic by someone who's never read anything other than comic books in his life":) more

Art is fabulous. Writing, eh. Robert Venditti is massaging the Sandman character to fit his plot, not his plot to fit the Sandman character. To those who love the Sandman Wesley Dodds, the overall story concept is interesting, but massaging the Sandman character to make the plot fit is jarring. The idea about using sleep gas to put masses of foreign military troops is ludicrous. It just is, and not just because the Colonel character says so. Sandman Wesley Dodds was not a pacifist by any means, but actually joined the U.S. Navy and was an expert machine gunner killing Axis forces. One of the co-creators of the Sandman Allen Bert Christman was gunned down by Axis forces, joining the U.S. Navy in 1939 (before this Venditti story takes place), and part of the Navy’s “Neutrality Patrol” in 1939, then joining the American Volunteer Group's "Flying Tigers." Both in All-Star Comics and in Adventure Comics, Sandman Wesley Dodds had no qualms about killing foreign enemy soldiers, as was well-documented, and anyone can see for themselves. But Vendetti wants to create a sloppy Wesley Dodds, willing to leave his home and secrets involving life and death, readily unguarded. Wesley Dodds may not have been Bruce Wayne, but he was a LOT more prepared and lot more thoughtful than that. I guess we will see the next issue. Venditti is riding off of fan love of Sandman Wesley Dodds for 80 years. He needs to start doing his homework. more

This is a fantastic book. Even if you've never read a single story of the Golden Age Sandman, you would want to read more about this character after reading this one. Robert Venditti knows these Golden Age heroes as well as anyone in the business as his previous Hawkman series will attest. I've been turned off by Riley Rossmo's art in the past. Its weirdness was just not my cup of tea. Here though, it's clean and under control. Along with the great script, the two creators really capture the noir of the pre-war period. This is another most-welcomed return to DC's roots. Now we need DC to follow up with collected editions of Golden Age stories. more

For God's sake will writers of DC stop making new earth lanterns and new lantern corps?

I can give Tom king a lot of flak, I think a lot of his books rely on hitting you over the head with faux-gravitas, kind of like being a Neil Gaiman but without the depth or talent.
while feeling like he overstayed his welcome on Mister Miracle, was dealing with his own issues in Strange Adventures, and Human Target wasn’t as good as Milligan’s retool of him but still a decent read. - I was really looking forward to Danger Street. I’m old enough to have many of the original issues (anyone want to sell their copy of Lady Cop?).
The series has been Tom King, but at least fun.
This issue, on the other hand, is Tom King at his worst. He’s either pulling a fast one on the readers by knowing he’s sounding obnoxious, or he’s simply writing obnoxiously. This is a case of someone trying way too hard to be “meaningful”. Just write a good story and the meaning will come.
My minor was in Philosophy and most of this dialogue is ripped out of first year reference books.
I won’t even get into his characterisations of Mark Shaw, Manhunter and Code Name:Assassin as it’s clear he doesn’t want to use their original portrayals anyway (Shaw isn’t bad, but Assassin is someone else entirely).
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Man, ever since JLU turned John Stewart from a radical architect with a social conscience to a tough-as-nails marine, his character has been pretty one-note and has suffered as a result.
Plus how clichéd is it to have a GL member be a military guy.
At least this writer has said he's going to refocus on the architect part, but there's a lot of character salvaging to do here. Not there yet. more

Pretentious beyond anything reasonable. King swings for the fences and generates a big whiff of hot air.

Ah yes, GI Robot...I mean, "Junkyard Joe"...

Geoff Johns' move to tweak DC properties and try to make them his own continues in the Geiger/Atomic Knights tradition...

"Reading a Geoff Johns comic is like reading a book by a writer who's never read a non-superhero book in his life."

Nice looking, but this is just sad.

Agree that Hal is written a little too cocky here, and wish Adams wouldn't rush to go back to the Kilowog well and bring him back in his more modern "tough guy" characterization rather than the pacifist, communist-sympathizing medical engineer he was originally meant to be (back in his first appearance in GLC #201).

But the free spirit of Hal is written very well and I look forward to some world building with him on earth - been too long! He's the most interesting and popular Lantern for a reason. more

A series with no originality at all. All plots are dull. All the things Geoff Thorne does to John Stewart happened before on other lanterns. He is just trying to steal Hal/Kyle's achievements and thinks that would make John Stewart a great character instead of a pathetic copycat. And just thinking about Thorne really think dragging Jack Kirby into this issue can make his poor book work.

Glad this is over with. How far the Green Lantern franchise has fallen.

wow, don't know what to say about this one. well, I do. Felt like a 90s comic in the worst way. I give John's new status by the end of the issue, a year or two at most before it's forgotten and retconned.
The art looked more cartoony in this one too -

hoping for better things when the main GL title comes back at some point!

I haven't read green lantern since Grant Morrison took over. I stopped then because Grant Morrisons cynicism is something I grew tired of many years ago. But I love green lantern characters, I may be one of the few who have Kyle Rayner as my favourite, followed by Guy Gardner.

So this comic... I've kept some tabs on the series since I stopped reading and couldn't help myself. I bought this issue. I think I hated it. I don't say that about many things. I feel bad giving it a one but I can't give it more than a 2.

I'm giving it back to my comic shop. This is not staying in my collection. From this new writer seemingly killing off all my favourite green lanterns in the few previous issue, to this idiot new character, whose name I don't remember because she sucks, and just another guardians gone bad bore fest.

I want the old GL corps series back. That was so good, pre-new 52.

I may check this series out when there's a new writer but they will probably have to do some terrible ret-conning to fix this trash.

My harshest review yet. This comic sucks! (To quote Linkara) more

a bit weaker from last issue but I enjoyed it. Interested to see Hal Jordan come back and lets hope the author doesnt screw him over.

Back to referring to the ring as a "weapon" and featuring a Teen Lantern, while branding the book as "Ages 17+".

Plus, we get a writer who loves John Stewart but has apparently only watched the JLU cartoon and is writing him as a tough Marine, instead of the multi-nuanced, socially aware architect from the majority of his publishing history.

I'll give it an issue or two but this feels like a real step back with too much forced gravitas.

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Compared to the high octane fun of Grant Morrison's The Green Lantern, this just feels kind of boring and uninteresting. I don't think I'll be reading the next issue.

While I'm thrilled to see Wally back as Flash, the way the writer describes Wally - "always been a wisecracking guy, like in the cartoon" - shows very little knowledge of comic-book Wally. The guy's been approachable and at times fun, but never like the cartoon.
It's the same way writers try to tell us John Stewart is a tough-as-nails Marine. Well, he was in the cartoon. When he first appeared in the comics and for decades he was an architect from lower-income housing, who always tried to do good - you might even label him as a SJW, which I wear as a designation proudly. When he blew up that planet and after his wife died, he got more somber, but still a thinker more than a tough military man.

I wish the writer would actually read Wally's Titans years and the first run of his book from Mike Baron through to Waid. He'd get a better idea of who Wally is then.
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Man some fans/readers are salty as hell. Lol

Honestly after years of mediocre to down right trash Nightwing issues for the past couple of years. Nice to finally get my #1 favorite comic book character back to prominence like he should be.

Great issue. Folks who are complaining about 'lack of action' have to remember this series has needed a switch up for some time. Jurgens' run was fine but took its sweet time getting back to DG. Taylor is a great writer, this issue cleanses the palate while setting up what's coming. Great art, looking forward to a well-written Dickie again!

Scott Lobdell fans are LIVID lmao

Edit: decided to raise it half a point just to trigger them some more

Incredible.

I can't believe it's over.

Till we meet again King Moz!

A great finale to an incredible run! Morrison's tale is both a simple hero facing overwhelming odds story and an interesting commentary on the comic book industry. Liam Sharp has proven time an again throughout this run just how much talent he has and in this finale he exits the series in high style. It's sad to see that DC is seemingly stepping back from Hal Jordan when this series shows how malleable and dynamic of character he is when there's a good creative team behind the wheel. more

First read takes some concentration, but second read (as usual with Morrison, especially as he's writing in shorthand these days) benefits and boy, what a run this was.

Gonna miss this series terribly. Morrison and Sharp get Hal and all his history, and push the character and concept farther than anyone has including Johns in quite some time.

Respect!