What's your favorite Green Lantern story?

From panel to panel, from page to page

I think it's hilarious that the writer was SO busy he didn't skip going to a concert with a deadline coming up.

As rushed as Emerald Twilight was Ron Marz did an admiral job with what he was given and with out it Geoff Johns could never have done everything that he did in his epic Green Lantern saga.

Having the Guardians kill hals dad in the past instead of just an accident is what made this story dead on arrival. Why? Because in that one move it completely cheapens the whole idea of a Green lantern Corp. It destroys the mythos of His origins and what the theme of being a lantern is. See after a lantern dies the ring goes on to find someone worthy of using its power, someone who has the will to rise up when most can't. When you make the Guardians be the masterminds behind the death of his dad that means they have known of him for awhile and hand picked him. To me that destroys the idea of the ring going to find someone who is worthy and has will now it's just some guy who got chosen by big head lil' blue people.

Emerald Twilight's an interesting story to change directions, but I much prefer how Geoff Johns brilliantly revitalized the GL stories without having to wreck Hal's character.

I think Emerald Twilight is interesting. I don't think it was the story that completely ruined Hal's character, that was Zero Hour. ET did lead to that story though. Also, while making Parallax a space bug might have exonerated Hal of some blame, most of the Corps during Johns' run, especially the Lost Lanterns, still put the full brunt of the blame on Hal since he let himself become susceptible to Parallax. It wasn't really until Sinestro Corps War when the Corps fully accepted him again. Great video though.

They went through all that to put Kyle Rayner into the spotlight and now they barely use him.

Οh dear. This story still hurts me. But without it we would never get Hal's awesome redemption by Johns and Kyle Rayner who ended up being a beloved character on his own right. Though mostly thanks to Grant Morrison's JLA, not so Ron Marz. Speaking of Morrison's JLA, do you plan on doing a video on it? It's my favorite incarnation of the team.

This storyline really made me take notice of Green Lantern. It was jarring in spots, but I found it compelling. I like Kyle Rayner learning how to be a GL in the aftermath of the story, too.

Since you're talking about 90s era dc would you ever consider doing a video on james robinsons starman?

This story was such a classic. I kinda wish it wasn't as rushed but I enjoyed this story a whole lot. Seeing a hero turn heel is really interesting done right.

"May not be actual Green Lantern boycott footage" LOL.

I wish they'd had the guts to keep Hal evil rather than retconning it to take responsibility away from him. It would be amazing if they actually did this in the movies. Start off with a movie or two of him being the hero then see him become a villain. It would be something I don't think we've seen before.

Without this series, which I loved, we wouldn’t have had Rebirth, which is one of the greatest comic books I have ever read. This series took a fun character that was just good, and eventually made GL one of DCs finest books.

I didn't know that the story was rushed like that, makes sense... I loved ET when I read it (and Hal's deranged look with all those rings on GL 49 cover is iconic), but it clearly came out of nowhere... when you are reading Reign of Supermen and then go to Emerald Twilight and see Hal going absolutely bonkers it's just insane xd (but entertaining). I wonder how the story would've turn out if it was told in 6 issues or more... Btw, reading a big part of Marz run made me like Kyle a lot and I do find him more similar to Spider-Man, as you said.

We need a great Green Lantern film.

Emerald Twilight is Green Lantern's "The Dark Knight Returns".

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I always heard about the editorial mandate behind it, but this video is so well put together! Hal the fourth wall breaking comment still chills me