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    Green Lantern » Green Lantern #58 - Hope Burns Bright released by DC Comics on November 2010.

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    Review: Green Lantern #58

    Green Lantern, Larfleeze and Star Sapphire search for the new of Adara, the hope entity, just as Atrocitus and Sinestro wreck irreparable harm on the new guardians' reputation.
     

    The Good

    Even though it's probably better to save this kind of commentary for "the verdict," but the larger tapestry that Johns has woven the DCU's cosmology into makes this book infinitely interesting. There have been many attempts to turn superhero pantheons into modern mythologies, but this has been the most effective, by far. The new guardians and their entities are larger-than-life personalities and personifications of abstract concepts, and I love seeing how their philsiophies intersect and collide. On a more basic note - - Larfleeze is hilarious.

    The Bad

    Star Sapphire's mention of Cowgirl does bring up the rather thorny issue of how Hal's relationship with her has been summarily relegated to the background as he's been concerned with Blackest Night and all its associated phenomena for the past year or so. I wonder if it might've been more sensible to have just kept him single this whole time.

    The Verdict - 4.5/5

    I've been keeping my eye on Johns' GL run since it was first announced at conventions however long ago. Even though we're getting close to the five year mark, now, I feel like he's still hitting his stride. Without contradicting any established continuity, he's truly established a new world that as a fresh, surprising and exciting as any company launch. If you haven't gotten into GL, get into now, because you want to say you were there while DC history was being made.
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      Green Lantern #58 - Hope Burns Bright by the_mighty_monarch on October 13, 2010

      The Good: As opposed to last issue, which had one singular focus, this issue has SO MUCH GOING ON. We actually get a feel for how big the Entity Hunt is. Instead of just going by one at a time, everything's in motion. We know where almost every entity is and all of the issues involved in obtaining them. There's even character development on every front here. Atrocious is really getting some nice development living here on earth. His rapport with Sinestro is really neat. Carol's finally standing ...

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      Green Lantern #58 - Hope Burns Bright by razzatazz on September 27, 2011

      This issue is full of interesting characterizations and even some deeper messages, but while it succeeds on this level it still feels like an issue which is filling the gap between two stories.  Again with so much of the ensuing story lines to Blackest Night, the problem here is that there are a lot of divergent plots going on, and other than the main one featured on the cover, they seem a little more like logistical elements as opposed to relevant portions of plot.  After the revelation of the ...

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