The Finality

I love what Geoff Johns had done with Green Lantern, and all the characters he created or adapted fit well with the flow of the story. But at the end of Blackest Night I have one major issue: What happened to GL's bad guys? 1. Sinestro. Recluctant partner at the start of Brightest Day. Now in the Relaunch, Sinestro is a Green Lantern again. 2. Star Sapphire. Although I'm happy with Carol as more of an ally to Hal now, it takes away from one of his enemies. She was Lantern's Femme Fatale. Like Catwoman to Batman, or Elektra to Daredevil, Black Cat to Spider-Man, and Madame Masque to Iron Man. 3. Atrocitus and The Red Lanterns. Even though I doubt they'd be buddy buddy with Hal and the GLC, in the new relaunched series, Atrocitus and his RLC are "fighting injustice in a whole new way?" Really? 4. Black Hand. Geoff did a wonderful job taking this somewhat obscure villian and making him a star in Blackest Night. But now Hand is under the thrall of the Indigo Tribe. That leaves Larfleeze and his OLC which Rayner is tackling/teaming up with over in New Guardians, Hector Hammond, Parallax, and what's left of the Sinestro Corps. Geoff Johns is one of my favorite writers. And I get that big storylines come to an end. But was it worth it to have Green Lantern lose what could build up to rivaling some of the best Rogue's Galleries in comic books?

Yes, more with the trident!

Two words: DOOM 2099

Soo looking foward to this in April. You can tell Marvel is running off their recent mainstream Avengers fame to unite it with the older mainstream X-Men fame. So excited to see who the pair off against who. I really want to see Wanda kick her dad's ass. it'd be cool to see. And maybe Quicksilver betraying The Avengers to team up with Magneto. It'd be so awesome.

As much as it sucks to see J'Onn go, I like the idea of Cyborg there from the start. I think DC knows how popular characters like Iron Man are, the whole updated DCnu is supposed to appeal to people of this generation. What better than a tech savy guy for a tech savy world. And having a black original character up there with the Big Seven is great. As much as I like characters like John Stewart, they're still black versions of another white character :P It's good to see Cyborg getting that push :)

Victor Stone, Cyborg of DC Comics is mainly made up of robotic replacements due to the injuries he received. Yes, they give him his super-powers, but the external outer shell encases his entire body and half of his face. I guess my question is: since Vic no longer has what he needs for happy time, is there any way he could create something artifical for himself to use during intercourse? :P

Also, i recently got my friend, who is not a comic book reader into Blackest Night, and Brightest Day. Before this he told me that he thought The Flash was lame (all he could do was run fast), and all Aquaman could do was talk to fish. Because anything Geoff Johns touches becomes liquid gold (Green Lantern, Flash, JSA, Teen Titans), he was hooked. Said they played out like a movie. He was so impressed he showed his brother who loved it as well. His brother told me that before reading these stories, he thought Green Lantern, The Flash, and Aquaman were useless. He changed his mind quickly. I feel that DC needs to get off it's Superman/Batman movie reboots, and focus on other characters. Marvel's already done it. I know they came out with a Green Lantern movie, which i liked but felt like he was too earth bound, he should have been in space more. But i get that they're not just appealing to comic lovers. they have to get across to a larger mainstream audience as well. I'd love to see Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Captain Marvel, The JLA and The Teen Titans on the big screen. DC has so many great relatively unknown characters they need to get out to the public. As well as crafting good stories with mainstay characters (like Aquaman) on animated series so that kids can grow up knowing that these characters are great. (The DCAU, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Young Justice, etc)

I agree that Super Friends ruined Aquaman. But there's a main reason: The Super Friends was essentially a kid-friendly version of The Justice League. And Aquaman in the 60's was one of the most popular characters, so they added him to the main cast (I would have much preferred to see Flash and GL and J'onn J'onzz in place of the stupid Junior Super Friends, but whatever). But yeah, kid-friendly version. In water he was portrayed fine, cuz he always had something to do. But on land, since the old cartoons didn't let people punch anybody, that takes away most of his super strength in action. The others had ways around it (Superman's vast array of versatile powers he could apply non violently, WW's lasso, and Batman and Robin's gadgets). Since Aquaman didn't have that, he was relegated to uselessness. I think the modern comics have been a great showcase for the character (an issue of JLA where AC saves Martian Manhunter from Despero by driving iron bars from a construction site into the villian's body, or PAD's or Geoff Johns' use of the character). Another bash at the super friends, in later seasons, the cast became allowed to punch, but they replaced Aquaman entirely with Firestorm. No hating against Firestorm (i like all superhero characters), but it just seemed like Hanna Barbera had it in for The King of Atlantis.