CBR: DC Shakes Up The Green Lantern Corps In "Brightest Day"

[CBR News]

Peter Tomasi moves into an all-new Guy Gardner ongoing titled "Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors" while "Green Lantern Corps" comes into the hands of "R.E.B.E.L.S." writer Tony Bedard featuring...Green Lantern Ganthet?


Full article here (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24831).

[Ben Akers]

Very cool news.

[CMBMOOL]

Now this is interesting. :biggrin:

[Monari]

Why is Jon getting moved over to Corps? Why can't he stay in the regular GL book? Poor Kyle, just when you think he'll have a chance to star in his own book again he winds up with a spotlight stealer. Man, that sucks.

At least Bedard's writing it. Ever since Negation, he's been one of my favourite writers.

[Trey]

Wow. SO where is Patrick Gleason going to, the best Green Lantern artist of them all? Wherever it is I am following.

I'll also stay with GLC and I'll be getting this new Guy Gardner book too.

[Buried Alien]

Dan Didio and Geoff Johns sure weren't kidding at the last few SDCCs where they announced that they had plans to make GREEN LANTERN the core (no pun intended) of the DCU.

Buried Alien (The Most Hopeful Post Alive!)

[Gitaroo_Dude]

Awesome news. I've been hoping that DC would give Bedard a bigger gig after REBELS and Great Ten, and GLC was my first choice.

Nice to see him land big book like that. He's going to knock it out of the park. Fingers crossed we get a REBELS/GLC crossover.

[Mundungus]

This is both good news and disheartening.

I'm concerned about where Patrick Gleason ends up. He is the true reason I pick up GLC (besides the love of the characters). I love Gibbons and Tomasi, but you can't help but come back for more Gleason.

That being said, Tony Bedard is a solid writer. I enjoy R.E.B.E.L.S. So I am okay with this. Adrian Syaf wouldn't have been my first choice, but he's growing into something. I just hope he is as creative as Gleason was.

And I will definitely be picking up Emerald Warriors.

[JurassicParkIsAnAwesomeMovie]

Never read anything by the writer, but I've heard good things about REBELS.

[Retro315]

Wow. SO where is Patrick Gleason going to, the best Green Lantern artist of them all? Wherever it is I am following.

I'll also stay with GLC and I'll be getting this new Guy Gardner book too.

To Brightest Day itself? BACK to Aquaman?! (Oh man, Gleason's run on Aquaman is some of my favorite.)

This is interesting news. I mean ... Kyle has done pretty well sharing the spotlight with Guy. But Guy kind of stole the show, and yeah ... enough to get his own book (granted, he's sharing too - I expect guys like Kilowog, Vath and Isamot will be standard in Emerald Warriors).

Apparently partnering one of the non-Hal Lanterns with Kyle is the formula for making them more interesting. Kyle is just that gracious and generous a character - being around his coolness rubs off on them. So I'm all for John Stewart sharing the bill with Kyle - at least until John starts to get back into his groove and there are opportunities for him to strike out on his own as well.

On the creative side of things ... both Pasarin and Syaf are wonderful artists with good sensibilities. I'm sure they'll do good work. And Pete and Guy Gardner were made for one another. And you won't hear me complaining about Tony Bedard either, guy does such nice "DC Cosmic" stuff with R.E.B.E.L.S., he was half a step away from joining Geoff and Pete's "GL club" anyway.

The one thing I'll complain about is that we won't have the GL/GLC by Mahnke & Gleason working out of the same studio absolute tour de force anymore.

(Of course, that bullet will be dodged if Gleason is on Brightest Day).

[bongoes]

Seems like good news, more Green Lantern is good in my book, I just want to know where Gleason's going. Hopefully something interesting.

[Karl O'Neill]

Great news/

That's 3 Green lantern themed titles in the DCU now.

Makes me happy!

[jgiannantoni05]

I'm glad for Bedard. He doesn't get enough recognition.

His Wrath II arc in Batman Confid was great (best arc in Batman Confid). Hear his Adv Comics 7 was good too.

[Retro315]

Seems like good news, more Green Lantern is good in my book, I just want to know where Gleason's going. Hopefully something interesting.

The update at The Source came already.

Reis and Gleason are BOTH on Brightest Day. As are Ardian Syaf and Scott Clark.

Here's my hope - I hope they split the artists with the characters. I hope Ivan Reis handles Hawkman (See: Rann-Thanagar War). I hope Gleason handles Aquaman (See: American Tidal (Sub Diego)). I hope Syaf handles Deadman/Phantom Stranger continuing threads (See: Blackest Night Batman and Phantom Stranger), and I hope Clark handles Firestorm.

That way, they can collect it all as like ... "Brightest Day: Aquaman" all by one artist.

[Mobey Wee]

Great news/

That's 3 Green lantern themed titles in the DCU now.

Makes me happy!

Sums it up for me as well.

[Trey]

The update at The Source came already.

Reis and Gleason are BOTH on Brightest Day. As are Ardian Syaf and Scott Clark.

Here's my hope - I hope they split the artists with the characters. I hope Ivan Reis handles Hawkman (See: Rann-Thanagar War). I hope Gleason handles Aquaman (See: American Tidal (Sub Diego)). I hope Syaf handles Deadman/Phantom Stranger continuing threads (See: Blackest Night Batman and Phantom Stranger), and I hope Clark handles Firestorm.

That way, they can collect it all as like ... "Brightest Day: Aquaman" all by one artist.

That's a great idea. Makes perfect sense. DC probably won't do it, :cool:.

Is Brightest Day twice a month or weekly? I don't recall the format. 40 pages? 48?

[Retro315]

That's a great idea. Makes perfect sense. DC probably won't do it, :cool:.

Is Brightest Day twice a month or weekly? I don't recall the format. 40 pages? 48?

Biweekly. 26 issues.

[Clockan]

im very happy with this news... however i think it would have been much better if it was a guy gardner kyle rayner team up book since theyre supposed to be partners. that way john can split limelight with the other GLCers but still headline a book and kyle wouldnt be sharing so much camera time with like 20 other characters

[saidestroyer]

The update at The Source came already.

Reis and Gleason are BOTH on Brightest Day. As are Ardian Syaf and Scott Clark.

Here's my hope - I hope they split the artists with the characters. I hope Ivan Reis handles Hawkman (See: Rann-Thanagar War). I hope Gleason handles Aquaman (See: American Tidal (Sub Diego)). I hope Syaf handles Deadman/Phantom Stranger continuing threads (See: Blackest Night Batman and Phantom Stranger), and I hope Clark handles Firestorm.

That way, they can collect it all as like ... "Brightest Day: Aquaman" all by one artist.

well, now THAT'S an idea!! :)

I wish there was more Aquaman TPBs available

[ryerye17]

Not really happy about this news. Kyle should have gotten more limelight. Just not a fan of Stewart.

[G. Wayne]

Why do Stewart and Rayner have green lipstick on in that picture?

[Frisky Dingo]

Seems like I'm in the minority here, but not really liking the sound of most of this news. No offense to Bedard but I'd much rather Tomasi stay on "GLC", he has been knocking that book out of the park lately. Ganthet might be a cool addition to the book but I really wish Jon Stewart wasn't joining "GLC", IMHO he is just such a boring character and the less I can read about him the better.

I'm also disappointed to be loosing Tomasi to a Guy Gardner book because one of the things I liked best about his "GLC" run was the bromance between Guy and Kyle. Which is shot now and I know it's not to say others can't appear but I find it really odd The Source mentioned Kilowog showing up in that book but not Kyle.

I also can't see spending the money for a Guy Gardner ongoing book. Tomasi has made me like the character more but not to buy a book just about him. Now if it was a Kyle book or Guy and Kyle co-starring I'd definitely be on board.

The "GL" line has been doing pretty awesome right now, so hopefully that will continue with all these changes. But have to say my initial impression to this news isn't good.

[noh-varr]

Good news and bad news for me. I like the John Stewart actually getting some attention (beyond his random appearances in GL where he's the "partner"), but I don't like Tomasi moving to do a Guy only series. Mostly cuz I don't think stretching GL out to another book is the best idea, and I'd rather Tomasi stay on Corps.

[bongoes]

I'm also disappointed to be loosing Tomasi to a Guy Gardner book because one of the things I liked best about his "GLC" run was the bromance between Guy and Kyle. Which is shot now and I know it's not to say others can't appear but I find it really odd The Source mentioned Kilowog showing up in that book but not Kyle.

I also can't see spending the money for a Guy Gardner ongoing book. Tomasi has made me like the character more but not to buy a book just about him. Now if it was a Kyle book or Guy and Kyle co-starring I'd definitely be on board.

Yeah, if it was a Guy and Kyle book that would be great.

[Leocomix]

So, GL is now a three-book franchise. When was the last time it happened for GL? 10 years ago?

That puts him in the same league as Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, X-Men, Wolverine, Justice League, Avengers

[Karl O'Neill]

Lets not forget Blackest Night (GL Themed Event) was the highlight of 2009 in the DCU and most of this year as well.

[jAWSH!]

I'm glad for Bedard. He doesn't get enough recognition.

He also wrote the Catwoman "resurrected" issue. And is currently knocking it out of the park on R.E.B.E.L.S.

I'll be adding GLC to my pull list.

[SebastianS]

Well R.E.B.E.L.S is just plain perfect and an excellent read, so I am really happy to see Bedard on GLC.

On the other hand, I kinda understand why Editorial decided to give Guy a solo title and switch Stewart to GLC. In my mind, GLC is the book were all the lanterns share the spotlight. Both Guy and Kyle have a decent fanbase, even enough to support a solo title. I can't really say the same with John. By pairing him with Kyle, the character will eventually grow on more readers but in the meantime, you have a character in it (Kyle) that can keep the sales in decent levels while John gets more and more attention.

[SJNeal]

While I do like Guy, I'm not sure I like him enough to buy an ongoing. However I'm sure I'll still pick it up because I like Tomasi and am a GL completist. My wallet is not happy with "Brightest Day"... :frown:

On the GLC front, it's all good news imho. I love Bedard, and Syaf's BN: Batman was great. I'm also one of the very few who isn't a huge Gleason fan. Loved him on Aquaman, but his GLC stuff is just so... cluttered? I dunno, I have a hard time telling what's going on sometimes. :confused:

[Danvh3]

Looks like I'll be adding the Guy Gardner book to my buy list. :biggrin:

[Desaad]

So, GL is now a three-book franchise. When was the last time it happened for GL? 10 years ago?

No way. More like 15.

For a while you had GL, Mosiac, Quarterly and Guy Gardner...plus Darkstars, which was kind of a spin off of the mythology at least.

[Raker616]

Yeah i'm not really digging this news, I just don't see the demand for a Guy solo book I think it's stretching the GL line too thin and it's going to hurt all books. If there was to be a third GL book it should have either been a Colored Corps book or a GLC Quarterly book that gave spotlights to GL's that haven't gotten face time like Tomar Tu or Raker not a book about Guy.

[Den]

Birds of Prey, JL: Lost Generation, Brightest Day, and now GUY gets a book?

Oh my aching wallet.

[C. Earl]

I think it's just great that John Stewart is moving over to GLC. I felt he was just being wasted in the regular GL book. Guy Gardner in his own GL book seems like a no-brainer these days, IMO.

[Uxas]

Guy is a fan favourite character, so this move isn't too big of a risk. I'm going to wait and see before dishing out judgment.

[Toniokiki]

Why do Stewart and Rayner have green lipstick on in that picture?
Didn't you heard ? They're becoming Ganthet's bitches So they get all dressed up and they wear funky lipstick :biggrin:

[the Hornet]

Seeing as how John wont be in the JLA anymore, there was no excuse to not give him more spotlight so I am glad he is co-starring with Kyle. However, I would have prefered Kyle_Hal book myself. I love their brotherly interactions. Dont know about Guy though, I always felt he was more interesting in a team set up and co-starring with a more serious character was good for him. Maybe Kilowog will be the new straight guy for him to run off on, but still not convinced.

[Clockan]

Seeing as how John wont be in the JLA anymore, there was no excuse to not give him more spotlight so I am glad he is co-starring with Kyle. However, I would have prefered Kyle_Hal book myself. I love their brotherly interactions. Dont know about Guy though, I always felt he was more interesting in a team set up and co-starring with a more serious character was good for him. Maybe Kilowog will be the new straight guy for him to run off on, but still not convinced.

you know i always said that there needs to be a detective story with all four GL's investigating. the 4 of them are so great together i cant understand for the life of me why they arent together more often. each has great interaction with each other earth GL when its a 2 some that all four at once would be priceless

John & hal have a good connection.. so do hal and guy and especially hal and kyle.. kyle and guy have a good connection too.. so do john and guy.. how is it im the only one who thinks so? remember how all 4 of em would hang out on a mereor and tell war stories after SCW.. that should happen more often.. the really work together well as a four musketeers thing

[the Hornet]

you know i always said that there needs to be a detective story with all four GL's investigating. the 4 of them are so great together i cant understand for the life of me why they arent together more often. each has great interaction with each other earth GL when its a 2 some that all four at once would be priceless

John & hal have a good connection.. so do hal and guy and especially hal and kyle.. kyle and guy have a good connection too.. so do john and guy.. how is it im the only one who thinks so? remember how all 4 of em would hang out on a mereor and tell war stories after SCW.. that should happen more often.. the really work together well as a four musketeers thing

I am thinking a third book with all 4 Earth GLs will sell much better than a solo Guy title. Leave GL alone, give GLC to Guy and John, make Kyle a supporting member of Hal's GL and give him a prominent role in a team book with Dick Grayson, Donna and Wally I(written by Geoff) and have a book for all 4 Earthers.

[Comicbookfan]

Wait a Second didn,t kyle die? like his ring left him i have not been keeping up with blackest night that closely but i could swear Kile Died? no?

[firefly13]

Wait a Second didn,t kyle die? like his ring left him i have not been keeping up with blackest night that closely but i could swear Kile Died? no?

He was brought back by a Star Sapphire because of the love between Soranik and Kyle.

[Clockan]

He was brought back by a Star Sapphire because of the love between Soranik and Kyle.

this.. it was the very next issue.. kinda dumb i thought

[gwangung]

this.. it was the very next issue.. kinda dumb i thought

Bad pacing.

If the death occurred mid-issue, there's a natural tension and suspense as they race the clock to revive; that was kinda lost here.

[Mundungus]

It looks like I will be picking up three Green Lantern books come May.

I would argue they could use a GLC book where each storyline or issue uses a different GL as the POV character but it probably wouldn't sell.

[Clockan]

It looks like I will be picking up three Green Lantern books come May.

I would argue they could use a GLC book where each storyline or issue uses a different GL as the POV character but it probably wouldn't sell.

sounds like the quarterly book.. and yea i dont think it did very well

[firefly13]

this.. it was the very next issue.. kinda dumb i thought

I thought so too. Kyle died in an amazing way by saying bye to everyone...I felt bad then it happened. I think his death was just to bring Guy to the Red.

Now this is a buzz kill since we know that Guy returns as a GL. DC gave a huge spoiler with Guy becoming a RL and now this. We (fans) knew Guy would come back but don't tell us in the solicitations, both with him being a RL and now his news series.

That's just my opinion.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

I thought so too. Kyle died in an amazing way by saying bye to everyone...I felt bad then it happened. I think his death was just to bring Guy to the Red.


So Kyle Rayner, the character for whom the name 'Women In Refrigerators' became a WIR himself?

Krazy.

[John Lynch]

So Kyle Rayner, the character for whom the name 'Women In Refrigerators' became a WIR himself?

Krazy.And yet it does bring up the legitimacy of the literary technique known as WiR (which should probably be called PiR for People in Refrigerators). Killing one character to motivate another character is a valid literary technique IMO. The only time it becomes an issue is if it happens almost exclusively to one group of people.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

The only time it becomes an issue is if it happens almost exclusively to one group of people.

Like second-tier super heroes?

[randomengine]

I am thinking a third book with all 4 Earth GLs will sell much better than a solo Guy title. Leave GL alone, give GLC to Guy and John, make Kyle a supporting member of Hal's GL and give him a prominent role in a team book with Dick Grayson, Donna and Wally I(written by Geoff) and have a book for all 4 Earthers.

Yeah, but I refuse to read a book that has the same people in it month to month. That's why I avoid the Superman and Batman titles.

[Doc Goblin]

Weird news. I'm not completely sure what to think of it.

On one hand, I think it's BS that John gets sent off to GLC instead of Geoff Johns stepping up his game and writing the damn character in Green Lantern. On the other hand, John Stewart will actually get to do stuff. It's kind of bittersweet.

Guy getting his own book is... surprising. I'm not against it. Tomasi does a good job writing Guy too. It's disappointing to have Guy and Kyle split up though. They were a great pair. I'll probably check this book out. Definitely interested in knowing more about it.

Bedard's a hit or miss writer. His R.E.B.E.L.S. has been good though (even if I think it rips off a lot of plot elements from Annihilation: Conquest), so hopefully that quality carries over to GLC. Also, it's GREAT that some other writer will be handling Kyle Rayner. Sorry, but Tomasi absolutely sucked as a Kyle writer. He couldn't get the voice of that character right at all. So I can now at least hope Bedard does a better job there.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

On one hand, I think it's BS that John gets sent off to GLC instead of Geoff Johns stepping up his game and writing the damn character in Green Lantern. On the other hand, John Stewart will actually get to do stuff. It's kind of bittersweet.

How has Johns been off his game by not having Stewart star in Green Lantern?

The books about Hal Jordan as Green Lantern, so I don't know why he's off by not having more than the few appearances we've had of John.
I'd be more upset at JLA writers, who have a Green Lantern on their team, starring only in their book, who have failed to do anything of use with the character.
Robinson even replaced him with Hal, a character he doesn't write particularly well.



Bedard's a hit or miss writer. His R.E.B.E.L.S. has been good though (even if I think it rips off a lot of plot elements from Annihilation: Conquest), so hopefully that quality carries over to GLC. Also, it's GREAT that some other writer will be handling Kyle Rayner. Sorry, but Tomasi absolutely sucked as a Kyle writer. He couldn't get the voice of that character right at all. So I can now at least hope Bedard does a better job there.

I thought Tomasi was fine with Kyle, but am also concerned with Bedard.
I loved Negation, but a lot since has been hit or miss.

[Doc Goblin]

How has Johns been off his game by not having Stewart star in Green Lantern?

The books about Hal Jordan as Green Lantern, so I don't know why he's off by not having more than the few appearances we've had of John.
I'd be more upset at JLA writers, who have a Green Lantern on their team, starring only in their book, who have failed to do anything of use with the character.
Robinson even replaced him with Hal, a character he doesn't write particularly well.

Now, I didn't say star. But John Stewart has been Hal's partner this whole time. The four Earth Lanterns were split between two books, and Johns got John. So I don't see it as unreasonable to expect some substance from John in Green Lantern. Again, I'm not saying a starring role or an equal role to Hal (though I would personally find the latter more interesting). But his supporting role in the book hasn't been all that substantial. Nor is it too much to expect the writer of the character-packed Justice Society to provide a meatier role. So it's just disappointing that John has to leave the book and go to Oa to get any real attention.

Plus, there's just way too much to be upset at the JLA writers about. It'd take an hour of ranting even to get to the topic of John Stewart there.

[BigBoss]

you know i always said that there needs to be a detective story with all four GL's investigating. the 4 of them are so great together i cant understand for the life of me why they arent together more often. each has great interaction with each other earth GL when its a 2 some that all four at once would be priceless

John & hal have a good connection.. so do hal and guy and especially hal and kyle.. kyle and guy have a good connection too.. so do john and guy.. how is it im the only one who thinks so? remember how all 4 of em would hang out on a mereor and tell war stories after SCW.. that should happen more often.. the really work together well as a four musketeers thing

this I mean they are space cops.

[Dawson]

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