CBR: NYCC LIVE: Green Lantern Panel

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DC Comics is holding its Green Lantern panel at New York Comic Con, and CBR will bring you live updates throughout the hour. Join Geoff Johns, Peter Tomasi, and Tony Bedard for news about the whole spectrum of ring-wielding heroes.


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[The Patent Dragon]

I imagine Larfleeze as sounding like Rik Mayall (Young Ones, Bottom, Drop Dead Fred) - looking at them , the two could be related!

[bongoes]

"The villains in the first season of "Green Lantern" Animated will be the Red Lanterns with Atrocitus."

I wonder if this means the show takes place after Hal has been Parallax and Kyle is a Lantern.

"The next question for Johns was, "what does Larfleeze sound like in your head?" "A lot like Daffy Duck," Johns said."

That's kind of funny, 'cause Larfleeze always sounded like a deeper Donald Duck to me.

[Munkiman]

Strange to use the Red Lanterns - I would have expected that if they were going to use any other Corps, it would start with Sinestro and not be until after the first season. I mean, Atrocitus as the main villain? He's been major recently but never too huge a recurring threat, plus, obviously, he's so new. They need to establish the older iconic villains until they get to guys like Atrocitus and the multiple Corps. That's my opinion anyway.

Also, how will the Red Lantern Corps translate into a cartoon aimed at kids? They're freaky animalistic aliens who spew blood from their mouths. Blood that explodes. In space.

[StarWitch]

Modern television turned cookie monster into vegetable monster, I'm sure they can manage to turn the RL into something kids could watch.
But personally I'm really excited for more Red Lantern action, they're my favorite corp.

[Jimmy Bond]

Strange to use the Red Lanterns - I would have expected that if they were going to use any other Corps, it would start with Sinestro and not be until after the first season. I mean, Atrocitus as the main villain? He's been major recently but never too huge a recurring threat, plus, obviously, he's so new. They need to establish the older iconic villains until they get to guys like Atrocitus and the multiple Corps. That's my opinion anyway.

Also, how will the Red Lantern Corps translate into a cartoon aimed at kids? They're freaky animalistic aliens who spew blood from their mouths. Blood that explodes. In space.

They'll probably be toned down to PG monsters with rings. Something like a Manga villain.

[Munkiman]

Maybe it'll just be red energy beams instead of blood. It would keep the basic idea but be a bit less creepy.

[Byzantine]

"The villains in the first season of "Green Lantern" Animated will be the Red Lanterns with Atrocitus. The first issue of a new Lantern-centric comic series is already written, Johns said, reiterating an announcement made earlier in the day that another Corps would get a title."

I'm more interested in that line. What announcement and what Corps? Probably white, eh?

[Shatterpoint]

Maybe it'll be a Tales of the Corps style monthly anthology?

[doctormistermaster]

I think the new corps to get a book would either be Yellow (specifically a Sinestro book), Violet or Blue.

Red's go a little crazy and aren't very dynamic characters minus Atrocius, Indigo has to be kept all mysterious, Orange could be possible but for all of my love of the character Larfleeze probably couldn't hold a solo title at this point, White I assume will be a single ring bearer and therefor not a corps and Black is finished (unless they made them Vampires and would then sell 100 billion copies )

[StarWitch]

(unless they made them Vampires and would then sell 100 billion copies )

Oh God I think if they did that I would lose all faith in humanity.

And I agree with you on the Red Lanterns, even if it would be pretty cool seeing them. They'd probably all sit around and be rageful and not do anything since none of them can really talk except Atrocitus.
My bet is going to be either blue or yellow.

[bongoes]

"Next, Johns said that there would be "a huge fight between Hal and Kyle" following the conclusion of "Brightest Day.""

Other site's reported it as Hal and Guy. Considering the tease in GLC and what Guy's been saying, I think it's Hal and Guy.