Friday, April 19, 2013
DC Introduces New Green Lantern Villain 'RELIC'
DC's 'What's New in The New 52' day 3 brings readers a first look at a new Green Lantern villain.
"There's a new intergalactic villain in town: Relic. As a new era begins for Green Lantern, a new evil rises to face him," reads DC's website Friday. Check out the design by new Green Lantern artist Billy Tan."
We noted this villain was teased in July 2013's DC solicitations. It appears the character is a literal "big" new DC villain. If you look closely, you can see a Green Lantern next to him for scale - and he barely reaches Relic's knees.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Guy Gardner To Star In Red Lanterns Under New Writer And Red Lanterns #19 Preview
From Newsarama.com
This summer, Guy Gardner takes center stage in Red Lanterns as the comic gets a new creative team.
Now that John Stewart is the lead character in Green Lantern Corps — as the co-writers of that title revealed here on Newsarama earlier this week — Guy Gardner is being switched to Red Lanterns beginning in June with issue #21.
The character makes the move after the events of both the "Third Army" crossover and the current "Wrath of the First Lantern" event, which promises upheaval for many of the Green Lantern characters when it ends next month.
June will also see the debut of a new creative team on Red Lanterns, as writer Charles Soule begins working with artist Alessandro Vitti. Their run begins as all the Green Lantern titles are getting an editorial shake-up this summer, with current Red Lanterns creators Peter Milligan and Miguel A. Sepulveda finishing their run in May.
Newsarama talked to Soule to find out more about his plans for Guy Gardner and Red Lanterns as the whole Lantern universe gets a new direction this summer.
Newsarama: As you take over Red Lanterns, what are you hoping to bring to the comic that's uniquely... what word would fit? "Soule-esque?"
Charles Soule: Soule-esque? Well, whatever that means, I can say that I think every story begins with characters. Reds are people too — or little sharp-toothed sphere creatures, in at least one instance — and I want to give them interesting things to do, and interesting reasons to do them.
I see the Reds as a classic group of antiheroes – in my original pitch I called them a Space Biker Gang. They can be selfish and unpredictable, but they have immense loyalty to each other. TV shows like Sons of Anarchy or The Shield aren’t the absolute worst analogy. The Red Lanterns aren’t necessarily people you’d want to have over to your house, but you’re glad they’re out there for when things go really south.
I really want to give them a clear identity and purpose vis-à-vis the other colors of the ring spectrum.
Plus, they’re fun, in their way. Writing Red Lanterns means you can pull off some notably heinous stuff, and I look forward to pushing that line as far as I can, like an awesome exploitation film.
Soule: I am. A lot happens in that issue. We’ll see some pretty significant changes to the Red Lantern status quo, but my plan is to make those changes in a way that will set up a bunch of great stories to come.
The Reds are reeling from the fight against the Guardians just like everyone else, and Atrocitus is taking steps to expand his group’s roster. Early in the issue, he sets out a mission statement – they spend half their time dealing with threats related to the Greens — Third Armies, First Lanterns, etcetera – so it seems to him that their real enemy is actually the Greens. Get rid of them and half their problems disappear. From there, we get some twists and turns that I think will take the readers by surprise in the best possible way.
Like I said, a lot happens in #21.
Nrama: We talked to the writers on Green Lantern Corps, and John Stewart is the focus of that comic. And it appears that Guy Gardner is going to become a consistent player in the Red Lanterns comic. What brings about his presence? And is he sticking around awhile?
Nrama: I don’t want to explain too much about what brings Guy over to the Red side, but yes, I expect that he’ll be a consistent player in the book.
I love writing for Guy Gardner – he’s always been a favorite of mine, ever since Batman sucker punched him (at least, that’s how Guy would tell it.) Guy is dramatically, deeply flawed in an incredibly entertaining way. It’s all on the surface with him. He also gives me a bunch of opportunities to toss in some humor, which I think is sorely needed in a title about rage monsters.
Soule: I know Rob Venditti and Justin Jordan quite well, and one of the greatest things about this gig is that I get to read their scripts early. They’re both knocking it way out of the park on the main Green Lantern title and New Guardians. I can’t wait to see some of that stuff drawn.
I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Van Jensen in person yet, but we’re both SLG buddies (Van did his Pinocchio Vampire Slayer series with them, and my first published work, Strongman, came out through SLG as well), and I know he’s exceptionally talented.
As far as coordination goes, while each writer is telling his own story, we’re also coordinating on crossovers just as you might expect. It helps that we all like each other and each other’s work, and no one wants to screw anything up for anyone else.
So, threads from each book will probably appear in the others, although from what I’ve seen and discussed, each will also have its own identity.
Nrama: Then to finish up, is there anything else you want to tell fans about what's coming on Red Lanterns?
Soule: The Reds are going to get a ride, and it’s going to be —literally — killer.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
CLASSIC COMIC : Green Lantern Vol 2 #24 "The Shark That Hunted Human Prey!"
Green Lantern Vol 2 #24
October, 1963
Cover Artists: Gil Kane, Murphy Anderson
"The Shark That Hunted Human Prey!"
Writers: John Broome
Pencilers: Gil Kane
Inkers: Joe Giella
"The Strange World Named Green Lantern!"
Writers: John Broome
Pencilers: Gil Kane
Inkers: Frank Giacoia, Joe Giella
Appearing in "The Shark That Hunted Human Prey!"
Featured Characters: Green Lantern
Supporting Characters: Carol Ferris
Thomas Kalmaku
Tegra
Villains: The Shark (First appearance)
Synopsis for "The Shark That Hunted Human Prey!"
Hal and Pieface are en route to meet up with Carol and Terga for an afternoon double date when Hal suddenly stops the car and tells Pieface to go without him and as quickly as possible, changes into Green Lantern and flies away. The reason why is such:
Prior to these events a nuclear test had caused a shark to mutate into a highly evolved humanoid shark form. The Shark becoming more and more intelligent begins telepathically seeking prey until it learns of Hal Jordan and his secret identity as the Green Lantern and sends a telepathic message challenging him. This is what had caused Hal to act so rashly so suddenly.
Rushing to charge his power ring, Green Lantern falls right into the Shark's trap, and is suddenly transported into a room that's completely yellow. The Shark appears and warns Green Lantern that he has sealed Coast City in a giant dome that will remain unless the Green Lantern can defeat him. Realizing the Shark's weakness is the cold, he uses his power ring to create a giant ice maker and knocks out the creature, then uses his power ring to change the Shark back to it's original form and puts him in the local aquarium.
Changing back to Hal Jordan, he catches up with Pieface, Terga and Carol.
Appearing in "The Strange World Named Green Lantern!"
Featured Characters: Green Lantern
Supporting Characters: Carol Ferris
Thomas Kalmaku
Tegra
Green Lantern (Planet)
Villains: Illusions of the following Green Lantern villians: Sinestro
The Shark
Sonar
Dr. Polaris
Synopsis for "The Strange World Named Green Lantern!"
Stumbling across a planet that has a large landmass in the shape of the Green Lantern, Hal is suddenly attacked by the planet. Going down to it's surface he finds duplicates of Pieface, as well as some of his old foes to battle. Realizing that the planet is trying to communicate with him, Green Lantern uses his power ring to translate what the planet is telling him.
He learns that the planet, naming itself Green Lantern to honor the hero who's adventures it has come to know, it has been searching the cosmos for other living plants such as himself. He spotted the Green Lantern and hoped that he could help with some pressure that seems to be building up in his core. Using his power ring, he removes the mass of the planets core that is causing the pressure build up and puts it out into space, making it a sun for Planet Green Lantern to orbit around.
Now with a "friend" to keep him company, the planet thanks Green Lantern who returns to Earth to tell Pieface about his latest adventure.
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