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The destruction of the Corps was a big reason I didn't read the last series beyond the first issue. We've seen that story before, several times, and I had no interest in reading it again. Yeah, that's one of the reasons I haven't been reading, other than to keep tabs from reviews and the like. Unfo...

Reading further in the Kyle Rayner compendium: - Next up is the infamous issue where Alex is strangled to death by Major Force, in three panels, in full view of the reader. It's pretty distasteful. I don't know that I really object to killing the character off to send Kyle off in a different directi...

I started reading the Green Lantern Kyle Rayner compendium, and all the early issues collected there are familiar to me. We get Emerald Twilight to open the book, since that's necessary context for why Kyle gets the ring and is the only Green Lantern. The reader is introduced to Kyle Rayner, struggl...

War Journal introduces the blind prophet version of Kyle Rayner from the other universe Speaking of, do we know what happened to Kyle Rayner of this universe? I haven't seen any mention of him since the Corps was devastated... again. Nope, they still haven't told us Kyle's status. We know Guy is st...

Arrived today: the Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner compendium. It's pretty much a big trade paperback at 700 pages. It looks tiny compared to the two Starman compendiums, both of which are around 1500 pages each! There are two eras of Green Lantern that I've only partially read: the Bronze Age in the 70s...

Today's comics: Jay Garrick: The Flash #2, Green Lantern War Journal #3, World's Finest #21 and Fantastic Four #13/706. Jay feels like a co-star with his daughter in his own book, but he and his family are the kind of wholesome, good people that seem to be rarer and rarer in comics. War Journal intr...

I watched the first of three David Tennant/RTD Doctor Who episodes made for the 60th anniversary of the show. Bringing both back was clearly a desperation move by the BBC to try and get the audience back after it's been shrinking for years. I thought "The Star Beast", while it had good and...

Green Lantern #70 July 1969 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Earth! Script - John Broome Pencils - Gil Kane Inks - Vince Colletta My first thought on the first page is that the Guardian is not looking as kindly as they used to. I know once we get to Denny O'Neil as the regular writer on the boo...

Green Lantern #69 June 1969 If Earth Fails the Test - It Means War! Script - John Broome Pencils - Gil Kane Inks - Wally Wood A quick "in media res" opening shows Green Lantern being shot with an energy weapon by a blond woman who summoned him to the spot on the streets of the city, right...

Transformers #2 - art is still good, the dialogue is a bit better than last time. There's still no overarching plot other than "Transformers wake up, learn about their surroundings". Dreamwave gave us that plot about Lazarus trying to revive and control dormant Transformers to sell to the...