Hal Jordan (the Green Lantern) and Barry Allen (the Flash) are best buddies. It makes sense that they would be, because they’ve got a whole lot in common. For example, they each destroyed the universe.
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Green Lantern in “The Leap Year Menace!”
Posted in Comic Books, Rants with tags Green Lantern, Hal Jordan on October 10, 2013 by Charlie Brooks
Hal Jordan has always been one of my favorite comic book superheroes. At first it was simply because he had the coolest costume. Then I read his comics and found out that I like the character as well.
There are a lot of things that set Hal Jordan apart from the rest of the classic Silver Age superheroes, such as the fact that he’s got a female boss or the fact that his early issues dealt with racism against Inuits (yeah). But the biggest thing that sets him aside from others is that he’s an impulsive man-child. This is a guy who tries to do the right thing, but he’s hampered by the fact that he doesn’t think things through and is kind of an idiot. Perhaps because I am also a well-intentioned idiot, this resonates with me.
There seems to be a large amount of dislike for Hal around the Internet, with many people arguing that he’s boring. Like him or not, I can tell you one thing for sure: he’s not boring. Allow me to show you what I mean as we delve into the classic Silver Age Green Lantern story known as…“The Leap Year Menace!”
Superheroes are Bastards: DC Edition
Posted in Comic Books, Rants with tags Barry Allen, Batman, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Superman, The Flash on June 4, 2013 by Charlie Brooks
On several occasions, I’ve lamented the fact that comic book superheroes have stopped being heroes. The darkening of mainstream comics in the 1990s gave way to a modern comicdom where superheroes don’t have the shroud of grimness about them but still do horrific things, often being displayed as being in the right in the text.
Viewed in a metatextual sense, this can just be written off as bad writing and poor editorial decisions on the part of Marvel and DC. If we examine the actions of superheroes as though we were a part of these fictional worlds, though, there are some horrific implications. Power does indeed corrupt, and over a long period of time superheroes almost invariably do terrible, unjustifiable things. Some examples of how these gods among men have gone insane or simply turned subtly toward evil are outlined below. I’m using storylines from the 1990s and onward for all of these, and I’m not really changing the context of any of them.
7 Things I Learned from Silver Age Green Lantern
Posted in Comic Books, Rants with tags Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Silver Age on June 20, 2012 by Charlie Brooks
Not too long ago I picked up The Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1
With that in mind, here are some things, good and bad, that I learned from these early Silver Age tales.
Crowning Moments of Awesome: The DCAU
Posted in Comic Books, Crowning Moments of Awesome, Rants with tags Adam West, Amanda Waller, Batman, Brainiac, Darkseid, DCAU, Green Lantern, Harley Quinn, John Stewart, Lex Luthor, Robin, Superman, The Flash, The Joker, The Question on April 25, 2012 by Charlie Brooks
When it comes to comic adaptations, the DC Animated Universe (DCAU) is pretty much the cream of the crop. Running for over a decade, the shared universe included Batman: the Animated Series, Superman: the Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, and the various tie-in movies and comics that connected to them. While the animated series aren’t comics, I think they’re awesome enough to deserve a list of Crowning Moments of Awesome all their own.
Sexy Women in Comics
Posted in Comic Books, Rants with tags Catwoman, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Heroes for Hire, Misty Knight, Power Girl, Wonder Woman on February 22, 2012 by Charlie Brooks
I just want to be very clear here: I have no problem with boobies.
Superhero Makeovers: Roy Harper
Posted in Comic Books, Rants, Superhero Makeovers with tags Black Canary, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, Roy Harper, Teen Titans on May 4, 2011 by Charlie Brooks
We all fight for different things. But we all still fight….Everything we need – it’s all within us.
Who is Roy Harper? Well, he’s been lots of different things. He began as Speedy, the Green Arrow’s sidekick. He’s also been the Red Arrow and Arsenal. He’s been a drug addict, a single father, and an amputee. He’s one of the first comic book characters to really be involved in some heavy topical issues, but bad creative decisions have turned him into a parody of those very same issues. Looking at Roy Harper’s history is like watching a train wreck, then watching the sole survivor emerge from the blazing inferno, take six steps forward, then get hit by a speeding car. So let’s dive in, shall we?
