Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #3

STORY: Robert Venditti ART: Jordi Tarragona, Rafa Sandoval COLORS: Tomeu Morey

REVIEW: I swear this title sounds like a bad ’60s folk rock group. It doesnâ€™t help it that Vendittiâ€™s story is starting to drag. There are just so many times I want to see Green Lantern get cocky, go up against some Yellow Lanterns and be like â€œOh yeah? Well Iâ€™m gonna kick your butt.â€ The Yellow Lanterns respond, â€œNO youâ€™re not, we got fear on our side!â€ Hal Jordon responds â€œI donâ€™t fear you!â€ fight ensues, Hal has the upper hand — oh wait, he doesnâ€™t, never mind, heâ€™s captured. Rinse. Repeat. Also did you read Green Lantern: Lights Out from Venditti? If yes, youâ€™re probably able to follow along pretty well in this series. If you didnâ€™t you might be lost (like myself) about whatâ€™s going on with all those other colorful Lanterns out there! Where is Saint Walker (the only Blue Lantern left), where is Kyle? (White Lantern, I guess?) Where are the Purple Lanterns (were they affected by Lights Out?) Where are the Star Sapphires (Pink Lanterns)? We know the Red are off trying to take over Earth and Yellow somehow survived through it all and now run the universe. Still, itâ€™s a repetitive concept here and leaves me, a casual reader, confused; I can only imagine a new reader. Might just be worth it to skip or be prepared for A LOT of reading (meaning back to Green Lantern: Rebirth by Geoff Johns back in 2004!) If you jump in from Hal Jordan and The Green Lanterns Rebirth #1, youâ€™ll be okay enough to enjoy the story, but just accept some things will seem confusing without all the other history.

Score: B-