Green Lantern #31 Review

GREEN LANTERN #31
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert

Oh, Green Lantern. How the mighty have fallen. While this is probably the first issue of Secret Origins that's actually been the slightest bit interesting, it's still just a rehash that basically retcons Emerald Dawn away and could have been summed up in the recent Green Lantern / Sinestro Corps Secret Files issue. One thing I need to correct is that Sinestro cover. Somehow I ended up uploading issue #32's cover instead of #31. Sinestro shows up on the last page of this issue, so he's not even really in this issue if that cover piqued your interest.

What, exactly, was this issue about? Well, Hal goes to Oa, has some training, makes wisecracks about the yellow weakness and, in general, acts like the young, cocky Hal Jordan going through boot camp.

We do have a small talk with Tomar about Abin Sur, but that, in itself, is just rehashing stuff we learned about Abin in earlier issues, making it a rehash of the only new material we've been given so far.

My only recommendation for this is to Check It if your new to Green Lantern. If you have the slightest clue about him or have read Emerald Dawn, you won't get much from this and there's maybe one page of new material with some army guys being killed by the alien Abin brought to Earth. I keep saying this, but maybe next issue will bring something new to the table. At least Sinestro will be in it for some fun interaction with him and Hal.

Verdict - Check It

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