RATING 4.4 out of 5 points
This issue was a BLAST! The writer, Geoff Johns, really struts his stuff. Issue #55 is part of the Brightest Day Dc Comics Mega event, so... to know the whole storyline, you would have to go looking for back issues, and expect to buy more issues.
BUT if you can bypass needing the rest of the story, it's a fun issue to read on it's own, and worth the cover price. Doug Mahnke does pencils, but the whole crew of artists were able to make this issue a wonderful fun romp.
Variant cover Pictured to the right.
BUT if you can bypass needing the rest of the story, it's a fun issue to read on it's own, and worth the cover price. Doug Mahnke does pencils, but the whole crew of artists were able to make this issue a wonderful fun romp.
Variant cover Pictured to the right.
FULL REVIEW, Some spoilers
Yelp...I'm a Lobo Fan.
BUT... it's hard to find a really righteous, and gratifying, Bad-Ass LOBO story. SOME writers have him being crude for crude's shake, then SOME writers have him being funny, but that can be a little too cartoonish, which mostly makes him look dumb.
I need my LOBO... to be a... Crudely Funny Bad-Ass.
Is that too much to ask for?
Geoff Johns completely pulled off a truely righteous Lobo characterization. Lobo was a BAD-ass..., Crude... and Funny, which was a perfect LOBO. When Lobo comments, "Feetal's Gizz! Ya can't swing a DEAD CAT without hittin' someone wearin' a POWER RING anymore!", I chortled, and agreed. Dawg(Lobo's Dog) was even in the issue, just adding more to a great read.
LOBO (a crudely funny Bad-Ass) was hired to bring Atrocitus (a Bad-Ass) DEAD or ALIVE, to some "Ugly Guys" doorstep. Sinestro (a Bad-Ass), Green Lantern Hal Jordan (a Bad-Ass), and Pink Lantern Carol Ferris (a ah.. Meh), step in to try to stop him. There is even a fight between Dawg (a Bad-ass dog) and Dex-Starr (a Bad-ass cat). Te He he he... this was pure F-U-N.
LOBO (a crudely funny Bad-Ass) was hired to bring Atrocitus (a Bad-Ass) DEAD or ALIVE, to some "Ugly Guys" doorstep. Sinestro (a Bad-Ass), Green Lantern Hal Jordan (a Bad-Ass), and Pink Lantern Carol Ferris (a ah.. Meh), step in to try to stop him. There is even a fight between Dawg (a Bad-ass dog) and Dex-Starr (a Bad-ass cat). Te He he he... this was pure F-U-N.
The bounty Lobo received was pretty... darn... cool..., and I can't wait to read what Geoff John's has up his sleeve when he tells us more about Lobo's role in Brightest Day.
ALSO there is the additional plot of everyone looking for the Rage entity;
Hal, Sinestro, Carol, Atrocious, Mystery/Guardian, and The Spectre.
Who will get there first?
ALSO there is the additional plot of everyone looking for the Rage entity;
Hal, Sinestro, Carol, Atrocious, Mystery/Guardian, and The Spectre.
Who will get there first?
And....WHO...has the Rage Entity inside them? Whoever they are... apparently they have rage against Holstein calves, or was that a heifer.
This issue also has a extra background story of how Dex-Star became a Red Lantern cat, that was cool.
"Goooood Kitty."
Preview Download
This issue also has a extra background story of how Dex-Star became a Red Lantern cat, that was cool.
"Goooood Kitty."
Preview Download
GREEN LANTERN #55
Writer: Geoff Johns
Pencils: Doug Mahnke
Inks: Christian Alamy,Tom Nguyen, Keith Champagne & Mahnke
Colors: Randy Mayer W/ Gabe Eltaeb
Leters: Nick J Napolitano
Cover: Mahnke & Alamy / Variant Cover: Mahnke & Mayor
Publisher: DC Comics
Aug 2010
