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Green Lantern: Earth One, Volume 1 by Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman
2.0

Whoa surprised so many people enjoyed this.

So this, like all other Earth One titles, is a retelling of the origins of our favorite heroes but with a twist usually. Superman was more modern time, Batman was having a rough time as the bats, and Wonder Woman...well I didn't read that one. This one has Hal being a Space Pilot, finds the finger, and...well...he goes against the army of machines known as the Manhunters.

Good: The art was pretty good and the idea of Hal starting off in space made more sense then him being a pilot and finding the ring in the originals.

Bad: The whole story is kind of bland. The dialog is stiff, the fights aren't interesting, the manhunters are a boring enemy, and a lot of changes to characters, including hal, aren't interesting. IN fact they make some of the characters duller than their normal counterpart. Opposite of what you want in a retelling.

Overall this was really meh. Save for the art and a decent origin idea the rest was dull. I can't go higher than a 2.