My Comic of the Week 05-06-2013

Publisher: DC Comics

Writer: Robert Venditti
Artist: Billy Tan

There were several titles vying for my comic of the week this week, Avengers, All New X-Men, Winter Soldier and East of West. It was a strong week, but for me Green Lantern is my comic of the week as after deciding to give this new creative team a shot, I was not entering this book with any hope of actually enjoying it but I did. Since the beginning of the New 52 I had hoped to be able to start reading some of the titles from characters I have always wanted to read more about. The new creative team of Robert Vendetti and Billy Tan have brought me a book that really feels like the Green Lantern book I was hoping for at the start of the New 52. I have not read much by Vendetti or Tan, but both the story and art the art were very enjoyable to read. Tan draws a great Green Lantern and also the coloring of his work really helped the images to stand out the way I always imagined a Green Lantern book to look. Vendetti has began his story introducing a new villain Relic, who you don’t learn much about, but is obviously a great threat to the Corps. Hal Jordan is back and is now the leader of the Green Lantern Corps as the Guardians leave to make sense of the recent events that have taken place. Hal’s first test an attack of Oa by Larfleeze, who is hoping to steal the treasures from Oa, and with the state of the corps as it is Hal is forced to send rings out to find new recruits as he begins the defense of Oa against Larfleeze and eventually as hinted at the beginning Relic. I will continue to pick up this title and hope that it still manages to peak my interest, and this being the beginning of a complete creative reboot of the Lantern-Verse if this is anything to go by positive seeds are being laid and there could be hope yet.