I would start with Geoff John’s’ run I know I’m skipping Zero Hour and Kyle’s journey but it’s just a perfect starting point and John’s explains everything so well It also introduces the origins of all the other lantern corps
I think I started off Green Lantern by reading Blackest Night. I really enjoyed that comic so I went and started reading all the comics in order. (Well, technically not all of them since I started reading from when Hal Jordan became Green Lantern, not Alan Scott). It took me a whole year, but I eventually caught up. I haven't really met other Green Lantern fans in real life, but I like explaining to people I meet why I enjoy the comics and I hope to maybe convince someone else to check them out.
@@MosaicComics especially since a lot of people I've met have a bad taste in their mouth about GL. Literally a lot of them think of him as a joke, which is probably due to the simplicity of some of the constructs they use. At least in the movie. I'm assuming a lot of it has to do with the Ryan Reynolds movie. Which wasn't great but wasn't that bad either. Anyway, I convinced my friends that the Green Lantern Corps and mythos is dope, first by starting with explaining how the ring actually works and then delving into the more expansive shit from the lore that most non-fans won't know about even in passing through JL comics.
I was a huge Green Lantern fan… 30+ years ago, and dropped out of comics at some point. I’m trying to figure out how to get back into my old favourites Daredevil, the X-Men, and GL. There’s a pleasant simplicity to someone telling you exactly. What. You. Must. Read. But every time I see one of those “the right way” videos, it seems a) like a hell of a lot of work, and b) severely constraining. Thanks for this, “it’s all good” approach.
@@MattBalara That's really cool, hopefully it ends up being your gateway back in. If you remember, follow up and let me know how it worked out for you.
Actually decided to go hard or go home, and ordered the mammoth 1st omnibus. Should be here Friday. And if I need a doorstop or a murder weapon, I’ll be set there too. 😆
I started with Green Lantern Vol. 1 #1-38 that ran through the 1940s. I was a big sci-fi fan and aware of the Green Lantern mythos thanks to DC animation so knew I would love this character and I did. Since then, I've dabbled around but I'm very happy I started chronologically with the Silver Age.
Hal Jordan kinda got a post Crisis origin story back in the day called Emerald Dawn parts 1 & 2. These have probably been over shadowed by Johns' Secret Origins story, but I still like them.
I'm partial to emerald dawn, because that's where I was introduced. I'm also a Hal fanboy. Because, in his body, he has zero fucks. He's going to do what's right, and he's going to do it his way. Modern efforts to humanize him are okay, but give me the Hal Jordan that terrifies Parallax.
Thus far I've only read 4 Green Lantern runs: I started with the Emerald Dawn 1 and 2 origin story. The reason why I wanted them is simply because I didn't know anything about Green Lantern that the movie and the Injustice videogame series told me about him, and I wanted to at least read his in-comic origin story so I had a more solid ground to stand at. It wasn't fantastic as what attracted me to Green Lantern were the complex and larger-than-life lore surrounding him. It was in Emerald Dawn, sure, but it was too cheesy to really hit me. It was still a pretty decent read but not enough for me to call myself a fan. And that's why my third Green Lantern run was Far Sector! I wanted to read something that had what I was looking for but didn't require too much context. Far Sector was awesome; Hal Jordan's still my man but I really liked Mullein and her dry sense of humor. The tone, the intrigue, world building and pretty much everything was so captivating I just knew it was time to start taking Green Lantern to heart. And now I'm currently reading the Gerard Jones' run and loving every page of it, I'm not that far off but it's by far the brand I look forward to read the most tbh. Can't wait to have a good green chunk under my belt so that I can interact with other Green Lantern fans. This brand is so awesome, goddamn.
It was around 2006 or so, but I randomly picked up the second issue of Geoff Johns' GL "No Fear" story arc. I was very confused at where things were in the story, but I always remembered being creeped out by the blue guy who always said "N-no....man..."
I start came late into my teen years when Blackest Night was current and that was my first ever comic book purchase. I knew about the DC Universe through the animated series around the time but I didn't know everything. GL Hal Jordan got me into comics as a whole. It was slightly overwhelming but I'm glad I've stuck with it. I hope more people will see how amazing GL lore can be. 💚
My first ever GL story was Sinestro Corp 1. Talk about being dropped in the middle of it! But because the story was so great on it's own it made me want to explore the past. Then I found Emerald Twilight/New Dawn and it cemented me as a GL fan. Now they are my favorite heroes
The Sinestro War surprised everybody. It's like, all of a sudden, there was a major DC blockbuster event happening, only it was just the latest story arc in Green Lantern.
Their book gave Green Lantern something it had been missing for a long time. Ever since Hal and the Corps came back, Green Lantern has been all about larger than life space adventures...which is great...but I really missed Lanterns being regular people who lived on Earth and had families and went on smaller, more grounded adventures. That's what Simon and Jessica's book was all about (for the first half, at least).
Great video!! I jumped into Green Lantern at a perfect time for me. My first issue was the tie in issue for the Return of Superman. I forgot to remove it from my pull and a few issues later Emerald Twilight started and Kyle Rayner was introduced. I was hooked instantly.
It's funny how a small mistake like that can lead to years of enjoyment. Sometimes we forget how easy it can be to find something you love by accident.
I started with Ron Marzs Green Lantern/Silver Surfer crossover lol it got me into my favourite characters, and in general DC and Marvel Cosmic and I never looked back.
That was a lot of fun. I didn't even know it existed when I read DC vs Marvel, so I was amazed to learn, years later, that the two page long fight between Kyle and the Surfer had this awesome prequel story that was way better than the DC vs Marvel event.
So much insight in this video, I really appreciated it. I like starting things at the beginning, but I also didn't want to have to read through nearly a century's worth of comics to get to the modern stuff lol, so I started with Johns' GL#1 from '05. Very satisfying.
My first Green Lantern comic was the collected edition of Green Lantern Rebirth by Geoff Johns. I knew next to nothing about the characters but I loved that story. Ten years and hundreds of dollars later I'm still forking out for GL books. With the exception of Morrison's run, I have loved all of them, even the movie (no, seriously). 👍👍
I got two issues of Mosaic in '94 from a guy and thought little of it (at 11), but they did introduce me to Hal, John and the fact that there were a bunch of lanterns out there, later he gave me GL 58 of the Marz run. Though the story itself wasn't much, the letters pages basically explained the whole Emerald Twilight saga and I HAD to know more! I soon found a shop with loads of back issues and (because the newer stuff wasn't there) decided then to start close to when I was born - When it lost the GA co-title in late '79. Thanks to that, some of my earliest reads were the fantastic 'Tales of...' backup series of the 80's. Funny thing is, I only got around to reading Emerald Twilight last year!
I started with Geoff Johns' run and read GL corps alongside and I've been picking up every issue ever since. Loved Venditti's run and loved Morrison's run, undecided whether I'm going to pick up Thorn's run but I probably am.
It's only been one issue, but so far it looks like Thorne has a good understanding of these characters and a knowledge/respect for DC history that I haven't seen in a while. I'd recommend trying issue one, it sold me.
@@MosaicComics I think I'll pick up at least the first two. But I've collected Green lantern for so long it's getting to be a bit of a mess LOL. Also I'm not a big fan of Brian Michael bendis and I don't like teen lantern being shoved in there and I'm not a big fan of the United planets. The United planets or federation would make a lot of sense for a Galaxy but for the entire universe it kind of seemed like the guardians already had that figured out but I guess that's the big drama of it but also at the same time the universe is so impossibly big how could that many species get together on Oa at one time it kind of blows my mind lol. But I'm kind of not liking BMB being in DC I wish he would just do Batman or question and not main DC events stuff.
@@ObiWann90 The United Planets is actually just a collection of worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. It gets bigger over time, and is pretty huge by the Legion's future, but it's pretty small right now since it's just starting out.
It's funny, that run tends to be underappreciated as the "side book" to the Johns run, but it also most likely got a lot more readers because of its association with the Johns run.
My first Green Lantern was Emerald Dawn #1. It was the perfect place to start following Green Lantern, followed up by The Road Back which showed me the other popular green lanterns of the time. Unfortunately both these are out of print and likely to remain so for a while.
I got into the Golden Age GL, first. I read Alan Scott's adventures with the All-Star Squadron. I got into Hal Jordan during The Death Of Superman storyline, which led to Emerald Twilight. I really got into Green Lantern during Kyle Rayner's run as GL. John Stewart was one of my favorite characters on the animated Justice League series, so I read a lot of comics with him.
Thanks! This is helpful. Calming even. Started w/ Earth One books by Bechko & Hardman. And those are wonderful first contact Sci-Fi stories! Now reading Geoff Johns run. Mainly because it's the only thing getting printed in Russian.
Glad you liked it! The Geoff Johns run is really good, and it serves as a great primer for all sorts of other stories and runs. GL Earth One has been fantastic so far, I hope there's more coming.
I started off by reading emerald twilight and jumped to rebirth after green lantern #56. Continued with the Johns run into New 52 which is where Im at right now
Maybe it's time for me to finally get into Green Lantern. I don't know why but I actually read Blackest Night and Wrath of The First Lantern from way back without reading anything before that to understand the context.
I only recently started getting into Green Lantern. I had seen the animated series when it aired and vaguely knew the gist of things but hadn’t actually dived deep into the comics. Reading the JLA by Grant Morrison omnibus got me interested in Kyle so I picked up the modern trades of his run, overall really liked them, and now I am set on reading the rest of his title digitally. I’m already planning on getting the Geoff Johns omnibuses once I’m done with Kyle, call me hooked.
Never had a GL book before, but I know so much about them (but so little due to the lack of actually reading the issues and only going off of summaries from Wiki pages). I think they are one of my favourite DC heroes/groups. Probably top five, if not in the top three, for favourite super heroes of all. Anyway, I started reading Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps. The first issue is when Hal forges a new ring out of pure will with the aid of the Gauntlet of Krona. Or whatever it's called. Funny thing is they never depict where he puts it when he takes it off and puts the ring on. Then he just flies away. A few panels before that he was saying the Gauntlet was hidden because it was too dangerous and it sounds like it was the reason why he was becoming pure will. Comic logic man. Anyway, after reading Vol.2 I felt like I want to go back and read the Sinestro Corps War. Maybe even go further back and read the war of light and then the Blackest Night. Eh, I'll figure it out.
Geoff John's is definitely the best jumping on point. If you're confused with Rebirth though maybe read Secret Origins then go back and start his run from the beginning
I happened to pick up the first collective comic (omnibus?) of the Geoff Johns run, and am reading the Sliver age omnibus 1 because I heard Hal was super clumsy and funny in that, although it may actually be one of his Bronze Age traits? It's still great though and makes random sense!
Green Lantern is my favorite hero. Specifically kyle rayner, as i am more like him than the others. It would be a huge responsibility though, too, but im down. 😂
I actually stared reading around issue 148 of Hal Jordan’s run. I read it off and on until around the new 52 and have been keeping up with the titles and getting the stuff I missed. I pretty much did as you are suggesting.
Personally, the comics I read need to be in chronological order, if I read a Batman story where Gordon is captain, then read another one and suddenly he’s commissioner, my brain wants to explode. I’ve only read the emerald dawn story from the 90s, so I was wondering if there’s any comic that picks up shortly after that story concluded, and if not the closest thing to that, I don’t wanna read a comic right after with a bunch of new lore or characters introduced, I’m aware reading comics (that aren’t part of one run) in order is pretty difficult but I’d like to try. I’ve mostly been reading Batman so with series like legends of the dark knight and Tim sale and jeph loebs Batman books, it’s pretty easy to figure out the closest thing to a chronological order, but with other heroes it seems pretty difficult.
I started reading issues from the 60s where John takes over for hal then moved to rebirth....I like all is work and this wan no except read rebirth then go into sinestro corps wars right after and have a blast
It's funny I started it in a much similar way. Also with Kyle Rayner lantern . However mine was issue 95. Where is said green lantern verse robotworld. I just thought the cover was super dope and so was the character the design. I went back and bought every Ron Marz issue. To me he was Ike Jane Austen. I thought he was a genius lol. Of course then we had the follow up run by Winnick. What is DC thinking but not making these into some omnibus editions? It's almost crazy to me how short the career of Ron Marz was.
Ron März actually got to write a Justice League story last year. "Endless Winter", it was two main issues with a bunch of one-shots in the middle, one of those being an issue focusing on John Stewart. It's not anything that'll blow you away, but it was nice to read a new Ron Marz DC story again after all this time...definitely had a retro feel to it, but in a fun way.
@@MosaicComics yes! I just mean I'm surprised he hasn't got more ongoing work. But he has definitely done some stuff. He did do like over a hundred issues of witch blade.
@@derekgreen7319 Every now and then DC will pair him up with Daryl Banks again to do a nostalgic Kyle Rayner story, like DC Retroactive or GL 80th Anniversary, and those are always fun, but I wish they'd get a mini series together.
@@MosaicComics yes banks is great! I'll settle for an Omnibus collection. I think a lot of people really love that Marz run. I remember all my marvel friends favorite DC book was green lantern! Specifically the Marz run!
-green lantern road back (not necessary , but good to know ) -Death and return of superman -green lantern Kyle Rayner vol 1 (stop on on #0) -zero hour Finish vol 1 - green lantern Kyle Rayner vol 2 - baptisam of fire - emerald knights - the final night -day of judgment -new journey old path -the power of ion -brothers keeper -the passing torch -OMNIBUS GREEN LATERN VOL.1 -to be a lantern -OMNIBUS INFINITE CRISIS -ion torchbearer -ion daying flame -the dark sideof green -tales of the sinestro corps And you are done OMNIBUS GREEN LANTERN VOL.1 you set out on the longest story. leading to the Omnibus green lantern. through this story to the omnibus you will meet Kyle Rayner and Hal jordan. it's great the path you've chosen just has a lot of it (for example- crisis on infinite earths you have to read before zero hour) but some skip it. mostly what I've listed is part of a collection you have to read. after that you will easily manage as far as possible. although you can read omnibuses for yourself. all that is enumerated is TPB or HC
Is “Blackest Night Saga (DC Essential Edition)” a hard read for beginners? I want to start reading Green Lantern comics but don’t know where to start 🤔
When you get right down to it, Blackest Night is a pretty accessible story with an easily understood premise: superheroes vs super zombies. It's more complicated than that, but the story explains itself pretty well for anyone who hasn't read the years of Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps stories leading up to it. That said, those two series spend a lot of time building up to Blackest Night, and it feels like a big payoff if you've read the Lantern books that lead to it. If you're in the mood to read a big DC event book that revolves around Green Lantern, you'll probably be able to follow Blackest Night just fine, since these big events are always written with broad accessibility in mind, no matter how much mythology they may be built on.
Great video! I started with: Green Lantern: 80 Years of the Emerald Knight, Deluxe Edition, and Green Lantern: Rebirth, Deluxe Edition. Was going to get the 3 Omnibuses by Geoff Johns but that will run me over $400.00 (in Canada), so figured I only go forward after Rebirth. Not really anything I can find in Deluxe or Omnibus thought. That's the only way a collect stuff. Hoping they do release Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps run by Robert Venditti in Deluxe or Omnibus but no luck so far. Do you know of any other Deluxe or Omnibus that has been issued for anything after rebirth? Thanks, James 😁
Oh wow, so you started pretty recently. Welcome to the fandom! I haven't kept up with omnibus releases, but I may want to, since I've started to give serious thought to what form I want my collection to ultimately take, and large hardcovers do look great on a shelf.
@@MosaicComics , Yes just started a couple of months ago. Had tons of comic books in the 50's, 60,s etc. but, you know the story - All gone now. So decided to get back into them. But with limited space am staying away from single issues, and TPBs. Just to darn many to start buying now. Unless you win the lottery. Really like the Deluxe ones, but will settle for the Omnibuses. Only problem is not all the ones you want are available. So have to be selective. Whether we want to be or not. LOL! James
In terms of stories that focus on Blue Lanterns, I think the strongest is still the first, "Rage of the Red Lanterns". Despite the title, it's the introduction of the Blue Lanterns, and really digs into what they can do and what they're all about. The story immediately after that, "Agent Orange", explores how Hope may not be compatible with some personality types. Most other stories use one or more Blue Lanterns as part of a much larger cast, so there won't be as much clear focus on the Blues (unless it's one of the various times they lose a home world). You could also check out the one-shot "Futures' End: Red Lanterns" depicting a possible future where Blue Lantern Guy Gardner is trying to erase the Red Lanterns one ring at a time, but it's been long enough that I don't remember much of what happened.
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I'm the type that basically wants to stand up from my chair, point my finger and yell "NO, FUCK YOU! THERE IS A CORRECT PATH!!". I am a completionist generally and obviously the best way is to read everything starting at Green Lantern #1 in the golden age era, how else are you gonna understand the current DC timeline??? Oh boy.... I've tried the golden age approach, silver age approach, new 52, rebirth, geoff johns... As more years go by and after each failed attempt in terms of trying to read everything, you realize that people are completely correct in recommending "runs". Its the writer and not the character that makes for a good story. Green Lantern will not consistently be amazing through +80y of writing, that's just logic. Start anywhere and pay attention to writer/artist and just go from there. Timeline means nothing in DC at this point anyway.
It may sound a little morbid, but I broke myself of being a completionist early on when I realized that most of the things I like enough to consume and/or collect will likely still be made long after I'm gone. So even if I did manage to hit everything that came out before my lifetime and during my lifetime, my lifetime would most likely stop before that franchise does, thus I would never be able to complete it. The instinct at that point is to give yourself some kind of logical cutoff for success, but at that point you're no longer being a completionist anyway, so you may as well just read whatever you want.
@@MosaicComics I know some people didnt care for his new 52 portion ( although I liked it ). But it seems the general consensus is that Hal Jordan and the green lantern corps is very good to great. I liked the new 52 portion, but loved the. Rebirth portion. Just my opinion.
There's really no explanation that's both simple AND accurate, so I'd advise you to watch my second video ever, "The White Lantern is a Confusing Mess". Then you'll know everything there currently is to know about the White Lantern.
Teen Lantern is THE WORST character ever created. Particularly for Green Lantern. 1. The GL Corps are basically police officers. Would a police recruite a kid to join the forces? 2. Would anyone handle a gun to a kid? No. So instead lets give a power ring (the most powerful weapon in the DC universe to a kid). Not even that, Krona´s Gauntlet that´s even more dangerous. 3. Green Lanterns don´t have teen sidekicks for the same reason. 4. The title doesn´t even make sense. The kid can´t be a Teen Lantern since she´s 11 years old.
You're right, it's hard to justify teen sidekicks in a police/military force, but that doesn't really apply to Teen Lantern since her powers come from something else entirely. Where Keli got her gauntlet is still a mystery. It didn't come from the Green Lantern Corps, and the Guardians couldn't figure out where it was drawing power from. Once John noticed her, he brought her in to be tested and evaluated, and so that the gauntlet could be properly identified...but then the plot happened and everything started exploding, so that got put on hold. All that to say, the Guardians and Green Lantern Corps never recruited her, and we still don't know much of anything about the origin of her gauntlet.
I would start with Geoff John’s’ run
I know I’m skipping Zero Hour and Kyle’s journey but it’s just a perfect starting point and John’s explains everything so well
It also introduces the origins of all the other lantern corps
I think I started off Green Lantern by reading Blackest Night. I really enjoyed that comic so I went and started reading all the comics in order. (Well, technically not all of them since I started reading from when Hal Jordan became Green Lantern, not Alan Scott). It took me a whole year, but I eventually caught up. I haven't really met other Green Lantern fans in real life, but I like explaining to people I meet why I enjoy the comics and I hope to maybe convince someone else to check them out.
It feels really good, even if you only get one person to try it out.
@@MosaicComics especially since a lot of people I've met have a bad taste in their mouth about GL. Literally a lot of them think of him as a joke, which is probably due to the simplicity of some of the constructs they use. At least in the movie. I'm assuming a lot of it has to do with the Ryan Reynolds movie. Which wasn't great but wasn't that bad either. Anyway, I convinced my friends that the Green Lantern Corps and mythos is dope, first by starting with explaining how the ring actually works and then delving into the more expansive shit from the lore that most non-fans won't know about even in passing through JL comics.
I was a huge Green Lantern fan… 30+ years ago, and dropped out of comics at some point. I’m trying to figure out how to get back into my old favourites Daredevil, the X-Men, and GL. There’s a pleasant simplicity to someone telling you exactly. What. You. Must. Read. But every time I see one of those “the right way” videos, it seems a) like a hell of a lot of work, and b) severely constraining. Thanks for this, “it’s all good” approach.
And by the way, from what I’ve heard I’m planning on picking up a Johns run TP, and getting into GL again from there.
@@MattBalara That's really cool, hopefully it ends up being your gateway back in. If you remember, follow up and let me know how it worked out for you.
Actually decided to go hard or go home, and ordered the mammoth 1st omnibus. Should be here Friday. And if I need a doorstop or a murder weapon, I’ll be set there too. 😆
@@MattBalara Perfect. All will be well.
I started with Green Lantern Vol. 1 #1-38 that ran through the 1940s. I was a big sci-fi fan and aware of the Green Lantern mythos thanks to DC animation so knew I would love this character and I did. Since then, I've dabbled around but I'm very happy I started chronologically with the Silver Age.
Hal Jordan kinda got a post Crisis origin story back in the day called Emerald Dawn parts 1 & 2. These have probably been over shadowed by Johns' Secret Origins story, but I still like them.
I'll never stop laughing at Hal flying head first into that yellow sign and knocking himself out.
@@MosaicComics They just don't make em like they used to.
Love your channel 👍
@@agent_meister477 Thanks!
I'm partial to emerald dawn, because that's where I was introduced.
I'm also a Hal fanboy. Because, in his body, he has zero fucks. He's going to do what's right, and he's going to do it his way.
Modern efforts to humanize him are okay, but give me the Hal Jordan that terrifies Parallax.
Thus far I've only read 4 Green Lantern runs:
I started with the Emerald Dawn 1 and 2 origin story. The reason why I wanted them is simply because I didn't know anything about Green Lantern that the movie and the Injustice videogame series told me about him, and I wanted to at least read his in-comic origin story so I had a more solid ground to stand at. It wasn't fantastic as what attracted me to Green Lantern were the complex and larger-than-life lore surrounding him. It was in Emerald Dawn, sure, but it was too cheesy to really hit me. It was still a pretty decent read but not enough for me to call myself a fan.
And that's why my third Green Lantern run was Far Sector! I wanted to read something that had what I was looking for but didn't require too much context. Far Sector was awesome; Hal Jordan's still my man but I really liked Mullein and her dry sense of humor. The tone, the intrigue, world building and pretty much everything was so captivating I just knew it was time to start taking Green Lantern to heart.
And now I'm currently reading the Gerard Jones' run and loving every page of it, I'm not that far off but it's by far the brand I look forward to read the most tbh.
Can't wait to have a good green chunk under my belt so that I can interact with other Green Lantern fans. This brand is so awesome, goddamn.
It was around 2006 or so, but I randomly picked up the second issue of Geoff Johns' GL "No Fear" story arc. I was very confused at where things were in the story, but I always remembered being creeped out by the blue guy who always said "N-no....man..."
It’s a good thing that Johns run is in trades.
I start came late into my teen years when Blackest Night was current and that was my first ever comic book purchase. I knew about the DC Universe through the animated series around the time but I didn't know everything. GL Hal Jordan got me into comics as a whole. It was slightly overwhelming but I'm glad I've stuck with it. I hope more people will see how amazing GL lore can be. 💚
My first ever GL story was Sinestro Corp 1.
Talk about being dropped in the middle of it!
But because the story was so great on it's own it made me want to explore the past.
Then I found Emerald Twilight/New Dawn and it cemented me as a GL fan.
Now they are my favorite heroes
The Sinestro War surprised everybody. It's like, all of a sudden, there was a major DC blockbuster event happening, only it was just the latest story arc in Green Lantern.
I loved green lantern rebirth with Jessica Cruz and Simon baz because that series was really awesome and badass
Their book gave Green Lantern something it had been missing for a long time. Ever since Hal and the Corps came back, Green Lantern has been all about larger than life space adventures...which is great...but I really missed Lanterns being regular people who lived on Earth and had families and went on smaller, more grounded adventures. That's what Simon and Jessica's book was all about (for the first half, at least).
Great video!! I jumped into Green Lantern at a perfect time for me. My first issue was the tie in issue for the Return of Superman. I forgot to remove it from my pull and a few issues later Emerald Twilight started and Kyle Rayner was introduced. I was hooked instantly.
It's funny how a small mistake like that can lead to years of enjoyment. Sometimes we forget how easy it can be to find something you love by accident.
Good advice for starting out. I think a video covering where you start with each main lantern could help to.
I started with Ron Marzs Green Lantern/Silver Surfer crossover lol it got me into my favourite characters, and in general DC and Marvel Cosmic and I never looked back.
That was a lot of fun. I didn't even know it existed when I read DC vs Marvel, so I was amazed to learn, years later, that the two page long fight between Kyle and the Surfer had this awesome prequel story that was way better than the DC vs Marvel event.
I randomly stumbled across that issue years ago and was immediately hooked. The art and the story is great.
Now I have 2 Darryl Banks commissions
@@Ryguy0707 I really need to commission a Kyle Rayner from Darryl Banks sometime soon. I always mean to, but just never get around to it.
So much insight in this video, I really appreciated it.
I like starting things at the beginning, but I also didn't want to have to read through nearly a century's worth of comics to get to the modern stuff lol, so I started with Johns' GL#1 from '05. Very satisfying.
I got to love G'nort though the late 80's Justice League, and his stories in Green Lantern Corps Quarterly, especially.
My first Green Lantern comic was the collected edition of Green Lantern Rebirth by Geoff Johns. I knew next to nothing about the characters but I loved that story. Ten years and hundreds of dollars later I'm still forking out for GL books. With the exception of Morrison's run, I have loved all of them, even the movie (no, seriously).
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I started with Kyle Rayners new 52 run and realy liked it green lantern new guardians was just charming to me.
started with geoff johns run with no fear. i think it give you the best intro tbh. but i would agree it doesn't really matter
I got two issues of Mosaic in '94 from a guy and thought little of it (at 11), but they did introduce me to Hal, John and the fact that there were a bunch of lanterns out there, later he gave me GL 58 of the Marz run. Though the story itself wasn't much, the letters pages basically explained the whole Emerald Twilight saga and I HAD to know more!
I soon found a shop with loads of back issues and (because the newer stuff wasn't there) decided then to start close to when I was born - When it lost the GA co-title in late '79. Thanks to that, some of my earliest reads were the fantastic 'Tales of...' backup series of the 80's.
Funny thing is, I only got around to reading Emerald Twilight last year!
I actually own both Kyle issues you mentioned I love the one with Superman
I started with Geoff Johns' run and read GL corps alongside and I've been picking up every issue ever since. Loved Venditti's run and loved Morrison's run, undecided whether I'm going to pick up Thorn's run but I probably am.
It's only been one issue, but so far it looks like Thorne has a good understanding of these characters and a knowledge/respect for DC history that I haven't seen in a while. I'd recommend trying issue one, it sold me.
@@MosaicComics I think I'll pick up at least the first two. But I've collected Green lantern for so long it's getting to be a bit of a mess LOL. Also I'm not a big fan of Brian Michael bendis and I don't like teen lantern being shoved in there and I'm not a big fan of the United planets. The United planets or federation would make a lot of sense for a Galaxy but for the entire universe it kind of seemed like the guardians already had that figured out but I guess that's the big drama of it but also at the same time the universe is so impossibly big how could that many species get together on Oa at one time it kind of blows my mind lol. But I'm kind of not liking BMB being in DC I wish he would just do Batman or question and not main DC events stuff.
@@ObiWann90 The United Planets is actually just a collection of worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. It gets bigger over time, and is pretty huge by the Legion's future, but it's pretty small right now since it's just starting out.
@@MosaicComics oh well that makes a lot more sense
I love Peter j Tomasi Superman and super sons and his green lantern run I thought was super underrated in my opinion.
It's funny, that run tends to be underappreciated as the "side book" to the Johns run, but it also most likely got a lot more readers because of its association with the Johns run.
@@MosaicComics agreed and you’re right about that
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My first Green Lantern was Emerald Dawn #1. It was the perfect place to start following Green Lantern, followed up by The Road Back which showed me the other popular green lanterns of the time. Unfortunately both these are out of print and likely to remain so for a while.
I got into the Golden Age GL, first. I read Alan Scott's adventures with the All-Star Squadron. I got into Hal Jordan during The Death Of Superman storyline, which led to Emerald Twilight. I really got into Green Lantern during Kyle Rayner's run as GL. John Stewart was one of my favorite characters on the animated Justice League series, so I read a lot of comics with him.
3 years later and if you want a newer GL run to read, Green Lantern: War Journal with John Stewart was pretty great
I started with Geoff Johns because I got into DC Comics by his run on Teen Titans
@@SolidK9 his run started at rebirth... blackest night was in the middle of his run. Brightest day followed blackest night.
Thanks! This is helpful. Calming even.
Started w/ Earth One books by Bechko & Hardman. And those are wonderful first contact Sci-Fi stories!
Now reading Geoff Johns run. Mainly because it's the only thing getting printed in Russian.
Glad you liked it! The Geoff Johns run is really good, and it serves as a great primer for all sorts of other stories and runs. GL Earth One has been fantastic so far, I hope there's more coming.
Geoff John's omnibus is great
I started off by reading emerald twilight and jumped to rebirth after green lantern #56. Continued with the Johns run into New 52 which is where Im at right now
Maybe it's time for me to finally get into Green Lantern. I don't know why but I actually read Blackest Night and Wrath of The First Lantern from way back without reading anything before that to understand the context.
I only recently started getting into Green Lantern. I had seen the animated series when it aired and vaguely knew the gist of things but hadn’t actually dived deep into the comics. Reading the JLA by Grant Morrison omnibus got me interested in Kyle so I picked up the modern trades of his run, overall really liked them, and now I am set on reading the rest of his title digitally. I’m already planning on getting the Geoff Johns omnibuses once I’m done with Kyle, call me hooked.
You've got good instincts, that's a lot of quality content. Welcome to the fandom, I hope you keep having fun.
I started with secret origin personally and loved it. I went back and read from post crisis after thise 7 issues though.
Never had a GL book before, but I know so much about them (but so little due to the lack of actually reading the issues and only going off of summaries from Wiki pages). I think they are one of my favourite DC heroes/groups. Probably top five, if not in the top three, for favourite super heroes of all. Anyway, I started reading Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps. The first issue is when Hal forges a new ring out of pure will with the aid of the Gauntlet of Krona. Or whatever it's called. Funny thing is they never depict where he puts it when he takes it off and puts the ring on. Then he just flies away. A few panels before that he was saying the Gauntlet was hidden because it was too dangerous and it sounds like it was the reason why he was becoming pure will. Comic logic man. Anyway, after reading Vol.2 I felt like I want to go back and read the Sinestro Corps War. Maybe even go further back and read the war of light and then the Blackest Night. Eh, I'll figure it out.
Geoff John's is definitely the best jumping on point. If you're confused with Rebirth though maybe read Secret Origins then go back and start his run from the beginning
I happened to pick up the first collective comic (omnibus?) of the Geoff Johns run, and am reading the Sliver age omnibus 1 because I heard Hal was super clumsy and funny in that, although it may actually be one of his Bronze Age traits? It's still great though and makes random sense!
„I can’t decide where to start“.
„Good News you can start anywhere you want!“
„But I can’t decide where to start!“
This Videos in a nutshell.
Green Lantern is my favorite hero. Specifically kyle rayner, as i am more like him than the others. It would be a huge responsibility though, too, but im down. 😂
Thank you for your help.
You're welcome.
I started with Secret Origin and I also read Rise Of The Third Army. Now I'm like "errr........now what" :P
I actually stared reading around issue 148 of Hal Jordan’s run. I read it off and on until around the new 52 and have been keeping up with the titles and getting the stuff I missed. I pretty much did as you are suggesting.
Great video for new fans
Fantastic Video!
Thanks!
Man I need a Stewart run
One just started. Issue #2 came out yesterday.
Personally, the comics I read need to be in chronological order, if I read a Batman story where Gordon is captain, then read another one and suddenly he’s commissioner, my brain wants to explode. I’ve only read the emerald dawn story from the 90s, so I was wondering if there’s any comic that picks up shortly after that story concluded, and if not the closest thing to that, I don’t wanna read a comic right after with a bunch of new lore or characters introduced, I’m aware reading comics (that aren’t part of one run) in order is pretty difficult but I’d like to try. I’ve mostly been reading Batman so with series like legends of the dark knight and Tim sale and jeph loebs Batman books, it’s pretty easy to figure out the closest thing to a chronological order, but with other heroes it seems pretty difficult.
Started with 2003 Rebirth.
I started reading issues from the 60s where John takes over for hal then moved to rebirth....I like all is work and this wan no except read rebirth then go into sinestro corps wars right after and have a blast
Make Green Lantern and Star Sapphire's Relationship Canon in the DC Comics
I will try
It's funny I started it in a much similar way. Also with Kyle Rayner lantern . However mine was issue 95. Where is said green lantern verse robotworld. I just thought the cover was super dope and so was the character the design. I went back and bought every Ron Marz issue. To me he was Ike Jane Austen. I thought he was a genius lol. Of course then we had the follow up run by Winnick. What is DC thinking but not making these into some omnibus editions? It's almost crazy to me how short the career of Ron Marz was.
Ron März actually got to write a Justice League story last year. "Endless Winter", it was two main issues with a bunch of one-shots in the middle, one of those being an issue focusing on John Stewart. It's not anything that'll blow you away, but it was nice to read a new Ron Marz DC story again after all this time...definitely had a retro feel to it, but in a fun way.
@@MosaicComics yes! I just mean I'm surprised he hasn't got more ongoing work. But he has definitely done some stuff. He did do like over a hundred issues of witch blade.
@@derekgreen7319 Every now and then DC will pair him up with Daryl Banks again to do a nostalgic Kyle Rayner story, like DC Retroactive or GL 80th Anniversary, and those are always fun, but I wish they'd get a mini series together.
@@MosaicComics yes banks is great! I'll settle for an Omnibus collection. I think a lot of people really love that Marz run. I remember all my marvel friends favorite DC book was green lantern! Specifically the Marz run!
hey man i'm starting with green lantern and i read the post-crisis emerald dawn I and II where should I go next.
-green lantern road back (not necessary , but good to know )
-Death and return of superman
-green lantern Kyle Rayner vol 1 (stop on on #0)
-zero hour
Finish vol 1
- green lantern Kyle Rayner vol 2
- baptisam of fire
- emerald knights
- the final night
-day of judgment
-new journey old path
-the power of ion
-brothers keeper
-the passing torch
-OMNIBUS GREEN LATERN VOL.1
-to be a lantern
-OMNIBUS INFINITE CRISIS
-ion torchbearer
-ion daying flame
-the dark sideof green
-tales of the sinestro corps
And you are done OMNIBUS GREEN LANTERN VOL.1
you set out on the longest story. leading to the Omnibus green lantern. through this story to the omnibus you will meet Kyle Rayner and Hal jordan. it's great the path you've chosen just has a lot of it (for example- crisis on infinite earths you have to read before zero hour) but some skip it. mostly what I've listed is part of a collection you have to read. after that you will easily manage as far as possible. although you can read omnibuses for yourself. all that is enumerated is TPB or HC
Is “Blackest Night Saga (DC Essential Edition)” a hard read for beginners? I want to start reading Green Lantern comics but don’t know where to start 🤔
When you get right down to it, Blackest Night is a pretty accessible story with an easily understood premise: superheroes vs super zombies. It's more complicated than that, but the story explains itself pretty well for anyone who hasn't read the years of Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps stories leading up to it. That said, those two series spend a lot of time building up to Blackest Night, and it feels like a big payoff if you've read the Lantern books that lead to it. If you're in the mood to read a big DC event book that revolves around Green Lantern, you'll probably be able to follow Blackest Night just fine, since these big events are always written with broad accessibility in mind, no matter how much mythology they may be built on.
What music are you using at the start of the video? I recognise it but I can’t think of where from and it’s driving me crazy haha
That's "Beneath the Mask" from Persona 5.
@@MosaicComics Thank you!
Great video!
I started with:
Green Lantern: 80 Years of the Emerald Knight, Deluxe Edition, and
Green Lantern: Rebirth, Deluxe Edition.
Was going to get the 3 Omnibuses by Geoff Johns but that will run me
over $400.00 (in Canada), so figured I only go forward after Rebirth.
Not really anything I can find in Deluxe or Omnibus thought.
That's the only way a collect stuff.
Hoping they do release Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps run by
Robert Venditti in Deluxe or Omnibus but no luck so far.
Do you know of any other Deluxe or Omnibus that has been issued
for anything after rebirth?
Thanks,
James 😁
Oh wow, so you started pretty recently. Welcome to the fandom! I haven't kept up with omnibus releases, but I may want to, since I've started to give serious thought to what form I want my collection to ultimately take, and large hardcovers do look great on a shelf.
@@MosaicComics , Yes just started a couple of months ago. Had tons of comic books in the 50's, 60,s etc. but, you know the story - All gone now. So decided to get back into them. But with limited space am staying away from single issues, and TPBs. Just to darn many to start buying now. Unless you win the lottery. Really like the Deluxe ones, but will settle for the Omnibuses. Only problem is not all the ones you want are available. So have to be selective. Whether we want to be or not.
LOL!
James
huge blue lantern fan any idea wat comics i should go outa my way to get? i just realy like the idea of hope
In terms of stories that focus on Blue Lanterns, I think the strongest is still the first, "Rage of the Red Lanterns". Despite the title, it's the introduction of the Blue Lanterns, and really digs into what they can do and what they're all about. The story immediately after that, "Agent Orange", explores how Hope may not be compatible with some personality types. Most other stories use one or more Blue Lanterns as part of a much larger cast, so there won't be as much clear focus on the Blues (unless it's one of the various times they lose a home world). You could also check out the one-shot "Futures' End: Red Lanterns" depicting a possible future where Blue Lantern Guy Gardner is trying to erase the Red Lanterns one ring at a time, but it's been long enough that I don't remember much of what happened.
When i get asked this question I usually ask them which Lantern do you like the most, and I direct them from there.
A solid approach.
@@MosaicComics When they ask me for Kyle they thank me the most,and I’m happy
My fav green lantern is John Stewart, can you teach me Master?
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I'm the type that basically wants to stand up from my chair, point my finger and yell "NO, FUCK YOU! THERE IS A CORRECT PATH!!". I am a completionist generally and obviously the best way is to read everything starting at Green Lantern #1 in the golden age era, how else are you gonna understand the current DC timeline??? Oh boy.... I've tried the golden age approach, silver age approach, new 52, rebirth, geoff johns...
As more years go by and after each failed attempt in terms of trying to read everything, you realize that people are completely correct in recommending "runs". Its the writer and not the character that makes for a good story. Green Lantern will not consistently be amazing through +80y of writing, that's just logic. Start anywhere and pay attention to writer/artist and just go from there. Timeline means nothing in DC at this point anyway.
It may sound a little morbid, but I broke myself of being a completionist early on when I realized that most of the things I like enough to consume and/or collect will likely still be made long after I'm gone. So even if I did manage to hit everything that came out before my lifetime and during my lifetime, my lifetime would most likely stop before that franchise does, thus I would never be able to complete it. The instinct at that point is to give yourself some kind of logical cutoff for success, but at that point you're no longer being a completionist anyway, so you may as well just read whatever you want.
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Good video. But you should of shouted out the vendetti run !
I wasn't that into Venditti's run back when it was coming out, but I've been re-reading it recently and there's more to like than I remembered.
@@MosaicComics I know some people didnt care for his new 52 portion ( although I liked it ). But it seems the general consensus is that Hal Jordan and the green lantern corps is very good to great. I liked the new 52 portion, but loved the. Rebirth portion. Just my opinion.
@@derekgreen7319 I'll always appreciate it for giving us a new crop of alien Green Lanterns. Two-Six forever!
@@MosaicComics no doubt!
Having access to dc infinite universe where would you suggest I start?
What do I read after Emerald Dawn 1 and 2? I’m kinda stuck there
can you explain white lantern i have the comic but i was confused
pls?
There's really no explanation that's both simple AND accurate, so I'd advise you to watch my second video ever, "The White Lantern is a Confusing Mess". Then you'll know everything there currently is to know about the White Lantern.
should I read Geoff Johns or is he too much of a Joss Whedon level bad guy not worthy of my money?
It's a really good run. If you're interested, you should read it.
Teen Lantern is THE WORST character ever created. Particularly for Green Lantern.
1. The GL Corps are basically police officers. Would a police recruite a kid to join the forces?
2. Would anyone handle a gun to a kid? No. So instead lets give a power ring (the most powerful weapon in the DC universe to a kid). Not even that, Krona´s Gauntlet that´s even more dangerous.
3. Green Lanterns don´t have teen sidekicks for the same reason.
4. The title doesn´t even make sense. The kid can´t be a Teen Lantern since she´s 11 years old.
You're right, it's hard to justify teen sidekicks in a police/military force, but that doesn't really apply to Teen Lantern since her powers come from something else entirely. Where Keli got her gauntlet is still a mystery. It didn't come from the Green Lantern Corps, and the Guardians couldn't figure out where it was drawing power from. Once John noticed her, he brought her in to be tested and evaluated, and so that the gauntlet could be properly identified...but then the plot happened and everything started exploding, so that got put on hold. All that to say, the Guardians and Green Lantern Corps never recruited her, and we still don't know much of anything about the origin of her gauntlet.
OK but maybe some recomendations instead of endless rambling
If you watched the whole video, you would know that I made about a dozen specific recommendations by the end.
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Anime
All that vocal fry, this video seems to be narrated by one of the kardashians 😖