Legends of the DC Universe #38

  The Traitor Trilogy ends with what might not have been the most well written or most well-drawn issue- but it sure was one of the most action packed issues ever! The Traitor is looking for revenge at the hands of the Green Lanterns of the past who have bested him over the past 150 years. Happy to oblige, Kyle Raynor, freed from exile on a barren asteroid, uses his power ring to resurrect Hal Jordan, Abin Sur, and Sur's predecessor in titanic fashion.

    The ending was both shocking and awesome. It ends the story on a high note all while paying tribute to previous chapters of this trilogy. But hopefully, this really is the end of the traitor because I think he was at his pinnacle in terms of obsession, powers, and brute strength. To continue on would start to make his appearances in Legends of the DC Universe a little tedious and then he'd start to wear out his welcome. Though I wouldn't mind seeing more of the Kyle Raynor GL in not only this book but his own title as well.

   Am I starting to become interested in reading and/ or collecting the books that chronicle his run as the Lantern? Only time will tell, but if this review was a magic 8-ball, it would have to say "outlook good."

   Worth Consuming

    Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.

Legends of the DC Universe #37

   In this trilogy friendly world, I should have seen this coming. The Traitor returns! After being soundly defeated by Abin Sur in the Old West and then by Hal Jordan during the Silver Age, the Traitor is freed from his solar prison and has his sights on revenge.

   As we already established in the previous 4 issues of this series, Hal Jordan is dead. His replacement is Kyle Rayner, who at this point in time is the only Green Lantern in the entire universe, thanks to Jordan's actions as Parallax. For Kyle, the Traitor isn't a legacy he was prepared for and when the villain destroys the only Lantern ring left in existence, the last Green Lantern is left to die on a barren planetoid.

   This issue was a very good opening chapter into the final phase of the Traitor Trilogy. The art was very good and the story itself was excellent. I only hope that the second act is just as good- if not better than this one.

   Worth Consuming

   Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.

DC Retroactive Green Lantern: The 90s #1

   When Kyle Raynor replaced Hal Jordan, I really didn’t feel adamant for or against it. The Green Lanterns is a police force and replacements come and go. So, it just made sense. I didn’t hate Raynor- he just wasn’t very exciting to me.

   This issue doesn’t really do very much to reinforcement my favoring of the character. When it comes to using the ring, he’s more creative and he’s more fun loving. But, if I had to pick a Lantern that I’d much rather read about, Kyle would be lower down in the list behind more interesting Lanterns like Jordan, Guy Gardner, Kilowog, Tomar Re, and C'hip.

   The art is good for both the lost tale and reprint. The stories are well written as well. It was an enjoyable read, but it didn’t light a fire under me to go out and start reading 90s Green Lantern books either.

   Worth Consuming.

   Rating: 7 out of 10 stars.