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Carlos Williams requested a Flash comics chronology. Personally, I'm not a big fan of reading a comic about someone who runs fast. The character is much better suited for TV, and the CW is doing an incredible job with the current Flash TV show, and its spin-off, "Legends Of Tomorrow". "Arrow" sucks, though. We made it nearly four entire seasons without Barry Allen! But now, here he is all dressed in red and yellow and running quickly towards and away from things. Season four is named for a major event in the DC Universe. An event that made for a really interesting season of the actual Flash TV show on the CW, but made for a lackluster comic event. Not unreadable but certainly more eyerolly than your average Geoff Johns book. I spend most of this entry yelling at Barry Allen (because he fucken deserves it), do not mistake this as me criticizing Francis Manapaul's run on The Flash. I think he did an admirable job, given what he had to work with.  Idiot. Season Four: Flashpoint (showrunner: Francis Manapaul) Serial 1: Flash The Dastardly Death Of The Rogues
written by Geoff Johns, art by Francis Manapaul and Scott Kolins Welcome back to continuity Barry Allen. Isn't it nice and calm he---Barry, Did You Murder Someone In The Future? Did you? Did you? Did you murder a rogue? Are you a rogue murderer, Barry? I know you're all like post-iceberg Steve Rogers right now, but Jesus, man, you can't just kill a rogue in the future! I'm going to have to ask you to step outside the timeline. Rogue Future. 2 episodes Serial 2: The Flash Road To Flashpoint written by Geoff Johns, art by Francis Manapaul Y'all need to stop messing with the timeline, right now, ok? Just because a girl doesn't like you, doesn't mean you go back in time and try and make a better first impression. If your mom's death was an important factor in you becoming the person you are, you can't go back and save your mom. It's real simple, assholes. Time moves forward. If you don't stop messing with timelines, they're going to break, and we're going to end up in a complicated, overwritten crossover, and nobody wants that. Don't Cross The Timestreams! 2 episodes Serial 3: Flashpoint, Flashpoint The Flash written by Geoff Johns, art by Andy Kubert and others Are you happy now, Barry? You broke the universe. Now Bruce Wayne is dead, his dad is Batman, his mom is The Joker. You Really Fucked Up. And you don't have powers now. Wait. What are you doing? You're trying to recreate the accident that gave you your powers? Barry, that's a terrible idea. Barry, watch out for the lightning. Barry! Ugh. Idiot. Flashpoint. 4 episodes Serial 4: The Flash Move Forward written by Francis Manapaul and Brian Buccellatto, art by Francis Manapaul Good going, Barry. Now we're in a Different Wrong Universe. We undid all that Flashpoint stuff, but what is this New 52 crap? I miss Wally West. You really suck at this Barry. I get that it's difficult when you're fighting an opponent who can be everyone all at once, but you deserve this. This is all the fans of comics, trying to punch you in the head for being a jackass and ruining continuity twice in a span of three years. You're lucky you've had an amazing artist drawing your adventures because you suck. Mob Rule. 2 episodes Episode 11: The Flash Rogues Revolution written by Francis Manapaul and Brian Buccellatto, art by Francis Manapaul Of course the rogues are mad at you, Barry, you've ruined Everyone's lives. Especially DC comic readers. You couldn't be more of a disappointment if you ripped off your mask and revealed you were Dan Didio all along. Now Captain Cold is being targeted by the rogues? What have you done, Barry, you sonofabitch? Cold War. 1 episode Serial 5: The Flash Gorilla Warfare written by Francis Manapaul and Brian Buccellato, art by Francis Manapaul Apes, Barry. Damn, dirty apes. And all because you dicked around with the timeline. Now the same rogues that were just trying to kill you are going to have to help you, or the whole city will be killed by non-human primates. Good, going, jackass. Charlton Heston would have kicked you in the teeth. Kneel Before Grodd. 2 episodes Serial 6: The Flash Reverse Flash written by Francis Manapaul and Brian Buccelato, art by Francis Manapaul Oh, look, another fast running dick in a brightly colored suit. I hate you Barry Allen. You and the rest of your treadmill destroying speedwalkers. Why don't you just go to Gotham and fuck up their city for a while, too. Prick. The End Of An Error. 2 episodes Season four is fifteen episode of Barry Allen being a complete and utter toolbag.
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Carlos Williams requested a Flash comics chronology. Personally, I'm not a big fan of reading a comic about someone who runs fast. The character is much better suited for TV, and the CW is doing an incredible job with the current Flash TV show, and it's spin-off, "Legends Of Tomorrow". "Arrow" sucks, though. During the final episode of last season, the whole speed force thing disappeared, and it seemed like the superheroes whose only powers were running fast were bound to live a boring life. How am I supposed to make a season of episodes out of this? I can't imagine they would Immediately Undo the disappearance of the speed force. Would they?  Captain Cold does his best Ray Charles impression. It's not very good. art by Scott Kolins Season Three: Gone Rogue (Showrunner: Geoff Johns) Serial 1: The Flash Fastest Man Alive Lightning In A Bottle
written by Tony Bilson and Paul DeMeo, art by Ken Lashley With Wally West and the speed force having having disappeared during Infinite Crisis, Bart Allen, formerly Impulse, formerly Kid Flash, is just trying to live a normal life working in a factory. But when another freak accident returns his powers, Bart becomes the fastest man alive and reluctantly picks up the mantle of The Flash. Do The Bartman. 2 episodes Serial 2: The Flash Fastest Man Alive Full Throttle written by Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo, Mark Waid, Marc Guggenheim, art by many The Flash's former nemesis, Inertia, hears that Bart has his powers back and teams up with the rogues to try and take his speed away. Luckily, the bad guys never win in a situation like this. Inertia. 2 episodes Serial 3: The Flash The Wild Wests written by Mark Waid, John Rogers and Keith Champagne, art by Daniel Acuna, Freddie Williams II and Doug Braithwaite Oh, hey, look, Wally is back. And he and his family have some adventuring to do both in the DC Universe proper and on another planet. Welcome back Wally, you wacky Flash, you. Where's Wally. 2 episodes Serial 4: Final Crisis Salvation Run written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges, art by Sean Chen and Walden Wong Final Crisis is an unreadable, continuity intensive mess that no decent editor would have allowed to be published. But there were some fun spin-off series, including this one. THe President has decided that the supervillain population is way out of hand, and so Amanda Waller and The Suicide Squad round up the worst villains, including the rogues who overstepped their bounds in Full Throttle, and ship them to their own planet, which is supposed to be peaceful buttttttt, as it turns out, it's designed to kill intruders. Whoops. Salvation Run. 3 episodes Serial 5: Final Crisis Rogues Revenge written by Geoff Johns, art by Scott Kolins Having survived their time on Salvation Run, the remaining rogues return to Keystone City and try to decide whether to disband and live peacefully or take their revenge on Inertia. This is one of the most fun villain-centric comics of all-time. Rogue's Revenge. 3 episodes Serial 6: Flash Rebirth written by Geoff Johns, art by Ethan Van Sciver Reading the aforementioned clusterflush, Final Crisis, did not adequately explain why Barry Allen is suddenly back in the DC Universe. Luckily, Geoff Johns wrote this whole miniseries explaining how all the flashes will fit into the world. Please Barry Me With It. 2 episodes Episode 15: Blackest Night Black Lantern Corps Vol 02 written by many, art by many Blackest Night is mainly a Green Lantern event, but as part of the storyline, all the dead heroes and villians are revived. To celebrate it, they released some "resurrected" issues, where a creative team of a canceled book reunited to tell a story about how their book was effected by Blackest Night. This volume contains a bunch of stories from the DC Universe, including Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins telling a Barry Allen/Wally West story. Hmmm...Barry Allen, you say? Season 3 is 15 episodes with no real protagonist. Carlos Williams requested a Flash comics chronology. Personally, I'm not a big fan of reading a comic about someone who runs fast. The character is much better suited for TV, and the CW is doing an incredible job with the current Flash TV show, and it's spin-off, "Legends Of Tomorrow". "Arrow" sucks, though. The first season was all speedsters all the time. We hardly got any time with any villains who moved at normal speed. Well, Geoff Johns (who wrote every episode of this season) fixes that by bringing back the classic Flash rogues and having their interactions with Wally West and the universe be gloriously complicated and fun. Yes, there are dire consequences from time to time, but this season is bright, weird, and moves really quickly toward the season's bizarre conclusion.  Come on, rogue, let your morals go with the flow, you know you can do it art by Brian Bolland Season 2: Keystone Cop (showrunner: Geoff Johns) Serial 1: The Flash By Geoff Johns Book One
written by Geoff Johns, art by Scott Kolins, Ethan Van Sciver, and Angel Unzueta Season two finds Wally in media res, traveling through various alternate Earths. He loses touch with the speed force and ends up teaming up, against his will, with several classic Rogues such as Captain Cold and Mirror Master. It's a weird but fun romp that changes when he meets an alternate version of his dead ex, and decides to hang out there for a while. It's fairly silly at times but seeing non-running villains is a nice change of, sorry, pace. Wonderland. 2 episodes Blood Will Run. 1 episode Iron Heights. 1 episode Serial 2: The Flash By Geoff Johns Book Two written by Geoff Johns, art by Angel Unzueta and Doug Hazlewood Wally West, protector of Keystone City and Central City has a vast amount of villains, and many of them are working in concert to keep The Flash occupied. The costumes on both the villains and the helpful heroes (Superman and Cyborg each show up to help Wally out) are pretty post-90s extreme and very brightly colored, which is fitting with the over-the top madcapness of this particular chapter in Wally's tenure as The Flash. New Rogues. 3 episodes Serial 3: The Flash By Geoff Johns Book Three written by Geoff Johns, art by Scott Kolins and Doug Hazlewood Rogues antagonizing rogues helping rogues antagonizing Flash. The relationships between the characters from this season of Flash get really fascinating as more and more characters get folded into the end of Johns's run on The Flash. In the end, we do end up with an evil speedster takes on Flash and other speedster heroes, but it's not as relentless as the first season. The Brave & The Beaten. 1 episode Run Riot. 1 episode Gorilla Warfare. 1 episode Zoom. 2 episodes Serial 4: Infinite Crisis written by Geoff Johns, art by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway I don't enjoy DC's Crisis books, and this is no exception. There are too many characters, too many plot points, too man mcguffins, and too many far reaching consequences. But this is Geoff Johns's reset of the DC universe, so, of course all of the Flash characters are involved. And, amongst the carnage something pretty severe happens to Wally West. Infinite Crisis. 3 episodes Season 2 is fifteen episodes in Wally World where no one punches out a moose. The Avengers franchise is what made Marvel Studios the completely dominant force in comic based entertainment. The way they streamlined Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and other characters into an expansive universe that also includes television shows like Daredevil and Agents Of SHIELD is something that has never been achieved before in motion picture entertainment. The Avengers continuity, even without including the individual characters is supremely daunting. So, I’ve put together a chronology of some of the best Avengers related books that are currently or were recently available in collected editions (the recently available are still around for pretty cheap on various online outlets and in bookstores) into ten TV seasons. Last season ended with an almost out of control three cosmic battles. It’s hard to imagine how this season could have more cosmic consequences, and more at stake without tossing in the DC Universe, too. But that will never hap---oh, ok.  Cosmic Scavenger Hunt, anyone? art by Ed Benes Season 2: Crossing Worlds (showrunners Kurt Busiek and Geoff Johns) Serial 1: Avengers Epic Coll Operation Galactic Storm
(written and with art by many) The Sh’iar and The Kree go to war, and, of course, The Avengers are caught in the middle. Galactic Storm. 3 episodes Serial 2: JLA/Avengers (written by Kurt Busiek with art by George Perez) Yeup. DC’s greatest heroes and Marvel’s greatest heroes collide as we get a typical cosmic entity presents heroes with a quest to save their universe. It’s only fun because you get to hear what DC heroes think of Marvel 616, and Marvel characters react to DC’s Earth One. It’s otherwise a pretty typical tale of betrayal, finding understandings, and saving the day. It did take twenty-five years between when Perez started working on the first issue and when DC and Marvel finally got it together and release the final issue, though JLA Avengers. 3 episodes Serial 3: Avengers Citizen Kang (written by Roy Thomas and Mark Gruenwald, art by Larry Alexander, Geof Isherwood, and Herb Trimpe) An entire town goes missing in Wisconsin, as does The Vision. The Fantastic Four and the Avengers team up to try and find him, and the town. Of course, Kang is involved, so things are about to get weird.er. Citizen Kang. 2 episodes Serial 3: Avengers Supreme Justice (written by Kurt Busiek, art by George Perez) Scaling things back just a bit. What if a similar story happened between The Avengers and The Squadron Supreme. Of course, The Kree are involved, too. And Carol Danvers just doesn’t feel as important as she wishes she was. Be patient, Carol, your time is coming. Supreme Justice. 2 episodes Episode 11: Marvel Boy (written by Grant Morrison, art by JG Jones) One of the Kree’s greatest weapons is a child named Noh-Varr who crashes on Earth, only to be abducted for his technology. The way he is handled by Earth’s heroes might be a terrible mistake. Noh-Varr. 1 episode Serial 3: Avenger World Trust, Avengers Standoff, Avengers Red Zone (written by Geoff Johns, Dan Jurgens, and Mike Grell, art by Keiron Dwyer, Rick Remender, Gary Frank, Jon Sibal, Alan Davis, Ivan Reis, and Oliver Coipel) After some Kang-centric shenanigans, The government decides to make The Avengers an official task force, as opposed to Nick Fury and SHIELD’s secret friends. But how will the nation react to The Avengers becoming sanctioned American superheroes? Plus, Jack Of Hearts has custody issues. Thor gets reprimanded by Secretary Of Defense, Tony Stark, and a familiar terrorist releases chemical warfare at Mount Rushmore. World Trust. 5 episodes Serial 4: The Search For She-Hulk (written by Geoff Johns, art by Scott Kollins and Stephen Sadowski) Jack Of Hearts searches for purpose, Ant-Man tries to patch things up with Wasp, and both The Avengers and The Hulk try to help She-Hulk with her rage issues. And someone totally dies (but not anyone most people remember). What Happens In Vegas. 2 episodes Serial 5: Avengers Disassembled (written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by David Finch) Dead Avengers come back to life, only to immediately die again. Kree attack. She Hulk goes even crazier. The Avengers mansion is burned to the ground. One drunk slip by an Avenger causes all hell to reign down on them, and they’re going to have to seriously rebuild if they’re going to remain a team. Disassembled. 2 episodes This season falls apart at 20 episodes Interseason Special: Jessica Jones Alias (AKA Jessica Jones) Vols 1-3 (written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Michael Gaydos) A small-time New York City detective specializing in superhuman affairs used to be an Avenger named Jewel (no, she didn’t live in her car and put out a popular folk-pop album in the 90s). This story is also part of my Daredevil continuity because it plays a big part in his story, but she also has a relationship with Luke Cage that’s going to make her an important part of this continuity, as well. I was never much into The Green Lantern, but I started working in comic book stores right before Geoff Johns brought Hal Jordan back to prominence as a major character in the DC Universe. There are about five seasons worth of stories that I’ve read that fit pretty neatly into the continuity that Johns mined from, and then created himself. This is pretty much the easiest season to put together. Just read anything that says Blackest Night on the cover, and you’re good. There is already enough post-Blackest Night material to create a sixth and possibly seventh season, but they’re kind of a letdown after this massive event, so I’m just going to call it quits at the end of this season.  Darkest days, indeed. art by Ethan Van Sciver Season 5: Blackest Night (showrunner: Geoff Johns) Episode 1: Blackest Night Tales Of The Corps
(written by Geoff Johns, Peter J Tomasi, and Sterling Gates, art by Jerry Ordway, Rags Morales, Dough Mahnke, and more) How did The Red Lanterns form? What caused the Orange Lantern to even exist? How did The Star Sapphire become The Star Sapphire? There are a lot of origins to get us ready for the main event. Plus, there’s an Indigo Tribe? Not So Secret Origins. 1 episode Serial 1: Blackest Night Rise Of The Black Lanterns (written by Geoff Johns, Peter J Tomasi, Tony Bedard, Dan Didio, JT Krul, Dennis O’Neil, Greg Rucka, James Robinson, and Eric Wallace, art by an obscene amount of artists) During The Blackest Night era, many of the popular DC titles that had been cancelled in the last decade were resurrected for one more issue, if possible, by the original creative team. Learn the fears of a ton of DC heroes as the dead come back to life. Rise Of The Black Lanterns. 2 episodes Serial 2: Blackest Night Black Lantern Corps Volumes 1 & 2 (written by many, art by many) Batman, Superman, The Titans, The Flash, JSA, and Wonder Woman all have to deal with dead friends and enemies coming back to life and trying to destroy them. They’re going to have to fight the good fight and then track down those pesky lanterns to get to the bottom of this. Black Lantern Corps. 3 episodes Serial 3: Blackest Night, Blackest Night Green Lantern, Blackest Night Green Lantern Corps (written by Geoff Johns and Peter J Tomasi, art by Ivan Reis, Doug Mahnke and Patrick Gleason) This is the section where you really want to put each book down after a chapter, pick up another book, read a chapter, put it down, pick up the third book, read a chapter, etc. Featuring favorite DC characters both alive and dead. Read about who is behind this new Black Lantern Corps, and how the Green Lanterns intend to bring him down with the help of the other corps. Blackest Night 6 episodes Episode 13: Superman The Black Ring Books 1 & 2 (written by Paul Cornell, art by Pete Woods) Having briefly held The Orange Ring during Blackest Night, Lex Luthor will do anything to get his hands on another power ring. Even his creepy android Lois Lane thinks he might be going too far. There are a bunch of cool cameos by DC heroes and villains, including Death from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman! Power. 1 episode Serial 4: Brightest Day Volumes 1-3, Green Lantern Brightest Day (written by Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi, art by many) Twelve DC heroes came back to life after the events of Blackest Night. Why? And what is The White Lantern all about? Plus, one member from each lantern corps assemble as a team to sort out one last mystery. Brightest Day. 2 episodes Season 5. 15 episodes I was never much into The Green Lantern, but I started working in comic book stores right before Geoff Johns brought Hal Jordan back to prominence as a major character in the DC Universe. There are about five seasons worth of stories that I’ve read that fit pretty neatly into the continuity that Johns mined from, and then created himself. This season starts of with the second coolest event in the chronology and then builds up to the start of the final season. There are so many new corps and characters in this season, you’d imagine it would be difficult to follow, but Johns and Tomasi put together a powerful storyline designed to not only reform the foundation of the Lantern mythos, but the entire DC Universe as well.  The Skittle Corps pose together before deciding whether or not to fight to the death. Art by Ivan Reis Season 4: Ring Quest (showrunners Geoff Johns and Peter J Tomasi) Serial 1: Green Lantern The Sinestro Corps War Books 1 & 2, Green Lantern Corps Tales Of The Sinestro Corps
(written by Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons, Peter J Tomasi, Ron Marz, Alan Burnett, and Sterling Gates, art by Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Ethan Van Sciver, Dave Gibbons, and more) Hal Jordan’s greatest opponent, Sinestro is back and he’s harnessed the power of the yellow ring and used it to start his own corps. Now he seeks the power of Ion and the complete destruction of all things wearing green rings. Did I say Ion? I might have meant Parallax. Hank Henshaw seems to fit into this, somehow, too, and the Justice League has been called in to take care of him. The Sinestro Corps War. 4 episodes Serial 2: Green Lantern Corps Ring Quest (written by Peter J Tomasi, art by Patrick Gleason) With the Sinestro War behind them, Kyle, Guy, Jon and the rest of the corps to relax on Earth drinking Midori based drinks. Nahhh. Mongul is back and he has several of the yellow rings that were unable to find hosts after the war. Clearly, the Green Lanterns need some more recruits. And It Was All Yellow. 2 episodes Episode 5: Booster Gold 52 Pickup (written by Geoff Johns, art by Jeff Katz and Dan Jurgens) The most annoying superhero from the future must save the timeline from utter destruction, which seems to have something to do with a certain purple bodied former Green Lantern. Booster. 1 episode Serial 3: Green Lantern Rage Of The Red Lanterns (written by Geoff Johns, art by Ivan Reis and Shane Davis) Red Lanterns? Alpha Lanterns? Blue Lanterns? Angry, projectile vomiting villains and peaceful mystic sages join in the fray for control of the universe, as the spectrum of lanterns grows wider and wider in anticipation of the prophesied Blackest Night Rage Of The Red Lanterns. 2 episodes Serial 4: Green Lantern Corps Sins Of The Star Sapphire (written by Peter Tomasi, art by Patrick Gleason and Luke Ross) Will couldn’t completely overcome fear, so now a race called the Zamoans, led by The Star Sapphire are going to try and conquer fear by infusing it with love, an emotion abandoned by the guardians well before they even thought of creating the Green Lantern corps. Sins Of The Star Sapphire. 2 episodes Episode 12: Justice League When Worlds Collide (written by Dwayne McDuffie, art by Ed Benes) Dissatisfied with the current direction of The Justice League, Hal Jordan and his good buddy Oliver Queen break off to form their own Justice League. Featuring the characters from the defunct Milestone universe. When Worlds Collide. 1 episode Serial 6: Green Lantern Agent Orange (written by Geoff Johns, art by Phillip Tan) The most awesome character/villain introduced in the Geoff Johns era has to be Larfleeze, The Orange Lantern. Unlike all those other corps that stock their ranks with creatures who harbor a similar emotional background, The Orange Lantern is defined by avarice, so There Can Be Only One. One armed with the ghosts of many. Larfleeze is the current wielder of the ring, and he’s gonna go all Gollum if you try and take The Precious from him. Agent Orange. 2 episodes Episode 15: Green Lantern Corps Emerald Eclipse (written by Peter J Tomasi, art by Patrick Gleason) Mongul was down but not out, and now he’s looking for a new homeworld for the Sinestro Corps. But those loyal to the deposed Sinestro have some feelings about that. Plus, Ion wants to save his home planet without actually having to go to it. Tricky. Emerald Eclipse. 1 episode Season 4 is 15 episodes I was never much into The Green Lantern, but I started working in comic book stores right before Geoff Johns brought Hal Jordan back to prominence as a major character in the DC Universe. There are about five seasons worth of stories that I’ve read that fit pretty neatly into the continuity that Johns mined from, and then created himself. Now that Hal Jordan and The Green Lantern Corps are back, we can fully submerge ourselves into the greatest era in the history of The Green Lantern. The Geoff Johns era.  What? The middle finger is where I wear my ring. (art by Ivan Reis) Season 3: Recharge (showrunner: Geoff Johns) Serial 1: Green Lantern Secret Origin
(written by Geoff Johns, art by Ivan Reis) Geoff Johns’s take on Hal Jordan’s origin sets up the events of this season, adding a few relevant surprises. Secret Origin. 2 episodes Serial 2: Green Lantern No Fear (written by Geoff Johns, art by Carlos Pacheco, Ethan Van Sciver, and Darwyn Cooke) Hal! Hal! Hal! Hal! Yea, the OGL is back and, in many ways, this is just a modern retelling of his first few stories. But the amount of love poured into the retelling makes it totally worth it. No Fear. 2 episodes Serial 3: Revenge Of The Green Lanterns (written by Geoff Johns, art by Carlos Pacheco) Hal Jordan has a lot of fences to mend. Not only was there the whole Parallax thing, and the whole Spectre thing. There was also the whole Infinite Crisis thing. So now he’s got to renew his friendships with Ollie and Batman, as well as try to get the surviving members of the corps on his side, even if it means breaking some rules to do it. Mending Fences. 3 episodes Serial 4: Green Lantern Corps Recharge, Green Lantern Corps To Be A Lantern (written by Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons, art by Dave Gibbons and Patrick Gleason) If the guardians are back, so is the corps. Come see old faces and new, speaking The Green Lantern oath on Oa. "Oath on Oa" is one of my favorite tongue twisters. Guy Gardner, Kilowog, and a whole bunch of rookies get the spotlight treatment. Eat your heart out, Duck Dodgers! Recharge. 3 episodes Episode 11: Green Lantern Wanted Hal Jordan (written by Geoff Johns, art by Ivan Reis, Daniel Acuna, and Oclair Albert) Man, can Hal Jordan get a break? Now the Green Lantern is accused of murder after violating Russian airspace. Amon Sur and a Star Sapphire each show up in this very straight-forward adventure. Violation. 1 episode Episode 12: Ion The Torchbearer (written by Ron Marz, art by Greg Tocchini and Jay Leisten) Has Kyle Rainer gone full bananatown? He seems to have destroyed a ship and beaten up some fellow lanterns. But he also appears to be on Earth trying to put a new life together. And he also appears to be on Mogo being haunted by his past. The guardians should be helping with this. Instead, Hal Jordan shows up, as does an angry Thanagarian. Is Kyle going to end up the next Hal Jordan in more of a Parallax sort of way than a Green Lantern way? The Torchbearer. 1 episode Serial 5: Green Lantern Corps The Dark Side Of Green (written by Dave Gibbons and Kieth Champagne, art by Patrick Gleason and Dave Gibbons) The Green Lantern Corpse? The Black Ops sector of the Lantern Corps comes out of the, uhhh, Oan closet? to fight insidious crime. Plus, it’s Guy Gardener’s turn to be framed for murder, and Mogo factors in somehow. Dark Emeralds. 2 episodes Episode 15: Ion The Dying Flame (written by Ron Marz, art by Greg Tocchini and Fernando Pasarin) Kyle has to discover who is trying to take out the guardians (as in kill them, not buy them dinner and try to hook up). Also, the monitors are, uhhh, monitoring, and Kyle’s mom takes a turn for the worse, which may be tied into the person bugging out the guardians. The Dying Flame. 1 episode Season 3 is 15 episodes. I was never much into The Green Lantern, but I started working in comic book stores right before Geoff Johns brought Hal Jordan back to prominence as a major character in the DC Universe. There are about five seasons worth of stories that I’ve read that fit pretty neatly into the continuity that Johns mined from, and then created himself. Season 2 brings us the downfall of Hal Jordan, and introduces us to yet another Green Lantern of Earth, Kyle Rainer.  Almost an entire season of Kyle as The Green Lantern? Haters gonna haaaaate. Art by Dale Eaglesham Season 2: Ion (showrunners Ron Marz and Judd Winnick) Serial 1: Emerald Twilight New Dawn, Zero Hour Crisis In Time
(written by Ron Marz, art by Darryl Banks) Hal Jordan’s hometown, Coast City, is destroyed in the wake of The Death Of Superman. Because the guardians won’t allow him to save the city where he was raised, Hal goes absolutely bonkers, destroys Oa, and kills as many Green Lanterns as he can. Once he becomes Parallax, he tries to repair Coast City as well as the timeline. Several DC superheroes step in to try and stop him. Emerald Twilight. 2 episodes Serial 2: Green Lantern Baptism Of Fire (written by Ron Marz, art by Darryl Banks, Paul Pelletier, Romeo Tanghal, and Albert de Guzman) Kyle Rainer is the new Green Lantern of Earth and has no corps or guardians to train him. So he seeks out some of The Justice League to try and teach him how to wield the green power ring. Batman, The Flash, and Wonder Woman guest star. Baptism Of Fire. 2 episodes Episode 5: Green Lantern Emerald Allies (written by Ron Marz and Chuck Dixon, art by Darryl Banks and others) It’s the next generation of Green Lantern/Green Arrow as Kyle Rainer teams up with Connor Hawke to solve some serious daddy issues. Emerald Allies. 1 episode Episode 6: Green Lantern Emerald Knights (written by Ron Marz and Chuck Dixon, art by Darryl Banks) Kyle goes into the past and brings Green Lantern Hal Jordan back to the present to battle Parallax Hal Jordan. Emerald Knights. 1 episode Episode 7: Justice League New World Order (written by Grant Morrison, art by Howard Porter and John Dell) Now that Justice League International has been stripped down to a core group of superheroes, Kyle Rainer is given a spot in the Big Seven. New World Order. 1 episode Episode 8: Green Lantern Traitor (written by Steven Grant) Another three stories across time collection. This time it’s Abin Sur, Hal Jordan, and then Kyle battling a villain called The Traitor. The Hal Jordan portion is the least compelling, but it’s nice to spend some time with Abin Sur, particularly in The American West. Traitor. 1 episode Episode 9: Green Lantern Circle Of Fire (written by Brian K Vaughan and Scott Beatty) Kyle Rainer gathers a group of fringe DC heroes to battle a villain called Oblivion. This is the only DC proper story I’ve read by Brian K Vaughan, and it’s of a higher quality than much of the Kyle Rainer stuff. Circle Of Fire. 1 episode Episode 10: Green Lantern New Journey Old Path (written by Judd Winnick) Yellow power rings? Oh, dear. A prisoner at a mental hospital is given access to a yellow power ring before escaping and wreaking havoc that captures the attention of The Justice League and Kyle Rainer. Yellow. 1 episode Episode 11: Green Lantern The Power Of Ion (written by Judd Winnick, art by Dale Eaglesham, Eric Battle, Brandon Badeaux, Jamal Igle, and Pat Quinn) Kyle loses his Green Lantern identity in a battle with Oblivion. But fear not, he’s now the Green Lantern-like hero called Ion. Ion. 1 episode Episode 12: Green Lantern Brother’s Keeper (written by Judd Winnick) This is a fairly preachy story, pretty consistent with Judd Winnick’s early work. Homophobia and bigotry are bad, yo. And Judd’s not afraid to let you know it. Repeatedly. There’s also an interesting Alan Scott story here. Brother’s Keeper. 1 episode Episode 13: Green Lantern Passing The Torch (written by Judd Winnick) The end of Winnick’s run. Ion and Jade go to the reformed Oa and meets with the reformed guardians. Jon Stewart stays behind to protect Earth. Passing The Torch. 1 episode Serial 3: Green Lantern Rebirth (written by Geoff Johns, art by Ethan Van Sciver and Prentis Rollins) That was an intensely long season of Kyle Rainer to read through but there needed to be some dramatic tension before Hal Jordan, former Green Lantern, former Paralaxx, and former Spectre, comes back to the Green Lantern Corps. Yes, Corps. The Corps is back! Jon Stewart, Kyle Rainer and the Justice League are onhand for Hal’s redemption. Rebirth. 2 episodes Season 2 is 15 episodes |
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