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Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale

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This may qualify as a really unobjective review, given that Larry Niven is one of my favorite Science Fiction writers, and John Byrne is my favorite comic book writer/artist.

Larry Niven's take on Green Lantern's mythos is really astounding, and it fits well for me, being a Green Lanter fan too. John Byrne's dialogues and layouts are really good, and his art is at his normal level. Byrne's not an astounding penciller, but he manages to get the work done, and by writing and drawing most of his work. he gets a cohesion that no writer-artist team can get.

The only setback to this story for me is that it's to compressed, I feel they should have dedicated a full 10 issues mini-series or something like that. It's a bit crammed in the prestige edition book.

What a creative idea. Niven takes the great, but very short, Guardians of the Universe off their stellar perch and connects them with mythological creatures far more close to home. It is a fast-paced and very fun read. I highly recommend it.

Larry Niven is one of the best science fiction writers around. John Byrne is one of the best comic creators in the industry. The two combine to make a wonderful piece of pictorial literature. The Green Lantern is one of my favorite comic book heroes to this day. The mingling of science fact, science fiction, and fantasy creates a compelling story. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did when I picked it up. Happy reading.

although the storyline is deep in the science fiction and depicts lepricans as long lost guardians, it does contain a nice glimps of the guardian who presented the final ring to kyle. all in all a book worth reading but don't get in a wreck hurring to the comic book store trying to get your copy.

I got into Green Lantern starting with Rebirth. I took a gamble on this title - it looked good but I was leary that it might feel dated, or that it might not be relevant in the current storyline. I'm pleased to say I was wrong on both counts. This story was awesome - it had an exciting pace, great development, memorable characters, awesome relevancy related to the Lanterns' origin of the universe story, a few excellent battles, and a powerful conclusion that tied everything together. That's everything I was looking for!! In this story, Hal meets Ganthet, and we're introduced to the villian Kronos. Treatment of Ganthet is great and his character lines up really, really well with the Ganthet of more recent stories. His demeanor, and even some of his lines are just what you would expect. For example, at the end of the story he tells the Lantern who saved the day that he did well - it reminded me of a very similar line at the end of Rebirth. The art is great (despite my usual preference for newer stuff), the other Lantern in the story is really cool, and there are little touches throughout, such as Ganthet's tie when he's in Earth attire (you'll see). Anyway, I was very impressed - this is a great story for any Green Lantern fan.

At times moving look at a Guardian of the Universe who takes a different path to this brethren.