Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: March 3, 2009

Hal Jordan of Earth is the greatest hero of the Green Lantern Corps, the intergalactic force that keeps the peace throughout the cosmos, but there are thousands of other Green Lanterns, most of whom are not even human. This new graphic novel gathers some of their stories in one volume for the first time, in which these heroes face both the evil of those who would stand against them and their own inner conflicts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (March 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401221556
• ISBN-13: 978-1401221553
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.2 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #576,660 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A big epic and major inspiration for Geoff Johns' current run, August 14, 2009

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Patrick Lemaire - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

This reprints amongst other things the mini-series from 1981, which has huge implications for Blackest Night and the Black Lantern Corps. This mini is a big space epic, the first ever of the new genre of epic mini-series, preceding Contest of Champions, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars and Crisis on Infinite Earths. Rather than random stories about alien Green Lanterns, this series contains the seeds of Geoff Johns' work on GL since Rebirth and including the Sinestro Corps War.
While Staton has a more cartoony than realist style, he's a consumate GL artist and has illustrated one of the most popular period of the series, teamed with Steve Englehart in the mid-80s. His slick look is still a clear influence on the current artists of GL such as Ivan Reis. Contributors include Mike W. Barr, Len Wein, Paul Kupperberg, Robin Snyder, Kurt Busiek and Todd Klein; Art by Joe Staton, Dave Gibbons, Carmine Infantino, and others; Cover by Brian Bolland.
Presenting the 3-issue TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS miniseries from 1981! Also included are backup Corps stories from GREEN LANTERN #148, 151-154, 161, 162 and 164-167.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mythology primer, July 1, 2009

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Bryan Hoppe "Historian" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

I became a huge Green Lantern fan after reading the more recent work (Rebirth, Sinestro Corp) and loved this trade paperback because it pulled together stories from 20 years ago that are heavily part of the mythos and backstory. I enjoyed also that it wasn't just Hal Jordan stories- I'm glad he was there, but they highlighted the fact that the Corp is a polyglot, and featured some on the non- human Green Lanterns. Knowing something about these characters makes them much more powerful as supporting characters when following Hal Jordan's storyarchs.

4.0 out of 5 stars Tales from the Corps!, April 1, 2011

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Juan Cruz (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

This was a fun collection of different Green Lantern tales from members of the Corps all over the Universe. Lots of strange weird fantasy worlds and characters. Of course we have our main man Hal Jordan, but there is so much more packed into this. Beware the power! Green Lantern's light!