Comics Review: Green Lantern Annual 2019

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The Green Lantern (2018-) Annual #1 by Grant Morrison

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I have been reading Morrison's Green Lantern and not sure what others think. For me, it is exactly what I hoped for.

That said, I don't have a particular preconception of the title, so I might be more open-minded than most. For me, it hits a nice balance of Morrisonesque weirdness without being some obscure unreadable mess.

The things that have worked well for the ongoing monthly are all here in the Annual. The best thing is the clever Morrisonisms (knowing nod to conventional tropes, snappy dialogue by characters too clever by half, lines that make you smirk). The plot is action driven- simple, Blockbuster movie style action. Art is well within the normal Green Lantern/DC universe, but pretty clean.

The annual is a stand-alone issue that lays outside of any current storylines. I have no problems with the Annual. It's main problem is it's a bit of a throwaway- in short, the monthly is better. Not bad, by any means, but maybe not the kind of memorable story that an annual might warrant.

There's enough moments here that this is required reading for DC fans. More casual comic readers and financially/time-strapped readers should hit up the Morrison Green Lantern collections which should come along soon.



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