Five Things I Learned Reading Grant Morrison’s ‘The Green Lantern’

It’s been about a year with high profile scribe, Grant Morrison helming The Green Lantern alongside visionary artist Liam Sharp and it’s mostly received critical praise {from this site…I don’t know anyone else thinks} for its fun, fast paced action elements as well as its whimsical detail and the way it invokes the wonder of the Silver Age. It’s a weird book. It’s a wild book. It’s a book with many layers that will likely merit a reread or three when it releases in trade. Some of it thus far has been more than memorable. But there are at least five things I can tell you about The Green Lantern after my extensive research.                                                                              1). You know how they say being a hero is more a calling than a job, that some people are just chosen for their duty? Well, in Hal Jordan’s case, that isn’t necessarily a blessing. In fact, when we meet Morrison’s rendition of our hero, he’s just recently washed out of another menial day job pumping gas. We soon learn that this is the third job he’d been handed walking papers from for “insurrection” while waiting for his Green Lantern ring to be serviced. Imagine having a magic wishing ring capable of doing literally anything your imagination can conceive…all while bumming on your girlfriend’s couch updating your LinkedIn page.

We can’t crack on Lawrence from Insecure and not get these jokes off when it’s the white dude’s turn. This is a fun, interesting take for a character s…