Green Lantern Season Two #5 Review

Writer: Grant Morrison / Artist: Liam Sharp / DC Comics In Green Lantern Season 2 #5, Hal Jordan goes up against Hyperman from Trombus. Hyperman is a deranged, power-hungry, hella corny Superman type whose as dumb as he is strong.  Grant Morrison’s Green Lantern features some of the craziest comic book writing that I’ve ever read. I haven’t read a lot of Morrison to begin with, so this book is the deepest dive into his mind that I’ve ever gone. So let me tell you what you probably already know: This man is insane in the best way possible. It’s no secret that I don’t really like Hal Jordan. In my opinion, he’s the lamest Green Lantern that just so happens to get most of the attention. He isn’t as round of a character as I’d like him to be, and he’s just generally uninteresting. To me at least.

But in this book, it doesn’t matter. In fact, that’s why the book is so good. Hal Jordan himself is easily the least interesting thing about this comic. That allows Morrison to drop him into these super dense and absolutely crazy stories featuring some of the wonkiest characters in the DC Universe. Hal is a bag of plain Lays potato chips. There’s nothing fancy about him. But because of that it means he can complement the flavors of the otherwise rich characters that find their way into his book. His blandness also allows the audience to put ourselves in his shoes. You couldn’t do that as effectively if you had a character with any more substance than Hal Jordan.  Wow. That’s t…