Tag Archives: Green Lantern

Flash(back): Animated Anthem

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This is the intro for the Flash segments that ran during the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967-1968). Filmation produced three Flash cartoons in which the Flash and Kid Flash battled original evildoers including a giant mutated bug (The Chemo Creature, seen here), a mad scientist in a robot suit (Professor Crag), and an alien speedster (The Blue Bolt). Sadly, he didn’t actually “conquer the barriers of time and space” in any of the segments they produced.

Warner Bros. released all the non-Superman/Aquaman sequences on DVD a few years back, and I reviewed the set a couple of months after this blog went online.

Even setting aside the image quality, you can see that it’s a very different style from modern shows like Justice League Unlimited and Young Justice, or even Super-Friends. Continue reading →

Adam Strange Meets Green Lightning (Circle of Fire Review)

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The Circle of Fire event at The Indigo Tribe continues, with my review of Green Lantern/Adam Strange.

Green Lightning is a speedster from the future, a descendant of both Wally West and Kyle Rayner, who has inherited both super-speed and the Green Lantern ring. The two sides of her family insist that she follow their legacy alone, so that she can use only one set of powers each day — much to Adam Strange’s annoyance as they try to protect Rann from Oblivion!

Update: The Indigo Tribe blog is no longer available, so I’ve reposted my full review below: Continue reading →

Flash #6 Solicitation and Cover, Manapul GL Variant

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THE FLASH #6
Written by FRANCIS MANAPUL and BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art and cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
Variant cover by MIKE CHOI
1:200 B&W Variant cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
On sale FEBRUARY 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Struggling with the climactic aftermath of his battle with Mob Rule last issue, The Flash must solve a murder mystery that dates back 150 years! Is this case too cold even for Barry Allen? Also: Learn the origins of Central and Keystone City!

DC released their full February solicits today.  In addition to Flash #6, DC announced The Flash Archives, Vol. 6, as well as Flashpoint and related paperback releases.  Check out the full rundown at Newsarama.

Also, over at The Source, DC posted Flash writer/artist Francis Manapul’s variant cover for Green Lantern #4.  Check it out after the jump…

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Thoughts on the New DCU – Part 2: Green Lanterns

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Our series on reactions to DC’s September relaunch continues. Last time we looked at the Justice League titles. This time it’s the Green Lantern collection of comics, which appears to be less of a reboot and more of a restructuring.

Green Lantern · Green Lantern Corps · Green Lantern: The New Guardians · Red Lanterns

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Reviews: Flashpoint, Knight of Vengeance and Abin Sur

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The first round of Flashpoint miniseries’ arrived last Wednesday.  DC has seemingly selected creative teams based on potential and allowed them to play in the sandbox of this alternate reality however they would like.  To be sure, both of the issues reviewed here do little more than exist in the universe that has just now been created for Flashpoint, at least in their respective openings.  They also succeed on many levels, achievements made possible by the unexplored new world.  If DC is using the minis as a way to ease fans into a reboot, they could have done a whole lot worse.

In Batman: Knight of Vengeance, the Gotham City of Flashpoint is put into harsh focus.  In Abin Sur: The Green Lantern, events in Green Lantern lore both recent and distant are re-cast, and redesigned with an eye towards the upcoming film.

For further comments and some spoilers, see you after the jump…

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