2018.032 Green Lantern: Earth One Vol 1

Green Lantern: Earth One Vol 1
Written by: Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman
Illustrated by: Gabriel Hardman
DC Comics

178 Planet Of The Apes/Green Lantern

Two properties that I adore.  One story that is definitely not canon for either series.  A lot of fun to read.  I want more PotA/DC Comics crossovers. 

Planet Of The Apes/Green Lantern

Writer: Robbie Thompson, Justin Jordan

Artist: Barnaby Bagenda

Boom Studios/DC Comics

069 Green Lantern: Hal Jordan

Green Lantern: Hal Jordan collects both Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn mini-series.  So I'm not quite sure why the title isn't Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn, but whatever.  Emerald Dawn and Emerald Dawn II were mini-series that came out in between Green Lantern having a regular series.  Maybe this was the Green Lantern: Rebirth of the time.  

In a nutshell, these mini-series retell the origin of Hal Jordan.  And take a bunch of liberties.  Most of the liberties I don't believe are canon any longer.  Hal was responsible for the death of one of his friends and ended up going to prison for it.  I really don't recall that being part of his history any longer.  The first series deals with him becoming Green Lantern, the second series is his first encounter with Sinestro.  Honestly, both series aren't all that great, nor are they all that memorable.  It was an attempt by DC to bring Green Lantern back to the forefront.  It did result in him getting his own book again, but that series ultimately led to his death.  A volume collecting the first year or so of that series was solicited by DC, but cancelled shortly thereafter because the writer, Gerard Jones, was arrested on child pornography charges.  The timing was unfortunate.  I'm sure the book will be re-solicited somewhere down the road, but for now, this volume will be all of that era of Green Lantern in print.

Green Lantern: Hal Jordan

Writer: Gerard Jones, Keith Giffen, Jim Owsley

Artist: M.D. Bright, Keith Giffen, Romeo Tanghal

DC Comics

So Tired

I hate when we have to change the clocks ahead. Never more so since I started my current job. I used to work retail and Mondays I never had to be in until noon. So losing that hour of sleep was never that big a deal. Now I've got a "real" job and have to be in on Monday morning. I'm gonna hurt. I'm trying to give my body a quick adjust to the change. Saturday morning I got up at 5:30am to go in for some overtime. Generally, if I go in on Saturdays, I work from 6:30 to 12:30, go home and nap the rest of the afternoon. As much as I wanted to, I didn't nap. I stayed up until about 1am (later than I planned). Then I got up this morning around 8:15am. It hurt to get up, but I did it. I figure that if I can get to bed at a reasonable time tonight, I should be golden. In theory. But you know it's gonna backfire and blow up in my face. We'll see.

Speaking of overtime, Saturday's was a nightmare. I get to work and my computer decides it doesn't like my new password and won't let me in. At all. It also doesn't like my old password. I was really pissed off. I got up at 5:30 for nothing? Luckily there was plenty of stuff for me to do. Most everyone had non-computer related things to give me to do and that brought me all the way up to 12:30. I figured that I might have enough to do until about 7:30 and then I'd be gone.

What bummed me out about the possibility of no overtime on Saturday was that I have already earmarked the money for some comic book t-shirts. I decided that as a reward for all the weight I've lost so far, I would treat myself to some comic shirts. I haven't owned one since the late 80s or early 90s. Mostly because I had gotten so big that I couldn't fit into one anymore. I know I can fit into a 2XL easily now and that's about as big as they come. I think I want a Shazam shirt and a Green Lantern. This will probably change before I actually get around to ordering them.