What are the best Green Lantern graphic novels/storylines before Geoff Johns?
Some of the best and greatest sagas in the Green Lantern mythology prior to Geoff Johns are "Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn" I and II, "Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight", and "Zero Hour: A Crisis in Time". Although the last story arc was a multi-title crossover, it did center around Hal Jordan as Parallax and actually severed to unify and reconcile the timeline of the DC Universe (something that the Crisis on Infinite Earths failed to address).
Which Green Lantern graphic novel should I read first?
Try Geoff Johns' 2008 retelling of Hal Jordan's origin, Green Lantern: Secret Origin: Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis: 9781401230869: Amazon.com: BooksGood entry point if you're not well versed on GL.
Which Green Arrow graphic novel should I read first?
I think, without question, the best graphic novel about Green Arrow is "Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters" by Mike Grell.Mike Grell deconstructed Green Arrow, removed all his fancy sci-fi hardware and got back to the root of the character in this graphic novel. What you have in this interpretation is the basis for everything in the comics and on television that has followed. "The Longbow Hunters" and other collections from Mike Grell are beautifully illustrated and has a take on the character, in my opinion, is unmatched.You may also enjoy the collected run of "Green Lantern-Green Arrow" by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams. The Mike Grell comics were built upon the ideas of Green Arrow as a socially-conscious hero of the common man that were created during the O'Neil/Adams period. The stories might come across as a little dated now, but they were revolutionary at the time. Neal Adams art is never outdated though!A more modern take on Green Arrow is "Quiver" written by film director Kevin Smith. What Smith does best is deliver amazing dialogue. Again, we have a take on the character that is stripped-down and respectful to the versions by Grell and O'Neil. Phil Hester illustrates and he's excellent as well. (The cover above is by Matt Wagner.)
What are the best Green Arrow graphic novels or trade paperbacks?
The place to start, in my opinion, is with Mike Grell's run. It is among the best comic book runs of all time. Sunil Kumar Gopal pointed out The Longbow Hunters, which can't be missed. That leads right into Hunters Moon.And the second volume, Here There Be Dragons, which is coming out later this year.So, far, none of the further volumes have been released, but hopefully they will, at least slowly but surely release them as they go, including The Wonder Year, which is Grell's telling of Green Arrow's origin. They're all great stuff and well worth trying to find.After that is Hard Traveling Heroes, the Green Lantern/Green Arrow stories by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams that solidified the current version of Oliver Queen as a defender of the downtrodden, after having been developed over time in Justice League (DC comics) comics previously.This has been collected several times, generally in two volume sets, but recently in a one-volume paperback collection.That run was followed by a less ambitious, but very entertaining, run by O'Neil and Grell that has never been collected.I thought Quiver by Kevin Smith was mildly disappointing, although entertaining, but the follow-up Sounds of Violence was quite good. And both were all the better for leading into The Archer's Quest by Brad Meltzer, which was excellent.All that was utterly thrown away, however Judd Winick took over and managed to kill my lifelong interest in the character in a short number of issues, until Arrow came along and restore it.If you're interested in an older approach, it's also worth checking out the Jack Kirby (artist) run from the 1950's, which has also been collected a couple of times.
Best place to find free manga / graphic novels? ( torrents? )?
I wanna find volume 7-through-whatever for Shinji Ikari Raising Project... I was able to torrent volumes 1-6 but that's about it, I can't find anything else. I was hoping someone knows of a good site where I can maybe find the rest online, what would be my best bet?
List of order to read the Blackest Night graphic novels/comics?
I borrowed Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Volume 1 & 2 and Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns. And was wondering What are other Graphic novles that fit the Blackest Night series to get my hands on them b4 i start reading Brightest Day.And in which order do i read them in. Are they all graphic novels or are there comics included?
I'm brand new to the Green Lantern comics, so what do I read before the rebirth and New 52?
Find either the DC Archive (deluxe hardcover) or Showcase (budget paperback) editions of the earliest stories, beginning with the origin in the 1950’s.The DC Archives have fewer stories in color on better paper with introductions that give good background material. The Showcase editions have more stories on cheaper paper in black & white and are less likely to have extra text features.
I have never read any Green Lantern comics, where should I start?
Start by reading the basic information about the character, it's background, and the back story on all 5 people who have taken on the mantle of the Green Lantern.Then get some background on the GL Corps and their sister corps (Violet, Indigo, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Red, Black, and White) in Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps.To get more info on Hal Jordan, the most famous of them all, start with Emerald Dawn and Emerald Dawn II as it basically recollects Hal's history and background.You can then explore his fall from grace and his becoming Parallax in Reign of the Supermen and Emerald Twilight arcs.Then, as Sunil suggested, you should definitely read Geoff John's run. Green Lantern: Rebirth essentially rebooted the franchise and kicked off the Green Lantern vol.4 run. Once done, you should explore Sinestro Corps War, Blackest Night, and Brightest Day series.Apart from the above, it'll be good to catch up on major crossover events that encompass the entire DCCU, like Final Crisis, Zero Hour, Flashpoint etc.
Why is the Green Lantern So Popular?
You asked, among other things: "But is Green Lantern any good to read?" This is it. This is it, in a nutshell. It took a few years of working with Kyle Rayner, and of getting Hal Jordan his "rebirth"--first getting him out of his villain-phase with the Spectre, then getting him back-to-basics in terms of character. See, Jordan is a test-pilot. That's _been the case_. He's cocky. He's a little off his rocker. A little aggressive. That's actually how _Silver Age_ Hal Jordan was. He was never meant to be a know-it-all. This is why I'm not worried about the lighter tone of the movie coming up--I get it, even if nobody else does. Jordan's Green Lantern is supposed to be a friendly rival to Batman, in part because they _are_ such opposites. The Batman plans--Hal wings it. Batman broods--Hal can't stop smiling some days. Both men pull miracles out of their minds and live by their wits--one with an expensive Utility Belt, another with an Alien Ring. Different tech, much the same results. --But yes, hell YES, the comic books are good to read.-- If you like science fiction at all, you'll dig Green Lantern, just because the sci-fi universe, once it's running on all cylinders, is way more coherent and thought-out than anything Marvel does (in terms of science fiction). If you like police shows at all, note that Geoff Johns and Pete Tomasi--the writers on the series--approach the Green Lanterns as cops. It's Hill Street Blues in space, basically. And the artwork rules--with Ethan Van Sciver's best work in his life leading the charge. Granted, things have slowed down recently, now that Geoff Johns has ended his "trilogy", of Rebirth, Sinestro Corps War, and Blackest Night, but still....some of the best talent DC has, in terms of writing and artwork, work on Green Lantern these days. I tease people on this a little bit: I tell them that these days, the X-Men can't be X-Men now, because the Green Lanterns are busy doing that. Yes, they're that good. Because what it boils down to is, the silly stuff has gone away (weakness to yellow? That's a noob thing that's only there until you Overcome Great Fear). The silly stuff is gone, and the series is living up to its potential. A comic hasn't been this hot since the Byrne/Claremont run on X-Men in the 80s. No joke. The only thing is: It'll take a little doing to get you caught up. DCU is like that.
If you were Green Lantern, the superhero, would you ever read Quora?
To be honest with you, I don't think Hal Jordon even reads. If he did, his imagination might not be constrained to merely visual concepts that manifest in mundane power fists:Seriously, his powers are restrained only by will and imagination and that's what he comes up with, over and over again.He doesn't seem to want to do much more than that. He certainly doesn't seem bored of it. The prototype Green Lantern is perhaps the most literal and simple-minded superhero ever relative to his limitless potential.If this guy read anything at all, let alone Quora, he could probably solve the entire world's problems in a fortnight. Instead, you get this: