Ok, the final installment in my comics-talk for today.

Green Lantern #29, the first part of the Secret Origins storyline. Its definitely a change of pace from what we’ve had over the last 6 months or so. Johns moves the pace away from the epic to spend a bit of time getting into Hal’s head. I enjoyed the issue, although parts of it were just expanding on what had been established in issues 1-6, and I’m not convinced it needed retelling aready. Issues 1-6 spelled out fine for me that Hal had joined the Air Force against his mother’s wishes, and when she fell ill he go himself discharged by decking General Stone. We’d already seen him get to the hospital too late to see her, so to an extent this to me felt like trying to spell-out what had been said before.

It was enjoyable enough though, and this is only part one of the story so there’s no doubt that the rest of it will cover some new ground. I suspect this issue was more setup for what’s to come in the story. The glimpse of Abin Sur trying to get more information on the Blackest Night from the Empire of Tears was interesting ad I suspect we’ll see a lot more of this, especially once Sinestro turns up to train Hal. The scene with John I was a bit unsure about though. While its always nice to see John turn up in this book, it seemed strange to have John sticking up for a guy that was clearly out-of-line, marine or not. Again though, I suspect this will be followed up in future issues.

All-Star Superman was another cracking issue from Grant Morrison. While All-Star Batman remains readable in only a train crash-like manner, Morrison and Quietly have nailed what people were expecting from an All-Star line. Taking everything classic and iconic with the character and enhancing it.

The over-arching theme of Superman’s death playing strongly into this issue. With Superman writing his last will and testament while also trying to close off the loose threads in his life, shown in this issue with him finding a resolution for the people of Kandor that finally frees them from their bottle. The stuff with Superman creating a new universe to see how Earth will cope without him and creating our own world in the process was just brilliant.

Its a great book. Its just a pity its not a full monthly.

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