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  • Green Lantern Corps

    Last week’s recommendation was One World of Doom, so it is only fitting that I jump to the other company and also make a recommendation. In one way they are quite similar.

    My pick of the week is Green Lantern Corps that came out yesterday, from Jeremy Adams, Morgan Hampton, and Fernando Pasarin, mainly because all three of these individuals have history of delivering some amazing stuff. Adams and Pasarin are frequent collaborators and did an excellent Flash run together, which seemed to come out of nowhere at the time. It was a weird time back then, DC did a big reshuffle and a lot of creators jumped on to new books at the same time. There was a lot of doubt and interestingly all, if not most of those creators delivered something very spectacular, that many said even surpassed what came before.

    Adams and Pasarin had the unfortunate task of following Joshua Williamson’s quite excellent Flash run. And then their run ended up being legendary. Adams then jumped on Green Lantern and collaborated with a ton of talented artists like Montos, Xermánico, and even Kevin Maguire, and this book has been going strong ever since. It spun off a few titles, the latest one being Green Lantern Corps. Green Lantern is hot right now but what, you ask, does it have to do with my last week’s pick One World Under Doom?

    Well, we have the Fantastic Four movie coming out in July, and we also have the Superman movie also coming out in July. And you guessed it, Guy Gardner and probably the Green Lantern Corps will also be making an appearance in Superman. And not to mention the Lanterns series that will be making its debut on HBO Max and is currently in production.

    Oh, and Jeremy Adams also signed an exclusive contract with DC Comics, so thankfully he will be on DC characters for a little while. If this is not a great time to be a Green Lantern fan, or heck, even a comic book fan, then please let me know when that was. Because I am due for a good laugh.

  • Doom

    My pick of the week is the start of the Doctor Doom event, One World Under Doom from Marvel Comics. The first issue came out yesterday and if you haven’t been tasting what Ryan North and Ivan Fiorelli have been cooking over on the Fantastic Four series, you are missing out because it’s been very good.

    Doom came back front and center after that humongous Blood Hunt event spearheaded by Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz. The big change that came out of that was the other doctor, Doctor Strange, losing his Sorcerer Supreme status to, you guessed it, Doctor Doom.

    So Doctor Doom has been the Sorcerer Supreme and he has been biding his time until now. Marvel also made a very cool trailer, which I included below.

    I think this one will have legs because, if anything, it will be a lot more affordable than what Blood Hunt was. If you already have been pulling Fantastic Four, it’s really no sweat to add nine issues of One World Under Doom. I do hope they keep it contained because, in my opinion, the events have been getting out of hand as of late, for both of the big companies.

    Either way, with the Fantastic Four movie opening in July and now the One World Under Doom event, it will definitely be a year for our favorite family, the Fantastic Four.