Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Volume 2 Omnibus HC 1st print NM Ivan Reis Shrinkwrapped

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GREEN LANTERN BY GEOFF JOHNS OMNIBUS VOL. 02 HC (DC COMICS)

by Geoff Johns (Author), Ivan Reis (Illustrator), Doug Mahnke (Illustrator)

Best-selling writer and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics, Geoff Johns revitalized the Green Lantern franchise in his decade long run beginning with GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH and culminating with WRATH OF THE FIRST LANTERN.

Blackest Night is here as the dead rise across the cosmos! Hal Jordan and the battle worn Green Lanterns must unite the new and different colored Corps if they have any chance at defeating the seemingly endless and unstoppable army of the dead.

Collects Green Lantern #26-52, Blackest Night #0-7, DC Universe #0, Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1-2, Blackest Night Tales of the Corps #1-2.

Shrinkwrapped, 1st printing!

In these stories, Hal Jordan and his comrades must face the threat of the Alpha Lanterns, the rage of the Red Lanterns, the rise of the Black Lanterns, and much more!

Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises in comics.

Johns was born in Detroit and studied media arts, screenwriting, and film at Michigan State University. After moving to Los Angeles, he became an assistant to Richard Donner, director of Superman: The Movie. He and his mentor Donner later co-wrote Superman: Last Son featuring the return of General Zod.

Johns has written for various other media, including episodes of Smallville, Arrow and Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken, for which he was nominated along with his co-writers for an Emmy. He is the Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment and resides in Los Angeles, California.

Publisher : DC Comics
Language : English
Hardcover : 1040 pages
Item Weight : 6.7 pounds

After reading an amazing volume 1, I couldn’t resist getting volume 2 as I just had to read Blackest Night, and this beauty gives you everything leading up to it as well!

I loved every bit of this whole omnibus. Secret Origin almost made me cry, and it really struck deep! I loved seeing the origin of all the other Lantern Corps leaders. That was really sweet, and it was a wonderful build up to the main event! I thought Larfleeze in particular was funny, and definitely dangerous. I did like that Geoff Johns wrote Hal Jordan as remarking that Larfleeze reminds him of Gonzo, the muppet. Blackest Night was AMAZING and almost beyond compare as an epic! The story certainly lived up to its hype and namesake. The story also dropped a huge bombshell of a reveal about the DC Universe (which of course I won’t say here). I really felt the peril of the heroes in this story and I cared about so many characters, especially John Stewart who had fantastic character development. I found myself also rooting for some people who you wouldn’t expect to root for…save for the situation. The conclusion was draw dropping, EPIC!!!!!, and was a perfect end to what Johns considers his trilogy that started with Green Lantern: Rebirth.

This book is B E A U T I F U L!!!!!!!! I’m not sure if Ivan Reis had just made it into the big time right before he worked on GL, but this absolutely catapulted him to super stardom because his work here is top notch! The choice of number of splash pages and double page spreads were more than usual and the reader will find that this book certainly has an epic feel to it as a result of the many whole page images, especially in Blackest Night! They are all stupendous, and expertly drawn by Reis and Manhke. I also have to say that the colorists, and inkers also did a wonderful job of making sure that the one book in DC’s lineup that’s all about a color spectrum is indeed a very vibrant, gorgeous book! This book just screams color and I wouldn’t want it any other way! This is probably some of the best comic art I’ve ever seen!

What can I say? Volume 1 really, really impressed me. Volume 2 is an absolute must, and unlike the overpriced Absolute Edition, this affordable omnibus has everything leading up to Blackest Night, and that event in its entirety. So worth getting, and the book itself is nice. The book is solid, is heavy as hell, looks great, reads great….is great! Get this!