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Green Lantern: Fear Itself

Green Lantern: Fear Itself

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Lanterns Light
Review: Ron Marz. Green Lantern. Need I say more? This man worked WONDERS with GL the last few year. Fear Itself is a great read and Ron outdoes himself again! I highly recomend all the other Green Lantern books and JLA books here on Amazon. As well as Nightwing too! That whole series is just amazing...

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Another Marz Hack Job
Review: The art almost looks like computer generated that is painted over, it has an amazing level of detail, but then it is kind of "smudged" or something. The storey is AWFUL. It is boring, the resolution is lame, the characters are thin, and the book is way to short. $20 is WAY to much to spend for this, I probalby wouldn't even spend $5 for it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Total waste of time
Review: The art almost looks like computer generated that is painted over, it has an amazing level of detail, but then it is kind of "smudged" or something. The storey is AWFUL. It is boring, the resolution is lame, the characters are thin, and the book is way to short. $20 is WAY to much to spend for this, I probalby wouldn't even spend $5 for it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Fascinating
Review: The art work on this book is absolutely brilliant. If you thought that a good job had been done with the art of Kingdome Come, think again. Fear Itself wins all awards in that department hands down. However, some fans may find it difficult to get used to, oweing to the drastic change from your conventional, run-of-the-mill cartoon-type art.

As for the story, it is one of the best in terms of binding the different generations of Green Lanterns together. I particularly enjoyed Hal Jordan's part of the book, as I did Kyle Rayner's ever witty one liners.

The book, however, is lacking in terms of devoting sufficient material to the characters' personalities, and concentrates more on the battle scenes.

Nevertheless, it is a great read, and as I said before, the artwork more than makes up for any flaws in the storyline.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Visually stunning
Review: This book is worth the price alone for Brad Parker's stunning paintwork. You'd be hard pressed to find a better illustrated graphic novel out there and the visual impact alone is sure to satisfy long-time fans of the GL as well as draw in new readers. The writing does not quite live up to the high standard of the artwork but is still perfectly serviceable and offers a very cohesive, easy-to-digest storyline spanning 3 generations of the GL. Well worth your time.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Visually stunning
Review: This book is worth the price alone for Brad Parker's stunning paintwork. You'd be hard pressed to find a better illustrated graphic novel out there and the visual impact alone is sure to satisfy long-time fans of the GL as well as draw in new readers. The writing does not quite live up to the high standard of the artwork but is still perfectly serviceable and offers a very cohesive, easy-to-digest storyline spanning 3 generations of the GL. Well worth your time.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good read, but not enough for perfection
Review: This is one of those graphic novels, to sum things up for fans only. IT's a great story don't get me wrong. It's just not for everyone.

The story spans three generations of the Green Lantern. Starting in WW2 with Alan Scott, then proceeding to Hal Jordon, and ending with Kyle Rainer. The story starts off with some Nazis attempting to summon a deomn inside the eye of osiris. Instead they awaken a creature who craves energy. It's primary attack is to induse your worst fear upon the character. In that image they are virtually paralyzed unless they can overcome this problem. Alan Scott confronts his worse fear and than we proceed to story two.

Story two starts off with Hal Jordon trying out a new jet for the US Military. In the test it's shot down by a Russian sub which is carrying off the remains of the creature. Hal inadvertadly awakens the creature and then the battle begins. He to is forced to face his worse fear before he can defeat the creature for good.

The final story revolves around the final Green Lantern Kyle Rainer. He is still uncertain about his new gift and is low in the imagination department. When in an art museum he finds a radical priest wannabe preaching about god decending from earth in the form of the dormant creature. Kyle inadvertadly awakens it once again and the final confrontation occurs. In the end The creature is finally defeated and all is well in the world.

This definetly more for fans because it shows us readers what it is each one fears. It really has no meaning to the main storylines themselves but it's good sidetrack for those who like the series. Mostly because of the difference in costume, charcters, and the story as a whole.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good read, but not enough for perfection
Review: This is one of those graphic novels, to sum things up for fans only. IT's a great story don't get me wrong. It's just not for everyone.

The story spans three generations of the Green Lantern. Starting in WW2 with Alan Scott, then proceeding to Hal Jordon, and ending with Kyle Rainer. The story starts off with some Nazis attempting to summon a deomn inside the eye of osiris. Instead they awaken a creature who craves energy. It's primary attack is to induse your worst fear upon the character. In that image they are virtually paralyzed unless they can overcome this problem. Alan Scott confronts his worse fear and than we proceed to story two.

Story two starts off with Hal Jordon trying out a new jet for the US Military. In the test it's shot down by a Russian sub which is carrying off the remains of the creature. Hal inadvertadly awakens the creature and then the battle begins. He to is forced to face his worse fear before he can defeat the creature for good.

The final story revolves around the final Green Lantern Kyle Rainer. He is still uncertain about his new gift and is low in the imagination department. When in an art museum he finds a radical priest wannabe preaching about god decending from earth in the form of the dormant creature. Kyle inadvertadly awakens it once again and the final confrontation occurs. In the end The creature is finally defeated and all is well in the world.

This definetly more for fans because it shows us readers what it is each one fears. It really has no meaning to the main storylines themselves but it's good sidetrack for those who like the series. Mostly because of the difference in costume, charcters, and the story as a whole.


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