So I’ve decided to get the most out of my DCU subscription and explore stories outside other books and characters I’m used to(Historically mostly Batman and Fam.) Decided to start with Green Lantern. Any books or stories you folks think I should look for to start?
(Started Green Lantern:Rebirth, and am reading Blackest Night cuz Halloween.)
Green Lantern 76-89 (1960) by O’Neil and Adam’s, possibly the best GL run. Apologies to Geoff Johns.
I’d recommend Johns’ New 52 GL run. Really anything he does w/ the Green Lanterns is gonna be gold
In regards to Green Lantern, I like diving into various character eras. For GL, I started with Hal Jordan from the Emerald Twilight/Dawn to Geoff Johns’ Rebirth (original) era. While reading Hal’s run I fell in love with his team-ups with Green Arrow. Then I fell in love with Kyle Rayner’s stories from being a Green Lantern to a White Lantern. Now, I’m going deeper into Guy Gardner’s stories.
What helped me was actually googling “recommended reading” for comic book characters. Similar to something like this:
With some comic book characters it’s easier for me to start with the character that held the mantle originally, and then go with the characters that eventually took up the mantle because of the emotional context of the character. 