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by **LOLtron** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:10 pm

RISE OF THE THIRD ARMY marches toward its conclusion as Simon Baz meets his fellow Green Lantern for the first time, just as the Corps teeters on absolute destruction!

Source: Newsarama

• The Guardians of the Universe make their next move exploiting the power of the First Lantern.

• Plus: What’s happened to Hal Jordan and Sinestro since they’ve been sucked into the Dead Zone?

• The end of the Guardians’ control over the Corps is near as we prepare for the next big epic!

Written by: Geoff Johns

Art by: Doug Mahnke (Pencils);
Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Tom Nguyen, Mark Irwin (Inks)

Cover by: Doug Mahnke

32 pages

$2.99 (U.S.)

On Sale: January 23, 2013

Written or Contributed by IvCNuB4

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by **Grayson** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:19 pm

I have been on the fence about this book ever since the zero issue. If the focus doesn't shift back to Hal and Sinestro, I'm dropping it.

by **Drcharles** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:01 pm

I'm really enjoying this book, if they (DC) get rid of Simon Baz as Green Lantern then it will be total BS and bowing to pressure from the fanboys

by **Drcharles** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:02 pm

I'm really enjoying this book, if they (DC) get rid of Simon Baz as Green Lantern then it will be total BS and bowing to pressure from the fanboys

by **Amoebas** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:18 pm

I love the book, and have no problems with the Simon story going on.

Besides, where does it say "Green Lantern" must only be a Hal book?

by **IvCNuB4** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:24 pm

Hal and Sinestro come back into focus in the next few issues as this arc wraps up and they move onto the next one featuring the First Lantern. Baz is mentioned also.

by **Grayson** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:31 pm

Amoebas wrote:Besides, where does it say "Green Lantern" must only be a Hal book?

Green Lantern doesn't have to be a Hal only book but it seems a little wasteful to me to spend the first year telling a Hal and Sinestro story only to scrap it at the beginning of a Green Lantern crossover, in favor of telling the story of a completely new character whose story barely has anything to do with the actual crossover itself. Maybe some of us were actually interested in the prospect that Hal appeared to finally be ready to propose to Carol or maybe we were interested in seeing the roles reversed and Hal kept Sinestro on a short leash for awhile. Whatever the case, those story lines came to a screeching halt. If Johns wanted to tell another Green Lantern's story that's fine with me, there are literally thousands of other Green Lanterns out there he could have told a story about. He didn't have to create a new one whose story has been an example of incredibly lazy storytelling in my opinion.

That being said, I am simply waiting to see what Hal and Sinestro's fate will be before I decide for sure if I want to continue reading the title or not. If the title remains a Simon centric book, then I'm done. If somebody else likes it, that's cool, I'm glad this story is working for someone. I admit, I have probably stayed on this book a lot longer than I should have since I am not enjoying it considering how quickly I have been dropping other titles but as a longtime Green Lantern fan, it's hard for me to let this one go.

by **IvCNuB4** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:44 pm

I suspect that Johns took Sinestro and Hal off the table as they will probably be his 11th Hour Rescue team for the Third Army assault. Since the Third Army beings attack other organic living beings I bet this is why Hal & Sinestro are trapped in the Dead Zone (inside Black Hand's ring?).

Some of the future solicits make it sound like the Corps may be hit hard and losing members so possibly Baz ties into that as a replacement GL.

by **BatWatch** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:40 pm

Looks pretty cool. I really wish I could keep up with the Green Lantern universe. I'm not a Hal fan, but I would love to keep up with Kyle, and this new character looks promising. Is Baz looking to get his own series?

by **Grayson** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:21 pm

BatWatch wrote:Looks pretty cool. I really wish I could keep up with the Green Lantern universe. I'm not a Hal fan, but I would love to keep up with Kyle, and this new character looks promising. Is Baz looking to get his own series?

If you want to keep up with Kyle then you should probably check out Green Lantern: New Guardians. Kyle is the star of that book and honestly it wasn't been that bad when I stopped reading it. Baz is currently starring in Green Lantern and it looks like he will be featured in the upcoming Justice League of America series.

by **GOSD** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:54 pm

Agreed that the story needs to revolve around Hal/Sinestro a little more esp. Sinestro.

I'd buy a Sinestro-GL book in a heartbeat.

by **BatWatch** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:07 pm

Grayson wrote:
If you want to keep up with Kyle then you should probably check out Green Lantern: New Guardians. Kyle is the star of that book and honestly it wasn't been that bad when I stopped reading it. Baz is currently starring in Green Lantern and it looks like he will be featured in the upcoming Justice League of America series.

I would really like to pick it up, but I've already exceeded my monthly comic budge with the whole BatWatch thing, so I've got to draw a line somewhere. Hopefully, I can still read it at some point down the line. The concept is intriguing.