Between The Panels: Color Coded Part 1
Comic fans new and old are split between the big 2. DC Comics within the past few years has really delved into their history and has been giving long time readers a much appreciated fan service by integrating their long publishing history throughout their contemporary stories. Yet newer readers have become the wheezing fat kid that is always picked last in gym trying to play catch up during pain in the ass laps around the track.
Luckily enough, on Free Comic Book Day DC Comics supplied an energy bar to burn away reservations and get your ass into shape for you “fatties” out there that want to jump into the Green Lantern series, as well as fully enjoy Blackest Night. After the jump are the pages for each of the Lantern Corps that have been floating around the internet and were in FCBD’s Blackest Night #0 and also a Green Lantern crash course! Get your rainbow colored learn on!
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The history of the Green Lantern Corps and Green Lantern starts with Hal Jordan. Abin Sur crash lands on Earth, Hal Jordan discovers him, and Abin Sur gives Hal Jordan the green lantern ring as he dies. Hal Jordan’s lady loving and reckless attitude caused him to butt heads with Batman but proved to strengthen his never surrender mentality.
Naturally, Hal could not overcome fear that plagues the Green Lantern Corps. He was possessed by the cosmic entity Parallax which is the physical manifestation of fear in the DC Universe. Parallax’ true form is a piss colored serpent with arms and legs. Sinestro, Hal Jordan’s Nemesis and former Green Lantern, takes Parallax and uses fear to power his own army of ring bearers through the color yellow.
The Sinestro Corps war would be the first of a set of prophecies written in the cosmic bible The Book of Oa. The good guys win naturally but remained changed. The space smurfs warn and state the existence of an emotional color spectrum that provides the ability of more Green Lantern like armies. Then they warn that after a universe spanning flashlight battle “War of Lights” the Blackest Night will occur.
Black Night #0 shows Black Hand, a long time Green Lantern enemy, with a black power ring raising the dead of many DC Comic characters. Expect to see many familiar faces returning as an army of cosmic zombies.
Still have questions? Post them below and I will answer them in part 2 of Color Coded!
Between The Panels: Color Coded Part 2
Josh “Buddhapunch” Pacheco
Co-Founder, Site Manager & Staff Writer
