Green Lantern

It's understandable that superhero fans are generally divided along the Marvel vs. DC lines when it comes to which style of superhero is their favorite. DC creates some of these archetype characters that stand out as paragons of virtue that reside somewhere above the rest of us. Marvel uses a different approach creating heroes that are have problems that real people have. In a way you could say that DC creates heroes that exemplify what the word hero has come to mean, and Marvel creates heroes that are you can relate to. That being said, I generally gravitate to Marvel for storylines that I can get into, but sometimes you need a hero that is just above everything else, so some of my favorite heroes are DC.

Now when it comes to DC Superheroes, there are three main characters that people think of: Superman, Batman and Wonderwoman. It's obvious that Superman gets top billing here, and that's OK. Superman is very cool. I'm definitely a Superman fan, and have become more of one in the last few years than I've ever been too, but at the same time, Superman also singlehandedly brought about the demise of comic book collecting with the fiasco that went on with the "Death of Superman" comic book. That was the moment that comic book collecting was no longer fun. Superman is still cool though, because it was really the heads of DC and comic book dealers that screwed everything over.

Now, alot of work has been done on the mythos of all three of these characters, but that doesn't mean that the same amount of work and dedication hasn't gone into another character, and in the case of Green Lantern, it has.

GL is absolutely my favorite superhero. Now for anyone who doens't know, I'm talking about Hal Jordan. Since there are more than one GL, this does become just a bit more complicated. John Stewart and Kyle Rayner are both cool, Guy Gardner is a douche, Alan Scott is alright and some of the alien GL's like Katma Tui and Kilowog are just down right cool. Still, there will just never be another person who personifies Green Lantern like Hal Jordan.

I've heard that the new GL movie just got it's final green light (no pun intended) and that there is actually a possibility of David Boreanaz being cast as Hal. That would be awesome, though honestly Boreanaz would make an awesome Sinestro too.

Back to the comic. The whole mythos of GL kinda stands alone in the fact that it's all about the ring, a scientific device and that the majority of the villains are alien, so you actually have to suspend your disbelief just a bit less than most other comics. The Guardians are kinda cool too, but the corps are what makes the series. There are thousands of GL's, or at least there were before Hal killed tons of them. Several of them show up in the comics and in the animated series too, so yeah!

Hal has also a couple other personas associated with him. Parralax and Spectre both come to mind. Kyle also becomes Ion, but he's been replaced by someone else. Let's just say that it's complicated and leave it at that.

The only thing I never understood is why Abin Sur crashed a spaceship, when no other GL really used a spaceship that I can remember.

Here's hoping for a great movie, and more quality stories about GL.