Green Lantern: Rebirth

Finally finished reading Rebirth after much distraction from reality. I have to say it was pretty decent - solid story telling at least. Overall it was a fun read, but I did have a few problems with it.

First I have to say they could have easily spread the story over several more issues, prolonging to miniseries, by having the rest of the justice league get corrupted by Parallax as it jumped from body to body to provide distractions via possesion for the lanterns. I'm glad they didn't, becuase it would have really dented into the flow of the story. It felt like they were almost about to do it starting with Batman, who is a logical starting place since he benifits and uses fear as a major weapon.

Speaking of Batman, boy was he out of character the whole time. I can understand he can often be the pessimistic side of any discussion, but he wasn't just that in the story. He was the counter argument to everything the Green Lanterns did, and served only as a plot device. Much of the time Batman was only a black shape, helping the image of only an object to furthor a point. A shade like Batman can work well if the atmosphere is right, but usually the atmosphere wasn't set right - Batman was a black shape standing in a lit room. But I digress, this was a Green Lantern book and not a Batman book.

The different lanterns were personified very well, and their personalities and ring powers really helped bring themselves into individuals that were interesting. I haven't seen much of John, and now I have a little better understanding of him. Guy was just Guy, just more of him and still a good distraction from the seriousness of whatever he's in. Hal is finally starting to make sense to me (thanks to the whole arch being devoted to him). Kyle is also slowly become a favorite (no thanks to Kalinara, but that's a different story), since he was ever bit as important to the story since he pulled all the pieces together to set the story off).

I also am starting to like Kyle out of similarities in personality, at least as presented in the arch. Something along the lines of being an artist, constantly sketching and revising, and never satisfied with the end result. I can relate to that easily, being an artist as well with touches of perfectionism and some obsessive behaviors.