Yes! I generally feel similarly, but fandom has sort of latched onto that LOOK AT THESE TUMBLR IMAGES, WE HAVEN'T READ ANYTHING ABOUT HIM BUT I THINK HE HAD SEX WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL?? BASH BASH BASH. I feel similarly about Hawkman. Bad writing and awkward moments overshadow what a character has been and in the hearts of their fans still is.
Okay, I'm ngl, I tend to lovelovelove Silver Age JLA and I know it's not GL, but his run as the Spectre (v4; it ran from... I think 2001-2003? I might be off!) I think is really essential to his character evolution and I always find it really unfortunate that once he came back in Green Lantern: Rebirth that writers just threw all this amazing character development out of the window. I think at a certain point the title gets a little dated, but #11 & #12 are some of my favorite issues ever written. (Basically, if I were going to play him? I'd probably pull him from that era.)
I think Final Night is probably an essential read and around the tie-ins, which I think would be about GL v3 about #75 toward like... #82? Don't quote me on it. I would also suggest Brave and the Bold v2 #30 (a team-up with Doctor Fate, which I found to be an odd but excellent combo) and #20-22 (a team-up with the Phantom Stranger and Green Arrow). The Green Arrow/Green Lantern team-ups are important -- I'd go with what are in the Neal Adams TPBS; skimming my shelf, the issues included are: Green Lantern (v2, I think?) #76-77, #83-87 & 89, Showcase #22 (but this is like, wayyyy old and basically is just... entertaining), and Flash (probably v1) #217-219. Flash & Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold is an important read and I would think that Emerald Dawn (and Emerald Dawn II) would probably be important?
As painful as they are to read, I'd probably at least skim all the Crises titles. I believe he's been involved in all of them? :|a
While it is not what I'd call the most important thing to read, I'd pick up Green Lantern: Willworld. I tend to like what DeMatteis writes for Hal and I thought the art was gorgeous. It was released as an OGN, so I think it tends to get overlooked, esp. since it's from 2001. That's... most of what I can think of off the top of my head and what jumps out from both my comic files and what's on my comic shelves. I'd probably do some skimming of his appearances in Green Arrow and Flash titles, since their friendships are very stressed upon in the DCU.
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Yes! I generally feel similarly, but fandom has sort of latched onto that LOOK AT THESE TUMBLR IMAGES, WE HAVEN'T READ ANYTHING ABOUT HIM BUT I THINK HE HAD SEX WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL?? BASH BASH BASH. I feel similarly about Hawkman. Bad writing and awkward moments overshadow what a character has been and in the hearts of their fans still is.
Okay, I'm ngl, I tend to lovelovelove Silver Age JLA and I know it's not GL, but his run as the Spectre (v4; it ran from... I think 2001-2003? I might be off!) I think is really essential to his character evolution and I always find it really unfortunate that once he came back in Green Lantern: Rebirth that writers just threw all this amazing character development out of the window. I think at a certain point the title gets a little dated, but #11 & #12 are some of my favorite issues ever written. (Basically, if I were going to play him? I'd probably pull him from that era.)
I think Final Night is probably an essential read and around the tie-ins, which I think would be about GL v3 about #75 toward like... #82? Don't quote me on it. I would also suggest Brave and the Bold v2 #30 (a team-up with Doctor Fate, which I found to be an odd but excellent combo) and #20-22 (a team-up with the Phantom Stranger and Green Arrow). The Green Arrow/Green Lantern team-ups are important -- I'd go with what are in the Neal Adams TPBS; skimming my shelf, the issues included are: Green Lantern (v2, I think?) #76-77, #83-87 & 89, Showcase #22 (but this is like, wayyyy old and basically is just... entertaining), and Flash (probably v1) #217-219. Flash & Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold is an important read and I would think that Emerald Dawn (and Emerald Dawn II) would probably be important?
As painful as they are to read, I'd probably at least skim all the Crises titles. I believe he's been involved in all of them? :|a
While it is not what I'd call the most important thing to read, I'd pick up Green Lantern: Willworld. I tend to like what DeMatteis writes for Hal and I thought the art was gorgeous. It was released as an OGN, so I think it tends to get overlooked, esp. since it's from 2001. That's... most of what I can think of off the top of my head and what jumps out from both my comic files and what's on my comic shelves. I'd probably do some skimming of his appearances in Green Arrow and Flash titles, since their friendships are very stressed upon in the DCU.
(If you ever want any icons, seriously, feel free to ping me here or at my icon comm
BUT HEY GOOD LUCK ON THE CANON REVIEW AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT! If you want someone to jam with, I can be found here, on AIM @ HECK YEAH top hats or plurk @ shadowpact.