Green Lantern #18 – Review

By: Geoff Johns (story), Szymon Kudranski (art), Ardian Syaf (pencils), Mark Irwin (inks), Alex Sinclair & Tony Avina (colors)

The Story: Hey, we may be dead, but at least we’re all in this together.

The Review: Anyone who watches How I Met Your Mother should be very familiar with the many nonsensical rules of Barney Stinson, the most shortsighted of which has to be, “Newer is always better.”  If common sense and New Coke didn’t already tell you otherwise, you can quickly learn from experience that just because something’s new doesn’t mean it’s going to beat what’s already around.

That said, no one’s going to deny the fun of trying new things, and there’s every chance you actually will like it better than what you’re used to.  I must admit that personally, it was easy for me to get on board with Simon Baz because I never got all that attached to Hal Jordan anyway.  But even if you prefer ol’ Hal in the green suit, you can’t really hate Simon.  He manages to strike a balance between asserting himself, while still seeming well-intentioned and trusting.