Awesome Green Lantern figure!

Square Enix has made various poseable figures based on characters (from movies, video games and comics)  as part of the Play Arts Kai line, including Green Lantern. Even thou I would have preferred Kyle Rayner or Guy Gardner, this is a sweet Hal Jordan figure. The armor look fits Green Lantern really well since it's supposed to be a combat uniform more than spandex costume. How cool it would be if Square-Enix redesigns Kyle, Guy, Sinestro, Kilowog and Parallax! It would also be nice is DC decides to use these designs for a comic series (similar to Injustice).

Convergence: Green Lantern / Parallax #1

 This issue is part of the Zero Hour tie-ins group. It takes us back to a really controversial time in the history of DC; the fall of Hal Jordan and the rise of Kyle Rayner. At couple of weeks (or days) after Kyle received the ring, he went to Metropolis. Suddenly the dome covers the city and finds himself trapped inside and his ring without power. Jordan was also in Metropolis and once he losses his power, his feelings of guild comes crawling back.

Most of the Green Lantern line cancelled!

All is not well. The march solicits are up and lots of titles are getting cancelled, including most of the Green Lantern titles (including GL: New Guardians) with only the main Green Lantern title and Sinestro remaining. It is unknown if the cancelled titles will relaunch, replaced with a weekly series of the characters will be featured in a new title.
Here is the list of titles that end in March:

• Aquaman and the Others
• Infinity Man and the Forever People
• Klarion
• Secret Origins
• Star-Spangled War Stories Featuring G.I. Zombie
• Trinity of Sin
• Worlds’ Finest
• Arkham Manor
• Batwoman
• Green Lantern Corps
• Green Lantern: New Guardians
• Red Lanterns
• Swamp Thing

Green Lantern: New Guardians looses it's writer

 According to Newsarama, Justin Jordan will no longer write the book after issue #40. There has been no word if the title will have a new writer (after the Convergence event) or it is cancelled. I enjoyed Jordan's stories. He managed to inject fun in the title, even if the stakes were high for the characters. For me, this is the best approach to write science-fiction. Hope it doesn't get cancelled since Kyle Rayner is my favorite GL and this one of the DC titles I purchase each month (Grayson being the other).

Marvel, bring Nova (Richard Rider) back!!!

After an excellent comic run, Nova a.k.a. Richard Rider (or Ryder) was banished in an event called The Thanos Imperative along with Star Lord and Thanos. Two of the came back (the ones attached to Marvel Cinematic Universe), but Nova didn’t. Fans have been asking for answers and the next couple of Guardians of the Galaxy issues will answer what happened to Rider (or Ryder).

20 years of "The Manga Nut with a Power Ring"

I know its kind of old new, but better late than never. It's been 2 decades since DC Comics introduced the graphic designer turned super-hero Kyle Rayner. After the third volume of Green Lantern sales were struggling, DC needed to shake up things to raise interest. They published a very polarizing story (Emerald Twilight) which saw the exit of longtime favorite character Hal Jordan and the rise of a younger, more inexperienced hero.

Even though he was created in the 90's, Kyle's character arc is impressive. He grows from inexperienced rookie to a formidable Corp member. His ring constructs are the most interesting (at least in my opinion) which include chibi characters, Patlabor Mechs and futuristic-looking weaponry. Also his training is not as military as the other lanterns, he learned by his own experiences and from other characters like Alan Scott (the original Green Lantern) and Batman himself.

Kyle can be found in the pages of Green Lantern New Guardians, as the only White Lantern. Here's to 20 more years!

The image was drawn by legendary artist Darryl Banks a colored by yours truly.