Green Lantern #30
"Green Lantern: Secret Origin" part 2! The origin of Green Lantern continues as Hal Jordan struggles with life after the Air Force and life at Ferris. But Jordan's world will change completely when he meets Carol Ferris again for the first time and the alien Abin Sur. Plus, who murdered Abin Sur? His fellow Corpsman and friend, Sinestro, wants to know.
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert
Size: 32 Pages
Price: $2.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 22.2%
Reviews
| User | Added | Spoilers | |
| JoshSHill | 05/13/08 | Yes | Read Review |
| John42 | 05/03/08 | Yes | Read Review |
| chewie810 | 05/02/08 | Yes | Read Review |
| Jazzlawyer | 05/01/08 | No | Read Review |
| Tork | 04/30/08 | Yes | Read Review |
| lukehopkins | 04/30/08 | No | Read Review |
Comments
For sure man! This book is freaking amazing and everyweek it just gets better!
Posted by rift1128 on 04/28/08 at 07:27 PMDefinitely enjoying Green lantern, but I hope the Origin arc doesn't last much past this issue. I wanna get back to the current GL action
Posted by AlexG on 04/29/08 at 09:05 AMAfter the way last issue ended, I can't wait to read this one.
Posted by xebix on 04/29/08 at 10:06 AMI have been slowly working my way into DC titles, so i'm not as familiar with the characters origin as many are. This title has been great in helping me understand Hal Jordan better (family, motives, fears, etc.), since i started reading the Rebirth trades and laster moving into the Sinestro War. Keep'em coming
Posted by JoeNY on 04/29/08 at 10:08 AMSomeone call me when the secret origin of John Stewart comes out.
Posted by Diabhol on 04/29/08 at 11:19 AM
@Diabhol - you're phones gonna be ringin off the hook someday due to all the calls you've requested. :)
@JoeNY - check out Emerald Dawn
Posted by FACE on 04/29/08 at 12:46 PMI'm getting tight on cash, so I might have to choose between this, The Twelve, and Matt Fraction's Thor book coming out....DAMNIT...NooOOOo!
The preview looks decent, definitely has more of a scifi feel going, and I have no clue what "the blackest night" reference is supposed to be....ugh... I hope I dont have to dig through back issues.
Posted by PatK on 04/29/08 at 03:04 PM@Diabhol- Why John Stewart, the guy's been so played out, if they are going to do one, do it right, give one to Colbert.
Posted by PatK on 04/29/08 at 03:06 PM@FACE i just put it on my shopping list on amazon, tell me what trade can i pick up that has the last story about Hal before he shows up again in rebirth? I really wanna check it out.
Posted by JoeNY on 04/29/08 at 03:08 PMCan we get a 'Secret Origin of Guy Gardener'? just kidding.
Posted by Simmons on 04/29/08 at 04:52 PM@ PatK: I'm reading most of those... choose GL, it's much better on a month-to-month basis. I absolutely love this book, probably in the top 3 books I'm reading right now
Posted by deezer on 04/29/08 at 06:19 PM@JoeNY - i believe you're looking for "Day of Judgement" if you want the immediate predecessor to "Rebirth", but it won't make sense lest you go back as far as "Emerald Twilight" which basically destroys the series to introduce Kyle Rayner as Ion.
Posted by FACE on 04/30/08 at 11:33 AMgreat read I wanted so bad to finish it before I ate dinner but mom let me hold off so i wont wet the bed again.
Posted by thewalkingpaul on 04/30/08 at 05:37 PMI am glad we finally get a reason why Abin Sur was in a spacecraft when Hal encountered him. And I thought Hector Hammond on the last page was f-ing fantastic! Nice twist! And, a nice p.c. clean up of that awful Pieface nickname. Can't wait for the next issue!
Posted by saturnmda on 05/01/08 at 09:14 PMI am loving this arc. As a new GL reader, it is great to get to see the origin of Hal Jordan as a Green Lantern.
Posted by xebix on 05/01/08 at 10:11 PMI'm also fairly new to GL and am enjoying this -- I'm curious if there any big retcons in this origin. Some people have already mentioned that the backstory with Abin Sur's reasons for coming to earth are new. Anything else?
Posted by ohcaroline on 05/02/08 at 12:56 PM@ohcaroline- Ya there is small retcons like you mentioned but nothing that phases the big story. Don't worry you get used to it DC does that kind of crap all the time were as Marvel needs big events to retcon their stuff.
Posted by lantern4life on 05/03/08 at 09:14 PMFor me a regular reader I'm glad they're doing the origins story for new readers but its not grabbing me too much (I do love the art). I'm enjoying Green Lantern Corps better because they're continuing the current storyline.
Posted by lantern4life on 05/03/08 at 09:18 PM





I'm SOOOOO excited for this book. Last issue was awesome and I'm expecting that they keep it up.
Posted by Dez on 04/28/08 at 06:45 PM