That looks hella retarded. I hope he's not going to be the main Green Lantern guy. Also, a Lantern Corps ring AND a handgun? That would be like giving Superman a handgun.

Just keep the Snyder and Lemire books coming and I am happy.

Well at least he's not DC's usual generic white guy billionaire playboy.

I would have preferred an Inuit Amish Green Lantern who carries a crossbow.
But maybe that's just me.

This is supposedly the cover of the #0 issue, yet it has #1 on it. Doesn't make sense.

What's wrong with giving him a gun? He probably wasn't doing anything with that hand. If I were fighting super powerful beings, I would try shooting them first and reduce the probability of a long fight and that whole dying thing.

I always thought the Jedi would be a crap ton more efficient with a blaster in the other hand.

/not a fan of old comics or the green lantern

texdent: Why would a Green Lantern even need an actual gun?

To shoot yellow people.

Or it's John Stewart, an Iraq War veteran, wearing a mask and going undercover.

oooooooooookay.... okay maybe that gun was supposed to green... and it's just a ring construct.... orrrrr.... WTF???

WTF?

Counter_Intelligent: thecpt: What's wrong with giving him a gun? He probably wasn't doing anything with that hand. If I were fighting super powerful beings, I would try shooting them first and reduce the probability of a long fight and that whole dying thing.

The ring in the other hand outclasses a gun by light years.

Yeah, except that everyone and their mom has some level of immunity to them now, and how their primary enemies can drain them instantly, break constructs or just straight up ignore them.

I guess you could keep a spare weapon around, in case the Ring ran out of power.. but you'd rarely use it. Better put a holster on the belt, so you have someplace to keep it.

likefunbutnot: Well at least he's not DC's usual generic white guy billionaire playboy.

Yeah, looks like they're going for more of a ghetto thug rap-star theme.

I think the gimp mask is a more notable addition than the gun.

They say this cat Black Arabic Green Lantern With a Gun is a baaaaad mother--

palelizard: texdent: Why would a Green Lantern even need an actual gun?

To shoot yellow people.



Blaaagh!

Hebalo: This is supposedly the cover of the #0 issue, yet it has #1 on it. Doesn't make sense.

The previews for the 0 issues have the characters in color bursting out through a black and white version of the 1 issue.

Counter_Intelligent: thecpt: What's wrong with giving him a gun? He probably wasn't doing anything with that hand. If I were fighting super powerful beings, I would try shooting them first and reduce the probability of a long fight and that whole dying thing.

The ring in the other hand outclasses a gun by light years.

Yeah, but it doesn't mean its useless and it could add another level of Badassness. He can always drop it or holster it if he needs the other hand.

Kurmudgeon: I would have preferred an Inuit Amish Green Lantern who carries a crossbow.
But maybe that's just me.

Actually, an amish GL would be hillariously stupid...

They'd be one of the best self-loathing superheros you could think of.

DjangoStonereaver: That one picture represents everything that is wrong with modern comics.

No, it doesn't.
I've been reading and retailing comics darn near all my life. There are some absolutely GREAT things out there. Better than ever.
Johnathan Hickman for one.
This is DC being all sorts of stupid.
I used to be one of the biggest DC supporters. I never even read a Marvel comic except for Spidey until about 10 years ago.
Ever since Flashpoint and this stupid DC new 52, they've lost their way. They've taken the "fun" out of being a superhero. It's one of the reasons why Daredevil is selling higher than ever before.
Sure, DC has some good stuff like Aquaman, but this.....this is just them throwing everything they have at the wall to see what sticks.
And the "gay" character? Oh, ya, he was an icon. About 20 years ago.
But here's the rub. They re-did the whole universe, so everything he did before doesn't count and now he's just a guy.
It was the lamest stunt in the last 5 years and that includes putting Liefeld on 3 titles.
"Let's give the black Lantern a ski-mask and a gun and create a gay character from someone no one gives two shakes about. OH! But fix Barbara Gordon's legs, 'cause we don't want no cripples up in here."

Fark you, DC.

/and good luck with that "gritty" JLA movie, gritty Arrow tv show and gritty Batman movie, 'cause that's what made people love Avengers so much. It's grittiness.
//ok, I forgive the Batman one

Apos: Big Beef Burrito: They say this cat Black Arabic Green Lantern With a Gun is a baaaaad mother--

Shut yo mouth!

He's just talkin' 'bout Black Arabic Green Lantern

So, Rey Mysterio is a Green Lantern now?

PIP_the_TROLL: PonceAlyosha: Or it's John Stewart, an Iraq War veteran, wearing a mask and going undercover.

I hope not, since wearing a mask is pretty much anathema to the John Stewart character.

He refused to wear a mask because of what it implied about the righteousness of what he was doing.

Whoever this character is looks like another giant steaming pile of fail on DC's part.

He's currently incarcerated and sentenced to death by the Guardians. They're going to offer him an out if he goes and farks up Earth for them, because they're maniacally evil now, for some reason.

As for the guns, the Corps just fought a bunch of enemies who could not be effected by light constructs. Guy Gardner's solution was to go, get some guns and shoot them. It worked. So yeah, I think the GLC should at least carry an extra something, Laira had her sword, Hannu his fists, Stel his awesome robot body, etc, Mogo [RIP] his gravitational field.

PonceAlyosha: So yeah, I think the GLC should at least carry an extra something,

I think it's more the fact he's black..with a ski-mask...and a gun.
It's like George Lucas made him and said, "What racism?"

degenerate-afro: palelizard: texdent: Why would a Green Lantern even need an actual gun?

To shoot yellow people.

The last I checked Sinestro is quite immune to most projectile weapons including handguns. So again, why bother with the handgun?

He's a really, really low willpower Lantern. Total slacker. Can't really get motivated or anything, so his powers are limited to flying (cause hey, that's easier than walking) and he bought a gun so he doesn't have to really expend any effort with his ring. He'll be the constant caboose of the Green Lantern Corps, until the final, apocalytpic battle when late in the battle, Hal Jordan, drained of energy and among the last of the Lantern's, finds the slacker's corpse with a near fully charged ring and one of ammunition. So Hal will use the ring to stick the gun to his back and pretend to be unarmed, then in a lightning fast move, he'll shoot the bad guy in the face with the last bullet.

It has been ages since I've read any comics, but isn't the most common problem for a superhero the loss of their powers? Like, the fact that half the random villains devise a way to make them normal? Wouldn't it be useful to have some backup plan in that situation?

/DC

Coolfusis: It has been ages since I've read any comics, but isn't the most common problem for a superhero the loss of their powers? Like, the fact that half the random villains devise a way to make them normal? Wouldn't it be useful to have some backup plan in that situation?

Green Lanterns get depowered roughly once every two fight sequences. Everyone's over reacting because they don't read the damn comic and are jumping to retarded conclusions.

OH NO, in Aquaman there is superheroine in a burqa, from Iran! That's racist!

Zombie DJ: PonceAlyosha: So yeah, I think the GLC should at least carry an extra something,

I think it's more the fact he's black..with a ski-mask...and a gun.
It's like George Lucas made him and said, "What racism?"

Don't forget the forearm tattoo.

Big Green Lantern fan but if they really want to play the diversity game then they need to explain why there are four Green Lanterns from this version of Earth already and each of them is an American dude. Adding another guy is a bit ridiculous.

Baron Harkonnen: That looks hella retarded.

At least as much as the word "hella".

Emrick: Big Green Lantern fan but if they really want to play the diversity game then they need to explain why there are four Green Lanterns from this version of Earth already and each of them is an American dude. Adding another guy is a bit ridiculous.

That's why I hope it's John undercover, or at least a non-American. It does help to know that the Oans themselves are horrible sexists, though. "I disagree with your policy position, Herupa!" "Fine, take you an your entire gender off my farking planet, woman. Don't forget to only dress in bikinis from now on!"

Know what else is green and would keep a handgun in one of his side-pockets, if he had them?

MorePeasPlease: Baron Harkonnen: That looks hella retarded.

At least as much as the word "hella".



Disagrees.

So instead of an afro and a lot of rage (as they did with the cover introducing John Stewart, who has since become an awesome character in his own right), they're giving this one a gun and a hoodie. Has DC learned nothing in the past 40 years?

Seriously; it's crap like this that makes me wonder why I bother with comics anymore. Between DC's perennial (and perennially botched) attempts at "outreach" and Marvel's general asshattery, pretty much everyone I know who was ever into comics got fed up and left a long time ago. They ask me why I still bother, and it's getting harder and harder to answer them.

Question for Arabic-speaking Farkers: is the tattoo actually Arabic text (or possibly text in another language using a related script), and if so, does it actually say anything that makes sense? I ask because I would not put it past the folks at DC to apply kanji-tattoo syndrome to a different script.

I stopped collecting about ten years ago. Even then, I have to search back another 10 years to find comic books "safe" enough to lend to my nephews. Is it too much to ask that a few super heroes still maintain a do-not-kill credo? The Comics Code Authority was inane, but...

PonceAlyosha: Coolfusis: It has been ages since I've read any comics, but isn't the most common problem for a superhero the loss of their powers? Like, the fact that half the random villains devise a way to make them normal? Wouldn't it be useful to have some backup plan in that situation?

Green Lanterns get depowered roughly once every two fight sequences. Everyone's over reacting because they don't read the damn comic and are jumping to retarded conclusions.

OH NO, in Aquaman there is superheroine in a burqa, from Iran! That's racist!

There can't be any characters from Iran in Aquaman comics, because Aquaman is gay.

Why does he look like a recolored version of Kick Ass?

Orgasmatron138: Zombie DJ: PonceAlyosha: So yeah, I think the GLC should at least carry an extra something,

I think it's more the fact he's black..with a ski-mask...and a gun.
It's like George Lucas made him and said, "What racism?"

Don't forget the forearm tattoo.

They can call him Drive-By.

palelizard: PonceAlyosha: Coolfusis: It has been ages since I've read any comics, but isn't the most common problem for a superhero the loss of their powers? Like, the fact that half the random villains devise a way to make them normal? Wouldn't it be useful to have some backup plan in that situation?

Green Lanterns get depowered roughly once every two fight sequences. Everyone's over reacting because they don't read the damn comic and are jumping to retarded conclusions.

OH NO, in Aquaman there is superheroine in a burqa, from Iran! That's racist!

There can't be any characters from Iran in Aquaman comics, because Aquaman is gay.

I'm fine with shirtless college Aquaman being gay. It's just more dudes for the Shade to bang.

Can the gun be bigger, kinda like a car muffler, and chrome? Also, more pouches? Like, a LOT more pouches?