>DC Comics’ Earth One line of graphic novels continues to expand, this time into the far reaches of space with Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1 by writer Corinna Bechko and writer/artist Gabriel Hardman with colorist Jordan Boyd.
>Earth One stories reintroduce DC’s greatest heroes like Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman in a fresh comic book universe unburdened with years of continuity, often significantly changing elements of each character to better modernize their origins and create exciting new tales.
>For Green Lantern, the story sees Hal Jordan re-envisioned as an astronaut who seeks the thrill of discovery, yet finds himself in an unfulfilling job prospecting asteroids for Ferris Galactic. His fortunes change when he finds a powerful green ring and learns that it came from the Green Lantern Corps, a group that was long ago murdered by killing machines called Manhunters. This sets him on a mission to reinstate the Corps, a nearly impossible task for the fearless Jordan.
>“Approaching this as an Earth One story gives us the opportunity to go back to the core concept of Green Lantern and interpret it through the lens of a modern, grounded sci-fi story while still being true to the Silver Age roots of Hal Jordan,” Hardman said in a press release. “Having storyboarded Interstellar, this is an approach I’m comfortable with and have wanted to explore in comics. Realistic sci-fi is only the beginning of this story; we have something much more epic in store.”
>Whereas Jordan is usually depicted as a cocky, hothead test pilot, he’s now a scientist who yearns to make new discoveries, so how he approaches using the ring will be different.
>“Hal Jordan is a smart, capable person with a space and science background who has a lot of untapped potential even before he finds the ring,” Bechko explained. “That means he’s going to approach everything the ring does from the perspective of a scientist, but he’s going to employ it for action and adventure. The result for us as writers is the opportunity to fully embrace the science fiction aspects of the story in a way that would be impossible with a lot of other characters.”
>This is the latest collaboration from Bechko and Hardman, a longstanding comics duo known for their work on Star Wars: Legacy, Savage Hulk and Invisible Republic.
>Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1 will release on March 20, 2018.
How is it that they announced aquaman and flash 2 years back but this gets released so quickly.
William Powell
Cool! Is it coming on Oct?
Ryder Foster
Aquaman is delayed because Manapul is doing Trinity and they probably want it to come out with the movie.
JMS quit comics so I don't know what they'll do for Flash.
Ian Cook
Oh wait, it's going to be March....
Still cool!
Jose Fisher
Morrison also was supposed to be doing Multivesity 2, starting with Flash. Nothing was heard of it since the announcement. It's the curse of the Speedforce.
Robert Brooks
>JMS quit comics so I don't know what they'll do for Flash. I reallllly hope they give it to another writer.
Superman Earth One was so disappointing.
Brandon Edwards
Writer/artist any good?
Jonathan Perez
Nice. I guess that's his costume though. Plus he is smart now.
So flash and aquaman are next. They probably will let Morrisons flash be the flash.
Sebastian Thompson
>They probably will let Morrisons flash be the flash. I hope not. I want a line of Multiversity Too instead of them just doing what they did with his WW OGN
Lucas Russell
They are really good and they both have experience with both classic and modern sci-fi.
Invisible Republic was some good yet under-rated political / sci-fi thriller and Hardman is a great artist who storyboarded Interstellar and Logan.
Nathan Ramirez
Noice! We need some more GL (and Flash) OGN-s, those are really rare Hardman is a great artist, haven't read anything by him or Bechko, but hope this user is right
Luis Wood
>Hal Jordan is a smart, capable person with a space and science background >in the same universe as idot Bruce Oh my god This is going to be magical
Joshua Morales
Was this Johns' plan all along?
Dylan Sullivan
Now I just hope that New Earth Hal and Bruce meet their Earth One counterparts.
Christopher Carter
This Hal sounds moe already
William Moore
At the rate Earth One is going, expect the Justice League Earth One in like 10 years.
Robert Martinez
Depends. Or maybe jms still writing earth 1. It's was rumored to be about Barry who stands so still he can see and do everything faster. Like Hunters powers.
Lucas Howard
Here's what Morrison said about Multiversity Too:
>On finally telling the Flash story he’s wanted to write for a very long time:
>>[I’m] doing the Flash almost as a sci-fi story where it’s a guy getting faster. Really simple, a Richard Matheson idea like “Shrinking Man,” or Stephen King’s “Thinner” where you just take a really simple notion — bigger, smaller. This one, he’s someone getting faster. What does that mean? And seeing how The Flash would emerge from just this very simple scientist getting faster story. So I’m doing that, and to a certain extent it’s a revamp, but it’s happening outside the main continuity.
>On why Barry Allen:
>>I love Wally West, but this one I want to be Barry Allen. He fits in better. I like the idea of the police forensic scientist. And I know they’ve done a lot more of that in the recent [comics], but back in the day that was barely looked at. And I want to do the Iris relationship, the idea of this girl who’s like super fast in this city who’s obsessed with fashion and they all drink coffee. It’s just a fast city and [all that] information. And she can’t stop talking — like me, I can’t stop talking. And Barry’s this methodical guy and suddenly he’s like he’s on speed all the time and it’s just getting worse and worse and worse. And she’s kind of having to deal with her boyfriend who she quite liked as being the slow, methodical guy is suddenly turned into this pop star, this fizzing as if he’s on coke constantly. And there’s there’s also a tragedy of what happens as we start to approach the speed of light.
Landon Moore
Earth 1 aquaman would have no boots or gloves.
Samuel Clark
I want JL:EO now for Batfag tears.
Christopher Sanchez
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Brandon Brown
Well he did told Snyder that Lark/Duke is a good idea ant that he should keep trying to push it so yeah.
Charles Reed
>Green Lantern: Earth One >Metal and Dark Matter >Batman: White Knight >Superman: Agent of Batman >Doomsday Clock >Mister Miracle
How can Marvel compete?
Mason Collins
Yeah, Morrisons the reverse of jms. A man getting so fast he is out of tune with the rest.
Scinfi horror.
Anthony Wilson
>Corinna Bechko Not familiar, better google.
>Mostly Image, Dark horse, and other decent sized comic companies >Plenty of scifi and horror and capes Could work. >Miss Fury Oh shit I really liked that. Fuckyeah I'm down.
Hunter Kelly
>Hal isn't a dumbass anymore This is like making Batman cheerful
Austin Taylor
I wouldn't say Metal is anything to get excited for.
Tyler Sullivan
Batman is a dumbass in Earth One so Hal not being a dumbass here fits.
Juan Jenkins
I enjoy this "smart Hal" push
Owen Young
Oh fuck, is this real? I love the earth-1 series except WW. That cover art looks amazing and I like the whole smart guy persona they're gonna write for him, though I hope he is still reckless, him being really tactical was one of the reasons I liked JL;3K up to the part where they killed all the guys for that all Womyn team.
Oliver Hall
but user, WW has been the only good one
Aiden Smith
>except WW niggers amirite
Sebastian Butler
Ehhh, It feels like something I did read before, the Astronauta Trilogy of Graphic MSP...
Jack Rivera
+ Batman I've still to read Superman: Earth One and I love JMS.
Nicholas Thomas
Couldn't get into it, Earth-1 Batman had the appeal of Bruce being a fuckup/ what a "realistic" Batman would look like and I liked Earth-1 Superman though I know a lot of people don't like how Clark's fucking a prostitute. >Inb4 its cause Steve's a nigger.
Easton Morgan
>Batman White Knight Shit tier writer >Superman Agent of Batman Max Landis can't write dialogue and the excerpt he released was atrocious >Metal There is nothing to compete with here
This is from a DC fan
Evan Morris
I really love Superman Earth One.
Teen titans the first volume was trash. WW the first volume was boring. Batman the second volume was good.
But for me, the superman's ones were the best.
Camden Wright
I also enjoy it
Hal is best boy
Owen Perry
I actually really wanted to like White Knight but of course the writer's gonna shove politics into it. Literally not even Sup Forums, I just hate when people shove politics into things that should be politically benign. That goes for both sides of the spectrum.
t. DC fan
Levi Johnson
Superman: Agent of Batman is the 2nd volume for American Alien, ain't it?
>>Batman White Knight >Shit tier writer Is it out yet/Who's' writing it?
Alexander James
Earths one is basically old earth 1 pre crisis meets ultimate marvel character flaws and updating.
Brody Brown
>Is it out yet/Who's' writing it? Sean Murphy, the artist Wouldn't call him shit-tier, Punk Rock Jesus wasn't an amazing story, but it was okay at worst
Andrew Reyes
I'd say Capullo's art is something He is one of the best capeshit artists out there
Adrian Torres
That's a great definition for the earth-1 series, except for TT. I regressed it so hard I almost forgot about it.
Thanks user, is that the only elseworld where Bruce is a "badguy"? (Not including earth-3)
Camden Johnson
I guess he was an antagonist in Superman Red Son, but not really a bad guy?
Tyler Ward
He's a pretty horrible person in ASBAR
Dominic Reed
I like the Hawkman shilling.
Justin Foster
Name one character who wasn't horrible in ASBAR?
Christian Smith
Barbara
Alfred
Dick until Bruce tortured and probably molested him
Clark
Jayden Price
I, joker. About good joker vs evil oppressive the bruce.
Tryant-batman in a annual for else world. He was going to gas people if they don't obey.
Carter Brooks
Read the box about oppression in this page.
Xavier Lewis
I thought Earth-1 was supposed to be more traditional? This feels like a crazy elseworlds.
Charles Long
>Thanks user, is that the only elseworld where Bruce is a "badguy"? (Not including earth-3)
Earth-51 depends on whether you think Bruce's actions there after Jason was killed (basically killing all the villains and indirectly causing the superheroes to grow too complacent) makes him a "badguy".
And of course the upcoming Metals event or whatever it's called will have a bunch of evil Batmen.
Parker Peterson
>>Inb4 its cause Steve's a nigger. You were the one who brought up the slurs, not us, chum. Showing your true colors that soon, eh?
Nathan Ortiz
Arguably Hal
Tyler Johnson
Wasn't Barbara that brace face kid who was running around fighting thugs and making her dad worry?
Alfred enables Bruce's fucking bullshit
Dick was an asshole and Dick turns into the Joker
and Clark is always a goodboy so that's cheating user.
Thanks user, will check it out.
I want to forget I just read the current Metal issue.
Thomas Cook
Elseworlds started the evil version thing. Vampire batman and evil civil war superman.
Before it was just earth 3 or other one off earths or villians wearing similar costumes.
Zachary Martin
>WW the first volume was boring. Yeah! Wonder Woman needed to go around with a sword fighting monsters and snapping necks and shit!! Faggot.
Hudson Clark
>Wasn't Barbara that brace face kid who was running around fighting thugs and making her dad worry? Sounds like a typical teenager
Parker Gonzalez
Sup Forumsblr always gives itself away.
Jonathan Parker
This looks like it has the potential for a really unique GL story.
Josiah Clark
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Nolan Reed
I don't know if I'd count I, Joker because even though there's an Evil Batman, regular Batman was shown to have existed in the far past. Evil Batman (and I think his predecessors?) were people who found Bruce Wayne was Batman and were basically tarnishing his legacy.
Luke Johnson
Nah. Earth 1 is about updating and give characters flaws.
It does retain the core earth 1 characters being used and the old hard science. Pre crisis the guardians sent the magic of the Earth 1 universe to the earth 2 universe.
Post crisis dc to up is more magic based because it is a merged universe retaining earth 2 elements.
Hudson Hughes
Still has evil and good reversed.
I forgot about evil batman and the evil superfriends.
Benjamin Edwards
This too.
There's also another one ehere evil batman and evil catwoman had a kid
Grayson Rogers
>Hal is an astronaut >Goes looking to reignite the corps
I hope this just goes full circle and ends up being like the Lensmen with Hal being their version of Virgil.
Isaac Jones
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Jack Parker
morrison did this with santa klaus and it was miles better than his wonder shit.
Angel Jenkins
Also earth A. Where earth 1 Johnny thunder changed earth 1 into earth A.
The lawless Leauge.
Josiah Allen
>Batman: White Knight >thinking it will anything other than the faggiest of hot garbage
>t. teenager Come back when you're old enough to post in this site.
Zachary Garcia
>wah wah I cant accept that morrison did a shit job and even when what I dislike was better than what we got >wah wah other authors did a better WW in almost the same year >wah wah le reddit, comblr, tumblr, teenager
ye ye, sure mate.
Jacob Lee
Seems like a combination of Hal, John and Kyle into a new character. Ready for a look at DCEU Hal, guys?
Bentley Morgan
>shit job One of the most critically acclaimed OGNs of the year, but sure, it was a "shit job" because some random shitposter in Sup Forums didn't like it.
Jose Price
>Hal, without his retardation but sadly also without his cockiness and hotheadedness >modern, realistic sci-fi >supposedly good writers
I'm so ready for this
David Ortiz
That one was kinda interesting in that millennia later people misremember legends and in this one Bruce and Selina's son is Dick and Joker is a police commissioner. And then Dick betrays Bruce and Selina because they're criminals. After they die he becomes Nightwing.
Nathaniel Lopez
Honestly I kinda liked earth one Superman even if it wasn't that good we I liked what it did with the characters but making Lana a prostitute was kinda stupid Lois basically being Gordon was fun
Easton Powell
Nah. Dc doesn't do synergy unless it's taking a item like kryptonite from radio shows or cartoon characters like livewire and quiin.
Alexander Fisher
This one is where batman is a fascist. Even tries to talk to his dead parents about gassing gotham to purify it.
Way before cap hydra.
Ethan Thomas
Oh shit, I forgot about that one.
Michael Brooks
Hal was good in ASBAR, just kinda dumb
Bruce even flips out about how he's nearly killed a good man when Dick nearly kills Hal
Nolan Bennett
looks like christian bale batman
Evan Campbell
That cover is fucking dope.
Joshua Ramirez
Hal, Barbara, and Clark.
Alfred is not horrible in that he does the bare minimum of clothing and feeding the 12 year old.
And Dick wasn't horrible until issue 9.
Jordan Baker
>For Green Lantern, the story sees Hal Jordan re-envisioned as an astronaut who seeks the thrill of discovery, yet finds himself in an unfulfilling job prospecting asteroids for Ferris Galactic. His fortunes change when he finds a powerful green ring and learns that it came from the Green Lantern Corps, a group that was long ago murdered by killing machines called Manhunters. This sets him on a mission to reinstate the Corps, a nearly impossible task for the fearless Jordan. Ok, this seem interesting enough for me, Hal as the torch bearer. >Whereas Jordan is usually depicted as a cocky, hothead test pilot, he’s now a scientist who yearns to make new discoveries, so how he approaches using the ring will be different. Now Hal as a scientist is something really new. However I hope to see Hal paired with Sora instead of Carol.
Evan Powell
>not Sinestro
pleb
Juan Smith
>mfw earth one portrayed my favorite villain perfectly
Benjamin Anderson
Earth one covers have all been amazing
Andrew Morgan
>Hal not a cocky hothead Aww. I was really hoping this would end up being done by King too.
I'm still excited for this though, it seems like a cool team, and more Silver Age sci-fi Green Lantern is more than welcome.
Ian Thomas
But Hal wasn't smart pre-crisis. Hell, he was even more of a fuckup.
Carson Jackson
Thats why i said update. No where it won't have fuck ups like hal sucking with girls.
They're turning him into reed richards.
Zachary Nelson
Hal was actually incredibly smart when the plot demanded it. It's just that the plot also demanded him look retarded to get the story rolling.
Jace Ward
E1 is Ultimate DC.
James Harris
Cmon he's supposed to be an astronaut now. It means he's smart, but he's not gonna fucking write whole universes smart. At most it'll feel like Barry Allen science with Hal Jordan bravery.
>Earth 1 Hal will be the love child of Barry and Hal I've been waiting for. Oh yes I'm ready to fap at GL-flashfacts
Lucas Bennett
Stop shilling your shitty ship you piece of shit
Grayson Miller
shut up, ultimate DC is Supreme Power.
Carson Nelson
Reed went to space. In a astronaut suit. The writer said hard sci then blown out comic science.
No.
There's no traditional line. No company ever put out out a retro imprint line.
It's updated, easy to read, character flaws to the max.
