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here are a few things that could help if you’re looking to get into comics because it’s very confusing at first (and every moment after)

the dcu guide lists characters’ appearances in chronological order

the marvel chronology project lists characters’ significant appearances in chronological order

the complete marvel reading order has chronological lists for characters and groups as well as reading orders for lots of arcs

comicvine lists every appearance of a character

comicstorian is a youtube channel that summarizes comic arcs/character origins in short, easy to understand videos

lornahs has a lot of good character reading lists, dc & marvel

comic book reading orders has reading orders for almost all events & characters, dc & marvel

r/DCcomics’ wiki has a large recommended reading page & a newbies section for people looking to start reading for the first time

comic book herald has a list of reading guides as well as a where to start with current dc & a beginner’s guide to comics

the dc database has a recommended reading section

comics back issues has a list of reading orders as well as their guide to comics for new readers

and if you’re looking to get into lanterns, be sure to give my own, comparatively puny rec page a look!

good luck!

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this is what i consider to be the most important/best issues for him, not every single issue he’s ever appeared in. for a full chronology, check here!

green lantern (1990) #48 - 55

zero hour: crisis in time (read backwards, starting at #4 and ending with #0)

green lantern (1990) #0, #56 - 57

the new titans (1988) #116 - 118

green lantern (1990) #59, #62 - 64, #70 - 73, #76

green arrow (1988) #110

green lantern (1990) #77

green arrow (1988) #111

adventures in the dc universe #11

green lantern (1990) #80

parallax: emerald night

final night #4

green lantern (1990) #81

total justice

jla (1997) #1 - 7

green lantern (1990) #83 - 90

jla (1997) #16 - 17

green lantern (1990) #97 - 107

green lantern: the new corps

green lantern (1990) #113 - 114, #118 - 119

jla (1997) #43 - 46, #50 - 54

green lantern (1990) #129 - 137

green lantern: circle of fire

green lantern (1990) #143 - 150

jla (1997) #66 - 68, #70, #72 - 75

green lantern (1990) #153 - 155

jla (1997) #76

green lantern secret files and origins (2002)

green lantern (1990) #176 - 181

green lantern: rebirth

green lantern corps: recharge

rann/thanagar war: infinite crisis special

ion

green lantern: sinestro corps special

green lantern (2005) #21 - 22

tales of the sinestro corps: parallax

green lantern (2005) #23 - 24

tales of the sinestro corps: ion

green lantern corps (2006) #19 - 20, #23 - 39

green lantern corps (2006) #40 - 47 (part of blackest night. kyle & the glc were pretty disconnected from the rest of the event, so you can easily read just these issues, but here’s the order for the entire thing if you’d like to read it all!)

war of the green lanterns

green lantern: new guardians #1 - 4, #11 - 12, #0, #13 - 20

lights out

godhead

the omega men (2015)

hal jordan and the green lantern corps #8 - 25, #33 - 36

titans (2016) #30 - 36

convergence: green lantern/parallax

dc retroactive: green lantern - the ‘90s

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really, really do not understand why everybody’s so insistent that jason todd would not be a red lantern if he were to get a ring

people making lantern aus will put him in the sinestro corps, in the star sapphires, and now he’s got a green ring for some reason, and okay? that’s fine? like i’m not about to gatekeep - you should do whatever you want! but the fact is the dude is, like, textbook red lantern

his entire character arc mirrors that of the red lanterns almost 1:1 - right down to the being killed, brought back in a sort of unconscious state, and needing to be dunked in a magical pool to regain their memories/minds

sometimes the most obvious answer is the right one

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and just to be clear, this has nothing to do with the idea of him being the “angry robin” and everything to do with his moral code and general outlook being pretty much exactly that of a red lantern

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Hi! I just saw your post about the Red Lanterns and it made me realize that i haven't encountered them much. Are there any comics with them that you would particularly recommend, or any favorites? I went looking through your tags and couldn't find anything, but, Tumblr. So if it's obvious and I'm missing it, my apologies.

of course! there was a red lanterns solo book in the new 52, which is where the red lanterns as a corps really got its start. before then, it was mostly just atrocitus running around being a menace on his own with a couple others just kinda serving as his backup dancers from time to time, so you could just start there if you'd like, but for the whole red lantern journey:

green lantern (2005) #28 - 35

final crisis: rage of the red lanterns

green lantern (2005) #36 - 38

blackest night: tales of the corps #2

green lantern (2005) #47 - 48, #50 - 51*

green lantern corps (2006) #43 - 45*

green lantern (2005) #54 - 55, #61

green lantern: emerald warriors #1 - 6

war of the green lanterns

red lanterns #1 - 12

rise of the third army

wrath of the first lantern

red lanterns #21 - 23

lights out

red lanterns #25 - 27

red daughter of krypton

godhead

red lanterns #38 - 40

*these issues are part of blackest night & will be pretty confusing to read on their own if you haven't read the event before, so i'd really, really, really recommend doing that instead of just jumping around if you're unfamiliar! here's my lanterns-only/just-the-essentials guide for it if you'd like

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most bat fans (and apparently writers) dont read gl and just have a very vague understanding of how lanterns function and it rlly shows💀

god, most batfans and writers barely even bother to read batcomics at this point

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really, really do not understand why everybody’s so insistent that jason todd would not be a red lantern if he were to get a ring

people making lantern aus will put him in the sinestro corps, in the star sapphires, and now he's got a green ring for some reason, and okay? that’s fine? like i’m not about to gatekeep - you should do whatever you want! but the fact is the dude is, like, textbook red lantern

his entire character arc mirrors that of the red lanterns almost 1:1 - right down to the being killed, brought back in a sort of unconscious state, and needing to be dunked in a magical pool to regain their memories/minds

sometimes the most obvious answer is the right one

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Hi! I love your reading orders and I went to check the Hal one, but it seems like it's been moved or deleted or something??

it's hidden for the moment! it was... not my best work, so it's getting a bit of a makeover and will be back when the new and improved version is finished, which will hopefully be soon! sorry about that!

here are a couple other (/better) recs if you or anyone else would like to use them the meantime

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green lantern 80-page giant #2

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absolutely love that the general consensus among dc writers seems to be that hal is a complete disaster when he’s a hero but the second he goes bad, he just does a full 180 and becomes, like, weirdly competent and threatening. it’s like he’s a genius but 80% of his brain is evil and he only gains access to it when he’s being an asshole

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DC vs Vampires #1 - 2

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usually, when a character is turned into a villain for no apparent reason and seems really out of character, it’s just kinda annoying, but when the ooc evil version of them has sharp teeth it’s like well hold on now let’s at least hear the writer out they might have a good point

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in a scale from 1 to 100, how terrified are you that the hbomax show in which guy is being described as "hyperpatriotic mass of masculinity, but likeable" is written by marc guggenheim, of arrow fame? because i'm around 1000000000000000x

oh man lol

i only just found out about the casting and who was making the show like 5 minutes ago and my knee-jerk reaction was just oh, no.

i hate to judge things like this before they come out and hold out hope that things will be good until proven shitty, but given how long and ugly a track record guggenheim has with things like this, it’s hard not to be, let’s just say, a little nervous. somewhere around a 60/100. maybe an 85 if i think too much about it

i want to wait for more news to come out before come down too hard on it, but based on the dc cw shows of his i’ve seen, i’m just wondering which main character will have all their interesting characteristics from the comics stripped from them and slapped onto a random new sibling character for no reason

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future state: green lantern #1

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far sector #7

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far sector #6

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Hi! I'm reading through Hal Jordan & Green Lantern Corps right now, and the references to Guy's abusive dad in #16 completely fucked me up. I was trying to read up on if this has been part of his backstory prior to Rebirth, and I thought you might know. Has it always been canon that Guy's dad beat him when he was a kid? Thanks for running a very informative blog :)

so, short answer: yes. this has been a part of guy's backstory since the 90s

long answer: from the day guy's character was created, every single writer at dc has conspired to make his backstory as inconsistent as possible

his father has been an ass since the moment he was introduced, yes

but, for some reason, after years of him having been established as the dick of the family, n52 secret origin came busting in

and now his brother is the abusive one??

as far as i know, there was nothing to suggest anything like this before this came out. his brother was always portrayed as disgustingly perfect and his father’s favorite, but a bit of teen jealousy and rebellion aside, guy had a pretty good relationship with him (until he went off and became a villainous cyborg, of course, but that was just... the 90s)

in this, we only see his father hit guy once after he’s just tried to murder his brother with a baseball bat. that’s not to say that this was the only time that it happened, but to me, it really makes it seem like his brother was the main perpetrator

...that is, until he suddenly realizes he’s been an ass and stops and they just... forget it ever happened, i guess?

this whole issue is weird and out of nowhere and just really not my favorite, but it is the most recent origin issue for guy that deals with this specifically. since it came out, it’s been ignored to the point of being basically retconned, but who knows?

so... yes. abuse has pretty much always been a part of guy’s origin, his father is and always has been an ass, but it’s possible that it wasn’t just him... even though yes it probably was... maybe. because everything to do with guy's backstory is contractually obligated to be weird and complicated and confusing

here are a few pre-rebirth issues that feature the gardner family if you'd like to read up on it for yourself:

guy gardner #11 - 14

green lantern corps (2011) #0, #15 - 17, #20

secret origins (2014) #11

green lantern corps: edge of oblivion #5

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i think about this panel of the justice league’s mental projections of themselves every day of my life