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[geekcavepodcast]

John Stewart Gets New One-Shot “John Stewart: The Emerald Knight”

Green Lantern John Stewart is getting a special 48-page one-shot from writer Geoffrey Thorne and artist Marco Santucci.

John Stewart: The Emerald Knight #1 finds John Stewart and the rest of his Green Lantern comrades trapped in the dark sectors for months. “With the power of the Godstorm at his disposal, John’s using everything he can to take down Esak, the mad New God, and bring his fellow Corpsmen home. John will need to become something new to win the war against Esak: he’ll need to become the Emerald Knight!” (DC Comics)

John Stewart: The Emerald Knight #1, featuring a main cover by Mateus Manhanini, a variant cover by Jay Hero, a 1 in 25 ratio variant cover by Canaan White, and a 1 in 50 variant cover by Manhanini, goes on sale on November 29, 2022.

(Image via DC Comics - Cover of John Stewart: The Emerald Knight #1)

[theartofthecover]

Grimm Fairy Tales presents Godstorm: Hercules Payne #1 (Variant Cover) (2014)

Art by: Harvey Tolibao and Ivan Nunes

[theartofthecover]

Grimm Fairy Tales presents Godstorm: Hercules Payne #1 (Variant Cover) (2014)

(Joe Shuster’s  Action Comics Vol. 1 #1 (1938) Homage)

Art by: Jason Johnson and Simon Gough

[rokkster]

I received an e-ARC of this book from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

I had originally considered giving this a 3.5 out of 5, but a little extra thought convinced me to bump it up to the full four stars.

Godstorm is a dual timeline novel, following the main character as an adult and in some parts as a child as she navigates life in what I believe was 16th century Roman Empire London. It's extremely alternative history, which felt a little bit hodge podge at times, and the way that timeline switches were labelled in Roman numerals didn't really work for me. I understand there's a theme going on, but it was still a little bit mentally jarring having to take a moment to figure out if a time jump was because we were revisiting the main character's childhood, or because a time skip had occurred in the main timeline. I can semi-confidently parse Roman numerals, but it was still distracting.

The plotline and politics were overall intriguing, although I'm not 100% convinced about Barrow's plot arc towards the end of the book and some of the character arc clues were a little bit cliched, but Arrow kinda gave me Xena: Warrior Princess vibes, and that's pretty cool. Hopefully a sequel is in the offing.

[cryptocollectibles]

Mighty Thor Godstorm #1 (November 2001) by Marvel Comics

Written by Kurt Busiek, drawn by Steve Rude.  

[eschergirls]

Originally published at: https://eschergirls.com/photo/2021/05/28/goddess-extra-legs-vs-goddess-battle-bikinis

I think the blonde woman's leg fell off during the fight and she's bravely still trying to fight on... that or that's somebody else's leg in the foreground.

(Cover of Godstorm: Goddess Inc. #4, Zenescope Entertainment)