About book Green Lantern, Vol. 8: Agent Orange (2009)
This book clearly shown why Larfleeze has been the fans and my favorites. The character is very interesting as in how being a kleptomaniac and hoarding of goods could make one a powerhouse. I think it could be as farfetced as to think that this is a nod to consumerism reigning in our society nowaday.While nothing really epic happens in this book, its very enjoyable and solid. There're many story driven pages that's supercharged by Philip Tan's "vivid" drawing. The arts are phenomenal at times as Philip Tan's line are especially expressive of motions and the way the characters look. He has drawn the best looking Hal Jordan and Larfleeze in this book as his constructs and costumes are very creative in a sci-fi way.However, while Philip Tan at his best is surely my favorite artist among the rank of Jim Lee and Esad Ribic, his consistency is what's holding his great works back.Some of the pages are so exceptionally drawn and could really be a cover of any Green Lantern book but some of them are expressionless, blank faces or even weird. This is my only complain about this book. I wish I could deduct .5 star from the rating but Goodreads wont allow me to, but I think it deserves better than 4 stars at this stage.Im really looking forward to see more of Philip Tan in Green Lantern books. His style clearly match the sci-fi fantasy elements of the Green Lantern and make them really cool looking. DC could use some more of this styles in their ranks.While the book may look to be a little thin, it's solid story telling and beautiful drawing along with number of things regarding the interaction of the emotion spectrums which serve as some brain candy complete this book with a 5 stars. This volume is a bit of a bump in the road on the way to Blackest night. However, the fourth new law of the Guardians is enacted in this volume, so it is a must-read. The pacing is a little off compared to the other preludes, and I didn't find Larfleeze interesting enough to solicite his own story-arc. Granted, by this point in the GL universe, a lot is going on, but in this particular volume, too many story-lines are trying to converge, it makes the story mucky, messes up the pacing. Larfleeze and his backstory are lame. So what, he made a bargain with the Guardians... The backstory for that bargain is truly uneventful, and then the tie-in to Parallax? It's a little overboard. I love that Geoff Johns is going huge with his reinvention of the GL mythos, but not everything needs to be explained all at once. Below average artwork, some confusing story boarding..... Meh. This one is average.
Do You like book Green Lantern, Vol. 8: Agent Orange (2009)?
As an introduction to Green Lantern, it does a good job of being fairly accessible to a new reader.
—sameen
one step closer to darkest night. Avarice appears after a miss step from the keepers.
—Shrestha
Confusing and incoherent. Probably should have started with Vol. 1, duh! :(
—Abi
Best Story in Comics since "Crisis on infinite Earths" 1985.
—wiseowl
I have these as single issues, not the trade.
—LSP
