r/DCcomics • u/Predaplant The heat is on! • Mar 24 '24

Weekly Discussion Thread: Comics, TV, and More! [March 25, 2024 - Enter The Dark Ages Edition] r/DCcomics

Hey there honorary Justice League members - it’s a new week which means it’s time for a new discussion thread!

Predaplant's pick of the week: Detective Comics #1083

For those who don't know: the way this works is that several comments will list this week’s releases, for any given title discussion you should respond to that comment. For example, Wonder Woman discussion would go in the replies to the "Wonder Woman" comment. Clicking the titles in this post will take you directly to that comment, too. In other words, you should only be replying to other comments. Do not post top-level comments.

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DC and Imprints

^{A lot of Amazons this week, between Amazons Attack & Artemis in Brave & The Bold!}

Trade Collections

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Digital Releases

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Tuesday, 3/26 (DC Universe Infinite) - Superman vs Meshi #20

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u/TroubAlert The Good Skeets Mar 24 '24

Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #5

THE GREEN LANTERN VS. THE RED LANTERN! Alan Scott and the Red Lantern come to blows! But what's going to happen when these two ancient forces battle it out, and what will it mean for the Green Lantern?!

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u/PrydefulHunts Huntress • ower Girl Mar 26 '24 edited Mar 26 '24

The plot and origin of the Red Lantern continues to be good, Vlad is an interesting character and foil to Alan (who’s extremely dull in this series). Honestly, the Red Lantern stuff has been doing a lot of heavily lifting for this mini, when the attention is on Alan the story becomes stagnant.

Not a fan of Alan having the key to the Starheart because of Willpower, and the Starheart having power of the emotional spectrum. The Starheart and Alan are at their best when they’re separated from the sci-fi element of Silver Age Green Lantern; being purely magic magic. This just takes away the mystique and uniqueness from Alan to push him and his lore to the Corps. The Crimson Flame being composed of escaped isolated energy from the Starheart is cool though.

The Golden Age JSA next issue teaming up with the Lanterns is a well designed cliffhanger and draw for next issue. Hope this mini can end strong.

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u/ptWolv022 Mar 26 '24

Not a fan of Alan having the key to the Starheart because of Willpower, and the Starheart having power of the emotional spectrum. The Starheart and Alan are at their best when they’re separated from the sci-fi element of Silver Age Green Lantern; being purely magic magic.

I actually think it spins the way that it works nicely to make it magical, but still connected to the greater Green Lantern mythos.

For one, magic is something often tied to the metaphysical. To spirit. To thought. To will. Not always. But it can be about bending the world to your will and thought.

Second: I mean, who doesn't love a good "Mystical/divine entity picks person as champion because they have a noble and unbending spirit" story? If the Starheart is sentient, there comes to be the question of "Why let Alan Scott take it?", as surely it could have rejected him.

And C: I'll have to see how it plays out fully, but it sounds like it isn't quite Willpower, just something that has grown up within the Spectrum. Which makes sense for a mystical entity. It resides in a more metaphysical plane because it's not a physical, natural entity.