Issue #67: Comic Books For The Week Of Wednesday, August 5, 2009 & "Green Lantern: First Flight"!

Terry Moore's Echo #14 (Abstract Studios)
Superman: World Of New Krypton #6 (of 12) (DC)

DVD Review:
Green Lantern: First Flight (Warner Premiere)

The two comic book titles listed above will have to wait in my file at my comic book store, Acme Comics ( http://acme-superstore.com/ ), until payday next week. Last week my wife and I celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary, and Saturday we had the roof of our back yard shed fixed, so we are having to watch our pennies until next week. Until then I thought that for this issue I would review the latest Warner Premiere straight to DVD animated movie of DC Comics characters.

Green Lantern: First Flight was a fun, action packed movie. It begins with the classic Hal Jordan Green Lantern origin, and gives a logical reason for Abin Sur to be flying a spaceship when his ring would normally be able to allow him to fly under his own power in outer space. Hal Jordan spends most of the time as the rookie of the Corps, but he still brings his fighter jock mentality to the job of Green Lantern. In some space battles he seems to use some fighter pilot techniques in dodging enemy fire. The story of Sinestro and the Guardians made for a great plot for the story. There are not many quiet character moments in this movie. You just hang on for the ride and learn about the characters through the action. There are some familiar Lanterns, such as Kilowog. I bought the two disc version, and the special features were interesting, from Geoff Johns talking about the history of Green Lanterns, a look at the Blackest Night mini-series, and my favorite, a preview of late September's release Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. I am eagerly anticipating this movie as I did the movie adaption of Darwyn Cooke's New Frontier.

If you enjoy classic DC characters such as Green Lantern, or are new to the character and would like to learn more about the character, this DVD will be a great way to become familiar with the world of the Lanterns, and then you can dive into the back issue bins of you local comic book store to learn from the source material.

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