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Tangent Comics was a "universe within a universe" for the DC Comics
publisher. DC simply took the names of characters they owned and
created new characters for them. The Tangent universe was
completely separate from that of the DC universe. An alternate
reality of DC, if you will. Some of the Tangent characters
worked, and some didn't. Green Lantern is an example of one that
worked.
I really enjoy this Green Lantern! She's a beautiful Asian-American woman who wears a green hooded cloak and carries a mystical green lantern. This GL is a mysterious character, and serves more as hostess than heroine. The green lantern she possesses gives the dead one final chance to come back and make the wrong right. It's an anthology book, really. A different spin on classics like "Tales From The Crypt" and "The Witching Hour" among many others.
We do not know the lady's origin. We do know that she, herself, does not always know what her green lantern will do next. Although set in present day, this lovely keeper of the green lantern, we are to assume, comes from the 1940s. So there is some higher power above Green Lantern. Who, or what, this power is, we are left to wonder.
Dan Jurgens is the "father" of Tangent Comics. He came up with the basic concepts of these new characters. James Robinson, however, is the brilliant writer who really gave this comic life. Robinson took the classic idea of an anthology book, but made something new and slick. Unlike its predecessors, his "Green Lantern" ties all of its individual stories together into a continuity.
I really enjoy this Green Lantern! She's a beautiful Asian-American woman who wears a green hooded cloak and carries a mystical green lantern. This GL is a mysterious character, and serves more as hostess than heroine. The green lantern she possesses gives the dead one final chance to come back and make the wrong right. It's an anthology book, really. A different spin on classics like "Tales From The Crypt" and "The Witching Hour" among many others.
We do not know the lady's origin. We do know that she, herself, does not always know what her green lantern will do next. Although set in present day, this lovely keeper of the green lantern, we are to assume, comes from the 1940s. So there is some higher power above Green Lantern. Who, or what, this power is, we are left to wonder.
Dan Jurgens is the "father" of Tangent Comics. He came up with the basic concepts of these new characters. James Robinson, however, is the brilliant writer who really gave this comic life. Robinson took the classic idea of an anthology book, but made something new and slick. Unlike its predecessors, his "Green Lantern" ties all of its individual stories together into a continuity.
Issues:
Issue #1: December,
1997. To be truthful, this version of Green Lantern makes more
sense than the original character that debuted in 1941. The
object of a green lantern seems more ancient and mystical. When I
think of the name, "Green Lantern", I think of the name as more mystic
than cosmic. I don't want to mislead anyone in my thoughts; I
like the superhero Green Lantern in his many incarnations just
fine. This Green Lantern, however, is a more appropriate fit.
She's not a superheroine. Green Lantern is really just a servant of the afterlife. She presents these stories to us of the dead she brings back to life for one final mission. This is probably the first time in any anthology series where the hostess/narrator was also a functional character.
In this issue, we are introduced to the late black superhero Captain Comet, the late private detective King Farraday, and the ace pilot superhero Captain Boomerang.
She's not a superheroine. Green Lantern is really just a servant of the afterlife. She presents these stories to us of the dead she brings back to life for one final mission. This is probably the first time in any anthology series where the hostess/narrator was also a functional character.
In this issue, we are introduced to the late black superhero Captain Comet, the late private detective King Farraday, and the ace pilot superhero Captain Boomerang.