The answer to what had gone wrong with Hal Jordan as a man and a comic book was simple. Johns’s restitution of the character was elegance.

You truly won’t read a better book about redemption. And if you’re a Hal Jordan/Green Lantern fan, you’ll be cheering by the time you turn to the last page of the book.

There were so many high marks and emotional points in the story that I could make a laundry list of them. But one of the best, one of the most surprising, is when Green Lantern gets tired of Batman’s lip and punches him out!

Of course, for long-time comics geeks like myself, this was just a play on the events Keith Giffen set up in his run on the Justice League when Batman punched out Guy Gardner. But man, I loved that scene! A guy who will punch out the Bat? Now that’s fearless!

I could rave forever about the accompanying art in the book. The space scenes are genuinely cool. The urbanized sprawl of cities is easily recognizable. Each of the dozens of heroes in the book are drawn in unmistakable fashion. Artists Ethan Van Sciver and Prentiss Rollins have drawn one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever seen, and they did it all while working with a HUGE cast.

If you’re an old Green Lantern fan that has walked away from comics for a time out of disgust, Geoff Johns will strap you back into one of the best adventures you’ll ever take. If you’re a new fan drawn to comics because of all the superhero movies coming out of late, this is definitely a graphic novel you’ll want to pick up. Especially now that a Green Lantern movie has been (pun intended) green-lighted.

I loved this book and it’s one I’m going to read several times. I’ve picked up the other graphic novels in the series and can’t wait to get to them.