As someone who completes all collections, good or bad, this is both the greatest news and the shittiest rolled into one.

I haven't been following the events leading up to Blackest Night too closely, but I do know that, yes, the individual corps are all trying to recruit/force their rings on Hal Jordan.

Yeah he's had a green, blue and red ring so far, and he was a host for Parrallax, the big yellow guy, so I'm thinking He's going to pull all the colors together and be Uber-Lantern.

Also Yellow was FEAR and not hate. But that's a nerdy thing to pick at so you don't have to pay attention to me if you don't want.

Wow, neat.

I must have. I could live with out the Green because it looks like the DC direct one I allready have but I almost need to have those. To EBAY.

For those collectors who absolutely must have all of the figures, don't worry. I'm pretty sure you'll be able to find all of the figures somewhere at the Con. Usually, when a rare figure exclusive like this goes on sale at the Con, a good portion of them are bought by other vendors at the Con who then turn right around and sell them at their own booths on the sales floor. Always at a massively increased price though.

The same thing happens every year. For example, last year the Hasbro booth was selling that kickass Cobra Commander figure wearing a suit and which came with a podium. They were selling it for $15. Not 30 minutes after the con floor opened each day, you'd be able to find the same figure at other booths, but they would be selling them for $40 to $50 each.

The same thing will happen with the Green Lantern figures. I guarantee it.

Hal has had moments in his life where he's had all these traits. Which is why all these rings are drawn to him.

Green Lantern is the best mainstream comic out there. If I was only allowed to get one comic (a terrifying thought), it'd be this!

The Blue ring represents Hope btw. They're rings only work when Green Lanterns are around. They act more like medics, healers, and gives the gl rings an even stronger boost to the gl.

I'm still betting at the end of this Hal will become the "White Lantern," all the rings will combine as one. Even though everyone thinks this is going to happen, I'm hoping for something a little more surprising.

As someone who witnessed the whole 90's Collector's Boom, it's really a shame that companies, realizing that no one gets rid of ANYTHING these days, that they create the "Supply/Demand" scenario by imposing such limitations on these things (few number of figures plus one location of sale). Sure, free country and capitalism and all, but you'd think more money would be made by providing more stock and selling first hand, rather than selling out the stock in one blow and leaving the third party resellers to reap the fans' desires.

Is a bit odd that they didn't go with Indigo Hal. I assume Violet would naturally be left off since all the members are female, and I'm not up for seeing Hal in Star Sapphire's outfit.

And considering Hal's past status, why no Black Lantern Hal? Perhaps saving all these other figures for other Cons to have exclusives?

This is kinda why I don't read GL. The DC tendency to make multiple versions of the same cosmic-level powers, or duplicate versions of heroes & villains... It frequently turns me off. Marvel may do too many events, but DC will throw fourteen version of Batman at you, along with four variations on Robin, spend a year stating that none of them (or all of them) are Batman... And they've done this at least twice!

And now Red Robin (mmm... Tasty burgers) is out there looking for Bruce Wayne because he's convinced he's NOT dead, and that he WILL be back as Batman again some day... Which is DC's way of working toward another Final Multiple Crisis on Ultimate Infinite Earths in which they kill a bunch of long-standing characters and replace them with ill-conceived "hip and young" versions.

And then once the former teenagers become the full-fledged major-league heroes, along comes a new crop of sidekicks and name-alikes, with "kid", "girl", "lad", "boy" or "III" in their name. Or maybe they pick a new color to precede their name... Red Robin, Red Arrow, etc.

Call me a Marvel Zombie if you like, but DC has got alienating their audience down to a science. I try to get into their stuff, but they keep changing it around and adding unnecessary alternate versions of every major hero they've got.

Still, the figures are cool, and Hal Jordan is the only real Green Lantern in my mind (well, yes... And the Golden Age one counts too, I guess).

@ZeroCorpse: "Call me a Marvel Zombie if you like, but DC has got alienating their audience down to a science. I try to get into their stuff, but they keep changing it around and adding unnecessary alternate versions of every major hero they've got."

Yeah, Marvel would NEVER alienate it's audience...*cough*onemoredayultimates3ultimatum*cough*, or do alternate versions of every hero *cough*captamericawintersoldierusagentpatriotprotocide*cough*thorbetaraybillthunderstrikethorgirlthor2099*cough*spidermanscarletspiderspidercidekaineduskhornetprodigyricochetvenomcarnagespiderman2099*cough*...Heavens no!

Spider-Man, Scarlet Spider, Cosmic Spider-Man, Spider Woman 1-4, Spider- Girl, Arana, Venom, Carnage, Doppleganger, Spider-Man 2099, Dusk, Hornet, Prodigy, Ricochet...
I rest my case, your honor.

For my superhero comic needs, I stick with Invincible. It gives me all the awesome I want with none of the executive meddling. I don't always like everything Kirkman does with the story, but he does it exceptionally well, so I always find a new issue at least enjoyable.

That is, dare I say it, so gay! They should've released in June for Gay Pride Month.

Why do they produce so many repaints? Give us figures of different characters, not 1,000 Hal Jordans!

Yeesh.

Hey now, Spider-man, Venom and Carnage are an example of how you can have similarly powered characters but actually have them be different and interesting. (I'm not going to comment on the rest of them, they do suck)

That is, dare I say it, so gay! They should've released in June for Gay Pride Month.

Hmm... note to self: do that.

i love you guys, but when you cover comic books, especially prefaced with the sentence "i'm not reading this but-" it really makes my head hurt.

also, yellow is fear, not hate.

@ mattk

theres no black lantern hal because that would be dumb?

Considering Marvel has currently three books with three versions of the Avengers, that statement you made is laughable. Especially since there are two versions of Wolverine, Spider-Man, and the Hulk running around the current Marvel U. Same powers, exact same name.

Super Sentai Hal Jordan!

It looks like the yellow lantern in that picture above has a third leg growing out of his crotch...

I liked the blue one best, but upon further inspection, he appears to be tan... Yeah, they're definitely all going to make out.

I wish I had all of those figures, but not having them doesn't make me want to blog about it. Hehehehehehehehehe

Actually Mia makes a great point. Why aren't you reading comic books?

You may not want to go to a comic store every Wednesday, but you can get cheap trades off Amazon.

I already know you never watched the "Justice League" cartoon, despite a hit and miss start, it turned into one of the best animated series ever.

So outside of some nostalgia, making fun of Heroes every week, and seeing some movies, what exactly is so nerdy about any of you?

yellow=fear, orange=avarice, red=rage, blue=hope, violet=love, indigo=compassion, green=will, black=DEATH, that's why there isn't a BLACK LANTERN HAL. THERE ISN'T A VIOLET BECAUSE (so far) THEY'RE ALL WOMEN, NO INDIGO BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN INTRODUCED YET. what would be awesome is a cover similar to green lantern #49 with a ring on each finger (emerald twilight 2). but guess what, if you're in the anaheim, CA area geoff johns is going to be @ beachball comics tomorrow from 4-7pm. he will also be @ comic con 09. so if you want to complain to the writer then get down there.
(HAHAHAHHAHA i work down the street)