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Rob Kamphausen said:
geoff johns posted the following about "rebirth" on his site:

You probably already know REBIRTH is a five issue monthly series that begins in October illustrated by Ethan Van Sciver and edited by Peter Tomasi. I’ve worked with Ethan before on THE FLASH: IRON HEIGHTS and we’ve been dying to do something together since. Pete, of course, is my editor on JSA, and formerly Hawkman. This is a project that’s extremely important to all of us. This can’t be just a good series – it’s gotta be a damn great series.

REBIRTH is the return of Hal Jordan.

But we are not out to wipe the slate clean and go backwards to 1975. That’s immediately a response from some. Or that nothing ever changes. Or that someone “lost” and someone “won.” Truth is, you don’t know where we’re going, but we're going forward. And that’s good. Let the debates continue.

We’re out to tell a killer story utilizing the Green Lantern mythology. There will be a lot of surprises, a lot of curve balls, some major revelations and some amazing artwork. Ethan’s pages are spectacular.

The endless arguments of who the best Green Lantern is means nothing to us – Green Lantern is cool. Period. The concept is one of the richest in comics.

Batman, the Justice League, Alan Scott, Green Arrow, the JSA…most every major player will be seen in REBIRTH.

There are going to be a hundred different questions we get asked from here until October. What’s going on with Kyle? John Stewart? The Spectre? The Guardians? Guy Gardner? Kilowog? All I can say is -- it’s all in the book. I won’t be answering many questions beyond that statement.

If you want to check out what’s going on with Hal now, you can see him in his role as the SPECTRE in JSA #60 thru #62 in a storyline called REDEMPTION LOST. #60 is out. And Ron Marz has a terrific run beginning with GREEN LANTERN #176, out today.
For Ethan’s take on Hal Jordan, you can see a promo picture in the new Wizard - #152.

Not much info, but enough for now. I'll be around the REBIRTH forum once in awhile, I'll re-post this there, but again, I won't be answering questions too often. Keep it clean and thanks for the support.

Go Wings.

Geoff



Yeah, I've seen this (and the pic) already. I like most of his stuff, but GL is a different beast.

I've been a GL fan for about 19 years or so (I was lucky enough to get all my dad's back issues from the 50's through to the late 70's) and I found that GL is the one franchise that always loses it's direction sooner or later.

It's never been Hal or Kyle, or any of the other Green Lanterns. They're just characters, who for some reason, writers just seem to lose a handle on.

I think it stems from the amount of creativity someone has inside of them. With the GLC, for instance, most writers are expected to come up with a mini Star Wars every story arc. Not only that, but it's got to be from a new perspective every time, for the most part.

I don't think a "b-list" writer and editor can be consistantly good enough for GL.

Last edited by Doc.Mid-Nite; 2004-05-03 10:00 PM.
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