Green Lanterns, Issue #1 is the only "DC Universe: Rebirth" title I bought, and it begins the "Rage Planet" arc. There might be more coming out, but I don't plan on buying any of them. I'm all for major rebranding movements, although there was a major change in the DC Universe a scant half decade ago with the New 52, so this one comes a little to soon, if anything. I do like the $2.99 price tag across the board, and I do like Green Lantern, but I have thousands of unread pages of Geoff Johns's epic Green Lantern run sitting on my shelf. How will this one go?
Issue #1 begins with a Code 312, meaning that there's an unauthorized alien on Earth. Simon Baz, the Muslim-American Green Lantern introduced near the end of Geoff Johns's run, is teamed with Jessica Cruz, who's new to me, at least. I've read the first 1000 or 1100 pages of the Geoff Johns series and the last 500 or 600 pages. I stopped when Johns left the series, so I'm somewhat familiar with Baz's story.
I will definitely keep reading this series, although I'm unfamiliar with most of the contributors. Sam Humphries, the writer, has worked for Marvel for some years, taking over The Ultimates following the departure from that line of Johnathan Hickman, although I'd never read him before. The Brazilian Robson Rocha, again, has worked on titles that I've read, but before this, I hadn't seen much of his work. He's very good, especially how he does hands and hair. I like the design of Jessica Cruz's "mask," which is an image of the Green Lantern symbol on top of her right eye.
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