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Ed is back, at least bi-weekly (meaning every other week). This week he is joined in the shop by our Canadian friend, Mr. Trevor Chapman as will as the dynamic duo, Health and Andy. Topics for this week include: Siege
Follow here to read the rest of Off the Rack: Green Lantern Corps #47
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Follow here to read the rest of Off the Rack: Green Lantern Corps #44
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Follow here to read the rest of Off the Rack: Green Lantern Corps #40  Fear vs. Love The Blackest Night is in full-force and this issue ramps up the action: Green Lantern John Stewert finds out where the black rings might be coming from; the Sinestro Corp attacks the Star Sapphires on their home planet; and a smack-down fight between Sinestro and Carol Ferris (?). Plus, what if the black rings reanimate all the beings Agent Orange has killed in his lair? Follow here to read the rest of Off the Rack: Green Lantern #45
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Follow here to read the rest of Off the Rack: Green Lantern Corps #39  Ed, meet control+Z Let me start off this week’s missive by offering my deep and heartfelt apologies for last week’s paltry newsletter. I can only say that it wasn’t planned that way, but, due to technical difficulties, it ended up being inevitable. I spent hours last Thursday night pouring my heart and soul into a newsletter that would have been spoken of for generations, a lengthy treatise on the nature of God, man, and superman that would have changed the world with the width and breadth of its eloquent expression of life, the universe, and everything (all apologies to Douglas Adams). I labored ferociously over every word, every expression the literary equivalent of delicate silver inlay affixed to beaten and shiny bronze effigies. I labored deeply into the night and, when I arose after a scant amount of much needed rest on Friday morn, I conscientiously prepared the Shipping List to be sent out like a message in a bottle to all of the hungry minds and souls of its weekly recipients. Unfortunately, due to the impairment that my lack of sleep the night before engendered, I ended up cutting and pasting only the Shipping List and accidently erasing the wonderful sermon of peace and joy that I had so laboriously put together only hours earlier. I sat there for moment, staring at my computer screen forlornly. I was filled with a soul-crushing despair that that tortured artists before me (you know, like Michael Jackson) could only imagine in their worst nightmares (Propofol notwithstanding). Then I looked at the clock, saw that my tee time was getting closer, and decided to say, “**** it!” and get ready for my golf date. After playing 18 holes of golf in the beautiful August sunshine (as well as achieving the best golf score I had ever managed to eke out), I decided that all was well with the world and that maybe everyone would get by just fine without my timeless words of wisdom. Oh well, I’m making up for it this week by adding a bunch more info for your perusal…;0) Follow here to read the rest of Monarch Cards & Comics Shipping List 8/19/09 by Ed |
 
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Although Green Lantern Corps#47 carries a Brightest Day banner at the top, it really is the epilogue to Blackest Night. With events on Earth tied up, the Green Lantern Corp sets about caring for their own fallen and repairs to Oa.
The quality of the Blackest Night tie-in books continues to surprise me. While not necessary reading, they add a layer of complexity to Geoff Johns’ mega-event. Blackest Night: Superman is no exception. The story is heavily steeped in recent Superman continuity and follows the typical Blackest Night path: deceased heroes and villains have risen from the dead to torment those closest to them. Who has recently died in the Super line of books: Superman and Lois Lane of Earth 2, Jor-El, Pa Kent… they wouldn’t, would they?
I feel like a broken record whenever I talk about the 
Blackest Night: Batman represents the first of the Blackest Night tie-in books. Scribe Peter J. Tomasi and artist Adrian Saef focus on how Batman (Dick Grayson) and Robin (Damian Wayne) are handling the Black Lantern invasion.
The DC Universe is currently enveloped in Blackest Night, a story that originated in the pages of Green Lantern and its ancillary titles. By its nature, the Green Lantern Corps is inextricably tied with this latest event but it succeeds as its own comic book.
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