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Stephen Aryan

DCNu Reviews: Red Lanterns #1

by Stephen Aryan Email

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DCNu Reviews: Red Lanterns #1

Green Lanterns are intergalactic space cops. Mostly aliens but also three humans who have been gifted with a green ring that is the most powerful weapon in the universe. It is limited only by the wielder’s imagination and is fuelled by willpower, which its creators, the Guardians, believe is the most powerful force in the universe. Others disagree. In fact there is a whole emotional spectrum out there that has created a number of other Lantern Corps using different emotions as power sources. The Sinestro Core is fuelled by Fear, others by Hope, Love and so on and each is a different and appropriate colour. Then there are the Red Lanterns who are fuelled by Rage. The previous Green Lantern comic series has touched on the Red Lanterns, but this is the first time they’ve had their own ongoing book. It’s also focused on the creator of the Red Lanterns Corps, Atrocitus, who we’ve only seen as a villain so far. This is the first story told from his perspective and to me, it’s an interesting point of view.

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Joe Glass

Tales of the Four Colour Closet - Do we really need a Pride?

by Joe Glass Email

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I’ll start with a little bit of personal history for you: when I was in university, all those many years ago, I spent a lot of my time working with the university LGBT group, called AberPRIDE, as this all occurred in the far off sunny/windy/wet/drunken shores of Aberystwyth.

As such, LGBT rights and gay culture have always been on my mind and a major part of my life. Also as such, it means I often hear the question: “Do we really need gay pride events? What’s the point? They’re just big parties these days”.

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Alex Giles

Coming Back to Comics: To pull or not to pull?

by Alex Giles Email

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Choosing which comics to have in your pull list can be a strenuous thing given the sheer amount of comic books released on a weekly basis and coupled with the price means you can pretty much bankrupt yourself if you are not careful.

From discussions on the interweb and in forums its clear to be seen that very few people can get every comic they want which leaves us all with the age old comic book collector question, to pull or not to pull?

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