The Book of Hsssh

To finish up my Final Crisis themed writings I figured I'd look into characters that usually are not talked about much when it comes to Final Crisis, Alpha Lanterns. In Final Crisis all major characters were disabled in one way or another to give the impression that Darkseid is really going to win (already won?) this time. Hal Jordan, just like in the classic "No Man Escapes The Manhunter!" story, was arrested for something he didn't do. Who could arrest intergalactic cop? Enter Alpha Lanterns, an internal police of sorts. Supposedly created by Morrison and actually put to paper in Green Lantern books by Geoff Johns. And thats where we will start. Once Sinestro Corps War ends Guardians feel like they need to be a bit more like Sinestro. Killing now is ok and a new Corps, Alpha Lanterns will make sure that regular GLs won't get any funny ideas. We see this in Green Lantern #26-28 by Geoff Johns. Another noteworthy thing is that, if I'm not mistaken, this is whe...

With all major appearances (and minor ones before Flashpoint) covered it is time to start looking at various guest appearances that Frankenstein made over the years. I think that Tomasi is a perfect starting point since he has used many toys that were either introduced or revamped by Morrison. Frankenstein is no exception. We start with Batman and Robin series by Tomasi and Gleason. This series really represents Tomasi's work in general for me, some of it I really like, some of it I really dislike. Luckily for us Frank appears in the better parts of the run. And I'd say that this title always had pretty good art. After Damian's death Bruce goes a bit crazy and tries to find a way how to bring back his boy back to life. One of the option Bruce is exploring in #19 is turning him into a Frank-like monster. This leads to a conflict with Frank. It is fine one-shot (and is later referenced in #27), but at the same time not really worth tracking down unless you are interested in t...