10. The Green Lantern - Grant Morrison & Liam Sharp
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The Green Lantern is pure sci-fi spectacle, and a typical Silver and Bronze Age love-letter from writer Grant Morrison. The former Animal Man and Batman writer is this time joined by Liam Sharp, who turns in some of the most stunning images to have graced a GL comic in... pretty much ever. It really is that beautiful.
DC's GL books are on the up as of late, with N. K. Jesmin and Jamal Campbell's Far Sector also debuting to a strong start. However, while Far Sector has only seen one issue published so far - and will likely reach its full potential in 2020 - The Green Lantern has been leading the charge all year round, providing a cosmic odyssey replete with enough sci-fi silliness and heart to make even the most intrepid Hal Jordan critics (i.e., me) sit up and take notice.
There's a common perception amongst DC fans that Jordan isn't the most interesting Lantern out there. Even so, Morrison finds a voice for Hal here that really lends itself well to his story, which is rendered artfully by Sharp in all its vast and energetic qualities.
It's a true epic, and with Black Stars taking the series in a new direction, it's clear things are only going to get better.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
