In Rebirth, Van Sciver does a fantastic job - I can’t count the amount of times I shouted ‘Awesomeness!’, every time I saw a new character rendered by the pencil-wizard.

The team do a great job of establishing each Lantern in his own way, the way they are written, the way they act and move - each has an individual style to him/her. Batman’s overall control over the Justice League is addressed, and in one panel, Van Sciver has him positioned in such a way that he seems to loom over Superman and Green Lantern. Almost all members of DC’s League seem small in comparison to Batman’s screen presence. Almost, because when Hal and Bruce occupy the same panel, they are drawn in a way in which neither seems to have the upper hand.

This series really pushed the envelope for I refer to as Hal’s ‘Awesome Factor’. Every emerald protector he meets seems to say to him, ‘Hal, how awesome were you? Then you turned evil, and like, kicked our butts. On your own. Awesome.’ It’s like they get off on bigging the man up. Even when he’s not around, there’s a feeling that Johns is trying to boost Hal’s kudos by having characters praise him (maybe because he would later write the ongoing). ‘Hal was the man without fear, so he would never take crap from Batman,’ seems to be the theme. There’s a Darth Vader like foreboding to the first issue, when all the signs start to pop up, warning people of what is to come. All related to how dangerous Hal really is.

When the Rebirth of the title happens, it’s like watching the Matrix all over again. There is a brilliant scene with Kyle Rainer, the Green Arrow, Sinestro and Hal Jordan where you can just hear the ‘He is the One’-style score in the background. You can’t help but cheer for him when he comes.

To round it off, good story and good art. Rebirth is a tale that links directly in to almost all of the storylines in the Green Lantern universe, with links to the current Blackest Night and Sinestro Corps stories as well. Definitely worth reading, and all you new Hal Jordan fans out there will love it.