What is Will World?

Hello Chums,

Everybody knows who DC's big three are. You know Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. But who would be in the number four spot? I not going to debate this. I think it would be Green Lantern. Green Lantern's power comes from his ring. What he can do with it is only limited by his imagination.

When I was in Dallas at Wizard World Texas last year, I picked up Green Lantern Will World by J. M. Dematteis and the late great Seth Fisher. For you not in the know, J. M. Dematteis has written some of the best (funny) Justice League and Justice Society stories around. Seth Fisher on the other hand was an incredibly talented artist that died way before his time. Will World was their really fun Green Lantern collaboration.

Being a fan of Seth Fishers', I had Will World on my "must buy it" list. I'm glad I did. Sure the story is good, but I bought this for the artwork. Fisher's art style is a kind of fusion between the likes of Moebius and Geoff Darrow. He had a very clean line with an almost plasticy style.

What is Will World? It starts off as almost an Elseworlds tale. You know a DC version of What If. As in, what if Green Lantern was stuck in some outlandish world and had amnesia. We see Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) riding an alien horse, desperadoes with heads of bulls, a four armed woman and floating heads all in a futuristic city. Hal Jordan doesn't know who he is or what he's capable of (as Green Lantern). Could this story even make sense in current DC continuity? As if that would even matter. But yes it can, with the very nice twist ending. Doesn't it seem every good comic story has a twist ending?

Buy the hardback edition of this book. Of course it has a nice dust jacket, but who reads a book with the dust jacket on? The outside of the book has a nice soft leather feel to it. While the interior paper and printing quality are very high. It's a really nice package overall.

Rating: Story B+, Art A+ And I would be remiss if I didn't mention the outstanding colors of Christopher Chuckry.

Tomorrow, Jan. 30th 2008 is the two year anniversary of Seth Fisher's death. Fisher died from a fall off a seven story building in Japan, he was 33 years old. For more on Seth Fisher check out the Wikipedia entry.

K.R.C.

D.L.