I don’t read that much new comics. If I do prefer buying trades. That comes cheaper and I like to read more than single issue at the time. At the moment Immortal Hulk is only new comic I follow from trades. That was before I found Grant Morrison’s Green Lantern. Justice League Dark may get to that list too. I got first volume from sale but haven’t started it yet. I got first volume of Green Lantern (2018-) as single issues because it was cheaper. So I am currently at issues six waiting for second volume to be released. I know something big happens on twelfth issues and story continues under different name at least for a moment. But first issues of Green Lantern (2018-) is where you should start.
This run of Green Lantern is closer to old time science fiction comics than superhero comics. It has the feeling of old European science fiction comics. Some times it remind me old Star Wars comics I read as a kid. Some of the panels could easily fit into pages of 2000 AD. This feeling comes from writing and glorious art. Character designs are really out there. There is humanoid volcano and sapient insect species looking nothing like humanoids. Green Lantern concept allows really weird characters.
Green Lantern works as pulp science fiction because in the end it is intergalactic police force with fancy power rings. As long as Superman and others stay away from comic it can easily pass as science fiction. Having regular superheroes in different kind of superhero comics tend to break the mood of said comic. This has happened with Immortal Hulk, New 52’s Justice League Dark and Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing. Moore probably was forced to have them appear but was wise enough to downplay their impact.
My favorite issue so far is third issue which has surprisingly lot of social commentary about climate change without saying words climate change. What happens in issue should have huge impact on every character on Earth but I assume those couple days when everything was different are forgotten and never mentioned again. At least outside Green Lantern comics. It is ok because I like to think this series happening outside other DC continuity.
I really hope Grant Morrison can keep this as pulp science fiction series of intergalactic police force and Superman doesn’t appear in any issue. During first six issues there haven’t been any superheroes or super-villains whose powers can’t be explained by science fiction concepts.