[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by KRX

Hal Jordan wasn't even that great.

More often than not, the dude would get defeated by a paper bag or his own clumsiness than he would anything else. Sure, he's got historical significance, and the Parallax shift was kinda dumb, but he's FAR from the greatest Green Lantern of all time. Johns might've changed that, (in the mainstream DC continuity--Darwyn Cooke wrote the best Hal Jordan story of all time,) but it was only AFTER Kyle Rayner had time to take on the challenges of the mantle.

I don't know what to tell you. My first Lantern comic was Kyle's premier issue, but every adult I knew said Hal was the greatest Lantern and hated Kyle. And then when Hal was coming back every one older than me praised it.

To say the Rebirth stuff wasn't great would be a lie though, as Johns has given us the best GL material in decades. Sinestro forming his own corp, the different Lantern corps in general, and Blackest Night are all brilllaint and some of the best stuff to come out of DC after the 2000s.

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Bringing back Barry was completely unnecessary (and something that Grant Morrison technically wrote). Johns wrote the stories that reintegrated him into the DC Universe, but Barry's story had an arc that was finished beautifully and Wally had been the Flash for longer. Bringing Barry back was a character regression that may have delivered two awesome runs with Francis Manapul and my favorite show on TV, but that doesn't change the hackneyed nature of his return.

I prefer Barry, but I can see where you are coming from.

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The Flash is a character that Geoff Johns himself said shouldn't be dark, but he was the guy who took a simple and elegant backstory and added an unnecessary amount of brooding grit to it.

He didn't add any brooding grit to it. Having a tragic past doesn't make it gritty, it adds character to it. Besides, are you certain this was Johns' choice?

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Geoff Johns is a writer who's stuck on the past--and sometimes it's for the better (Superman: Secret Origin). Lately, though, it's come at the cost of the future (The Flash: Rebirth, DC Universe: Rebirth).

DC Rebirth has been a masterpiece so far. It feels like the DC universe again and the heroes feel like heroes.

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DiDiio has a hand in the company's direction, to be sure, as does Jim Lee, but Geoff Johns is the guy at the head of the charge.

No, Didiot is making the decisions and Johns has to follow them.