Johns really put Green Lantern on the map for me. I hadn't paid attention to GL before Johns. I'd read the Absolute volume with 5 or 6 issues that are repeated to start this book and I've read the Sinestro Corps war issues in the main GL run. The omnibus includes some issues written by other writers with additional material about the latter event fleshing it out pretty well. Additionally, it includes issues leading up to the event that help give it more substance and depth. So, even though I had read a chunk of this material before the book was worthwhile.

The fact that this book is so huge is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because there is lots of content and you feel like you are getting a pretty good bang for your buck considering the amount of issues you can pick up in oversized format all at once. But the book is so large you are pretty limited on where you can read it at. Not really one you can read in the bathtub. :)

Bring on volume 2! ( )