Quick Hits: Green Lantern #17 (DC)

The other major news that's hit comics I love in recent weeks, besides the death of Damian in Batman Incorporated #8, was that Geoff Johns is concluding his epic run with Hal Jordan in Green Lantern #20.  You may recall that I recently speculated that Geoff could easily have continued for years to come with Simon Baz, who has only been around for about half a year, in much the same way Brian Michael Bendis reinvigorated and continued his even longer Ultimate Spider-man run with Miles Morales, so it was a shock to me that not only is Geoff walking away in the near future, but within the span of a few months.  That puts a huge emphasis on the "Wrath of the First Lantern" arc, which has become Geoff's finale after starting on the franchise in 2004 with Green Lantern: Rebirth.  The First Lantern basically becomes the summation of all his ideas, and reading it, especially this particular issue, it's not hard to see how Geoff could have come to this conclusion, whether it was what he was originally thinking when he planned it or if he recently made the decision based on his workload (which is always extensive) and increasing focus on the Justice League franchise (where Simon Baz continues in the pages of ...America).