Polite Dissent

Green Lantern #153
Judd Winick, writer
Dale Eaglesham, penciler
“You Can Never, Never, Never Go Home Again…”

While high school reunions have always been the perfect setting for tension and drama, they are also a perfect set-up for comedy. Why else would they be so common in movies, TV sitcoms, and reality shows?
In this issue Kyle and Jen go back to California for Kyle’s high school reunion. The cliche characters are all present and the issue is a run light read, before Winick’s change to a heavy-handed style for the remainder of his run.

I’ve never understood how Kyle could keep his identity secret…
Earl: Hey, there’s Kyle Rayner with his girlfriend, that ex-model Jennie-Lynn Hayden. Man’s she’s hot!
Howie: Earl, she’s green.
Earl: So? She’s a photographer now, think she’ll take my picture?
Howie: Isn’t she that super-hero Jade?
Earl: You sure?
Howie: Yeah…look, she’s green too and looks just like her. Jade lives in New York, just like Kyle and Jennie-Lynn.
Earl: Doesn’t Jade always hang out with that Green Lantern guy?
Howie: Yeah.
Earl and Howie: You don’t suppose…