DC’s Rebirth relaunch continues to make amends for the mistakes they made with the New 52, as the infamous “Twilight Lobo” is now shelved… literally.
When DC’s New 52 launched, change was everywhere, and one of the most baffling redesigns was to take the long-time heavy-metal alien biker Lobo and make him sleeker, posh, and fancy. He was addicted to saying “Sorry. Not sorry.” whenever he wanted to sound especially menacing, for reasons unknown. DC went a step further, revealing that this new Lobo was, in fact, the original Lobo, and that the Main Man we’ve all come to know and love was, in fact, an imposter.
It was not a popular take on the character, and he fell into obscurity. However, his most recent appearance in the pages of Green Lantern seems to be sending a very clear message to the fans from DC Comics:
“We’re sorry. We’re getting rid of this guy now.”
In Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #12, we see the Green and Yellow Lantern Corps trapped in shrunken bottle cities by the Orange Lantern of greed, Larfleeze. Since Larfleeze fears nothing more than losing his possessions, the Green Lanterns begin smashing them left and right, for Larfleeze’s fear to recharge the Yellow Lanterns rings. While smashing things, a joyous Gardener is about to throw a certain familiar alien bounty hunter, when he’s stopped by a voice telling him, “Not that one.”
Fans of the original Lobo can see him in the current pages of Justice League vs. The Suicide Squad, and the upcoming Justice League of America, where he remains the dangerous idiot we all know and love.
