A masked Arab with a gun.

Yeah -- that's not frightening.

I'm guessing some sort of script from the Quran is tatooed on his arm.

(Scissors in TRIO.)

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Fake Milestone: 81818

Which is why, I guess, I keep seeing loudly proclaimed "firsts" that are actually things I've already done.

"Ryan Reynolds is a Gay Terrorist!!!"

The right-wing, conservative blogger headlines start in 3... 2... 1...

Interesting that the ring glitches as it proclaims Simon's fitness for the Corps and says, "Error" as it selects him. Always hedging...

I got that the "gay" tag Mark used was humorously intended. In the eyes and ears of the general public who will only hear of this in passing and care not at all, the reaction will likely be "He's gay and Arab?" or "Guess the gay guy didn't last too long..."

Plus, the character is shown holding the gun in costume on the cover of his introductory issue. Hard to imagine it will somehow be off-limits once he has the ring since we do see him right there with both. He and Wonder Woman can team up and shoot tin cans sometime. Superman can find a Kryptonian handgun in the glove compartment of his rocketship along with a concealed carry permit issued by the Science Council. Batman or one of his franchise employees can simply start sniping purse snatchers and alleyway thugs. The JLA and the NRA can start crossing over every summer...

Me, I'm still disenchanted by the implications inherent in a damaged ring apparently making a "wrong" choice as we see in those panels. I'm with Glen on this. Nu Universe, guys. Try creating something, I dunno, New...

I looked at the cover and thought it was a redo of John Stewart.

I already dropped the series because of the endless multi-coloured Lantern stories.

I "love" how DC is trying to play up the fact that he's not caucasian and that he's Muslim.  They're even putting the "exclamation point" on it by just calling him by his last name of "Baz" and not using his first name at all (it's "Simon").  Nearly every other time they advertise something GL-related, they use the full names of the characters or their first name.  But not this time...

And this might be the final nail in the coffin for me in terms of reading comics.  I was darn close right before DC decided to do GL: Rebirth.  With them bringing back Hal Jordan, who happens to be my favorite character, I was excited about comics again.  Now with them "indefinitely"  doing away with Hal, I may definitely stop buying most of the comics I get now.  I've already dropped a lot of titles from them, dropping the rest is the next step.

So for the first time since 1977, I probably won't be buying DC Comics.   "Job well done", DC.*

*said with tongue firmly planted in cheek