I finished reading the Shining(1977) a week ago. It doesn't drag as much as Doctor Sleep did and I don't think being spoiled ruined it for me.
"Far Sector" is written by N.K. Jemisin and the art is by Jamal Campbell. It focuses on Rookie Green Lantern Sojourner "Jo" Muellin an ex-cop from New York. She is tasked with solving her first murder but it's on an alien planet with three separate alien species who shut off their emotions. It's a fun new character with a cool plot and great worldbuilding. pS. Jo looks like Janelle Monae (I see you DC
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"Folklords" is written by Matt Kindt and the art is by Matt Smith. It focuses on Ansel a kid living in a fantasy world but fascinated by ours. Like he made his own wristwatch out of wood and that's cool. In his home, every 18 years old goes on a quest as a right of passage. Ansel wants to go find us but we are myth called the Folklords and are mostly considered ridiculous. So it's fun light-hearted fantasy but it has a cool spin to me.
"Excalibur" is written by Tini Howard and is an X-men title focusing on mutant magic (i guess) and a place called Otherworld, which is a parallel version of Earth that never left King Arthur's time. Plus Rogue and Gambit are married, Apocalypse is trying to influence Psylocke who stops being a ninja but becomes the next Captain Britain. It's bonkers and totally great- can Capcom tap her to do DMC?
"Hellblazer" (2019) follows the Sandman Universe special while still being its own thing. John Constantine is back in London but it's 2019 so London is totally the same but feeling pretty different. The key hook with this run is John is in a new version trying to rebuild his life without his extensive list of contacts (superhero/villians/ex-lovers etc) to fall back on. John Constantine has been accused of being trapped in the past and Spurrier plays with that brilliantly as John's old methods don't work as much as he'd like.