Together, these hard-traveling heroes traverse America, and a few alien landscapes, to understand how the world is not black-and-white. What does it take to be a superhero? Where should a superhero stand in society? What is important to a superhero? These are all questions Green Arrow aims to ask Green Lantern by forcing the space cop out of the stars and onto the ground where real issues are festering. 2īeginning with issue #76 (April 1970)–and ending with issue #122 (November 1979)–Hal Jordan was joined by Green Arrow in a series of stories by writer Dennis O’Neil and artist Neal Adams that famously dealt with social and political issues of that time: Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus vol.1Ĭollects Showcase #22-24 and Green Lantern vol. 2 #7 Carol Ferris, Hal Jordan’s love interest who became the Star Sapphire in issue #16 and later, in issue #59, with the story “Earth’s Other Green Lantern!” Guy Gardner made his first appearance. With Jordan came the mythology surrounding the Green Lantern Corps, but also new characters, like supervillain Sinestro who was introduced in Green Lantern Vol. After a successful storyline in the anthology book, Hal got his own ongoing series. 2 (1959-1988) – The Silver and Bronze AgesĪsked by editor Julius Schwartz to revive the Green Lantern brand, John Broome and Gil Kane created Hal Jordan in Showcase #22 (October 1959). 2Ĭollects Green Lantern #2-3 and All-American Comics #31-38. Golden Age Green Lantern Archives vol.1Ĭollects Green Lantern #1 and All-American Comics #16-30. Also, the canine sidekick named Streak was introduced in issue #30. The first use of the Green Lantern oath was in issue #9. It lasted for 38 issues (published between 19).

Introduced in the anthology series, All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), the Green Lantern Alan Scott received his own ongoing series in fall 1941. Green Lantern Reading Order: Green Lantern vol. There are downsides, like the need to recharge the rings or the effects of the color yellow (for a time thought). The ring protects the Lanterns and, with it, they can form constructs of Oan energy: thoughts become physical constructs. Those who wear a ring gain incredible abilities and control them with their own willpower. The Lanterns have only one weapon, but it’s the most powerful one in the DC universe: the power ring. The Green Lanterns must protect the 3600 “sectors” of the universe–Earth is in Sector 2814. Once chosen by the ring, Hal and the others automatically joined the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic law enforcement organization founded by the Guardians, a race of immortals residing on the planet Oa. The ring wan only go to someone “utterly honest and born without fear,” and there is more than one human being fitting that description as new Green Lanterns from Earth appeared in the DC Comics Universe through the decades: John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz, Jessica Cruz, and more. This test pilot was given a power ring and a battery (the famous lantern) by a dying alien named Abin Sur whose spaceship crashed on Earth. He was a Golden Age hero ( read all about Alan Scott here) and, with the Silver Age, a new Green Lantern appeared: Hal Jordan. Created in 1940 by Martin Nodell and Bill Finger in DC Comics’ All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), the first superhero named Green Lantern was Alan Scott–one of the founding members of the Justice Society of America.Īlan Scott was the first, but certainly not the last.

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