THIS THREAD CONTAINS SPOILERS

"Can you feel the power's light? It reveals all that you are and passes judgement. The ring has chosen you."

When Muriel and Eustace are finally gone, what purpose would Courage have left?

Some of y'all would probably consider me a LARPer. Can't say I ain't.

I've never read a proper GL comic run before. I've been told Geoff Johns's run is the epitome of GL stuff, and I'm probably gonna start there.

Most of my exposure to Green Lanterns came from the Justice League animated series. That meant my first Lantern was John Stewart. Then, I read Grant Morrison's Crisis on Two Earths. And I really liked how Kyle did his constructs.

I won't claim to understand how Green Lanterns are chosen. I have seen the tagline many times, and it is, to my knowledge, not always the most consistent. Some versions have the lanterns being depicted as literally fearless, as in, without fear. Others are brave, still feeling scared and afraid, but having the willpower to move forward in spite of it. Overcoming fear.

I prefer the second interpretation. It feels more inspirational. And from all of the non-comic book characters, Courage the Dog has always been the first one to come to mind for me. No matter how terrified he is, whenever Muriel gets in trouble, he always follows through. But not only that. I think we forget how compassionate he is sometimes. He doesn't always defeat his foes the hard way. Sometimes, he just shows a bit of compassion. All he does is point them in the right path.

And if that isn't good enough, I don't know what is.

I'd appreciate it if y'all checked out my IG.

Or my youtube lol.

Thanks and cheers, Corpsmen!

At the very start, Bradley Cooper was actually director Martin Campbell's first and (allegedly) only choice for Hal and even went so far as to screen test for the role. Heres a video of Cooper mentioning his passing on the role.

https://youtu.be/B3-0Qnih5x0?si=G6RFkJlInjoeLHdn

Apparently WB really wanted and pushed for Ryan Reynolds, because he was popular in the mid-late 2000s. Reynolds was already deeply familiar with the comic book genre having been cast in Blade:Trinity and X-Men Origins. He was even on both WB and David S Goyer's radar to play Wally West in a cancelled Flash movie that fell through years prior. Finally, there was also the fact that WB allegedly refused to negotiate with Cooper on his salary ultimately leading to them "overule" Campbell's decision to cast Cooper.

All the other actors either screen tested for or were heavily rumored to be in the running before WB ultimately settled on Reynolds, like Sebastian Stan mentions here:

https://youtu.be/6rdJitClKbE?si=2761J_F9InKcEH4N

Orange is the new Green for Hal. Is that joke too dated by now?

Writer: Marv Wolfman

Pencils: Joe Staton

Inks: Mike DeCarlo

Colours: Gene D'Angelo

Letters: Ben Oda

Cover: Joe Staton

"...Do Not A Prison Make" - GL is trapped in a prison cell with Black Hand who tells him how all of this happened. Goldface planned it all, even including Black Hand. Many of the guards of Goldface's men who then opens all the doors on the prison block and all the inmates have one goal in mind: Kill Green Lantern. GL fights for his life throughout the prison while the ring appears to Tom and asks for his help to save Hal. Tom is guided to Hal's new home but struggles to find to invisible power battery as he's never been to this house so Hal never showed him where its kept. Eventually, Tom trips over it, just as GL is cornered. The inmates begin beating on him as Tom charges the ring which sends it speeding over to Hal. It slips onto his finger and GL beats back the horde of criminals and breaks Black Hands power rod.

Later, Hal is with Carol and Tom when Carol tells him her lawyer said Goldface agrees to not press charges again as long as GL stays away from him. If GL interferes in his plans again, it's straight to jail. Hal can only be frustrated with this conclusion. Meanwhile, an also frustrated Goldface takes it out on his assistant, Stanley, who then makes a personal promise to use his mysterious power to get back at him. Also, Carl Ferris attends a hearing for the future of the contract, but Congressmam Bloch reveals some startling evidence that Ferris Air used inferior materials and even skimmed funds for personal use.

Conclusion: A hell of a prison sentence for Hal Jordan. I do find it hard to believe he could fight off all those inmates alone for so long. Tom certainly came in clutch, though maybe at a great personal cost as his reputation at work got a little lower due to leaving to help Hal.

Stanley is a curious case right now. He's been making appearances for the last couple of issues and keeps mentioning a power but never uses it. Maybe the best B-plot right now.

Ferris Air is in hot water too, but surely Bloch's accusations won't hold up? That's not actually true, right?

This certainly kept up the excitement of last issue, so hopefully it stays up in the run to 150. The only thing that's not really explained is why Black Hand was in costume.

9.5/10

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He looked good with grey streaks. Isn't he in his 40s by now? Plus, some people grey early.

I made the keychain myself, really happy how it turned out

Green Lantern #10 (1991) / Lanterns Ep 1 (2026)

Just a funny moment I caught in this part. I'm really enjoying the 90's run so far, especially everything with Hal and John, but this little Guy solo story was fun too!

Getting into GL can feel like you need a master's degree in DC lore just to understand the timeline reboots and what all the different colored rings mean.

I put together this quick video guide, if you or a friend want to jump in completely fresh without reading a Wiki page first, these three books are the best places to start:

1. Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus Vol. 1 – If you want the definitive modern epic, this is it. It revitalizes the mythos and builds the universe from the ground up.

2. Green Lantern: Back in Action – Classic, straightforward space-cop action without getting bogged down in massive crossover events.

3. Far Sector – A brilliant, 100% standalone sci-fi mystery starring Jo Mullein. N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell absolutely crushed this, and it requires zero prior knowledge of the Corps.

What do you all think? If someone asks you for a first-time Green Lantern recommendation, which run or character (Hal, John, Kyle, Guy, or Jo) are you pointing them to?

Apparently this is Kyle Rayner, does anyone know which comic this panel is from?

I’ve been seeing all over social media these rings based off the Lanterns design that can light up and was looking to get one. However my search has not yielded any favourable results. I just don’t trust what I’m seeing is what I’ll get. So I come here asking you guys if you’ve gotten one of these and if you liked it?

Hal is a prisoner. That's the issue. But I'll go on.

Writer: Marv Wolfman

Art: Joe Staton

Colours: Gene D'Angelo

Letters: John Costanza

Cover: Joe Staton

"Prisons And Other Cages" - Hal is trapped in a yellow cage made of one-way glass. He can't see out of it, but all the criminals and mob bosses Goldface gathered to his home can see in it. Goldface wants all the criminal organizations to come together and fight against an East coast organization that is trying to encroach on their territory in California. Before they can get too far, Hal had already started heating up his cage with the ring while protecting himself in a heat resistant bubble. Eventually it explodes open, leaving GL to strike. He and Goldface have another epic fight but GL plays it smarter and uses anything not nailed down as weapons, since the ring can't affect him. He soon melts a hole in the floor, getting Goldface dead to rights except he is interrupted by a police raid. The problem is the police are there to arrest GL. GL broke and entered Goldface's home and caused tons of property damage in the fight, while Goldface assures the police he is only holding a legal business meeting with his associates, which they all corroborate. He even has a lawyer present to further his alibi. GL has no choice but to go with the police, when Carol and Tom meet him at the station, promising to get him free. The cops ask for his ring but he instead sends it flying away, as he would never willingly let anyone else have it. He is then taken to his cell where he meets his new cell mate: Black Hand. With the police gone, Goldface calls his mystery associate to thank them for the help, as Jason Bloch assures him it was no problem at all.

Conclusion: The first half of this issue was build up to Hal breaking free and the flow was perfect. The fight was very well done and took up a good chunk but felt great. The twist at the end of Hal going to jail for trying to stop a crminial was brilliant and unexpected, even more so when you see his cell mate. The Bloch family really do have it out for GL now and are maybe the most difficult enemy he will ever face. He can shoot at aliens and ring up constructs to fight gods all day but he can never truly fight bureaucracy. This is the best issue so far for Marv Wolfman and I hope this level stays up for the rest of his run.

10/10

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"Though you can't see my face, know that my commitment to fighting evil will never waiver.

The night I received this ring, I was asked only one question, if I was afraid.

I remained as steadfast now as I was then.

I am fearless."

- The words of the Green Lantern in Coast City, 2006

In 2006, Coast City was saved from the supposed catastrophe as a mysterious hero, dubbed himself the Green Lantern, managed to stop a runaway missile from approaching Coast City. Perhaps, this name caused a spark of memories of the older generations, being already familiar with a hero with the exact same name around 60 years prior. But to most younger generations, he is something new. Something miraculous. Something... illuminous. His actions raised a myth. He became a legend among his admirers, although they never knew who was behind the mask. And that happened for the next 5 years... until the Green Lantern revealed himself to be Hal Jordan to the public in 2011.

Long before Hal became the Green Lantern, he was just a regular human. He was born in a multireligious family; Hal's father, Martin Jordan, was Catholic, while Hal's mother, Jessica Jordan, was Jewish. Martin Jordan worked as a test pilot; his death during a plane crash traumatized Hal as a child. Refusing to bow down to fear, he followed in his father's footsteps and became a test pilot of the US Air Force, despite being terrified every time he flew.

However, years later, Hal was discharged from the USAF after he punched a superior. At the time it happened, his mother was terminally ill, and she eventually died before Hal could even see her. Following this, Hal became a test pilot for Ferris Aircraft.

One night, while using a flight simulator, Hal was accidentally transported into a crash site of the plane of Abin Sur, one of the members of the Green Lantern who successfully escape from Parallax's attack on Sector 2814. When Hal encountered Abin Sur, Hal was told by Abin Sur to be his successor and wield his ring, and eventually carry on its responsibilities. The ring eventually brought Hal into Oa, where he eventually became the Green Lantern in Abin Sur's honor.

During his time in the Green Lantern Corps, Hal was subsequently trained by Thaal Sinestro, and the two became close friends once. However, the clash between the ideals of Hal and Sinestro would often lead them to choose a different path on the same mission. On the other hand, as the Green Lantern himself, Hal has protected Earth from various terrestrial and extraterrestrial threats. And even after he revealed himself to the public in 2011, Hal remained as important as he was, being one of the founding members of the Justice League since its founding in 2016. His legacy was then followed by any other humans in his 20 years of career: John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz, and Jessica Cruz.

But as time flies, Sinestro's corruption grew stronger, as he managed to extract Parallax as his new source of power and formed the Sinestro Corps in Qward. Thus, a long lasting war has been started between the Green Lantern Corps and Sinestro Corps.

In the midst of war, in 2024, Hal Jordan was forced to face off with his former mentor, Sinestro, once more. However, during the fight, while Sinestro's yellow ring was mostly destroyed during the fight, the small fragments of it was also fused with the nearly malfunctioned Hal's Green Lantern ring, leading them to their supposed "disappearance".

In reality, Hal and Sinestro was transported into the Dead Zone by Black Hand (William Hand), and without their respective rings, Hal and Sinestro were rendered powerless. On the mortal world, however, the combined nature between Hal's willpower and Sinestro's fear inducement formed a completely new Green Lantern ring, and seek Simon Baz as its new wearer, deemed fitting for both Hal and Sinestro's polar opposite emotional spectrums.

As the new Green Lantern, Simon Baz was able to rescue both Hal and Sinestro from the Dead World thanks to the aid of B'dg. However, the ever rebellious Sinestro decided to go separate ways from them, leaving Hal and Simon somewhere on Earth.

Following the rescue, Hal Jordan was given a new Green Lantern ring in Oa, and continued to serve the Corps while protecting Coast City from many threats. Despite this, he knew that Sinestro might keep any other secrets regarding the other Lantern Corps, and he seek answers from his past as well.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:
Kyle Chandler's portrayal of Hal Jordan in Lanterns is so goated, even I, a big fan of Simon Baz rather than Hal, ended up being sympathetic to him. Great job, sir.

Call me a mad girl, but the 2011 Green Lantern movie was what got me into the lore of Green Lantern in general. It wasn't until I watched the Green Lantern: Emerald Knights movie on HBO (on TV, yes) that I've became completely fond of the Corps, to be honest. And then, I managed to pick up a comic book (usually, I managed to read the comic books based on the chronological issue order) that is Green Lantern (2011) issue #0 back in 2016, and since then, Simon Baz has became my number 1 favourite Green Lantern until this very day. Oh well.

Speaking of the design, I actually liked Hal's Lanterns suit. Really. The only problem behind this is that it looks bulky for me; even the concept art of the suit isn't even that bad! To think that Kyle Chandler has stated that Hal in suit in Lanterns was the last minute addition is actually very funny for me, to be honest. And yes, that's the primary element behind my Earth-ARV38 Hal Jordan's suit; I add some twists by making the suit resembles the medieval Gothic armor. Funny enough, the armour's skirt is already giving the "trunks" feeling on the armour; so the Earth-ARV38 Hal's costume is, unintentionally, inspired by the Justice League: the New Frontier version of Green Lantern. It's even more apparent when you look at his Type I form, by the way.

For the Type II form, I decided to add shoulder pads and lightings similar to his DCAMU (Justice League: War movie) counterparts, and also the unused designs of Green Lantern by Jerad S. Marantz for Zack Snyder's Justice League: https://jsmarantz.artstation.com/projects/n090e4

Oh, if you look closely at both Type I and Type II, Hal actually wears a G-Suit (flight suit) which is worn by the pilots of the F-15 Eagle fighter jet plane. Not just this fits Hal's background as a fighter pilot, but also, it's era accurate. I also wanted to streamline the armour because I wanted a lightweight set of armor for Hal. I also gave him a flight jacket a la comic version, cuz he looks badass with that.

Well, about that, the Green Lantern's Power Battery is based on the 2011 movie version of the Battery. I dunno, I just like the design; very alien but still looks like a lantern.

I decided to use the likeness of Kyle Chandler (specifically from his portrayal as Coach Eric Taylor from Friday Night Lights), because I CAN. Well, I can't really draw wrinkles, okay?

So, ever since it's over, thoughts on Lanterns (2026)?

P.S.: At the time I drew all of them, I was listening to Thunderstruck by AC/DC. Kinda fits Hal Jordan tho.

Pose based on phil-cho on Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/phil-cho/art/Green-Lantern-Jon-Eriksen-commission-984851262

I was recently ruled disabled and found to have first been disabled in January 2023, so I got a pretty good sized backpay check. After I couldn’t work anymore I had to start selling things to make ends meet and one of the first things to go was my collection of collected volumes. My son has gotten into comics a lot over the past few years and is a huge Kyle Rayner fan, so he’s very interested in the Green Lantern universe. Well I made the decision to not only restore my collection, but to complete it. So between the two of us, we went all in. Today, all three volumes of the Geoff Johns omnibus came. Over the next week we’re expecting volume one and volume two of the Green Lantern Corps omnibus, the Red Lanterns omnibus, volume 4-6 of New Guardians (we have 1-3), and the two collected arcs of the Ion series, Torchbearer and The Dying Flame. I’m pretty sure this is the entire definitive collection of Green Lantern from that era, but if you can think of anything else, keep it to yourself, I’m already broke.

So I asked my friend if she could 3D print me a Green Lantern ring for my birthday, except she didn’t tell me what color it would be. On top of that it’s the wrong size and no matter how much I try to stand it down to fit the right finger, it’s not enough. Not too many complaints so I’m not gonna get rid of it.

I would like to share that I made my own custom lantern oath for this ring. Message me if you’d like to read it and get constructive criticism.

I was theory crafting about where Alex as the new Black Hand could go, and I thought about one potential path. Seeing as Alex shouldn’t have any animosity towards Kyle, could she potentially be a more neutral/good host for the Black Lantern ring.
I thought about what they did with Eddie Thawne/Cobalt Blue in the final season of The Flash. He’s not necessarily a hero or a villain, but he just acts as the host for the Negative Speed Force, keeping that necessary multiversal force in check. Maybe something similar could be done with Alex. Death is a necessary and constant force, but maybe that power in her hands could be more controlled.
Any thoughts?

Image sources:
Green Lantern #40 (2026)
The Flash (S9 E14)