Green Lantern

Green Lantern is a DC Comics superhero. Created by artist Martin Nodell and writer Bill Finger, the original Green Lantern debuted in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940). more...

Several characters have taken the mantle of Green Lantern throughout the years. Each possessed a “power ring” that gives the user great control over the physical world as long as the wielder has sufficient willpower. While the ring of the Golden Age Green Lantern (Alan Scott) was magically powered, the rings worn by all subsequent Lanterns were the creations of the Guardians of the Universe who granted such rings to worthy candidates across the universe. These individuals made up the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps.

After World War II, when superhero comic books generally declined, DC ceased publishing new adventures of Green Lantern. At the beginning of the Silver Age, DC editor Julius Schwartz revived several superheroes, including Green Lantern with all new origin stories. Air Force pilot Hal Jordan took the role of Green Lantern and was eventually teamed up with Green Arrow, in ground-breaking, socially conscious series that pitted the sensibilities of the law-and-order-orientated Lantern with the populist Green Arrow.

Several, more cosmically themed series followed. In the last twenty years, DC has placed different individuals in the role of Earth's Green Lantern, most prominently John Stewart, Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner.

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