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Green Lantern is the name of several
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es appearing in
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s published by
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. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, and the electromagnetic spectrum of emotional willpower. The characters are typically depicted as members of the
Green Lantern Corps Green Lantern Corps is the name of a fictional intergalactic law enforcement organization appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They patrol the farthest reaches of the DC Universe at the behest of the Guardians, a race of immortals residin ...
, an intergalactic law enforcement agency. The first Green Lantern character,
Alan Scott Alan Scott is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, and the first character to bear the name Green Lantern. He fights evil with the aid of a magical ring which grants him a variety of powers. He was created by Mar ...
, was created in 1940 by
Martin Nodell Martin Nodell (November 15, 1915 – December 9, 2006) was an American cartoonist and commercial artist, best known as the creator of the Golden Age superhero Green Lantern. Some of his work appeared under the pen name Mart Dellon. Biography Earl ...
with scripting or co-scripting of the first stories by
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during the
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and usually fought common criminals in Capitol City (and later,
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) with the aid of his
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. For the
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, John Broome and
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reinvented the character as
Hal Jordan Harold "Hal" Jordan, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created in 1959 by writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane, and first appeared in '' ...
in 1959 and shifted the origin of the character from fantasy to science fiction. Other notable Green Lanterns include
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, John Stewart,
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,
Simon Baz Simon Baz, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, created by writer Geoff Johns and artist Doug Mahnke. Baz is an officer of the Green Lantern Corps, an extraterre ...
,
Jessica Cruz Jessica Cruz, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke, Ivan Reis and Ethan Van Sciver, she is a member of the Green Lantern Corps ...
and Jo Mullein. The Green Lanterns are among DC Comics' longest lasting sets of characters. They have been adapted to television, video games, and motion pictures.


Publication history


Golden Age

Martin Nodell Martin Nodell (November 15, 1915 – December 9, 2006) was an American cartoonist and commercial artist, best known as the creator of the Golden Age superhero Green Lantern. Some of his work appeared under the pen name Mart Dellon. Biography Earl ...
(initially using the pen-name Mart Dellon) created the first Green Lantern in collaboration with
Bill Finger Milton "Bill" Finger (February 8, 1914 – January 18, 1974) was an American comic strip, comic book, film and television writer who was the co-creator (with Bob Kane) of the DC Comics character Batman. Despite making major (sometimes, signatu ...
. He first appeared in the
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in ''
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'' #16 (July 1940), published by
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, one of three companies that would eventually merge to form
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. This Green Lantern's real name was
Alan Scott Alan Scott is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, and the first character to bear the name Green Lantern. He fights evil with the aid of a magical ring which grants him a variety of powers. He was created by Mar ...
, a railroad engineer who, after a railway crash, came into possession of a magic lantern which spoke to him and said it would bring power. From this, he crafted a
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which gave him a wide variety of powers. The limitations of the ring were that it had to be "charged" every 24 hours by touching it to the lantern for a time, and that it could not directly affect objects made of wood. Alan Scott fought mostly ordinary human villains, but he did have a few paranormal ones such as the immortal
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and the zombie Solomon Grundy. Most stories took place in New York. As a popular character in the 1940s, the Green Lantern featured both in anthology books such as ''All-American Comics'' and ''
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'', as well as his own book, ''Green Lantern''. He also appeared in ''
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'' as a member of the superhero team known as the
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. After
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the popularity of
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es in general declined. The ''Green Lantern''
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was cancelled with issue #38 (May–June 1949), and ''
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'' #57 (1951) was the character's last Golden Age appearance. When superheroes came back in fashion in later decades, the character Alan Scott was revived, but he was forever marginalized by the new
Hal Jordan Harold "Hal" Jordan, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created in 1959 by writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane, and first appeared in '' ...
character who had been created to supplant him (see below). Initially, he made guest appearances in other superheroes' books, but eventually got regular roles in books featuring the Justice Society. He never got another solo series, although he did star in individual stories and in the single-issue 2002 comic book ''Brightest Day, Blackest Night.'' Between 1995 and 2003, DC Comics changed Alan Scott's superhero codename to "Sentinel" in order to distinguish him from the newer and more popular science fictional Green Lanterns. In 2011, the Alan Scott character was revamped. His costume was redesigned and the source of his powers was changed to that of the mystical power of nature (referred to in the stories as "the Green").


Silver Age

In 1959,
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reinvented the Green Lantern character as a science fiction hero named
Hal Jordan Harold "Hal" Jordan, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created in 1959 by writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane, and first appeared in '' ...
. Hal Jordan's powers were more or less the same as Alan Scott's, but otherwise this character was completely different than the Green Lantern character of the 1940s. He had a new name, a redesigned costume, and a rewritten origin story. Hal Jordan received his ring from a dying alien and was commissioned as an officer of the
Green Lantern Corps Green Lantern Corps is the name of a fictional intergalactic law enforcement organization appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They patrol the farthest reaches of the DC Universe at the behest of the Guardians, a race of immortals residin ...
, an interstellar law enforcement agency overseen by the
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. Hal Jordan was introduced in ''
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'' #22 (September–October 1959).
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and
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at the
John Broome. His initial physical appearance, according to Kane, was patterned after his one-time neighbor, actor
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.


Later developments

With issue #76 (April 1970), the series made a radical stylistic departure. Editor Schwartz, in one of the company's earliest efforts to provide more than fantasy, worked with the writer-artist team of
Denny O'Neil Dennis Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retir ...
and
Neal Adams Neal Adams (June 15, 1941 – April 28, 2022) was an American comic book artist. He was the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates, and was a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Supe ...
to spark new interest in the comic book series and address a perceived need for social relevance. They added the character
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(with the cover, but not the official name, retitled ''Green Lantern Co-Starring Green Arrow'') and had the pair travel through America encountering "real world" issues, to which they reacted in different ways — Green Lantern as fundamentally a lawman, Green Arrow as a
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. Additionally during this run, the groundbreaking "
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" story was published (issues #85-86) in which Green Arrow's teen sidekick
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(the later grown-up hero Red Arrow) developed a
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that he was forcibly made to quit. The stories were critically acclaimed, with publications such as ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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'' citing it as an example of how comic books were "growing up". However, the O'Neil/Adams run was not a commercial success, and the series was cancelled after only 14 issues, though an additional unpublished three installments were finally published as back-ups in ''
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'' #217-219. The title saw a number of revivals and cancellations. It changed to ''Green Lantern Corps'' at one point as the popularity rose and waned. During a time there were two regular titles, each with a Green Lantern, and a third member in the Justice League. A new character,
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, was created to become the feature while Hal Jordan first became the villain
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, then died and came back as the
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. In the wake of '' The New Frontier'', writer Geoff Johns returned Hal Jordan as Green Lantern in '' Green Lantern: Rebirth'' (2004–05). Johns began to lay the groundwork for "
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" (released July 13, 2010)), viewing it as the third part of the trilogy started by ''Rebirth''. Expanding on the Green Lantern mythology in the second part, "
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" (2007), Johns, with artist
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, found wide critical acclaim and commercial success with the series, which promised the introduction of a spectrum of colored "lanterns".


Awards

The series and its creators have received several awards over the years, including the 1961
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for Best Adventure Hero/Heroine with Own Book and the Academy of Comic Book Arts
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for Best Continuing Feature in 1970, for Best Individual Story ("No Evil Shall Escape My Sight", ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 2) #76 by
Dennis O'Neil Dennis Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retir ...
and
Neal Adams Neal Adams (June 15, 1941 – April 28, 2022) was an American comic book artist. He was the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates, and was a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Supe ...
), and in 1971 for Best Individual Story ("Snowbirds Don't Fly", ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 2) #85 by O'Neil and Adams). Writer O'Neil received the Shazam Award for Best Writer (Dramatic Division) in 1970 for his work on ''Green Lantern'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and other titles, while artist Adams received the Shazam for Best Artist (Dramatic Division) in 1970 for his work on ''Green Lantern'' and ''Batman''. Inker
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received the Shazam Award for Best Inker (Dramatic Division) for his work on ''Green Lantern'' and other titles. In
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's first regular writing assignment on Green Lantern, he wrote a storyline in which an assistant of Kyle Rayner's emerged as a gay character in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #137 (June 2001). In ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #154 (November 2001) the story entitled "Hate Crime" gained media recognition when Terry was brutally beaten in a homophobic attack. Winick was interviewed on Phil Donahue's show on MSNBC for that storyline on August 15, 2002 and received two
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s for his Green Lantern work. In May 2011, Green Lantern placed 7th on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time.


Legal disputes

DC Comics has been involved in two disputes concerning Green Lantern trade marks before the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office, the first in 2012 and the second in 2016.


Characters


Golden Age Green Lantern

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Alan Scott Alan Scott is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, and the first character to bear the name Green Lantern. He fights evil with the aid of a magical ring which grants him a variety of powers. He was created by Mar ...


Silver Age Green Lantern

*
Hal Jordan Harold "Hal" Jordan, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created in 1959 by writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane, and first appeared in '' ...


Bronze Age Green Lanterns

*
Guy Gardner (character) Guy Gardner, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, usually in books featuring the Green Lantern family of characters, and for a time (late 1980s through mid 1990s) w ...
*
John Stewart (character) John Stewart, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics and was the second African-American superhero to appear in DC Comics. The character was created by Dennis O'Neil ...


Modern Age Green Lanterns

*
Kyle Rayner Kyle Rayner (), one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character is depicted as being associated with the Green Lantern Corps, an extraterrestrial police force of ...
*
Simon Baz Simon Baz, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, created by writer Geoff Johns and artist Doug Mahnke. Baz is an officer of the Green Lantern Corps, an extraterre ...
*
Jessica Cruz Jessica Cruz, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke, Ivan Reis and Ethan Van Sciver, she is a member of the Green Lantern Corps ...
* Sojourner Mullein


Others who have headlined as Green Lantern in a Green Lantern comic book or related title

*
Jade (DC Comics) Jade (Jennifer-Lynn Hayden) is a superhero in the . She first appeared in ''All-Star Squadron'' #25 in September 1983. She is the daughter of Alan Scott and Rose Canton and the twin sister of Obsidian. Jade appears in the second and third seaso ...
*
Sinestro Thaal Sinestro () (or simply Sinestro) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, particularly those featuring Green Lantern. Sinestro is a former Green Lantern Corps member who was dishonorably discharged for abu ...
* Jediah Caul (DC Comics)


Powers and abilities

Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants them a variety of abilities. The ring is powered by willpower. The full extent of the ring's abilities has never been rigorously defined in the stories, but two consistent traits are that it grants the power of flight and that all its effects are accompanied by a green light.


In other media


Standalone film

Hal Jordan made his live-action debut in the 2011 film of the same name, portrayed by
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. The film originally intended on launching a new DC Comics cinematic franchise with a sequel and an untitled
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film, but due to the film's failure, nothing moved forward.


DC Extended Universe

John Stewart was scheduled to appear in
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's director cut of ''
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'', portrayed by Wayne T. Carr, but the scene was reworked with
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, portrayed by
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, at the request of Warner Bros. A ''Green Lantern Corps'' movie is currently in development and is scheduled for the 2022-23 DCEU release slate with Stewart confirmed as one of the Green Lanterns appearing in the film, but the movie has yet to start production.


Television

In the live-action television series '' Stargirl'',
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's power battery is shown in a flashback to when the
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attacked the
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's headquarters. JSA member
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hid his power battery in his basement. In the second season, Alan Scott's daughter Jennie-Lynn Scott finds Alan's power battery and activates it. Jennifer absorbs the battery's energy and breaks it. She then leaves Blue Valley to find her missing brother Todd Rice. A live-action ''Green Lantern'' television series is currently in development at
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set to feature the
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,
Guy Gardner Guy Gardner may refer to: * Guy Gardner (astronaut) (born 1948), United States Air Force officer and former astronaut * Guy Gardner (character) Guy Gardner, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic ...
,
Jessica Cruz Jessica Cruz, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke, Ivan Reis and Ethan Van Sciver, she is a member of the Green Lantern Corps ...
, and
Simon Baz Simon Baz, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, created by writer Geoff Johns and artist Doug Mahnke. Baz is an officer of the Green Lantern Corps, an extraterre ...
versions of Green Lantern along with an original character Bree Jarta with
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and
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portraying Gardner and Scott respectively. The series will be set in multiple time periods focusing on a separate story for each of the Green Lanterns for that time. In October 2022, it was announced that the series had instead been extensively redeveloped into a solo project centered around John Stewart. In December 2022, sources claimed the series was scrapped, but James Gunn say the series is still in production.


In academic and journalistic jargon

Some political pundits and academic political scientists use the phrase "Green Lanternism" (or "political Green Lanternism") to refer to the common tendency to demand perfection or omnipotence from political leaders, and to blame actually unsolvable or inevitable problems on political leaders' alleged weakness or malice, as if political office-holders' powers and abilities, like Green Lantern's powers and abilities, were limited only by their personal strength of will.


See also

* '' Green Lantern: The Animated Series'' *
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