Green Lantern is officially getting old as DC Comics will soon be celebrating the franchise’s 80th birthday with a massive 100-page comic.
The history behind Green Lantern in DC Comics is, like many other long-running DC characters, convoluted and prone to many retcons. The first appearance of a Green Lantern was in All American Comics #16 back in 1940. The first character to wield the Green Lantern ring was Alan Scott and was far different from what the Green Lanterns we would see later on. The series would eventually be revamped in 1959 in Showcase #22 with the introduction of Hal Jordan, which started the more traditional Green Lantern mythology for DC comics before being further fleshed out by DC Comics writer Geoff Johns. Now, DC Comics is celebrating the long-running franchise’s birthday with a massive 100-page comic.
Details on the story for the DC Comics Green Lantern issue are currently unknown but it will, in some way, pay tribute to every character who has worn a Green Lantern ring, including Allan Scott, Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Jessica Cruz, and Simon Baz. In addition, the upcoming DC Comics issue will be written and drawn by a number of writers and artists including Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi, and James Tynion IV. The upcoming book will also have eight variant covers for every decade of Green Lantern’s history.
What do you all make of this upcoming Green Lantern issue from DC Comics? Will you be picking up the anniversary book when it is released? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
In addition to the upcoming comic, Warner Bros. is currently developing a Green Lantern Corps film with Geoff Johns on board as a writer and producer. Full details on Green Lantern Corps are currently under wraps, though the project will draw inspiration from Geoff Johns’ work on the New 52 Green Lantern comics with both Hal Jordan and John Stewart set to appear in the film. Arroverse veteran Greg Berlanti is also working on a Green Lantern television series for HBO Max.
Green Lantern 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 is currently scheduled to go on sale on May 20th for $9.99.
Source: CBR.com
