Green Lantern

First appearance of Green Lantern — Alan Scott, a railroad engineer, discovers a magical green lantern and forges a ring from it. Martin Nodell creates the original Green Lantern. A top-tier Golden Age key.

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First Green Lantern solo title — Alan Scott headlines his own series. The Golden Age Green Lantern fights crime with his magic-based ring. One of the most valuable Golden Age comics.

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First Justice Society — Alan Scott is a founding member of the JSA, the first superhero team in comics history.

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Last Golden Age Green Lantern — the series ends as superheroes decline in popularity. Alan Scott fades into obscurity until the Silver Age revival.

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First appearance of Hal Jordan — test pilot Hal Jordan receives a power ring from dying alien Abin Sur and becomes the Green Lantern of Sector 2814. John Broome and Gil Kane reinvent Green Lantern as science fiction. The Silver Age's second great launch after Flash.

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Second Hal Jordan appearance — his Showcase tryout continues. The Green Lantern Corps concept is introduced.

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Hal Jordan's solo series begins — Gil Kane draws the definitive Silver Age Green Lantern. The Corps, the Guardians of the Universe, and Oa are established.

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First Sinestro — Hal Jordan's arch-nemesis debuts. A former Green Lantern expelled from the Corps for abusing his power. The greatest villain in GL history.

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First Crisis crossover — Hal Jordan meets Alan Scott. The Golden and Silver Age Green Lanterns unite. The GL legacy begins.

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Green Lantern/Green Arrow begins — Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams launch the most socially relevant superhero comic of its era. Hal and Ollie travel across America confronting racism, poverty, and corruption. A landmark Bronze Age key.

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Speedy is a heroin addict — the most famous anti-drug story in comics. O'Neil and Adams tackle addiction head-on. Green Arrow discovers his sidekick is shooting up. A cultural landmark.

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First appearance of John Stewart — the Black architect who becomes a Green Lantern. One of the first major Black superheroes in DC Comics. A landmark Bronze Age key.

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O'Neil and Adams continue — the GL/GA road trip tackles environmental destruction. Adams' art is at its photorealistic peak.

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First John Stewart — the architect who becomes the most prominent Black Green Lantern. Made iconic by the Justice League animated series. O'Neil and Adams.

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First Guy Gardner — the brash, arrogant alternate Green Lantern. He was Abin Sur's second choice after Hal. A significant Silver Age key.

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First Kyle Rayner — the last Green Lantern. After Hal Jordan destroys the Corps, struggling artist Kyle receives the last ring. Ron Marz introduces the Torchbearer.

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Kyle Rayner becomes Green Lantern — the new GL gets his own adventures. Marz writes Kyle's journey from insecure artist to confident hero.

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Hal Jordan reimagined — Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko retell Hal's origin in the Earth One graphic novel format.

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Emerald Twilight begins — after Coast City is destroyed, Hal Jordan goes insane. He attacks the Green Lantern Corps, kills Kilowog and Sinestro, absorbs the Central Power Battery, and becomes Parallax. Ron Marz writes the most controversial GL story ever.

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Hal destroys the Corps — he kills Green Lanterns and absorbs their rings. The greatest hero of Sector 2814 becomes its greatest villain. The most shocking fall from grace in DC history.

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Emerald Twilight concludes — Hal Jordan becomes Parallax and Kyle Rayner inherits the last ring. The Green Lantern Corps is destroyed. An era ends.

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Parallax threatens reality — Hal Jordan as Parallax tries to reshape the universe. Dan Jurgens writes the event where the former GL becomes a cosmic threat.

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Hal Jordan's sacrifice — Parallax reignites Earth's sun, sacrificing himself to save the world. Hal's redemption through death.

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Hal Jordan returns — Geoff Johns brings Hal back from the dead and reveals that Parallax was a fear entity that possessed him. The Green Lantern Corps is reborn. Ethan Van Sciver draws. The most important GL story since Showcase #22.

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Johns' ongoing begins — Hal Jordan is back as Green Lantern. Johns launches the run that will redefine the entire GL mythology for a generation. Carlos Pacheco art.

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Revenge of the Green Lanterns — Hal rescues Lanterns lost in the Manhunter homeworld. Johns expands the Corps mythology.

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Sinestro Corps War conclusion — the first emotional spectrum war ends. The greatest modern GL event. Johns and Ivan Reis deliver a masterpiece.

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Sinestro Corps War begins — Sinestro unleashes an army of Yellow Lanterns powered by fear. The greatest Green Lantern event. Johns and Reis launch the emotional spectrum saga.

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Sinestro Corps Special — the oversized issue that kicks off the war. Sinestro, Parallax, Cyborg Superman, Superboy-Prime, and the Anti-Monitor unite. The greatest villain army in DC.

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The war escalates — the Sinestro Corps invades Earth. The Green Lanterns are authorized to use lethal force for the first time. Johns changes the rules.

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Sinestro Corps War ends — Hal defeats Sinestro. The emotional spectrum is fully revealed: Red (Rage), Orange (Avarice), Yellow (Fear), Green (Will), Blue (Hope), Indigo (Compassion), Violet (Love). Blackest Night is coming.

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Blackest Night begins — the dead rise as Black Lanterns wielding rings of death. Johns and Reis deliver DC's greatest cosmic event. Every dead hero and villain returns as a zombie. The emotional spectrum war reaches its apocalyptic conclusion.

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The dead attack — Black Lantern versions of Aquaman, Hawkman, Firestorm, and others terrorize the living. Reis draws the most horrifying imagery in DC history.

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The spectrum unites — Hal Jordan recruits one representative from each Lantern Corps to form the White Lantern. Every color of the emotional spectrum against death itself.

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Blackest Night concludes — the White Lantern defeats Nekron and the Black Lanterns. Twelve heroes are resurrected. Johns delivers a satisfying conclusion to his entire GL mythology.

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New 52 Green Lantern — Johns continues his run into the relaunch. Sinestro is given a Green Lantern ring. Doug Mahnke art. Johns' GL run crosses continuity reboots untouched.

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Johns' final issue — his nine-year, 100+ issue Green Lantern run concludes. The most transformative run in GL history. He rebuilt the entire mythology from the ground up.

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Grant Morrison's Green Lantern — Morrison and Liam Sharp reimagine Hal Jordan as a cosmic cop in a psychedelic, Silver Age-inspired series. Wildly inventive and visually stunning.

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Jeremy Adams' Green Lantern — Hal Jordan returns to Earth. Adams brings a grounded, character-driven approach after years of cosmic storytelling.

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Hal receives the ring — Abin Sur crashes on Earth and the ring chooses a man without fear. The Silver Age Green Lantern is born.

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Hard-traveling heroes — O'Neil and Adams make GL confront social injustice. The most relevant superhero comic of its era.

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Emerald Twilight — Hal destroys the Corps and becomes Parallax. The most shocking villain turn in DC history.

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Hal returns — Johns brings him back and redeems him. The GL Corps is reborn. Everything changes.

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The dead rise — the emotional spectrum saga reaches its climax. The greatest GL event ever published.

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The holy grail — first appearance of Alan Scott. A top-tier Golden Age key alongside Action Comics #1 and Detective Comics #27.

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First Hal Jordan — the Silver Age Green Lantern. One of the most important Silver Age keys. Gil Kane art.

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First Sinestro — GL's greatest villain. A major Silver Age key.

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GL/GA begins — O'Neil and Adams. The most socially relevant superhero comic. A landmark Bronze Age key.

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First John Stewart — a landmark for Black superheroes. O'Neil and Adams. A major Bronze Age key.

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Hal Jordan returns — Johns rebuilds the GL mythology. The most important modern GL key.

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