As Green Lantern swoops into cinemas today, James takes a look at the superheros modern age adventures… we looked at someGreen Lanternstory highlightsfrom the Silver and Bronze ages of comics.
Now, we turn our attention to what is, rather unimaginatively dubbed…
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On the list of great franchise revamps, this one does not rank high.
Not unsurprisingly, DC soon decided to try a different approach.
Originally one of the finest Lanterns in the Corps, Sinestro of Korugar was now cast as Jordans instructor.
However, this time Jordan wasnt searching for America, but rather himself.
An interesting curio from around this time was theGreen Lantern: Mosaicseries.
But despite this period of seeming stability, there was a chill wind on the horizon.
Sales of the variousGreen Lanternbooks began to flag and it was decided that truly radical action was needed.
Violating Green Lantern law, this brought him into conflict with the Guardians of the Universe.
But Jordans story wasnt over.
All that was missing now was his literal rebirth as a hero.
More of ourGreen Lantern stories are found here.
