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How James Gunn's Lanterns Can Save Green Lantern's Popularity

A Sunday night HBO series has the chance to bring back the intergalactic peacekeepers in emerald energy fashion.

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How The First Green Lantern Was Replaced — By a Dog

Alan Scott was DC Comics' first Green Lantern, but he's relatively obscure. This started when he was replaced by a dog in his own comics.

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10 Golden Age DC Characters Better Than Their Silver Age Counterparts

Golden Age versions of Flash, Wonder Woman and other Justice Society heroes are actually superior to their Silver Age counterparts in many ways.

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Jeremy Adams’ Green Lantern Confronts Old Foes, Cosmic Mystery, and Change

Green Lantern writer Jeremy Adams spoke with CBR about the cosmic trouble that’s complicating Hal Jordan’s attempt to forge a new life on Earth.

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10 DC Comics Where Green Lantern Fought Other Heroes

Since the Golden Age of comics, the Green Lanterns have been some of DC's best heroes. But they've also been known to fight their friends.

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10 Best Dark Horse Comic Crossovers, Ranked

Since the 1980s, Dark Horse Comics has crafted some of the greatest comic heroes and stories, partly through excellent crossovers.

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Why The DCU Needs To Give The Guardians Of The Universe Their Own Series

The Green Lantern Corps' bosses, the Guardians of the Universe, have never taken center stage in the DCU. It's past time for their spotlight.

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How The Return Of Superman Arc Destroyed Hal Jordan

The Death of Superman was one of the biggest events in DC history, however, its most lasting impact wasn't on the Man of Steel, but on Hal Jordan.

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Why The Greatest Green Lantern In DC Comics Only Cameoed In The DCAU

Hal Jordan is known as the greatest Green Lantern of the entire Corps, but DCAU creators kept him out of the Justice League animated series.

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10 Most Important Pieces Of Green Lantern Lore New Readers Need to Know

As one of DC's first superhero mantles, the Green Lanterns are among the most versatile superheroes, with 80 years of important lore behind them.

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The DCU Needs To Move On From Earth

The DC Universe is much bigger than its comics would imply. Now more than ever, DC should branch out from Earth and explore space-centered stories.

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Green Lantern: Hal Jordan is Far from a “Gary Stu”

Hal Jordan's status as the "main" Green Lantern sometimes robs him of depth, but he's actually an incredibly flawed hero compared to other DC icons.

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Hot Take: Guy Gardner Has Had the Most Development of Any Green Lantern

Guy Gardner isn't exactly a very likable Green Lantern, but he has a lot of depth and has changed over the years from his most obnoxious incarnations.

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10 Best DC Comics Arcs That Would Be Events Today

The last ten years have seen DC increasingly embrace events. DC would certainly market past comic arcs as multi-book events today.

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These Green Lanterns Need Their Own Shared Comic Instead Of Hal Jordan

The Green Lantern Corps covers the widest swath of the DC Universe. These heroes in particular deserve their own comic series - not Hal Jordan.

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Blue Beetle's Green Lantern Easter Egg Already Widens the DC Universe

The Blue Beetle confirmed a very subtle cameo from a Green Lantern, and it's the perfect way for the early James Gunn DC Universe to create cohesion.

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10 Major DC Retcons (That No One Noticed)

For whatever reason, major DC retcons like Green Lantern John Stewart's personality and Batman's dislike of guns went unnoticed for decades.

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10 DC Heroes Who Should Be Villains

In light of their origin stories, best comic arcs, and power sets, DC heroes like Red Hood and Black Adam would be much more interesting as villains.

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10 Best Green Lantern Team-Up Comics, Ranked

Since the Golden Age, Green Lantern has helped lead the way in what makes for a good superhero team-up story.

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10 Great But Forgotten Green Lantern Comic Arcs

GL Corps members like Kyle Rayner and especially Hal Jordan have starred in some of the greatest Green Lantern comics, as well as some obscure tales.

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