Laira
Artist credit unconfirmed. Artwork source & details.

Red Lantern Corps

Laira

A career crossing green and red.

Laira’s career crosses the Green and Red Lantern Corps. Her story asks what happens when a protector’s anger overwhelms the rules and loyalties that once defined her service.

Continuity: Main continuity, with an early Green Lantern career and a later Red Lantern chapter. The roster groups her under the latter affiliation.

First appearance
Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #6 (1993)
Story history — History and later developments — spoilers

Laira Omoto comes from Jayd and begins as a Green Lantern, with family duty central to her early story. She is among the Lanterns presumed lost after opposing Hal Jordan and later recovered from Manhunter captivity. Her transition into the red light belongs to the post–Sinestro Corps War period. The affiliation shown here describes that chapter, not her entire career.

Key Stories

Reading order

Find these in reading order on the timeline.

Sources & further reading

Reference scope: DC verifies the Lost Lanterns collection’s premise. Laira’s individual history and Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #6 origin are indexed by the secondary profile.

Profile reviewed 2026-11-04.

← Back to the roster

Keep Exploring

The lore goes deeper. Pick your next stop.

Meet the Lanterns

70 characters

Bios, first appearances, portraits

Which Corps Are You?

12 questions

The ring decides

Reading Guides

Comics reading order

Find your first story or continue the Johns saga