Green Lantern
since 2023

Choose your starting point

• Hal Jordan: begin with Green Lantern (2023) #1 and Vol. 1: Back in Action. Jeremy Adams and Xermánico launch a return to Earth that grows into a wider Corps conflict. Knowing Hal is a test pilot and veteran Lantern is enough to begin; Secret Origin is optional background.
• John Stewart: choose the completed War Journal route by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Montos: John backups in Green Lantern #1–3, War Journal #1–12, then the epilogue in Green Lantern #15. The two War Journal collections include those bookends.
• The team: start Green Lantern Corps (2025) #1, written at launch by Jeremy Adams and Morgan Hampton, with art by Fernando Pasarín and Oclair Albert. For the setup, read Civil Corps and the Fractured Spectrum special first. DC's launch announcement connects these books.
• A new universe: Absolute Green Lantern (2025), launched by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay, begins its own continuity. Read #1 onward independently; the continuity guide explains why it does not belong between chapters of Hal's main-universe book.

Hal's collected route, with the crossover restored

The numbered volumes alone can hide an event. Follow this sequence for the main 2023-series chapters through #33. The linked DC descriptions identify contents; they are not promises of current stock. Some books also contain backups or additional material.

1. Back in Action — Green Lantern #1–6 and Knight Terrors: Green Lantern #1–2.
2. Love and War — #7–12.
3. Power of Will — the publisher lists stories from #13–15 and Absolute Power: Task Force VII #3. These chapters intersect with Absolute Power; that event is main-universe material, despite the shared word “Absolute.”
4. Civil Corps — #16–18, Green Lantern: Civil Corps Special #1, and Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum Special #1. Keep the specials when reading singles.
5. Fractured Spectrum — #19–24. The similarly named special is in the preceding volume.
6. The Starbreaker Supremacy — Green Lantern #25–27 and Green Lantern Corps #7–9. This separate crossover volume supplies the gap between Hal's volumes 5 and 6.
7. With This Ring — Green Lantern #28–33. Continue the numbered issues from #34 after this collection.

Read each collection's printed sequence. Hal's and John's earlier routes share issue numbers because backups and lead features occupy the same comic: owning a War Journal collection does not replace Hal's main story in those issues.

The 2025 Corps: mind the missing #6

The new team book follows John, Guy, Jessica, Kyle, Jo, and the wider Corps. It has its own numbering; it is neither War Journal #13 nor a continuation of the 2006 series' issue count. Its ensemble gives the institutional consequences of the solo book room to unfold.

1. New World Rising — the current publisher listing says #1–5.
2. Green Lantern Corps #6 — read this next. Neither the listed first volume nor the crossover's listed #7–9 includes it; check your edition before assuming it is covered.
3. The Starbreaker Supremacy — use the combined collection above for Corps #7–9 alongside Green Lantern #25–27.
4. Lanterns United — #10–13 plus DC K.O.: Green Lantern Galactic Slam. DC's heading uses Lanterns United while its description also calls the book New World Order; use the issue contents to identify it.
5. Then #14 onward. Guy Gardner — Born Again? is listed to collect #14–19 on November 17, 2026. That date is still upcoming at this review, so the collection is not treated as already released.

Publication checkpoint: November 4, 2026

These are dated catalogue checks, not a live release feed. Issue numbers below are checkpoints, not suggested starting points, and publisher dates can change.

• Green Lantern (2023): ongoing. DC lists #40 for October 28, 2026, written by Jeremy Adams with art by Vasco Georgiev and Scott Godlewski. Creative teams can vary from the launch.
• Green Lantern Corps (2025): ongoing. DC lists #21 for October 14, 2026 and #22 for November 11. The latter is upcoming at review.
• War Journal: complete. DC labels #12, August 21, 2024 as the final issue; the Green Lantern #15 epilogue follows it.
• Absolute Green Lantern: separate, ongoing. DC lists #20 for November 4, 2026, written by Al Ewing with art by Sid Kotian. A listing dated today is not a guarantee of local or subscription availability.

Reviewed November 4, 2026 using the linked publisher listings. This guide follows reading commitments and publication status; late-run plot outcomes remain in the comics. For older events, use the issue-by-issue crossover guide.