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Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Book One (New Edition)
Begin Geoff Johns's Green Lantern run with a collected paperback.
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A universe
of light.
Seven emotions. Life and death. Nine classic Corps.
Pick a light to begin.
Start Here
Pick a reading commitment, then follow the light. Each route explains what you need to know.
One Complete Story
Far Sector · 12 issues
A murder mystery with Jo Mullein. A complete first read without a crossover checklist.
Meet Hal Jordan
Secret Origin · 7 issues
The test pilot, the ring, and the mentor. Start with Hal's origin before the larger saga.
Follow John Stewart
War Journal · 12 issues
A family story with cosmic stakes, plus a route into John's earlier Corps adventures.
The Spectrum Saga
The long route · 2004–2013
Follow the Johns run from Rebirth to its finale, with core issues, optional branches, and a reading checklist.
Prefer the early years? Follow the classic stories route. Coming from a film or series? Find it in On Screen.
Already reading? Open the Reading Guides, find your next chapter in the crossover guide, or browse the books launched since 2023.
Returning to Lanternology? See the latest updates.
Nine Classic Corps
Each color of the emotional spectrum fuels a Corps of ring-bearers. Dive into their oaths, members, homeworlds, and lore.
Red Lantern Corps
Rage
Atrocitus
Orange Lantern Corps
Avarice
Larfleeze
Sinestro Corps
Fear
Sinestro
Green Lantern Corps
Will
Hal Jordan
Blue Lantern Corps
Hope
Saint Walker
Indigo Tribe
Compassion
Indigo-1
Star Sapphires
Love
Carol Ferris
Black Lantern Corps
Death
Black Hand
White Lantern Corps
Life
Kyle Rayner
What is the Emotional Spectrum?
In the DC Universe, emotion is a tangible force — a spectrum of light that spans the cosmos. At its center burns green, the light of willpower, wielded by the Green Lantern Corps. Toward one end lie rage, greed, and fear; toward the other, hope, compassion, and love. Beyond them all wait death's black and life's white.
Each light empowers those who can channel its emotion through a power ring. Their factions differ in traditions, membership, and purpose; life and death do not operate like ordinary Corps. This site is your field guide to all of them.
Red Lanterns (2011) #1, main-cover crop. Ed Benes (cover pencils); Rob Hunter (cover inks); Rod Reis (cover colors). Artwork source & details.
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Artwork credits (16 images)
Credits refer to the illustrations shown here. Open a record for sources, adaptations and unresolved details. Some artwork and source pages contain story spoilers.
- Red — Red Lanterns (2011) #1, main-cover crop. Ed Benes (cover pencils); Rob Hunter (cover inks); Rod Reis (cover colors).
- Orange — Green Lantern (2005) #39 (2009), main-cover artwork with a changed background. Ivan Reis (cover pencils); Oclair Albert (cover inks); Nei Ruffino (cover colors).
- Yellow — Composite using Sinestro foreground from Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 (2007), story page 4. Ethan Van Sciver (foreground illustration); Moose Baumann (foreground colors).
- Green — Artist credit unconfirmed.
- Blue — Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #14 (2017), main cover crop. Rafa Sandoval (cover pencils); Jordi Tarragona (cover inks); Tomeu Morey (cover colors).
- Indigo — Blackest Night #3 (2009), emotional-spectrum explanation spread, cropped detail. Ivan Reis (interior pencils); Alex Sinclair (interior colors).
- Violet — Artist credit unconfirmed.
- Black — Blackest Night #5 (2009), interior crop. Ivan Reis (pencils); Alex Sinclair (colors).
- White — Blackest Night #8 (2010), interior spread crop. Ivan Reis (pencils); Alex Sinclair (colors).
- Jo Mullein — Artist credit unconfirmed.
- Secret Origin — Green Lantern (2005) #29 — main cover. Ivan Reis (cover art); Dave McCaig (cover colors).
- John Stewart — Dark Nights: Death Metal #4 (2020), Stanley “Artgerm” Lau John Stewart variant cover, cropped detail. Stanley “Artgerm” Lau (cover art and colors).
- Rebirth — Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004) #1 — cover artwork. Ethan Van Sciver (cover pencils and inks); Peter Steigerwald (cover colors).
- Spectrum Chart — Artist credit unconfirmed.
- Hal Jordan — Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #45 (2018), Tyler Kirkham variant cover, cropped detail. Tyler Kirkham (cover pencils and inks); Arif Prianto (cover colors).
- Oa — Artist credit unconfirmed.
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