Collected edition
Green Lantern Vol. 1: Sinestro (The New 52)
The New 52 opening volume brings Hal Jordan and Sinestro into an uneasy partnership.
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Green Lantern: The New 52
Johns' nine-year saga ends — with Sinestro wearing green.
2011 – 2013
Collected in Green Lantern: Sinestro, Revenge of Black Hand, Rise of the Third Army, and Wrath of the First Lantern.
IssuesGreen Lantern (vol. 5) #1–20
PublishedSeptember 2011 – May 2013
WriterGeoff Johns
ArtistDoug Mahnke
The story
The New 52 relaunched the DC universe in 2011 — but Green Lantern was the exception. Where every other title started over, Geoff Johns kept his continuity and his momentum, opening with a gut-punch: Sinestro is a Green Lantern again, and Hal Jordan has been kicked out of the Corps. The two greatest rivals are forced into an uneasy partnership, and neither trusts the other for a second.
This is the climax of everything Johns built since Rebirth. The Guardians, corrupted by their own fear of the future, unleash the Third Army — a plague of assimilation meant to replace free will with order. And behind them waits Volthoom, the First Lantern, the being whose power the Guardians stole eons ago, now free and rewriting reality to suit his whims.
Issue #20 is Johns' farewell — an oversized finale that closes his nine-year run while passing the torch. New readers can start here and feel the scale; longtime readers get the payoff to a decade of storytelling.
Key characters
Italian Lanterna Verde #1 edition using Green Lantern (2011) #1 main-cover artwork. Ivan Reis (original cover pencils); Joe Prado (original cover inks); Rod Reis (original cover colors). Artwork source & details.
Artwork credits (4 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.
- Gl Vol5 — Italian Lanterna Verde #1 edition using Green Lantern (2011) #1 main-cover artwork. Ivan Reis (original cover pencils); Joe Prado (original cover inks); Rod Reis (original cover colors).
- 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).
- Sinestro — Green Lantern (2011) #52 (2016), New 52 homage variant cover artwork. Billy Tan (variant cover pencils and inks); Alex Sinclair (variant cover colors).
- Guy Gardner — Artist credit unconfirmed.
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