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| Green Lantern Corps | |
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The Green Lantern Corps. Art by Phil Jimenez (penciler and inks), Tom McCraw (colorist)
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Showcase #22 (September 1959) |
| Created by | John Broome Gil Kane |
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| Base(s) | Oa Mogo |
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| See: List of Green Lanterns | |
The Green Lantern Corps is a fictional intergalactic law enforcement agency and superhero team appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They patrol the farthest reaches of the DC Universe at the behest of the Guardians, a race of immortals residing on the planet Oa. According to DC continuity, the Green Lantern Corps have been in existence for three billion years. Currently operating amongst the 3600 "sectors" of the universe, there are 7204 members (known commonly as Green Lanterns). Each Green Lantern is given a power ring, a weapon granting the use of incredible abilities that are directed by the wearer's own willpower.
In 1959, during a revival of the popularity of superhero comics in America, DC Comics' editor Julius Schwartz decided to reinvent the 1940s superhero character Green Lantern as a science fiction hero. Schwartz's new conception of Green Lantern had a different name (Hal Jordan), costume, and origin story, and no connection to the original Green Lantern. Whereas the Green Lantern of the 1940s was a lone vigilante who only had adventures on Earth, the new Green Lantern was but one of a group of interstellar lawmen who all called themselves Green Lanterns. The group is first mentioned in Showcase #22 (1960) when a dying Green Lantern passes on his ring to Hal Jordan. Over the years, writers have introduced a large cast of Green Lanterns in both supporting and starring roles.
The Green Lantern Corps is featured in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Smallville Season 11 digital comic based on the TV series.
The Green Lantern Corps appear in Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century #6.[3]
The Green Lantern Corps are reinterpreted as the Avant Guard in The Refrigerator Monologues.[4]
The following writers have been involved in the ongoing Green Lantern Corps series:
| Writer | Tenure | Issues written |
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| Steve Englehart | Vol. 1 #201-223 | 1986-1988 |
| Joey Cavalieri | Vol. 1 #224 | 1988 |
| Dave Gibbons | Vol. 2 #1-6, 10-17 | 2006-2007 |
| Keith Champagne | Vol. 2 #7-9 | 2007 |
| Peter Tomasi | Vol. 2 #18-20, 23-47, Vol. 3 #1-20, 0, Annual Vol. 3 #1 | 2007-2013 |
| Sterling Gates | Vol. 2 #21-22 | 2008 |
| Van Jensen | Vol. 3 #21-40 | 2013-2015 |
| Robert Venditti | Vol. 3 #21-40 | 2013-2015 |
This listing is for the "core" series or limited series to feature the Green Lantern Corps in their various incarnations over the years:
Some of the stories have been collected into trade paperbacks and hardcover:
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