Lanterns Completely Changes John Stewart's DC Comics Origin Story

Lanterns Completely Changes John Stewart's DC Comics Origin Story

While Hal Jordan's origin story in HBO's "Lanterns" matches up with the comics, DCU John Stewart's background differs from the source material.

Lanterns Just Gave Another Green Lantern's Origin to John Stewart, Will They Never Be in the DCU?

Lanterns Just Gave Another Green Lantern's Origin to John Stewart, Will They Never Be in the DCU?

'Lanterns' Just Rewrote John Stewart's Entire Origin Story, and There's a Powerful Reason Why

HBO’s ‘Lanterns‘ has never been shy about playing with expectations, jumping between 2016 and the present day while slowly unpacking exactly how its two very different Green Lanterns ended up paired together in rural Nebraska. Kyle Chandler’s veteran Hal Jordan and Aaron Pierre’s rookie John Stewart have carried that mystery since the pilot, their contrasting... The post ‘Lanterns’ Just Rewrote John Stewart’s Entire Origin Story, and There’s a P…

'Lanterns' Rewrites John Stewart's Origin, and the Writers Explain the Reason Why

‘Lanterns’ has spent its first three episodes building toward one of the more striking creative choices in recent superhero television, a full reworking of John Stewart’s backstory. Rather than lean on the character’s decades old comic book history, the HBO series has constructed something new, and it has prompted plenty of conversation among longtime readers...

Lanterns' dark new origin story for John Stewart changes DC Comics canon in a big way

The DCU is doing John Stewart very differently, and for the better