Lanterns Confirms Hal Jordan Wasn't The First Choice to Become Earth's Green Lantern in the DCU

Whose show is Lanterns anyway?

Remember Glee? Of course you do. No one who has seen Glee has ever forgotten it. Early in its run, when the pop-song-spouting spawn of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan was still in runaway hit mode, A.V. Club alum Emily St. James theorized that the series was not one show, but three, as each of its three creators had a distinct vision for the series and none of them cared all that much about what the others were doing. This creative di…

Lanterns shows Hal Jordan not Earth's first Lantern

The DCU series Lanterns adopts a True Detective–style, grounded detective premise, focusing on John Stewart’s origin and the hidden Manhunter mystery while revealing Hal Jordan’s uneasy role as Earth’s veteran Lantern and the Guardians’ involvement in selecting successors. Critics are debating Hal’s portrayal, which threads through Parallax backstory implications, and the show emphasizes a practical, tactile Hal Jordan costume as part of a broad…

Lanterns Confirms Hal Jordan Wasn't The First Choice to Become Earth's Green Lantern in the DCU

Lanterns quickly established that Hal Jordan has been the lone Green Lantern of Earth for years, and in the very first episode, we see a young John Stewart watching Jordan introduce himself to the world after already being a Lantern for years. We also know that Hal got the ring after Abin Sur died, but […]

Lanterns Episode 3 Writer Explains Significance Of Hal Jordan & John Stewart's First-Ever Meeting

Lanterns stars J. Alphonse Nicholson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and writer Vanessa Baden Kelly discuss key moments of John Stewart's backstory.