DC Comics takes another small step for their Earth One series this week. Since 2010 there have been only eight releases for this imprint that allows creators to reestablish the continuity of famous DC heroes in a new timeline. This seemed, at the time, like a version of Marvel’s Ultimate Universe. Except that instead of monthly comics, DC wanted to release a series of graphic novels, like blockbuster moves instead of weekly TV episodes. Doing such a large format meant that releases would come at a slower pace. Well, this week with Green Lantern: Earth One hitting shelves this marks the ninth release in eight years.
The Earth One series has explored continuity freeing reinterpretations of big hitters like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Teen Titans. It’s time for the Emerald Warrior himself, Hal Jordan, to have his moment of reinvention. While the Batman books haven’t strayed a ton from other versions of the character, Wonder Woman: Earth One took the character back to something closer to her Golden Age roots of pre-feminist feminism along with her bondage overtones. For Green Lantern, husband and wife team Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko are going back to Hal Jordan’s Silver Age tones.
Space is no longer just a final frontier for exploration. Beyond our atmosphere there’s profit to be made in mining for precious metals. Hal Jordan, astronaut as opposed to pilot, has been away from Earth for nine years, making it his mission to never step foot on his home world again. His gig prospecting asteroids for Ferris Galactic isn’t exactly his dream job but it’s better than being on a world where technology, culture, and humanity’s sense of adventure has plateaued. Fortunately for him, and maybe unfortunately for the rest of his team, he discovers a ship that contains some unusual cargo: a dead alien, a glowing green ring, and a what looks to be its power source.
Hal Jordan’s destiny seems to have found him as he becomes a member of the Green Lantern Corps, a force which has seemingly been wiped out by the ruthless killing machines known as Manhunters. Resurrecting the Corps is impossible. For Hal Jordan, challenge accepted! Enjoy this truly fresh take on the iconic figure from DC’s pantheon when Green Lantern: Earth One wills its way into your hands this week.
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