Green Lantern

Few debut moments in DC history hit as hard as the one that launched this Green Lantern — arriving in 1994 in the pages of Green Lantern #51, courtesy of Ron Marz and Darryl Banks, at a moment that sent shockwaves through the fan community and instantly made that issue a collector's landmark. Born into the Copper/Modern Age, this is a character who had to earn every inch of their place in the DC Universe, and earn it they did — racking up 208 catalog appearances across more than three decades and counting, with four key issues that serious collectors keep a close eye on. The series Green Lantern, JLA, and Green Arrow form the backbone of their bibliography, and the company couldn't be more distinguished: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and The Flash all share the page across their adventures. If you want to understand one of modern DC's most consequential and passionately debated characters, this Green Lantern is absolutely where to start.