The Green Lantern Legacy

A legacy of willpower. From Alan Scott's magic lantern in 1940 to the ring-slinging officers of the interstellar Green Lantern Corps, "Green Lantern" has named many heroes — each chosen for the ability to overcome great fear.

5 heroes have worn the Green Lantern mantle — the most notable below.

Successorheld the mantle from 1959

Hal Jordan

Earth (New Earth/Prime) · Showcase #22 (1959) · 827 appearances

Powers. A Green Lantern power ring — flight, force-field and hard-light constructs limited only by willpower and imagination.

Origin

Hal Jordan is a DC Comics superhero who debuted in 1959 as a reimagined Green Lantern — a science-fiction space cop rather than a magic-ring wielder — marking a bold new direction for the legacy character.

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Successorheld the mantle from 1971

John Stewart

Earth (New Earth/Prime) · Green Lantern #87 (1971) · 271 appearances

Powers. Green Lantern power ring; an architect's precision and a former Marine's discipline make his constructs famously exact.

Origin

Architect and ex-Marine John Stewart was tapped as Hal Jordan's backup and grew into one of the Corps' most respected Lanterns — for many fans, the definitive Green Lantern.

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Successorheld the mantle from 1994

Kyle Rayner

Earth (New Earth/Prime) · Green Lantern #48 (1994) · 208 appearances

Powers. Green Lantern ring famous for wildly imaginative constructs; later wielded the full emotional spectrum as a White Lantern.

Origin

When the Corps fell, freelance artist Kyle Rayner was handed the last power ring — the lone "Torchbearer" who kept the Green Lantern legend alive and eventually helped rebuild the Corps.

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More who've worn the Green Lantern mantle

Successorfrom 1968

Guy Gardner

Earth (New Earth/Prime) · Green Lantern #59 (1968)

The originalfrom 1940

Alan Scott

Earth-Two · All-American Comics #16 (1940)

…plus the thousands of officers of the interstellar Green Lantern Corps.

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