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Green Lantern · 14 pieces

Green Lantern

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14 explainers

Deep dive
The Green Lantern Corps, Explained
Lanterns barely explains its own organisation. Here is what the Corps is, how the ring works, and how someone gets handed one.
Sep 8, 2026
Deep dive
How Lanterns Connects to the DCU
Lanterns' main investigation begins nine years before Superman, but Guy Gardner and John Stewart place its mystery firmly inside the wider DCU.
Sep 7, 2026
What's next
Will Lanterns Get a Season 2? What HBO Has and Hasn't Said
Lanterns has not been renewed, but a writers room has been working on season two for weeks. Here is where things actually stand.
Sep 4, 2026
Deep dive
What Is Parallax?
Parallax began as Hal Jordan's villainous identity. Eleven years later DC made it fear itself, and rewrote one of Green Lantern's biggest stories.
Sep 3, 2026
Character guide
Who Is Abin Sur? The Green Lantern Whose Death Started Everything
Abin Sur crashed, gave Hal Jordan his ring, and died. In the comics a buried prophecy led him there, and Lanterns has moved the crash site.
Sep 2, 2026
Character guide
Who Are the Guardians of the Universe? Powers, Origin and Why They Keep Failing
The Guardians of the Universe run the Green Lantern Corps. Here is who they are, what they can do, and why they keep getting it wrong.
Sep 1, 2026
Character guide
Who Is Hal Jordan? The Green Lantern at the Centre of Lanterns
Hal Jordan is the Corps' first human Green Lantern, and Lanterns found the one version of him nobody had filmed. Here is who he is.
Sep 1, 2026
Deep dive
Yellow Lanterns Explained: The Sinestro Corps and the Yellow Impurity
Green rings run on will. Yellow rings run on fear. Here is how the Sinestro Corps works, and why yellow was the Green Lanterns' blind spot.
Sep 1, 2026
Character guide
Who Is John Stewart? How Lanterns Rewrote the Green Lantern's Origin
John Stewart has been reinvented across comics, animation and television. Here are the major versions, and what HBO's Lanterns changed.
Sep 1, 2026
Character guide
Who Is Guy Gardner? Powers, Origin and Why He Matters to Lanterns
Guy Gardner qualified for the ring on the same day Hal Jordan did, and lost it on distance. Here is who he is and what he can do.
Aug 26, 2026
Character guide
Who Is Sinestro in Lanterns? Powers, Origin and Why He Turned
Sinestro was the greatest Green Lantern who ever lived, and then he became the Corps' worst enemy. Here is who he is and what turned him.
Aug 26, 2026
Deep dive
What Are the Manhunters?
The Manhunters are the robot police the Guardians built before the Green Lantern Corps. Here is what they are, what they can do, and why they matter.
Aug 26, 2026
What's next
Lanterns Mystery Board: Every Unanswered Question
A running, numbered tracker of every unanswered question in HBO's Lanterns. Updated after each episode. Spoilers throughout.
Aug 25, 2026
Ending explained
Lanterns Episode 1 Ending Explained: Is Hal Jordan Dead?
Hal Jordan is found dead in the final scene of Lanterns episode 1 — or is he? What happened, what hail means, and what the 2026 jump sets up.
Aug 19, 2026Review →

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