In true superhero fashion, Green Lantern is popping up everywhere these days. You can find him in …
– An eight-part DC Comics event, “Blackest Night”
– A live-action movie starring Ryan Reynolds as space cop Hal Jordan and scheduled for release in 2011
– A full-length animated DVD, “Green Lantern: First Flight,” which was released July 28
– Two monthly comics, “Green Lantern” and “Green Lantern Corps”
– The “Justice League” cartoon from earlier this decade, available on DVD (featuring John Stewart, not Hal Jordan)
And if you’re looking for Green Lantern back story, try these graphic novels:
– “In Brightest Day,” an anthology of classic comics from the past 50 years
– “Secret Origin,” “The Sinestro Corps War,” “Sins of the Star Sapphire” and “Rage of the Red Lanterns”
