Dawn of DC is the name of a reformulation that the publisher has been applying to adjust each of its main franchises. That is, each of the main names of the Justice League will have its revised canon so that all properties and their basic elements are updated and better positioned in their corners – the idea is to reduce chronological confusion and establish a more coherent and modern hierarchy for the titles of each publication line.
And one of the franchises that will receive special attention with a welcome tweak is the Green Lanterns. As fans know, each sector of the universe has two Corps officers to protect the populace from threats. It turns out that location number 2814, where Earth is located, is the only one that has 11 Green Lanterns.
DC even tried to justify this overpopulation by saying that Sector 2814 suffers more threats than others, and that life in the publisher’s universe began on Earth. But still, they’re too many Green Lanterns. And that, over the years, diluted the importance and function of each one, both in the exercise of the function and in the stories, since it is difficult for you to dedicate plots that value the brilliance of each one — it is not even possible to put them all together. balanced in a saga.
From Dawn of DC Green Lanternwith the launch of Green Lantern #1 on May 9th, the Green Lantern Corps will see changes at the top. The Guardians of the Universe will leave the command, which will now be in the hands of the United Planets, a body similar to the United Nations, but on a cosmic scale.
The organization will relocate several of Earth’s Green Lanterns to other sectors – and thus the problem of ring redundancy and lack of space for everyone in a plot promises to be resolved.
Okay, but how will the organization of human Green Lanterns be?
Everyone knows that the greatest of all Green Lanterns is Hal Jordan, with a second standout group made up of Guy Gardner, John Stewart and Kyle Rayner. Alan Scott usually stays with the Justice Society, so it shouldn’t undergo major changes. Jordan and Stewart the most popular and adored by fans, should be taking care of our planet.
What should happen to the others is still an unknown that writer Jeremy Adams promises to resolve. Not since Geoff Johns’ celebrated run in the franchise has anyone managed to balance the stories with all of Earth’s Green Lanterns. Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, for example, were completely forgotten.
Soujorner “Jo” Mullein, Keli Quintela, Tai Pham and even Jade, who is not exactly a Green Lantern but has the ability to also use the emerald energy of willpower, were also left without much to do and do not show up. a little while.
Writer Jeremy Adams didn’t say much, but he was excited to say that the new distribution of heroes and their roles should offer a wide and rich range of adventures and storytelling tonalities. He’s even confident the franchise will be revitalized enough to return to being one of DC’s flagships, just as it was in Geoff Johns’ spectacular period.
The Green Lanterns are like the “Star Wars and the Star Trek from DC Comics”, is a mix of space opera and cosmic western, and it was past time for the publisher to value each property of the franchise, with the same weight of dedication for each emerald hero of Earth that is part of the Corps. We’ll see how this will be in may.
