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With their forthcoming Elseworlds book, Green Lantern Dark, DC Comics is giving the Green Lantern legacy a modern face. Set to premiere in October 2024, this seven-part limited series promises an exciting and distinctive interpretation of the Green Lantern mythos by including a new protagonist called Rina Mori and siting her in the middle of a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies.
Tate Brombal's Green Lantern Dark, illustrated by Werther Dell'Edera, chronicles Rina Mori, a hesitant hero thrown into the Green Lantern role. The narrative is set in a world in which evil has prevailed and humanity fights to survive among the wreckage of a corrupted wasteland. Only the power of the mystical green flame, carried by the Green Lantern, will restore the light as the undead army headed under Solomon Grundy has taken over New England.
Rina Mori: A Hesitating Hero
Brombal says Rina Mori is "tired" and "grumpy," stressing her dislike of the responsibility to save the earth. She is compelled to rise to the occasion despite her resistance. Suggesting a personality that welcomes the reluctant hero cliché, Dell'Edera says she is "the most rotten, grumpy, and adorable Green Lantern since Guy Gardner."
Rina's past and the events leading to her first Green Lantern tenure and eventual disappearance remain a secret. The Guy Gardner analogy suggests that she might have a less-than-perfect moral compass and a self-centered streak, but finally she has a golden heart.
Green Lantern Dark explores fresh opportunities for the character and their skills, so deviating from conventional Green Lantern tales. Offering a different viewpoint on the Green Lantern mythos, the series presents a post-apocalyptic environment with a reluctant hero.
How Green Lantern Dark Affects the Green Lantern Canon
The creative crew behind Green Lantern Dark sees their work as perhaps influencing classic Green Lantern narratives. The reinterpretation of the Green Lantern mythos presented in this Elseworlds story could inspire fresh ideas and paths for the Green Lantern franchise, so exposing audiences to a new and fanciful hero and stretching the possibilities of the character.
Beloved in the DC Universe, the Green Lantern has several people assuming the mantle over decades. With cosmic energy to create spectral objects and fight evil, these intergalactic enforcers of justice employ willpower. Although some Green Lanterns have teamed with the Justice League, most of them are members of the Green Lantern Corps, a large-scale universe protection agency.
The Green Lantern Corps: defenders of intergalactic justice
Over the universe, the Green Lantern Corps stands as a potent tool for peace and order. Their goal is to guard the universe against dangers so guaranteeing the safety of Earth and the other planets. Selected for their will and commitment to justice are Corps members sometimes referred to as Green Lanterns. They get a power ring that lets them use cosmic energy to produce original spectral creations.
Offering a fresh viewpoint on the character and investigating new possibilities for the Green Lantern mythos, Green Lantern Dark promises to be a distinctive and thrilling addition to the legacy. This series is sure to have a long-lasting effect on the DC Universe with its gripping post-apocalyptic environment and strong fresh protagonist.