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DC Teases a Major Change to Green Lantern Lore
DC is hinting at a major change to Green Lantern lore in its Green Lantern Corps comics.
Issue #23’s solicitation says the Emotional Spectrum may draw its power from the “last child of Maltus,” a comatose child entity.
The spectrum powers the Lanterns’ rings and their abilities, including green for willpower and yellow for fear.
If the hint is accurate, the Guardians of the Universe may have used the child’s dormant power to sustain the Green Lantern Corps.
That would recast the Guardians’ role and raise questions about the cost of the Corps’ actions across the galaxy.
Issue #24, scheduled for January 13, 2027, will conclude the “First Light” story arc.
Its solicitation suggests the Lanterns will confront the lives lost and damage caused by their past battles, but the outcome has not been revealed.
DC is teasing a major change to Green Lantern lore in the “First Light” story arc.
The solicitation for Green Lantern Corps #23 says the Emotional Spectrum draws power from the “last child of Maltus.”
The issue’s solicitation suggests the child is comatose and that the Lanterns’ powers have been fueled by its dormant power.
Green Lantern Corps #24 is scheduled for release on January 13, 2027, and will conclude the arc.
Its solicitation says the Corps’ record of saving billions of lives will be weighed against the life of “one friendless child.”
- Who
- The Green Lantern Corps, the Guardians of the Universe and the “last child of Maltus” are central to the teased story.
- What
- DC is teasing a twist that the Emotional Spectrum’s power comes from a comatose child.
- When
- Green Lantern Corps #24 is scheduled for release on January 13, 2027.
- Where
- The story concerns the Green Lanterns’ cosmic lore and the galaxy-spanning Corps.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Its solicitation teases that the Emotional Spectrum derives its power from the “last child of Maltus.
Green Lantern Corps #24 is scheduled to conclude the “First Light” arc.
- Issue
- Green Lantern Corps #24
- Scheduled release
- January 13, 2027
- Story arc
- First Light
- Power source teased
- The “last child of Maltus
- Other characters in issue #24
- The Flash and Green Arrow
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