DC Comics has announced that Hal Jordan is set to become the next character to get the Earth One treatment, with writer Corinna Bechko and writer and artist Gabriel Hardman teaming up for Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1, which is set to arrive in March 2018.
IGN has revealed that the graphic novel will re-envision Hal Jordan as “an astronaut who seeks the thrill of discovery, yet finds himself in an unfulfilling job prospecting asteroids for Ferris Galactic. His fortunes change when he finds a powerful green ring and learns that it came from the Green Lantern Corps, a group that was long ago murdered by killing machines called Manhunters. This sets him on a mission to reinstate the Corps, a nearly impossible task for the fearless Jordan.”
“Approaching this as an Earth One story gives us the opportunity to go back to the core concept of Green Lantern and interpret it through the lens of a modern, grounded sci-fi story while still being true to the Silver Age roots of Hal Jordan,” states Hardman. “Having storyboarded Interstellar, this is an approach I’m comfortable with and have wanted to explore in comics. Realistic sci-fi is only the beginning of this story; we have something much more epic in store.”
“Hal Jordan is a smart, capable person with a space and science background who has a lot of untapped potential even before he finds the ring,” adds Bechko. “That means he’s going to approach everything the ring does from the perspective of a scientist, but he’s going to employ it for action and adventure. The result for us as writers is the opportunity to fully embrace the science fiction aspects of the story in a way that would be impossible with a lot of other characters.”
Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1 is set for release on March 20th, 2018.
Originally published July 12, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
