‘Green Lantern #1’ Review: My Green Lantern is Black

Writer: Geoffrey Thorne / Artist: Dexter Soy / DC Comics We got a new era for the Green Lanterns in this new #1, and they’re led by the true greatest of all time, John Stewart. And behind the scenes, this book is powered by Geoffrey Thorne and Dexter Soy. A Black and brown creative team with a Black lead means I had to be here from the jump. This first issue has a lot of set up, but that doesn’t mean important things don’t happen and that it isn’t fun. Because they do, and it is.  It begins with the Green Lanterns along with the Guardians attending a summit so the newly minted United Planets can vote on whether or not they think Oa should join. As well as who should help serve the galaxy and protect it from danger.  John Stewart is the Corps Leader, so he’s there to represent basically all of the Green Lanterns.

But things soon pop off as not everyone wants Oa to join the United Planets, and they’ll do whatever it takes to stop that from happening.  John has to put his diplomacy to the side and put on his battle tested helmet and lead his people through this skirmish with as little casualties as possible.  In addition to that, Teen Lantern is an important character in this book, and it looks like we’ll be getting more of her backstory and figuring out the mystery of her gauntlet. Other characters included are Simon Baz and Jo Mullein. Seriously, this book was made for me.  I love seeing John Stewart with some agency. He’s a Black man in space, some…