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GREEN
LANTERN ANNUAL #1 (1963)
Written by John Broome. Art by Gil Kane & others.
- May 6th. ($4.95/$6.50) A "lost" Annual
from the 1960's reprinting classic tales of Silver Age
Green Lantern Hal Jordan, selected by legendary comics
editor Julius Schwartz! Among the stories: "The Battle
of Power Rings!", featuring the first appearance
of Sinestro wielding his yellow power ring (the story
playing a pivotal role in this month's GREEN LANTERN #100),
and many others. Plus, the all- new "How I Draw Green
Lantern & His Supporting Cast," a 3-page feature
by veteran Silver Age GL artist Gil Kane.
GREEN
LANTERN #100 - COLLECTOR'S EDITION
Written by Ron Marz. Art by Darryl Banks. - May
13th ($2.95/$4.50)
An extra-sized issue (with a special double cover) teams
Kyle Rayner with Silver Age Green Lantern Hal Jordan as
the duo faces Sinestro! A time-lost Kyle interrupts Hal
Jordan's first battle with a yellow-power-ring wielding
Sinestro. To stop the rogue GL from destroying the Guardians
of the Universe, Hal and Kyle need the help of the Green
Lantern Corps, but success leads to further complications
when Hal helps Kyle return to the present day. Each issue
features two covers: one featuring Hal Jordan, the other
featuring Kyle Rayner.
GREEN
LANTERN #100 - STANDARD EDITION
Written by Ron Marz. Art by Darryl Banks. - May
13th ($2.95/$4.50)
Featuring the same story and art as the Collector's Edition,
this edition features a single cover featuring both Hal
Jordan and Kyle Rayner.
GREEN
LANTERN #101
Written by Ron Marz. Art by Jeff Johnson. - June
3rd ($1.95/$2.75)
Silver Age GL Hal Jordan finds himself trapped in the
present in part 1 of the 6-part, biweekly "Emerald
Knights!" Current Green Lantern Kyle Rayner must
explain to the time-lost Hal the critical changes that
have occurred in the years he has "skipped."
How will Hal react to the news of the destruction of Coast
City and the Green Lantern Corps, his transformation into
Parallax, and his ultimate death!
ADVENTURES
IN THE DC UNIVERSE #16
Written by Steve Vance. Art by John Delaney. - May
20th ($1.95/$2.75) "Green Lantern month"
continues in an animated-style Green Lantern/Green
Arrow team-up that follows Kyle Rayner and Connor Hawke
as they learn that the ramifications of their predecessors
- Hal Jordan and Ollie Queen - live on. It's a story about
drugs - and the disruptive effect they have on families
- that ties directly into the classic Denny O'Neil/Neal
Adams GL/GA team-ups of the past.
GREEN
LANTERN ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 - SECOND PRINTING
Written by John Broome. Art by various. - May 20th
($49.95)
To coincide with Green Lantern Month, DC releases
a second printing of the popular Archive edition, reprinting
the first appearances of Silver Age Green Lantern Hal
Jordan. This handsome edition collects the Hal Jordan
stories from SHOWCASE #22-24 and GREEN LANTERN (2nd Series)
#1-5, with introductions by veteran GL artist Gil Kane
and former GL writer Gerard Jones.
GREEN
LANTERN SECRET FILES #1
Written by Ron Marz. Art by Lee Moder & others.
- June 3rd ($4.95/$6.50) Green Lantern Month continues
with this one-shot devoted to the Emerald Warriors in
all their incarnations! In the "Secret Origin of
the Green Lanterns," learn who else was offered the
ring on the same night as Kyle Rayner, Kyle meets Hal
Jordan's ex-girlfriend, Carol Ferris, and his best friend,
Tom Kalmaku, in a "lost pages" segment; and
an interview with Jade. Plus: An official behind-the-scenes
tour of Warrior Bar, courtesy of artist Phil Jimenez;
a timeline of Green Lantern history goes from the birth
of the Guardians to the year 5700; and updated profiles
on many of GL's friends and foes are provided with pin-up
art by Daryl Banks, and others.
THE
POWER OF SHAZAM! #41
Written by Jerry Ordway. Art by Peter Krause. - June
3rd ($1.95/$2.75)
The conclusion of the 4-part "The Monster Society
of Evil!", guest-starring Impulse, the Teen Titans,
and Green Lantern Kyle Rayner & Hal Jordan! A
Mr. Mind is a terrible thing to waste! Grown to gargantuan
size, Mr. Mind terrorizes Washington, D.C. until the two
Captains Marvel team up with the two Green Lanterns! (Thought
you'd never be buying this title huh?)
LEGENDS
OF THE DC UNIVERSE #7-(9)
Written by Dennis O'Neil. Art by Greg Land. - June
10th ($1.95/$2.75)
Together they comprised one of the greatest teams of the
Silver Age: Green Lantern Hal Jordan and Green Arrow Oliver
Queen. Their hard-traveling adventures have had an enduring
legacy, but, until now, the story of their first meeting
has never been revealed. The previously untold story of
the very first Green Lantern / Green Arrow team-up appears
in LEGENDS OF THE DC UNIVERSE #7- 9. Written by
Batman and Green Lantern / Green Arrow scribe Dennis O'Neil,
the "Peacemakers" storyline features artwork
by the team of penciller Greg Land and original GL / GA
inker Dick Giordano, and painted covers by Hugh Fleming.
When pilot Hal Jordan makes a delivery to a war-torn Asian
country, he meets maverick millionaire Oliver Queen, who
is there investigating thefts from Queen Industries. As
the two are drawn onto opposite sides of a conflict between
militant rebels and a ruthless dictator, it's only a matter
of time before their alter egos have a conflict of their
own. LEGENDS OF THE DC UNIVERSE #7 is a 32-page issue
in the Miraweb Format, co-edited by Kevin Dooley and Darren
Vincenzo.
GREEN
LANTERN #102
Written by Ron Marz. Art by Paul Pelletier. - June
17th ($1.95/$2.75)
The biweekly adventures of the time-lost Hal Jordan
continue in part 2 of the 6-part "Emerald Knights!"
Brought from the past, Hal tries to come to grips with
the actions his older self has taken. Going to visit his
old girlfriend, Carol Ferris, and his best friend, Tom
Kalmaku, Hal tries to figure out where he fits into this
strange new world. Then he runs into an evil greater than
any he has ever faced in his brief career - the son of
Darkseid - Kalibak! And he's just not ready to take on
this kind of violent fury!
Green Lantern #103
($1.95/$2.75) July 1st
The biweekly adventures of the time-lost Hal Jordan
continue in part 3 of the 6-part "Emerald Knights!"
Hal meets the new JLA, and when the Leaguers put aside
past resentments and welcome Hal with open arms, Kyle
feels left out and begins to question whether or not he
has a place with the League, finding comfort in the arms
of Jade.
Green Arrow #136
($1.95/$2.75) July 8th
Part 1 of the two-part "Greener Pastures!" Together
for the first time, Connor teams with his father's best
friend Hal Jordan. The two of them set out to stop the
new Eden Corps (a reborn version of the eco-terrorist
group responsible for Ollie's death!) from destroying
Seattle.
Legends Of The DC Universe
#8
($1.95/$2.75) July 15th
Part 2. GA struggles to regain his archery skills while
stranded in a war-torn Southeast Asian country. Along
his journey, Ollie meets and befriends the rebels. Meanwhile,
GL sides with the government and General Zho, who plans
a massive attack on the rebel forces. Who's on the side
of right?
Green Lantern #104
($1.95/$2.75) July 15th
The biweekly adventures of the time-lost Hal Jordan
continue in part 4 of the 6-part "Emerald Knights!"
Part 2 of Greener Pastures. A ringless Hal Jordan and
a helpless Green Arrow are tied to a nuclear bomb, ready
to be dropped into a live volcano as part of an eco-terrorist
revenge plot.
JLA:
The Nail #2
($4.95/$6.95) July 15th
Hal Jordan's distress call to the rest of the Green
Lantern Corps goes unanswered as the emerald
armada intercedes in the war between Apokolips and New
Genesis, and Earth's metahumans are isolated from the
rest of the universe by a mysterious forcefield.
Tangent '98 - Tales of The Green
Lantern #1 (not Hal Jordan)
July 29th
The Strange Lantern Woman is back and can raise the
dead with her mystical Lantern. This book is not
connected to the GL story line, but merely has the name.
Green Lantern #105
($1.99/$2.85) July 12th
The biweekly adventures of the time-lost Hal Jordan
continue in part 5 of the 6-part "Emerald Knights!"
"Hal Jordan (Parallax!) is pummeling the snot out
of Guy Gardner and John Stewart, and his next target is
Kyle Rayner! Has Hal once again become Parallax? The only
one who can stop him is... Hal Jordan?"
Legends Of The DC Universe
#9
($1.99/$2.85) August 12th
Concluding the three-part "Peacemakers," revealing
the story of the first meeting of one of the greatest
teams of the Silver Age -- Green Lantern Hal Jordan and
Green Arrow Oliver Queen! Hal and Ollie are (surprise!)
on opposite sides trying to bring about peace to a war-torn
country. Will they get over their differences in time
to prevent an assassination that could be their fault?
FC, 32 pages
Chase
#9
($1.99/$2.85) August 19th
(W) D. Curtis Johnson (A) J.H. Williams, III, Mark Bright,
Mick Gray, and Bob Almond (A) Williams and Gray (Cover)
Williams and Gray
A tale of Chase's private-detective past guest-stars Silver
Age Green Lantern Hal Jordan! Hunting the Broken Circle
cult in Coast City, Chase takes the case of a "friend"
of Green Lantern's -- Hal Jordan!
FC, 32 pages
Green Lantern Annual #7
($2.99/$3.85) August 19th
The "Ghosts" storyline winding through the core
JLAers' Annuals continues as Kyle Rayner gets help from
an unexpected source: Abin Sur -- the Green Lantern who
gave Hal Jordan his ring! Abin entreats Kyle to find out
how widespread the haunting has become. Kyle ventures
into space to discover a Corps of deceased Green Lanterns
under control of the evil Nekron, who is using them to
cross from his dimension to ours. But Kyle's only chance
to defeat Nekron may leave him condemned to the evil being's
realm.
FC, 48 pages
Green
Lantern #106
($1.99/$2.85) August 26th
The biweekly adventures of the time-lost Hal
Jordan conclude in part 6 of the 6-part "Emerald
Knights!" Conclusion of
Emerald Knights. "Hal Jordan faces Parallax
in a re-created Coast City snatched out of time just moments
before it was destroyed. If Hal is sent back in time,
he will become Parallax. If he stays in the present, the
Earth is doomed. No one dares to come between these two
adversaries, except..."
Green
Lantern #1,000,000
($1.99/$2.85) Sept 2nd
In the 853rd century , on Starman's orbital headquarters,
Kyle must adapt to a challenge that has gone horribly
wrong when a rampaging interstellar menagerie is set loose.
Green
Lantern #107
($1.99/$2.85) Oct 7th
Now in possession of a power ring that can make more power
rings, Kyle has the option of creating a veritable Green
Lantern corps. Plus a new Green Lantern!
Green
Lantern 3-D #1
($3.95/$5.85) Oct 28th
By Ron Marz; art and cover by Georges
Jeanty and Dexter Vines
When Kyle Rayner is pulled into the power battery by Dr.
Light, he can only be rescued by a GL who willingly enters
the world within the battery - the new Green Lantern of
Earth, whose identity is revealed in GREEN LANTERN #107.
GREEN LANTERN 3-D #1 is a 48-page book, edited by Kevin
Dooley.
JLA:
YEAR ONE #12
($2.95/$4.85) Oct 14th
by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn;
art by Barry Kitson and Michael Bair; cover by Kitson
Superman, Batman, the original Green Arrow, the Atom,
the Justice Society, the Blackhawks, the original Challengers
of the Unknown, and the Doom Patrol are among the guest-stars
as the popular maxiseries concludes in an extra-sized
issue! Welcome to World War III! The Earth swarms with
alien invaders, seeking revenge for their defeat at the
hands of the JLA (during their first adventure, no less!).
Now the only hope for survival lies in the hands of the
five original JLAers, who will lead the largest team of
super-heroes ever assembled against the greatest threat
they've ever imagined!
Green
Lantern 80-PAGE GIANT #1
($4.95/$6.85) Oct 28th
by Dennis O'Neil, James Robinson,
Beau Smith, Dan Jurgens; art by Rodolfo Damaggio, Mike
Mayhew, Jurgens, Mitch Byrd; cover by Darryl Banks and
Terry Austin
A stunning 80-page Giant showcasing GLs
from various chapters in DC history! Waiting for Kyle
at Warriors' bar, Guy Gardner, Alan Scott and John Stewart
start telling stories about themselves as GLs and other
famous Emerald Gladiators. *Alan Scott
tells a Golden Age tale of one of his first encounters
with the Harlequin (written by James Robinson, with
art by Mike Mayhew); *John Stewart
tells a story of intergalactic racial tension (written
by Dennis O'Neil — who introduced the Stewart character
in the 1970s — with art by Rodolfo Damaggio);
*and recounts a Hal Jordan adventure
(written and drawn by Dan Jurgens); *and Guy
recalls the time he proved himself in the jungle against
alien invaders — without a ring (written by Beau
Smith, with art by Mitch Byrd and Dan Davis). *Plus,
Alan regales the group with an incident that happened
to Kyle before he became Green Lantern
(written by Ben Raab, with art by Josh Hood and Jonathan
Sibal); and, finally, *Guy spins a lighthearted ditty
about the beloved G'nort finding himself
ring-a-dingless in New York City facing Catman (written
by Ty Templeton, with art by Steve Ellis and John Lowe).
Green Lantern
#108
($1.99/$2.85) Nov 11th
Written by Eric Luke;
art and cover by Darryl Banks and Terry Austin
Jade, Earth's new Green Lantern, teams up with Wonder
Woman in a special issue guest-written by new WW writer
Eric Luke! The new GL needs the Amazon Princess's help
to defeat a villain who has the power to control the world's
plantlife. What is the villain's connection to Green Lantern's
past?
GREEN
LANTERN #109
($1.99/$2.85) Dec 9th
Written by Ron Marz; art and cover by Paul Pelletier
and Terry Austin
A moving holiday issue finds Jade, the new Green Lantern,
facing a horror from her childhood. Growing up in in an
orphanage, the young heroine and her fellow orphans were
terrorized by a monstrous adult. Now, Jade confronts her
tormentor and must make a tough decision on just how to
punish him.
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