The nature and power of imagination is built into the story on every level. Where some Green Lantern stories feel stymied by a lack of the thing that gives the Power Ring its magic, Far Sector pulses with imagination on every page. Those are huge factors in just what makes the book special, of course, but what truly makes Far Sector and its hero feel so groundbreaking is the imaginative exploration of what it means to be a Green Lantern and the innate understanding of how that very imagination is at the core of what makes the hero great. Jemisin, Jamal Campbell and Deron Bennett are one of the first all-Black creative teams to helm a Green Lantern title. Sojourner "Jo" Mullein's impact is not defined by the fact that she's the first Black, queer woman to ever hold the mantle of Green Lantern. But perhaps none have truly shaken up the status quo of the Green Lantern quite like Hal Jordan. Since then, many heroes have taken on the mantle including Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. The story of a test pilot who was given the ring by a dying alien shifted our understanding of the crusader known as the Green Lantern and those who wield the cosmic force of the Power Ring. Nearly two decades after his debut, editor Julius Schwartz oversaw writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane in the creation of a different iteration of the hero, Hal Jordan. Created by Martin Nodell and introduced in All-American Comics #16 back in July 1940, a railroad engineer named Alan Scott took up the Green Lantern name along with a magic lantern and a superpowered ring to bring justice to Golden Age New York. The mantle of the Green Lantern has been shining a light into the darkness since DC Comics was still known as National.
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