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COMICS: Geoff Johns Teases The Significance Of The First Lantern In "Rise Of The Third Army"

In Green Lantern Annual #1, the Guardians of Oa freed 'The First Lantern' from his prison as a part of their nefarious plan to wipe out the Green Lantern Corps as they create a "Third Army" to police the DC Universe. [WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD]

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By Josh Wilding - 9/1/2012
In Green Lantern #0, a brand new Green Lantern ('Baz') will be introduced to the DC Universe before "Rise of The Third Army" kicks off in Green Lantern #13 and crosses over into Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern: New Guardians and Red Lanterns. Following the shocking events of Green Lantern Annual #1 - an issue which seemingly featured the death of Hal Jordan and Sinestro as well as a fair few other surprising revelations - The Source caught up with writer Geoff Johns to talk about the mysterious First Lantern.

"Who the First Lantern is and what his role will be in the upcoming Green Lantern universe will come into play very, very quickly," teased the writer. "The being inside has been imprisoned there for a long, long time. The Guardians consider him their greatest threat, but also their greatest source of power. Whether he's friend or foe will be up for debate, but regardless he is one of the potentially most dangerous beings in existence." Green Lantern editor Matt Idelson adds, "In GREEN LANTERN ANNUAL #1, readers got their first glimpse at the First Lantern, someone who’s been locked away for a very long time—for a VERY good reason! His presence in this story is the catalyst for something very bad, and yet his story is only going to grow from here."

So, nothing too revealing here, but it's pretty obvious that the First Lantern will play a major role in "Rise of The Third Army" this Fall. Be sure to sound off with your thoughts and theories on the latest Green Lantern crossover from Geoff Johns in the usual place, and check out a sneak peek at the First Lantern below.



Source: The Source
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IronWarrior777 - 9/1/2012, 3:33 PM
Woah looks good
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 9/1/2012, 3:38 PM
Looks great!
MJPETTY7 - 9/1/2012, 3:43 PM
Worse than Krona? Hmm, Johns knows how to keep stepping things up!!!
kgbunc - 9/1/2012, 3:54 PM
The Return of the Rainbow Raider!!!
DrRockit13 - 9/1/2012, 3:55 PM
he is the power source of the lanterns. they keep him imprisoned because he is the battery. he is the energy the rings use.
MidNightWind - 9/1/2012, 3:55 PM
I hope the guardians get killed, they are such duchebags that need to be lit on fire.
EarOne - 9/1/2012, 3:58 PM
wait..so this dude's the FIRST lantern. period. NOT the first EARTH lantern, right..?? cuz isn't the first earth lantern the CHINESE guy, b'fore Alan Scott?

and it's ironic ain't it, whenever you wanna make Hal Jordan interesting, you just gotta KILL him...lol. tol ya he's a super DULL character. bring John Stewart and Guy Gardner to the forefront.
ckal - 9/1/2012, 3:59 PM
Looks like a human.
FireKnightRises - 9/1/2012, 4:07 PM
whoa even grif interested
rbfn04 - 9/1/2012, 4:10 PM
Can't take Johns glorified fanboy writing anymore...
FireKnightRises - 9/1/2012, 4:53 PM
^
agreed, jordan is boring character
Tao1 - 9/1/2012, 4:58 PM
this best be a Crazy new Enemy who will jus kill the pompous gaurdians
MidNightWind - 9/1/2012, 5:20 PM
@earone what about Kyle rayner? A green lantern that's an otaku is awesome.
DC4everLantern - 9/1/2012, 5:48 PM
Awesome cant wait for that.
LordHuck - 9/1/2012, 6:20 PM
rbfn04


Why do you even care any more? According to you the entire DCU is ruined anyway.
deanwilkins - 9/1/2012, 6:21 PM
I'm on board for this one!
Ha1frican - 9/1/2012, 6:40 PM
I get the feeling that this could end up being a character that gets used alot in the future if received well by fans... not sure whether thats a good thing or if itll end up being annoying
mawilli4 - 9/1/2012, 6:47 PM
$10 says it's Baz.
Wingding - 9/1/2012, 6:50 PM
So I'm confused, is this a character we already know, like Alan Scott, or a new character who is the OFFICIAL FIRST Green Lantern? Either way, Green Lantern is one of my favorite series' so far. Can't wait to see what happens next.
Wingding - 9/1/2012, 6:51 PM
@mawilli4
That's what I thought at first, but if you remember when Hal and Sinestro "died", the rings fused back together and it said "searching for replacement", then it took off. So my bet is, Baz is going to get Sinestro's ring then.
Toasty - 9/1/2012, 7:30 PM
I'm Incredibly pissed off if they're simply replacing Hal and Sinestro, i'm hoping they're going somewhere with Hal and Sinestro ( like the black book said ), Hal's story in GL is the reason it's my current favourite out of the 52 i'm hoping they don't just kill him off.
Toasty - 9/1/2012, 7:32 PM
@ Earone, Stewart is [frick]ing boring and Guy is a [frick]ing dick, i find Hal entertaining and he actually has a good story.
mawilli4 - 9/1/2012, 7:37 PM
@Wingding good point. that makes this lantern even more of a mystery then i guess. haha
AlternateNo4 - 9/1/2012, 7:56 PM
@toasty thanks i thought i was the only one. anybody that thinks stewart is less dull than jordan is thinking of the tv character, not the comics. the guy's an architect, for chrissake, he may as well be an accountant... and he's so tortured and introspective it's like reading hamlet.

the character is awesome when they write stories that play to that strength, like his old mosaic series, but if he ever takes over GL the book will replace ambien.
AlternateNo4 - 9/1/2012, 7:58 PM
and ps of course they're not done with jordan; as you pointed out he's got to play out his arc as black hand's replacement!
rbfn04 - 9/1/2012, 8:28 PM
@LordHuck cause I want the DCU to be good. Nit some 90s rehash where they killed the most iconic couple in recent fiction... Or, where they try to remake the universe in Image image...
REDSTORM - 9/1/2012, 8:29 PM
If they hadn't already done the Earth 2 universe, I would've loved for it to be the DCnU Alan Scott.
Cynicnerd - 9/1/2012, 9:21 PM
He's a member the upcoming Justice League of America, so one can only imagine how it gets to that point.
ThatOneDude - 9/1/2012, 10:28 PM
Maybe we'll finally get the straight Alan Scott?!

No? Ok then
loki668 - 9/1/2012, 10:59 PM
The countdown for the return of Hal Jordan and Thaal Sinestro begins..........now.

I would really appreciate it if storylines did not call for an attempt to convince us that a character(s) is dead. We KNOW they're coming back, we KNOW it's just a matter of time. Tell the story without trying to evoke a false feeling of loss regarding the character. This isn't our first rodeo. We know what you're doing and it rings hollow after a while. I'm a HUGE GL fan and even I'M tired of the "Hal's dead.....Hal's alive........Sinestro's dead.......Sinestro's alive..." show.

Lord Loki has spoken
OrganizedChaos - 9/1/2012, 11:31 PM
Hal will most likely comeback, because in the two pages of the Book of Black that Sinestro and Jordan looked into, a White Lantern ring will be utilized. Most likely it will revive Hal Jordan.
Yasn7 - 9/2/2012, 1:12 AM
id bet that this guy is the first lantern as in the first of any lanterns. Guardians failed experiment in which this 'first' lantern uses not only will but all the other sources of power (he is multicolored in the first frame). After it failed they decided to harness will and the green lanterns appear.
Jefferys - 9/2/2012, 4:26 AM
So if he was the first lantern, which colour did he use? Rainbow? Poor guy honestly, being imprisoned so the Guardians could use your power for their own agenda, which is to make rings of the colours you harness and distribute to people around the galaxy who have the required qualities. I wonder what he thinks of what they've done to him an why used him.
DCjohnny - 9/2/2012, 5:01 AM
he looks like human ....
dnno1 - 9/2/2012, 8:44 AM
@dcjohnny, humanoid.
dnno1 - 9/2/2012, 8:48 AM
I am getting the feeling that the first "lantern" is a being infused with the energies from all of the emotional spectrum (as opposed to the the entities of the emotional spectrum). It will interesting to see how Johns and Co. tie this in to the entire Green Lantern mythos since it is one of the very few that changed in the transition to the New 52 universe.
IgnurRant - 9/2/2012, 11:02 AM
The enemy/sin of the past typestory is getting really old.
SUPERSHADOWBAT - 9/2/2012, 12:37 PM
Who knows, maybe this is the return of GL/Alan Scott and the Starheart from the old continuity. Wouldn't put it past DC at this point. Would make a damn great story.
lokibane2012 - 9/2/2012, 4:47 PM
@MidNightWind

Kyle Rayner's an otaku? Damn. He has further solidified his status as my favorite Green Lantern if that's true.

As for this storyline. It is very intriguing. I absolutely love it when anything goes into the "the beginning" of their mythology. It does suck big time though when they [frick] it up 8/10 times.

Also like grif, I am surprised this storyline is just now being tackled considering all the decades the Green Lantern character's been around.
HarrisonBergeron - 9/2/2012, 10:51 PM
My money is on the First Lantern being DC's God.
beane2099 - 9/3/2012, 7:21 PM
The fact that he is called the first lantern and not the first GREEN lantern kind of hints at his power source being different. Second, his battery has all the colors going through it. Also, When he shouts "Let me out!", it reverberates through all the other corps (including the black lantern ring).

I'm a fan of the "lost guardians" too. They look like little gnomes in their little outfits.

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