DC Comics has recruited the all-star team of Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman to bring Hal Jordan into their Earth One line of graphic novels. Green Lantern Earth One is scheduled to arrive in March 2018.
“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,” Hardman said in a press release. “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.”
Bechko and Hardman are the team behind Image’s Invisible Republic, a science fiction epic that was nominated for a Hugo Award in 2016 — so they’re a perfect fit for a project like this.
“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,” Bechko said. “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 follows similar titles in the line, which re-imagines DC’s characters in a separate continuity in the early stages of their careers. The line kicked off in 2010 with Superman Earth One, which has seen three volumes now, and was followed by Batman, Teen Titans and Wonder Woman. Aquaman and Flash graphic novels are also in the works.
