Warning: Spoilers ahead for Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #3
Earth's Green Lanterns have just united across many generations, asserting the power of the Green Lantern legacy in DC Comics. DC's latest Crisis-level event, Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, has become a way for the Justice League's many legacy characters to prove their greatness. But the event's spotlighting of four Green Lanterns from completely different eras proves that the Green Lantern legacy is DC's most potent.
The Green Lantern mantle is one of the oldest in superhero comics. Alan Scott's magic-based Green Lantern debuted in 1940 during the Golden Age of comic books. The Green Lantern name has since become synonymous with sci-fi and space adventure instead of magic, as it was reinvented as the Green Lantern Corps (a troop of intergalactic police officers). But Alan Scott's legacy lives on in Earth's entire roster of Green Lantern Corps members, including the Silver Age's Hal Jordan, the '90s favorite Kyle Rayner, and the contemporary Green Lantern Jo Mullein—and that's not even counting Earth's other Lanterns, like John Stewart, widely popularized by the Justice League animated series.
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The Green Lanterns have been around for nearly as long as Superman and Batman, and that legacy is on display in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 by Joshua Williamson, Daniel Sampere, Danny Miki, Daniel Henriques, Alejandro Sánchez, and Tom Napolitano. Early in the issue, Alan Scott leads the Justice Society of America as they swoop down to offer help to younger legacy characters, like the newest Superman and Robin. The main event, though, is the team-up between Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, and Jo Mullein,
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