DC Celebrates Green Lantern Lore With Peak Art Of Each Different Color

Published Nov 3, 2026, 12:37 PM EST

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DC just completed an awesome set of dedicated character portraits for a range of iconic Green Lantern characters, showcasing the stars of the multi-colored Corps that make up the franchise's core lore.

In 2005, DC's Rebirth era introduced the Emotional Spectrum - a massive power source made up of different emotions and their respective colors. While Green Lanterns have always wielded the power of will, this twist introduced new Corps and recontextualized former villains as part of this expanded mythos.

The Emotional Spectrum has come to define Green Lantern's modern lore, especially because some of the franchise's best characters emerged from this revelation.

Jorge Fornés Delivers Awesome Art of Iconic Green Lantern Characters

Now, those characters star in an awesome series of variant covers from Jorge Fornés (Batman, Danger Street.) Published over the last few months on the covers of Green Lantern Corps #15-#21, the images show each Lantern in a characteristic pose, alongside the emotion from which they draw their power.

These covers have made recent issues a must-buy for hardcore Green Lantern fans, essentially combining into a gigantic art piece celebrating the franchise's breakout modern characters, several of who have helmed their own spin-off titles. The characters selected for Forné' covers are below:

Lanterns from Jorge Fornés Green Lantern Corps Covers
Lantern Corps	Character	Backstory	Unique Powers	First Appearance	Created By
Green Lantern Corps	Hal Jordan	A test pilot who encountered the dying Abin Sur, chosen to replace the cosmic hero thanks to his immense will power.	Highly stable power source allows for creative applications and highly detailed constructs (Hal Jordan uniquely able to forge new rings from pure willpower)	1959's Showcase #22	John Broome and Gil Kane
Sinestro Corps	Sinestro	A former Green Lantern, considered one of the greatest of all time, who descended into fascism and founded his own villainous Corps.	Constructs strengthened by ambient fear (not just Ring wearer's own emotional capacity)	1961's Green Lantern Volume 2 #7
Red Lantern Corps	Atrocitus	One of the only survivors of the Manhunters' attack on Sector 666, blaming the Guardians of the Universe and their GL Corps for the massacre.	Super-heated 'napalm' blood, can manipulate existing rage in targets (Atrocitus has a unique ability to predict the future via blood magic)	2008's Green Lantern Vol 4 #25	Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis and Ethan Van Sciver
Agent Orange	Larfleeze	A slave-turned-thief who has been completely overtaken by the Orange Light of Avarice.	Constructs come from current avatar killing any sentient who attempts to tap into the Orange Light of Avarice
Blue Lantern Corps	Saint Walker	A religious leader whose heroic actions saw him embody his culture's messiah prophecy.	Can supercharge or drain the power from other Lantern colors, profound healing and restorative powers
Indigo Tribe	Indigo-1 (aka Iroque)	One of the galaxy's most ruthless criminals, forced to feel extreme empathy by her Power Ring.	Enhanced teleportation, total personality alteration by Ring
Star Sapphires	Carol Ferris	Longtime love interest of Hal Jordan, originally empowered by the Zamarons as part of a larger plan to check the Green Lanterns' power.	Can trap targets in near-unbreakable crystal, can manipulate existing love in targets	1959's Showcase #22	John Broome and Gil Kane

As is typical for variant covers, Fornés' art will likely be collected in future paperback and hardcover collections of Green Lantern Corps, however potentially not at full size. Hopefully, DC has plans for some kind of poster or art set for these covers, so that displaying them together remains an option for fans who missed out on collecting select issues of Green Lantern Corps as the comic hit stands.