'Lanterns' Could Totally Work as a Cosmic Detective Show

Heroes old and new will serve as the focus of James Gunn and Peter Safran's new slate for DC Studios, titled "Gods and Monsters". That includes Green Lantern — or rather, Lanterns. The TV event series will focus on fan-favorite Green Lanterns John Stewart and Hal Jordan as they become embroiled in a "terrestrial mystery." That sounds...rather low-key for a character like Green Lantern, whose adventures usually take them to the deepest reaches of space.

Another comic that could influence Lanterns is the classic Green Lantern/Green Arrow series by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams. Feeling like he had been disconnected from humanity due to his work, Hal Jordan started touring the countryside with his fellow emerald-hued hero Oliver Queen, aka Green Arrow. During Jordan's travels, he passed on the mantle of Green Lantern to Stewart.

The Lead-Up to 'Blackest Night' Gunn has also teased that Lanterns is a big part of his plans, as Jordan and Stewart will be investigating an "ancient horror" that bleeds into the other films and television shows on the slate. The words "Green Lantern" and "cosmic horror" fit well together — especially when it comes to the fan-favorite Blackest Night storyline.

Blackest Night may also hold the clues to the "ancient horror" that the Lanterns will encounter: namely the embodiment of Death itself, Nekron. Nekron sought to obliterate all life in the universe in order to sate his never-ending hunger and used the Black Lanterns as tools in that effort. He fits the "ancient horror" bill quite nicely and is also quite horrific to look at, with a skeletal visage and a massive scythe.

If Gunn and Safran play their cards right, Lanterns could be the stepping stone to a larger DC Universe while also giving the Green Lantern mythos its due and delivering a storyline to rival Avengers: Endgame.

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