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Even before Lanterns premiered its first episode on HBO, the rumblings had already started that the DCU TV series could come back for more. Though reports indicated a writers’ room had been opened to explore the possibility of what another batch of episodes could explore on the premium cable network, no official order for a…

There are certain things you don’t mess with when it comes to Green Lantern. The ring is pretty important. The color green is probably worth keeping. And then there’s the oath. It’s a wonderfully dramatic bit of superhero poetry that has been recited by Lanterns for generations. So naturally, when Lanterns gave John Stewart something…

This article contains spoilers for “Lanterns” Season 1, Episode 8, “Dirt and Stars.”

Ever since the pilot episode of Lanterns ended with a shot of Hal Jordan, frozen on a high school football field stand and dead from a bullet hole in his head, fans have hoped against hope that the death would be undone. Yet, despite the fact that Lanterns takes place in a world with robot…

For a long time, everything has been something else. It started with the arrival of “Stranger Things,” which was so indebted to 80s horror and Steven Spielberg/Amblin movies that it teetered on the precipice of pastiche from the very beginning of its run. Now, everything — from music to books to movies — is just…

For the entire first season of Lanterns, the series has built towards John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) taking on the role of Green Lantern. But as we learned in episode five, after feeling manipulated by the Guardians of the Universe, John rejected the power ring back in 2016. With Hal Jordan then imprisoned on Earth over…

Lanterns,from its beginning, refused to indulge us. By us (and I’m very much including myself), I mean comic book fans. The superhero adaptation has been so ubiquitous a cultural force for so long that the genre has itself necessarily mutated, stretched, and flown into unconventional places. Lanterns has been described as the superhero story as…

Seven years ago, Lanternsstar Aaron Pierre starred in a totally different DC TV show where he even fought Brainiac before Man of Tomorrow. The world has recently been waking up to the talent of the 32-year-old British actor Aaron Pierre after his breakout role in Netflix’s Emmy-winning flick Rebel Ridge. Pierre has since voiced the…

The first episode of Lanterns left us with a central mystery for in both 2016 and 2026. Naturally, like any good True Detective-inspired series, the earlier plot informed the later plot. But that meant for the next six episodes, we had knowledge that Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) would die, shot in the head. The penultimate…

Fan expectation was at an all-time high leading up to the finale of Lanterns, and not just because it is a Damon Lindelof show. Lanterns has been an oddity in superhero media, a mix of grounded detective fiction, strong character work, and bits of Silver Age comic book sci-fi around the edges. The mystery surrounding…