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As revealed in the show’s second episode, Manhunters are a synthetic race of aliens who are able to build entirely new bodies, disguise themselves as anyone, and embed themselves undetected within any society.

Hal Jordan’s mentor-turned-nemesis Thaal Sinestro is an important figure in the history of the Green Lantern Corps, both as its greatest member and as its ultimate foe. From a live action production’s perspective, he’s also a problem. While there’s far more to the guy than meets the eye, his character design and generally villainous, condescending attitude…

Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler in Lanterns. John Johnson/HBO Maxhide caption

Lanterns has already established how foundational the Green Lantern mythology is to this new DCU, as Green Lanterns were around and protecting the Earth in public well before Superman had even arrived on the planet. While episode 1 established quite a few details about Hal Jordan and the dynamic with John Stewart, episode 2 had…

A major story point in HBO’s Lanterns that has already sent ripples through the DCU because of its implications is that Kyle Chandler’s version of Hal Jordan has already been the hero and has been wearing the ring for decades when the series begins. It’s proven to be a smart choice, not only because the…

What are Manhunters? The Lanterns creators explain the comic book history they tapped for the HBO drama.

When Lanterns was first confirmed as being a major TV series for the DCU, it came with the surprising pitch that the show would be an Earth-set mystery in the vein of True Detective, featuring both Hal Jordan and John Stewart. That initial idea had some fans scratching their heads, since the intergalactic shenanigans of…

We’re only two episodes in, and Lanterns has already had a lot more comic book weirdness than some detractors had guessed from the trailers. But when John Stewart asks Hal Jordan about Manhunters, Lanterns gets really weird. Most fans of Green Lantern comics know Manhunters as the killer androids created by the Guardians of the…

We still aren’t getting many scenes of Hal Jordan and John Stewart in green tights, but the second episode of Lanterns has a lot of comic book weirdness. Not only do the Manhunters get a mention and John makes a construct, but we also see a lantern tucked away in a pocket dimension. Hal and…