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Geoff Johns Era (2004-2011)

Rebirth to Flashpoint: the run almost everything since builds on. 277 issues.

Rebirth brings Hal Jordan back, and Geoff Johns builds from there: the Sinestro Corps War, Secret Origin, the rest of the emotional spectrum, then Blackest Night, Brightest Day and War of the Green Lanterns. Green Lantern Corps (Dave Gibbons, then Peter Tomasi) runs alongside the main book and matters for every big event.

If you want a leaner read, the most skippable parts are Ion, Emerald Warriors, the Blackest Night tie-in minis and the Rise of the Black Lanterns one-shots. Brightest Day is only half a Lantern story, but it's the direct follow-up to Blackest Night.

The year in parentheses is the year the series launched, which tells the different Green Lantern volumes apart.

Rebirth

Hal Jordan returns and the Corps is rebuilt.

  1. Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004)

    Issues 1 to 6 • Single issues

    Hal Jordan's return. The starting point for the modern era.

  2. Green Lantern Secret Files and Origins 2005 (2005)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  3. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issues 1 to 6 • Single issues

  4. Guy Gardner: Collateral Damage (2006)

    Issues 1 and 2 • Single issues

  5. Rann/Thanagar War (2005)

    Issues 1 to 6 • Single issues

  6. Rann/Thanagar War: Infinite Crisis Special (2006)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  7. Green Lantern Corps: Recharge (2005)

    Issues 1 to 5 • Single issues

Infinite Crisis and One Year Later

Ion is one of the most skippable parts of the era if you want a leaner read.

  1. Infinite Crisis (2005)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  2. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issues 7 and 8 • Single issues

  3. Infinite Crisis (2005)

    Issues 2 to 7 • Single issues

  4. Infinite Crisis Secret Files 2006 (2006)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  5. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issues 9 to 13 • Single issues

  6. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issues 1 to 6 • Single issues

  7. Ion (2006)

    Issues 1 to 12 • Single issues

  8. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issues 14 to 20 • Single issues

  9. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issues 7 to 13 • Single issues

The Sinestro Corps War

  1. Sinestro Corps Special (2007)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  2. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 21 • Single issues

  3. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 14 • Single issues

  4. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 22 • Single issues

  5. Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax (2007)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  6. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 15 • Single issues

  7. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 23 • Single issues

  8. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 16 • Single issues

  9. Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg-Superman (2007)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  10. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 24 • Single issues

  11. Blue Beetle (2006)

    Issue 20 • Single issues

  12. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 17 • Single issues

  13. Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime (2007)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  14. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 18 • Single issues

  15. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 25 • Single issues

  16. Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Ion (2008)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  17. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 19 • Single issues

  18. Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps: Secret Files (2008)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

Secret Origin and the emotional spectrum

The road to Blackest Night, as the rest of the emotional spectrum comes into play.

  1. The Brave and the Bold (2007)

    Issues 1 and 2 • Single issues

  2. The Brave and the Bold (2007)

    Issues 19 to 22 • Single issues

  3. The Brave and the Bold (2007)

    Issue 30 • Single issues

  4. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issues 20 to 26 • Single issues

  5. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issues 26 to 35 • Single issues

    Issues 29 to 35 are Secret Origin, Hal's origin retold. It was written after Rebirth, so it stays where it came out.

  6. Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns (2008)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  7. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issues 36 to 38 • Single issues

  8. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issues 27 to 32 • Single issues

  9. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issues 39 to 42 • Single issues

  10. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issues 33 to 38 • Single issues

  11. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 43 • Single issues

Blackest Night

The tie-in minis and the Rise of the Black Lanterns one-shots (Starman #81, The Question #37 and the rest) are optional if you want a leaner read.

  1. Blackest Night (2009)

    Issues 0 and 1 • Single issues

  2. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 39 • Single issues

  3. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 44 • Single issues

  4. Blackest Night (2009)

    Issue 2 • Single issues

  5. Starman (1994)

    Issue 81 • Single issues

  6. The Power of SHAZAM! (1995)

    Issue 48 • Single issues

  7. Blackest Night: Batman (2009)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  8. Blackest Night: Superman (2009)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  9. Blackest Night: Titans (2009)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  10. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 45 • Single issues

  11. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 40 • Single issues

  12. Blackest Night: Batman (2009)

    Issue 2 • Single issues

  13. The Question (1986)

    Issue 37 • Single issues

  14. Blackest Night (2009)

    Issue 3 • Single issues

  15. Adventure Comics (2009)

    Issues 4 and 5 • Single issues

  16. Blackest Night: Superman (2009)

    Issue 2 • Single issues

  17. Blackest Night: Titans (2009)

    Issue 2 • Single issues

  18. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 46 • Single issues

  19. Blackest Night: Batman (2009)

    Issue 3 • Single issues

  20. The Phantom Stranger (1969)

    Issue 42 • Single issues

  21. Catwoman (2002)

    Issue 83 • Single issues

  22. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 41 • Single issues

  23. Blackest Night: Superman (2009)

    Issue 3 • Single issues

  24. Suicide Squad (1987)

    Issue 67 • Single issues

  25. Blackest Night: Titans (2009)

    Issue 3 • Single issues

  26. Weird Western Tales (1972)

    Issue 71 • Single issues

  27. Blackest Night (2009)

    Issue 4 • Single issues

  28. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 47 • Single issues

  29. Blackest Night: The Flash (2010)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  30. Blackest Night: JSA (2009)

    Issues 1 to 3 • Single issues

  31. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 42 • Single issues

  32. Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2010)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  33. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 48 • Single issues

  34. Blackest Night (2009)

    Issue 5 • Single issues

  35. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 43 • Single issues

  36. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 49 • Single issues

  37. Blackest Night (2009)

    Issue 6 • Single issues

  38. Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2010)

    Issues 2 and 3 • Single issues

  39. Blackest Night: The Flash (2010)

    Issue 2 • Single issues

  40. Green Arrow (2010)

    Issue 30 • Single issues

  41. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 44 • Single issues

  42. Blackest Night: The Flash (2010)

    Issue 3 • Single issues

  43. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 50 • Single issues

  44. The Atom & Hawkman (1968)

    Issue 46 • Single issues

  45. Adventure Comics (2009)

    Issue 7 • Single issues

  46. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 51 • Single issues

  47. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 45 • Single issues

  48. Blackest Night (2009)

    Issue 7 • Single issues

  49. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 46 • Single issues

  50. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 52 • Single issues

  51. Blackest Night (2009)

    Issue 8 • Single issues

  52. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 47 • Single issues

  53. Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009)

    Issues 1 to 3 • Single issues

  54. Untold Tales of Blackest Night (2010)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

Brightest Day

Only half a Lantern story, but the direct follow-up to Blackest Night. Emerald Warriors is one of the more skippable books here.

  1. Brightest Day (2010)

    Issue 0 • Single issues

  2. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 53 • Single issues

  3. Brightest Day (2010)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  4. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issues 54 and 55 • Single issues

  5. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issues 48 to 52 • Single issues

  6. Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors (2010)

    Issues 1 to 6 • Single issues

  7. Brightest Day (2010)

    Issues 2 to 12 • Single issues

  8. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issues 56 to 58 • Single issues

  9. Brightest Day (2010)

    Issues 13 and 14 • Single issues

  10. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 59 • Single issues

  11. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issues 53 to 57 • Single issues

  12. Brightest Day (2010)

    Issues 15 to 18 • Single issues

  13. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issues 60 to 62 • Single issues

  14. Brightest Day (2010)

    Issues 19 to 24 • Single issues

  15. Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special (2011)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

  16. Green Lantern/Plastic Man: Weapons of Mass Deception (2011)

    Issue 1 • Single issues

War of the Green Lanterns

  1. Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors (2010)

    Issue 7 • Single issues

  2. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issues 63 and 64 • Single issues

  3. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 58 • Single issues

  4. Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors (2010)

    Issue 8 • Single issues

  5. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 65 • Single issues

  6. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 59 • Single issues

  7. Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors (2010)

    Issue 9 • Single issues

  8. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 66 • Single issues

  9. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issue 60 • Single issues

  10. Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors (2010)

    Issue 10 • Single issues

  11. Green Lantern (2005)

    Issue 67 • Single issues

  12. War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath (2011)

    Issues 1 and 2 • Single issues

  13. Green Lantern Corps (2006)

    Issues 61 to 63 • Single issues

  14. Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors (2010)

    Issues 11 to 13 • Single issues

Flashpoint

Only the Lantern minis from Flashpoint are included.

  1. Flashpoint: Abin Sur - The Green Lantern (2011)

    Issues 1 to 3 • Single issues

  2. Flashpoint: Hal Jordan (2011)

    Issues 1 to 3 • Single issues