Geoff Johns' Green Lantern (2005-2013) Reading Order

Geoff Johns reinvents the Green Lantern mythos by expanding its cosmic lore, deepening Hal Jordan’s legacy, and introducing epic, emotionally charged storylines that redefined heroism.

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Geoff Johns' DC (by series) timeline

Geoff Johns' Crisis (Infinite/52/Final) (2005-2008)

Geoff Johns' Justice Society of America (2007-2010)

All collected editions for this event

Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus: Volume 1

Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Green Lantern by Geoff Johns cover

Collects: Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004) #1-6, Green Lantern (2005) #1-25, Green Lantern Corps: Recharge (2006) #1-5, Green Lantern Corps (2006) #1-5, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special (2008) #1, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime (2007) #1

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1EssentialMay 2005

Green Lantern Secret Files & Origins 2005 #1

Flight; The Day Before

#1 collected in:Green Lantern: No Fear

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2 -7EssentialDEC 2004

Green Lantern: Rebirth #1-6

#1: Blackest Night

#2: Enemies Within

#3: Yellow

#4: Force of Will

#5: Rings

#6: Brightest Day

Part of:Countdown to Infinite Crisis

#1-6 collected in:Green Lantern: Rebirth

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8 -12EssentialNOV 2005-MAR 2006

Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1-5

#1: The Gathering

#2: Assignments

#3: Vega

#4: Hunted

#5: Stardeath

Part of:Countdown to Infinite Crisis

#1-5 collected in:Green Lantern Corps: Recharge

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13 -32EssentialMAY 2005-APR 2007

Green Lantern #1-20

#1: Airborne

#2: No Fear

#3: Flight Delay

#4: Alienated

#5: Feeding Frenzy

#6: Black Sheep

#7: A Perfect Life: Part 1

#8: A Perfect Life: Part 2

#9: Branded

#10: Revenge of the Green Lanterns: Part 1

#11: Revenge of the Green Lanterns: Part 2

#12: Revenge of the Green Lanterns: Part 3

#13: Revenge of the Green Lanterns: Part 4

#14: Wanted: Hal Jordan: Part 1

#15: Wanted: Hal Jordan: Part 2

#16: Wanted: Hal Jordan: Part 3

#17: Wanted: Hal Jordan: Part 4

#18: Mystery of the Star Sapphire: Part 1

#19: Mystery of the Star Sapphire: Part 2

#20: Mystery of the Star Sapphire: Part 3

#1-6 collected in:Green Lantern: No Fear

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Part of:Infinite Crisis

#7-13 collected in:Green Lantern: Revenge of the Green Lanterns

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#14-20 collected in:Green Lantern: Wanted: Hal Jordan

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33EssentialJun 2007

Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1

The Second Rebirth

Part of:Sinestro Corps War

#1 collected in:Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War: Volume 1

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34EssentialJul 2007

Green Lantern #21

Sinestro Corps War: Part 2: Fear and Loathing

Part of:Sinestro Corps War

#21 collected in:Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War: Volume 1

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35RecommendedSep 2007

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax #1

[untitled]

Part of:Sinestro Corps War

#1 collected in:Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps

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36EssentialAug 2007

Green Lantern #22

Sinestro Corps War: Part 4: Running Scared

Part of:Sinestro Corps War

#22 collected in:Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War: Volume 1

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37RecommendedOct 2007

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg Superman #1

[untitled]

Part of:Sinestro Corps War

#1 collected in:Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps

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38EssentialSep 2007

Green Lantern #23

Sinestro Corps War: Part 6: Broken Laws

Part of:Sinestro Corps War

#23 collected in:Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War: Volume 1

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39RecommendedOct 2007

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime #1

Into the Sun

Part of:Sinestro Corps War

#1 collected in:Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps

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40EssentialOct 2007

Green Lantern #24

Sinestro Corps War: Part 8: Home Invasion

Part of:Sinestro Corps War

#24 collected in:Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War: Volume 2

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41RecommendedDec 2007

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Ion #1

The Ultimate Lantern

Part of:Sinestro Corps War

#1 collected in:Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps

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42EssentialDec 2007

Green Lantern #25

Sinestro Corps War: Part 11: Birth of the Black Lantern

Part of:Sinestro Corps War

#25 collected in:Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War: Volume 2

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43EssentialDec 2007

Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps: Secret Files & Origins #1

[untitled]

Part of:Sinestro Corps War

#1 collected in:Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps

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44 -53EssentialDEC 2007-OCT 2008

Green Lantern #26-35

#26: The Alpha Lanterns: Part 1

#27: The Alpha Lanterns: Part 2

#28: The Alpha Lanterns: Part 3

#29: Secret Origin: Part 1

#30: Secret Origin: Part 2

#31: Secret Origin: Part 3

#32: Secret Origin: Part 4

#33: Secret Origin: Part 5

#34: Secret Origin: Part 6

#35: Secret Origin: Part 7

#26-28 collected in:Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns

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#29-35 collected in:Green Lantern: Secret Origin

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54EssentialMay 2009

Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1

Prologue: Blood Feud

Part of:Final Crisis

#1 collected in:Final Crisis : Companion

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55 -61EssentialJAN-JUN 2009

Green Lantern #36-42

#36: Rage of the Red Lanterns: Part 2

#37: Rage of the Red Lanterns: Part 3

#38: Rage of the Red Lanterns: Part 4

#39: Agent Orange: Part 1

#40: Agent Orange: Part 2

#41: Agent Orange: Part 3

#42: Agent Orange: Part 4

#36-38 collected in:Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns

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#39-42 collected in:Green Lantern: Agent Orange

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62EssentialMay 2009

Blackest Night #0

Death Becomes Us

Part of:Blackest Night

#0 collected in:Blackest Night

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63EssentialJul 2009

Green Lantern #43

Blackest Night Prologue: Tale of the Black Lantern

Part of:Blackest Night

#43 collected in:Green Lantern: Blackest Night

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64 -66RecommendedJUL 2009

Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1-3

#1: Saint Walker; Mongul For Your Love; Tales of the Indigo Tribe

#2: Fly Away; Lost Love; Blume Godhead

#3: New Blood; Daddy's Girl

Part of:Blackest Night

#1-3 collected in:Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps

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67EssentialJul 2009

Blackest Night #1

[untitled]

Part of:Blackest Night

#1 collected in:Blackest Night

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68EssentialAug 2009

Green Lantern #44

Only The Good Die Young

Part of:Blackest Night

#44 collected in:Green Lantern: Blackest Night

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69EssentialAug 2009

Blackest Night #2

[untitled]

Part of:Blackest Night

#2 collected in:Blackest Night

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70EssentialSep 2009

Green Lantern #45

Love Hurts

Part of:Blackest Night

#45 collected in:Green Lantern: Blackest Night

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71EssentialSep 2009

Blackest Night #3

[untitled]

Part of:Blackest Night

#3 collected in:Blackest Night

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72EssentialOct 2009

Green Lantern #46

Feared

Part of:Blackest Night

#46 collected in:Green Lantern: Blackest Night

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73 -74OptionalNOV-DEC 2009

Adventure Comics #4-5

#4: He Primed Me: Part 1

#5: He Primed Me: Part 2; The Boy of Steel: Part 4

Part of:Blackest Night

#4-5 collected in:Blackest Night: Omnibus

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75EssentialOct 2009

Blackest Night #4

[untitled]

Part of:Blackest Night

#4 collected in:Blackest Night

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76 -77EssentialNOV 2009

Green Lantern #47-48

#47: To Hell and Back

#48: Gimme A Break

Part of:Blackest Night

#47-48 collected in:Green Lantern: Blackest Night

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78 -79EssentialNOV-DEC 2009

Blackest Night #5-6

#5: [untitled]

#6: [untitled]

Part of:Blackest Night

#5-6 collected in:Blackest Night

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80EssentialDec 2009

Green Lantern #49

Semper Fi

Part of:Blackest Night

#49 collected in:Green Lantern: Blackest Night

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81OptionalJan 2010

The Atom and the Hawkman #46

Bye Bye Birdie!

Part of:Blackest Night

#46 collected in:Blackest Night: Omnibus

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82 -84RecommendedDEC 2009-FEB 2010

Blackest Night: The Flash #1-3

#1: Dead Heat

#2: Black Lantern Rogue's Revenge

#3: Blue Lantern Flash

Part of:Blackest Night

#1-3 collected in:Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps: Volume 2

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85 -86EssentialJAN-FEB 2010

Green Lantern #50-51

#50: Parallax Rebirth Part 1

#51: Parallax Rebirth Part 2

Part of:Blackest Night

#50-51 collected in:Green Lantern: Blackest Night

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87EssentialJan 2010

Blackest Night #7

[untitled]

Part of:Blackest Night

#7 collected in:Blackest Night

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88EssentialMar 2010

Green Lantern #52

Life Blood

Part of:Blackest Night

#52 collected in:Green Lantern: Blackest Night

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89EssentialMar 2010

Blackest Night #8

[untitled]

Part of:Blackest Night

#8 collected in:Blackest Night

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90RecommendedMar 2010

Blackest Night: Director's Cut #1

[untitled]

Part of:Blackest Night

91EssentialApr 2010

Brightest Day #0

Carpe Diem

Part of:Brightest Day

#0 collected in:Brightest Day: Volume 1

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92EssentialApr 2010

Green Lantern #53

The New Guardians: Chapter 1

Part of:Brightest Day

#53 collected in:Green Lantern: Brightest Day

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93EssentialMay 2010

Brightest Day #1

Second Chances

Part of:Brightest Day

#1 collected in:Brightest Day: Volume 1

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94 -95EssentialMAY-JUN 2010

Green Lantern #54-55

#54: The New Guardians: Chapter 2

#55: The New Guardians: Chapter 3

Part of:Brightest Day

#54-55 collected in:Green Lantern: Brightest Day

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96 -104EssentialMAY-NOV 2010

Brightest Day #2-10

#2: Nuclear Options

#3: Revelations

#4: Thresholds

#5: Under Pressure

#6: Dead Zone

#7: The Secret of Life

#8: Defiance

#9: Lost & Found

#10: A Change Is Gonna Come

Part of:Brightest Day

#2-7 collected in:Brightest Day: Volume 1

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Part of:Brightest Day

#8-10 collected in:Brightest Day: Volume 2

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105EssentialOct 2010

Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1

[untitled]

Part of:Brightest Day

#1 collected in:Blackest Night: Omnibus

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106 -107EssentialDEC 2010

Brightest Day #11-12

#11: Father's Day

#12: All This Useless Beauty

Part of:Brightest Day

#11-12 collected in:Brightest Day: Volume 2

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108 -110EssentialJUL-OCT 2010

Green Lantern #56-58

#56: The New Guardians: Chapter 4

#57: The New Guardians: Chapter 5: What Happens in Vegas

#58: The New Guardians: Chapter 6: Hope Burns Bright

Part of:Brightest Day

#56-58 collected in:Green Lantern: Brightest Day

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111 -112EssentialJAN 2011-NOV 2010

Brightest Day #13-14

#13: Under a Blood Red Sky

#14: Acrobats

Part of:Brightest Day

#13-14 collected in:Brightest Day: Volume 2

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113EssentialNov 2010

Green Lantern #59

The New Guardians: Chapter 7: Lorek Tarr Lok

Part of:Brightest Day

#59 collected in:Green Lantern: Brightest Day

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114 -117EssentialDEC 2010-JAN 2011

Brightest Day #15-18

#15: Whatever Happened to the Manhunter from Mars?

#16: Short Fuse

#17: Homecoming

#18: Easy Come, Easy Go

Part of:Brightest Day

#15-16 collected in:Brightest Day: Volume 2

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Part of:Brightest Day

#17-18 collected in:Brightest Day: Volume 3

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118OptionalFeb 2011

Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special #1

Orange You Glad It's Christmas?!

119 -121EssentialDEC 2010-FEB 2011

Green Lantern #60-62

#60: The New Guardians: Chapter 8: Fear Factor

#61: The New Guardians: Chapter 9: Seeing Red

#62: The New Guardians: Conclusion

Part of:Brightest Day

#60-62 collected in:Green Lantern: Brightest Day

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122 -127EssentialAPR 2011

Brightest Day #19-24

#19: Aquawar: Part 1

#20: Aquawar: Part 2

#21: Mars Attacks

#22: The End and the Beginning

#23: Rise and Fall

#24: Brightest Day

Part of:Brightest Day

#19-24 collected in:Brightest Day: Volume 3

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128 -144EssentialMAR 2011-AUG 2012

Green Lantern #63-12

#63: War of the Green Lanterns: Prologue

#64: War of the Green Lanterns: Part 1

#65: War of the Green Lanterns: Part 4

#66: War of the Green Lanterns: Part 7

#67: War of the Green Lanterns: Conclusion

#1: Sinestro: Part 1

#2: Sinestro: Part 2

#3: Sinestro: Part 3

#4: Sinestro: Part 4

#5: Sinestro: Part 5

#6: The Other Hero

#7: The Secret of the Indigo Tribe: Part 1

#8: The Secret of the Indigo Tribe: Part 2

#9: The Secret of the Indigo Tribe: Part 3

#10: The Secret of the Indigo Tribe: Conclusion

#11: The Revenge of Black Hand: Part 1

#12: The Revenge of Black Hand: Part 2

Part of:War of the Green Lanterns

#63-67 collected in:Green Lantern: War of the Green Lanterns

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#1-6 collected in:Green Lantern: Volume 1: Sinestro

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#7-12 collected in:Green Lantern: Volume 2: Revenge of the Black Hand

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145EssentialAug 2012

Green Lantern Annual #1

Rise of the Third Army Prologue: The First Soldier

Part of:Rise of the Third Army

#1 collected in:Green Lantern: Volume 2: Revenge of the Black Hand

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146 -154EssentialSEP 2012-MAY 2013

Green Lantern #0-20

#0: The New Normal

#13: Rise of the Third Army: Actions and Reactions

#14: Rise of the Third Army: Courage

#15: Rise of the Third Army: Innocent Lives

#16: Rise of the Third Army: Trial by Fire

#17: Wrath of the First Lantern: Part 1: The Puppeteer

#18: Wrath of the First Lantern: Part 5: Dead or Alive, You're Coming With Me

#19: Wrath of the First Lantern: Part 9

#20: Wrath of the First Lantern: Finale: The End

Part of:Rise of the Third Army

#0-20 collected in:Green Lantern: Volume 3: The End

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Geoff Johns' Green Lantern (2005-2013) Reading Order

Event timeline

Green Lantern by Geoff Johns Omnibus: Volume 1

Issue-by-Issue Reading Order

Green Lantern Secret Files & Origins 2005 #1

Green Lantern: Rebirth #1-6

Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1-5

Green Lantern #1-20

Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1

Green Lantern #21

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax #1

Green Lantern #22

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg Superman #1

Green Lantern #23

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime #1

Green Lantern #24

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Ion #1

Green Lantern #25

Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps: Secret Files & Origins #1

Green Lantern #26-35

Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1

Green Lantern #36-42

Blackest Night #0

Green Lantern #43

Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1-3

Blackest Night #1

Green Lantern #44

Blackest Night #2

Green Lantern #45

Blackest Night #3

Green Lantern #46

Adventure Comics #4-5

Blackest Night #4

Green Lantern #47-48

Blackest Night #5-6

Green Lantern #49

The Atom and the Hawkman #46

Blackest Night: The Flash #1-3

Green Lantern #50-51

Blackest Night #7

Green Lantern #52

Blackest Night #8

Blackest Night: Director's Cut #1

Brightest Day #0

Green Lantern #53

Brightest Day #1

Green Lantern #54-55

Brightest Day #2-10

Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1

Brightest Day #11-12

Green Lantern #56-58

Brightest Day #13-14

Green Lantern #59

Brightest Day #15-18

Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special #1

Green Lantern #60-62

Brightest Day #19-24

Green Lantern #63-12

Green Lantern Annual #1

Green Lantern #0-20