Hal Jordan’s mentor-turned-enemy Sinestro has started his own Corps of Yellow Lanterns and recruited some of the most fearsome and powerful baddies in the entire DC Universe to help him destroy the Green Lanterns and rule the galaxy through fear. Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War The Sinestro Corps War is like the Empire Strikes Back of Geoff Johns’ Green Lantern saga in that it’s the middle chapter of a grand cosmic epic and it’d widely considered to be the best story arc of the modern Green Lantern era. If you like it, you can keep reading the next six issues (#7-12) on ComiXology Unlimited. This story can be read in Green Lantern: No Fear, which collects Green Lantern #1-6 and Green Lantern: Secret Files #1. Many Green Lantern stories take place among the stars, but this one grounds everything on Earth, giving you a look at Hal Jordan’s civilian life and pitting him against some rather brutal Earthbound foes.

It’s the proper beginning to Geoff John’s epic run, and it starts small by showing Hal Jordan returning to his home of Coast City and taking up the duties of the Green Lantern once more. Green Lantern: No Fear So you already know the basics of Green Lantern and want to jump right into the adventure? Then No Fear is the place to start. This story can be found in Green Lantern #29-35. It tells the familiar story of how Hal Jordan received the Green Lantern ring and his training with verteran Green Lantern Sinestro, but it also weaves in other characters and concepts that will become more important down the line. Secret Origin tells the definitive origin story for the modern Green Lantern franchise. 11 Images Green Lantern: Secret Origin If you are just getting into Green Lantern, then this is the comic for you.

Green Lantern, Volume 1 by Geoff Johns