![]() Holy shit, guys this book looks f**king amazing! That is crazy…and now that I think about it eerily familiar sounding g as far as modern practices. It was canceled not because of low sales but because the higher ups at DC Comics personally didn’t like the book and wanted it off the shelves. To put that in perspective that’s almost twice as much as the average highest selling comic today on a typical month (though to be fair back in 1992 the highest selling books would have been much, much higher than that). Hell, the first issue sold over 210,000 copies. At some point he starred in his ongoing series called Green Lantern: Mosaic where he was appointed the protector of an artificially created patchwork world. His character was pretty racially charged when he was first created as typical with black characters created in the 70s, so things tended to be somewhere between goofy and offensive in his earliest days. I’d be okay with this.Īnyway John has had something of a rough journey. If that does happen that might actually spell the end of Hal’s tenure as “main” GL in the DCU in favor of John. ![]() Hell, I’ve even heard that the “Maybe It Will/Maybe It Won’t” 2015 Justice League movie may be using John Stewart on their roster rather than Hal Jordan, which would make sense seeing as Hal’s movie was a failure. He’s awesome.” No one would make that comment when talking about Iron Man and Jim Rhodes. While DC has been trying to shoehorn Hal as “Just As Important As Batman/ Superman” with varying results I think it’s clear that depending who and where you ask people will tell you “Oh yeah, Green Lantern’s real name is John Stewart. John did indeed replace Hal Jordan as Green Lantern for a while but unlike War Machine ( Iron Man) or Monica Rambeau ( Captain Marvel) he eventually achieves equal standing with his predecessor in the superhero hierarchy. ![]() There is no Green Lantern more badass than this manīecause of this and also because of the nature of the Green Lantern Corps (which has literally thousands of members who all share the “Green Lantern” identity) I believe that John Stewart is the most successful example of Minority Replacement, the phenomenon where creators replace a well-known white character with a person of color in order to expand diversity but doesn’t take into consideration the feelings of the fans of the original. In fact the cartoon was so popular that in 2011 when the Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern movie came out I heard a sizable amount of non-comic book fans wondering why they changed Green Lantern into a white guy. When Justice League became a hit DC greatly increased the character’s relevance to the point that he was a regularly member of the comic book version Justice League of America’s roster for much of the decade (Beforehand Stewart was not majorly affiliated with the team). Interestingly John has, like Cyborg, greatly benefited from his appearance in a 2000s cartoon. He was one of the first black superheroes created at DC Comics, even if he wouldn’t become a full time superhero for a few years. Eventually he would be promoted to a full-time Green Lantern and become not only one of the most reliable and respected veterans of the Corps but also a valued and key member of the Justice League.īeta Says: Not to be confused with the host of the Daily Show John Stewart was created by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams. Stewart agreed and became an ally of Jordan for years. One day the Guardians of the Universe, leaders of the intergalactic peace keeping force known as The Green Lantern Corps, came to him with a recruitment proposition to replace the injured Guy Gardner as the back-up for this sector’s primary Green Lantern Hal Jordan. He eventually left to become a full-time architect. History: Born and raised in Detroit John Stewart escape the ghetto by joining the Marine Corps. First Appearance: Green Lantern #87 (1971/1972)
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