Green Lantern was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell, first appearing in All-American Comics #16.
The modern Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, was introduced by writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane in Showcase #22, marking a significant redesign and reboot of the character.
The concept of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic police force, was developed, greatly expanding the scope of the Green Lantern mythos.
The first official announcement of a Green Lantern movie by Warner Bros. and DC Comics, set to star Ryan Reynolds, marking a significant real-world expansion of the character into film.
The Green Lantern live-action film starring Ryan Reynolds was released, bringing the character to a wider global audience through cinema.
Geoff Johns wrote 'Green Lantern: Rebirth,' revitalizing the character and reestablishing Hal Jordan as the main Green Lantern.
Hal Jordan is selected by the dying alien Abin Sur to be the first human member of the Green Lantern Corps, receiving a power ring and joining the intergalactic police force.
The Guardians of the Universe form the Green Lantern Corps, an interstellar police force empowered by green energy rings to maintain order across the universe.
Hal Jordan confronts and eventually overcomes Parallax, a parasitic entity embodying fear that caused a great crisis threatening the Green Lantern Corps and Earth itself.
Former Green Lantern Sinestro turns against the Corps, founding the Sinestro Corps powered by yellow fear energy, becoming a recurring antagonist.
Hal Jordan succumbs to Parallax's influence after catastrophic events and becomes a villain, destroying the Green Lantern Corps before eventually redeeming himself.
Hal Jordan is resurrected and restores the Green Lantern Corps, reigniting the fight for justice across the universe with a new generation of Lanterns.
The Green Lantern Corps plays a central role in combating the Black Lanterns, undead entities resurrecting deceased heroes and villains, threatening universal extinction.
A group from various Lantern Corps, including Green Lanterns, unite to maintain cosmic balance following the aftermath of the Blackest Night event.
Cormac Laney, a later human Green Lantern, is assigned to Earth's sector, continuing humanity's legacy in the Green Lantern Corps.
