The core of his run focused on the complex and multilayered relationship between Hal Jordan and his arch-rival Sinestro, the one-time leader of the evil Sinestro Corps who again has a Green Lantern power ring on his finger. 'Writing those last 10 pages was pretty emotional but also really satisfying.'

With a retrospective on Johns' run from an array of creators, the new issue features his final story with artist Doug Mahnke that wraps up every single story thread he had going, plus 'some threads you probably don't even remember,' Johns says. Building on a foundation is always much more fun than destroying a foundation.'

'We're leaving it in a good place for people to come on and play with concepts that were there before us, concepts we introduced and introducing their own stuff. 'I feel extremely fortunate that I work with so many great artists and writers on building the Green Lantern universe in the way we did this time around. 'I never had really planned being on this book this long,' says Johns, DC's chief creative officer who also pens the Justice League, Justice League of America and Aquaman books. The writer will also be the guest of honor at a 'Greenest Night' celebration at the Avalon Bardot Theater in Hollywood, honoring his Green Lantern run on Friday that will benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. 20 marks Johns' 64-page swan song to the character he's made his own and around whom he's created a rich galaxy of colored Lantern corps and vast array of heroes and villains. In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil has escaped Geoff Johns' sight the past nine years.īut after nearly a decade of guiding the emerald hero's universe and making him a major player in the DC Comics Universe, the comic-book writer is turning out his Green Lantern light - at least when it comes to a solo series.Īvailable Wednesday in comic shops and digitally, Green Lantern No.

Green lantern by geoff johns