10 Legendary Comic Book Runs You Must Read Before You Die

10. Geoff Johns' Green Lantern

Back in the 1990s, Hal Jordan went a little funny in the head after his hometown was wiped off the face of the planet. He went on a rampage and destroyed the Green Lantern Corps, but eventually went on to become the new Spectre, thanks to DC writer Geoff Johns.

Fast-forward a few years and Johns was asked to return to the title and put things back to normal, which he did. Johns took the concept of Parallax and twisted it around to create an independent entity that had possessed Jordan and turned him evil.

With that modification, Jordan returned to his role and the Green Lantern series was reborn. His continued work on the series led to the development of an entire spectrum of emotion, each with their own Corps. This, in turn, led to several major events that involved the entire DC Universe for years.

Johns continued to work on the series for a few years and even introduced a new Arab-American member of the Corps named, Simon Baz.

Green Lantern: Rebirth #1-6, Green Lantern #1-67, Blackest Night #1-8, and Green Lantern (New 52) #1-20