The Earth One line of graphic novels will expand in 2018 with Green Lantern: Earth One set to hit shelves in March from the creative team of Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman, and Jordan Boyd. The comic will retell Hal Jordan's origin story and this version of the ring-slinger will be an astronaut for Ferris Galactic who begins in the unfulfilling role of an asteroid prospector until he discovers one of the rings of the Green Lantern Corps. It's then he embarks on a mission to rebuild the Green Lantern Corps.
"Approaching this as an Earth One story gives us the opportunity to go back to the core concept of Green Lantern and interpret it through the lens of a modern, grounded sci-fi story while still being true to the Silver Age roots of Hal Jordan," Hardman tells IGN in an interview about the book. "Having storyboarded Interstellar, this is an approach I’m comfortable with and have wanted to explore in comics. Realistic sci-fi is only the beginning of this story; we have something more epic in store."
Interestingly, with Hal now a scientist rather than cocky pilot, he'll be finding new ways to use the power of a Green Lantern. "Hal Jordan is a smart, capable person with a space and science background who has a lot of untapped potential even before he finds the ring," Bechko added. "That means he’s going to approach everything the ring does from the perspective of a scientist, but he’s going to employ it for action and adventure. The result for us is the opportunity to fully embrace the science fiction aspects of the story in a way that would be impossible with other characters."
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