RELATED: 30 Years Ago, Superman Returned From the Dead This is why, only 20 issues into the New 52 Green Lantern, we saw the conclusion of Johns' nearly nine-year run on Green Lantern. Geoff Johns' first issue of the newly rebooted Green Lantern #1, for instance, actually CONTINUED a plot line from Johns' previous Green Lantern series, which followed Johns' Green Lantern: Rebirth with artist Ethan Van Sciver that saw Hal Jordan return to becoming Green Lantern (and artists Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy and Tom Nguyen remained on the series from the final issue of previous volume). You see, there were a couple of franchises that were doing well already at the time of the launch of The New 52, namely the Batman and Green Lantern lines, and so, for the most part, those titles continued their plot lines (Scott Snyder had already been writing Detective Comics, for instance, and Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason remained on Batman and Robin as it relaunched with a new #1). Nearly all the titles also corresponded with brand-new creative teams, including some creators who would soon become some of the major stars of the era (just to name two examples, Scott Snyder launched Swamp Thing #1 and Batman #1, for instance, and Jeff Lemire launched Animal Man #1 and Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. Titles that had been running uninterrupted for over 70 years were now starting over. The idea was to do a bold re-invention of the DC Universe, with an all-new continuity that new readers could pick up and everyone would be on the same page with each other. It was dubbed "The New 52," since there were 52 titles that were launched at the time. In September 2011 (well, technically the very end of July for Justice League #1, the first book to rebooted, but it was basically September for everything else), the entire DC comic book line was restarted with brand-new #1 issues. This time around, we had back ten years to May 2013 for the finale of Geoff Johns' run on Green Lantern. In every Look Back, we examine a comic book issue from 10/25/50/75 years ago (plus a wild card every month with a fifth week in it).
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