10 Of The Coolest Cosmic Superheroes In Comic Books

2) Green Lantern

The original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, was basically just a guy with a magic glowing ring. In 1960, however, when the new age of comic books was dawning, DC reimagined the character as part of a legendary intergalactic league of heroes. Each Lantern wore a Power Ring, allowing the wearer to form any shape with the ring’s energy through the force of their will.

Traditionally, Earthlings were never part of the Green Lantern Corps but, nevertheless, many human beings have wielded a Power Ring over the years. There’s John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner and most recently, Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. The most famous Green Lantern of all, though, is of course Hal Jordan. The first Earthling Lantern, Jordan has helped save the universe from the direst threats on numerous occasions (and even been the threat himself once, too, when he was possessed by Parallax).

Few comic book heroes are as rooted in such a big, bold, brilliant sci-fi concept as Green Lantern and, due to his perennial place as one of the founding members of the Justice League, the character is always right at the forefront of DC comics.