Green Lantern (by Geoff Johns) - A Reading Order
A reading order of Geoff Johns' run of Green Lantern and the concurrent books. Johns' run started in 2004 and lasted until 2013. This list is based on the trade reading order put together by Martin Ralya (http://www.martinralya.com/).
I just listed the single issues collected in these trades for convenience, since I already owned some of these collected issues and wanted to save as much money as possible by not having to buy every single trade. Luckily the out of print issues/trades are much more affordable if they're bought on comixology.
You can also check out the original reading order by Martin Ralya:
http://www.martinralya.com/comics/green-lantern-trade-reading-order-geoff-johns-run-and-all-concurrent-lantern-tpbs/
Issues/Trades I've already read will be crossed out.
Green Lantern: Secret Origin (2008)
Green Lantern (2005) #029-035
DC Universe by Alan Moore (2012)
Green Lantern (1985) #188Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual (1986) #2Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual (1987) #3
Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004)
Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004) #001-006
Green Lantern: No Fear (2006)
Green Lantern (2005) #001-006Green Lantern Secret Files (2005) #001
Green Lantern Corps: Recharge (2006)
Green Lantern Corps: Recharge (2005) #001-005
Green Lantern: Revenge of the Green Lanterns (2006)
Green Lantern (2005) #007-013
Green Lantern Corps: To be a Lantern (2007)
Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #001-006
Green Lantern - Wanted: Hal Jordan (2007)
Green Lantern (2005) #014-020
Ion: The Torchbearer (2007)
Ion: Guardian of the Universe (2007) #001-006
Green Lantern Corps: The Dark Side of the Green (2007)
Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #007-013
Ion: The Dying Flame (2007)
Ion: Guardian of the Universe (2007) #007-012
Sinestro Corps War
This arc is collected in three trades: Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War - Volume 1 + Volume 2 (2008), Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps (2009); the collected issues however have to be read in a certain order:
Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special (2007) #001Green Lantern (2005) #021Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #014Green Lantern (2005) #022Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax (2007) #001Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #015Green Lantern (2005) #023Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #016Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg Superman (2007) #001Green Lantern (2005) #024Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #017Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime (2007) #001Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #018Green Lantern (2005) #025Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Ion (2007) #001Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #019Sinestro Corps: Secret Files (2008) #001
You'll probably enjoy this arc nevertheless, should you choose to just read the trades in order.
Green Lantern Corps: Ring Quest (2008)
Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #019-020Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #023-026
Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns (2009)
Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns (2008) #001Green Lantern (2005) #026-028Green Lantern (2005) #036-038
Green Lantern Corps: Sins of the Star Sapphire (2009)
Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #027-032
Green Lantern: Agent Orange (2009)
Green Lantern (2005) #039-042
Green Lantern Corps: Emerald Eclipse (2009)
Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #033-038
Blackest Night
This arc is collected in four trades: Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009), Blackest Night: Green Lantern (2010), Blackest Night (2010), Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps (2010); again it is required to read the collected issues in a certain order to get the most out of this arc:
Green Lantern (2005) #043Blackest Night (2009) #000Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009) #001Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009) #002Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps (2009) #003Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #039Green Lantern (2005) #044Blackest Night (2009) #001Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #040Green Lantern (2005) #045Blackest Night (2009) #002Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #041Green Lantern (2005) #046Blackest Night (2009) #003Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #042Green Lantern (2005) #047Blackest Night (2009) #004Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #043Green Lantern (2005) #048Blackest Night (2009) #005Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #044Green Lantern (2005) #049Blackest Night (2009) #006Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #045Green Lantern (2005) #050Blackest Night (2009) #007Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #046Green Lantern (2005) #051Blackest Night (2009) #008Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #047Green Lantern (2005) #052
Green Lantern Corps: Revolt of the Alpha Lanterns (2011)
- Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #021-022
- Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #048-052
Green Lantern: Brightest Day (2011)
- Green Lantern (2005) #053-062
Green Lantern Corps: The Weaponer (2011)
- Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #053-057
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors (2010)
- Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors (2010) #001-013
War of the Green Lanterns (2011)
- Green Lantern (2005) #063-067
- Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #058-060
War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath (2011)
- War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath (2011) #001-002
- Green Lantern Corps v2 (2006) #061-063
NEW 52
Green Lantern: Sinestro (2012)
- Green Lantern (2011) #001-006
Green Lantern Corps: Fearsome (2012)
- Green Lantern Corps v3 (2011) #001-007
Green Lantern: New Guardians - The Ringbearer (2012)
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #001-007
Red Lanterns: Blood and Rage (2012)
- Red Lanterns (2011) #001-007
Green Lantern: Revenge of the Black Hand (2013)
- Green Lantern (2011) #007-012
- Green Lantern Annual (2012) #001
Green Lantern Corps: Alpha War (2013)
- Green Lantern Corps v3 (2011) #000
- Green Lantern Corps v3 (2011) #008-014
Green Lantern: New Guardians - Beyond Hope (2013)
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #008-012
- Blue Beetle (2011) #009
Red Lanterns: The Death of the Red Lanterns (2013)
- Red Lanterns (2011) #008-012
- Stormwatch (2011) #009
The following four trades (for the arcs Rise of the Third Army & Wrath of the First Lantern) have to be read alternating the issues again. The order is not as consistent as with Blackest Night, though. I'll list the individual trades first and put the issue-by-issue reading order below.
Green Lantern: The End (2013)
Collects: Green Lantern (2011) #000 + #013-020
Green Lantern Corps: Willpower (2013)
Collects: Green Lantern Corps v3 (2011) #015-020 + Green Lantern Corps Annual (2013) #001
Red Lanterns: The Second Prophecy (2013)
Collects: Red Lanterns (2011) #000 + #013-020
Green Lantern: New Guardians - Love and Death (2014)
Collects: Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #000 + #013-020
Reading order for the arcs "Rise of the Third Army" & "Wrath of the First Lantern":
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #000
- Green Lantern (2011) #000
- Green Lantern (2011) #013
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #013
- Red Lanterns (2011) #000
- Red Lanterns (2011) #013
- Green Lantern (2011) #014
- Red Lanterns (2011) #014
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #014
- Green Lantern Corps v3 (2011) #015
- Green Lantern (2011) #015
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #015
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #016
- Red Lanterns (2011) #015
- Green Lantern (2011) #016
- Green Lantern Corps v3 (2011) #016
- Red Lanterns (2011) #016
- Green Lantern Corps Annual (2013) #001
- Green Lantern (2011) #017
- Green Lantern Corps v3 (2011) #017
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #017
- Red Lanterns (2011) #017
- Green Lantern (2011) #018
- Green Lantern Corps v3 (2011) #018
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #018
- Red Lanterns (2011) #018
- Green Lantern (2011) #019
- Green Lantern Corps v3 (2011) #019
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #019
- Red Lanterns (2011) #019
- Green Lantern (2011) #020
- Green Lantern Corps v3 (2011) #020
- Red Lanterns (2011) #020
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (2011) #020
That's about it. Please feel free to report any mistakes. I'm currently reading Revenge of the Green Lanterns, so I don't know if the order is correct that way.
I just wanted an overview of the issues collected within these trades for me, so why not share it with you guys? Maybe it will be useful to some people.
Credit goes (of course) to Martin Ralya, who put the trades in order.
