In this episode of Green Lantern Corps Cast, Naaim and Brandan dig into Lanterns Episode 3, “OutKast”, exploring the backstory and childhood of John Stewart. They unpack Jasmine Cephas Jones’s scene-stealing turn as Bernadette Stewart, dig into the multi-decade flashbacks that shape John into the man who’ll carry the ring, and talk about the racial undertones and overtones that drive his story.

They close with a rundown of the best Green Lantern comics to pick up if the show has you hooked, from Rebirth and Secret Origin to Venditti’s run and Morrison’s JLA, plus some real talk on whether DC is doing enough to ride the Lanterns momentum.

Comics we recommend:
Green Lantern: Rebirth (Geoff Johns)
Green Lantern: Secret Origin (Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis) and all of Green Lantern Vol. 4
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps (Robert Venditti & various artists)
Far Sector (N.K. Jemisin & Jamal Campbell)
DC: The New Frontier (Darwyn Cooke)
JLA (Grant Morrison & Howard Porter)

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Music:
“Ring Capacity” by Kirby Krackle
“Sector 2814” by The Roy Clark Method