DC Comics’ “Go-to” writer Keith Giffen is teaming up with artists Tom Raney and Scott Kolins for a new ongoing cosmic series. Kicking off in the pages of the recently announced Green Lantern: New Guardians Annual #1, the new series is called Threshold. Tom Raney will be providing art for the main story, while Scott Kolins(War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath) will be working on the backup feature. The main story will star a new Green Lantern named Jediah Caul, while the backup feature will star non other than Agent Orange himself, Larfleeze! Newsarama talked with Giffen about his new series. Check out the first cover below and some highlights of the interview further down.

 

Nrama: It’s spinning out of Green Lantern: New Guardians Annual #1. How does it relate to the Green Lantern mythos?

 

Giffen: Our main character is a Green Lantern. Jediah Caul was a deep undercover Green Lantern operating out of the Tenedrian Dominion, until he got exposed. His back-story is told in the New Guardians Annual. And I’ll tell you right now, as Green Lanterns go, Jediah Caul makes Guy Gardner look like a really nice guy, an upstanding citizen.

 

So yeah, these characters and concepts will bump up against the New Guardians characters in the Annual. So it’s a New Guardians story, but it will introduce readers to this concept. And then it spins out of the Annual and the last issue of Blue Beetle. We’re trying to make Threshold a success and get as many eyes on this new ongoing series as possible.

 

Nrama: I’ve been told the book has a co-feature. What does that focus upon?

 

Giffen: The book’s 30 pages long. The lead feature will be called “The Hunted” and is 20 pages. But the other 10 pages are going to focus on Larfleeze, the Orange Lantern. Geoff Johns was more than happy to see Larfleeze get some solo adventures. And we’ve got Scott Kolins on the art, which has been terrific.

 

 

Giffen: Yeah, there’s always going to be humor in everything I do, but with Larfleeze, he’s just such an outrageous character that you can do a lot with him. His first adventure is going to be dark humor, because he is, of course, greedy and self-centered and mean. So if you find that funny, then you’re going to find this story hilarious.
Giffen: There’s a character in the second issue that I don’t want to say anything about, because I’m hoping it will be a total surprise to people. I’ve already told DiDio, that’s our breakaway character. And you’ll be introduced to him in the second issue of Threshold.

 

Nrama: A brand new character?

 

Giffen: A brand new character with a familiar name.

Full article at Newsarama