USA Today gets a short clip from this Saturday’s episode of GLTAS. They also get a few words from Producer Giancarlo Volpe, who continues to be a one man promotion team for the series.

The new episode of Green Lantern: The Animated Series (airing Saturday morning at 10 ET/PT on Cartoon Network) debuts the Steam Lantern, an alternate-world hero (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes) with a jet pack and green-tinged force blasts but who — unlike Hal Jordan and other Green Lanterns — didn’t receive a power ring from the Guardians of Oa.

“He’s like the ultimate fanboy in that he met a Green Lantern once and he has tried to replicate their powers using steampunk technology,” says Green Lantern producer Giancarlo Volpe. “His character arc deals a lot with what it truly means to be a hero. Is it a birth-given right or is it something that you could see someone else and consider them a hero and decide you are, too? That’s the point of his character.”

Zilius Zox wants to impress Atrocitus by creating a new super villain to find and destroy the Green Lantern Corps. Made of yellow rock minerals that cancel out Green Lantern power, this new villain is named Goldface! And although he has only just been formed, he possesses a secret that will shock Razer. Will he succeed in his mission and destroy the Interceptor?

Written by the super star team of Art Baltazar and Franco and featuring art by Dario Brizuela, GREEN LANTERN: THE ANINMATED SERIES #7 hits stores today. Click here for an preview of the issue.