At the close of his first arc on DC Comics’ relaunched “Green Lantern Corps,” fan-favorite writer Peter J. Tomasi (“Batman and Robin”) killed off a Green Lantern using John Stewart as his weapon of choice.

Always candid, Tomasi told CBR News that he wishes he would have developed Kirrt more fully within the panels of the opening arc but nonetheless feels the character’s death was important to fleshing out John Stewart, Guy Gardner and the rest of the Corps as the role of the DCU’s intergalactic police force becomes more clearly defined within the New 52.

Tomasi also teased what’s to come in the months ahead from him and the rest of the title’s creative team: artist Fernando Pasarin, inker Scott Hanna and colorist Gabe Eltaeb.