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DC Comics’Dark Crisiscrossover is bringingGreen LanternJohn Stewart ’s initial origins as an architect to the forefront , merging it with his more prevalent background as a marine before he was chosen to aid protect Earth alongside Hal Jordan . While John Stewart has recently ascended to godhood as the Emerald Knight , he ’s currently trap in a fabricated reality as part ofDark Crisis on Infinite Earths . Even so , this new upshot in effect flux John ’s strength as a builder and protector together ( which should have been done a while ago ) .

In John Stewart ’s first ever appearance back in 1971’sGreen Lantern # 87 , his original background was in computer architecture before he was initially tapped to a reserve Lantern forHal Jordan , the primary Green Lantern of Earthand Sector 2814 . However , various persistence reboots and retcons by DC have introduced and focalise more on John ’s retiring calling as a marine . To that end , many of Stewart ’s construct have almost only been a miscellanea of guns and military equipment , calling back to his career as a soldier .

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However , the newDark Crisis : World Without A Justice League - Green Lantern # 1from writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson and artist Fernando Blanco redact an equal focus on both of John ’s backgrounds , speaking to his creativeness as a builder whose band allows him to no longer be hampered by an designer ’s typical limitation such as three - dimensional space , prison term , or materials . As such , the architectural backcloth meld with his science as a leatherneck work very well in tandem , a fresh convention that DC ’s currentInfinite Frontierera has been impudent to take a greater reward of .

rely solely on the marine calling no longer works fora hero as powerful as John Stewart , specially now that he ’s ascended to godhood in the main DC Universe . It makes his construct in particular predictable ( how many time can he really make a new kind of gun and still bring forth excitement from readers ? ) While his past tense as a soldier can still inform his leadership decisions and thinker for scheme , Stewart ’s architect origins can now be given a much stronger spotlight going forward when it come in to his constructs , tapping into a greater creativeness he could and should be using much more .

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At any rate , it will in all likelihood be only a thing of metre before John Stewart breaks out of this fantasy realm along with his fellow Justice Leaguers in the newDark Crisiscrossover ( with each hero being in their own false reality prison house ) . Once that happens , it ’s depart to be very interesting to see howGreen Lantern’sreintegrated origins will inform his new godly powers as the Emerald Knight .

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