Green Lantern: The Animated Series

Go green.

RELEASED 11 Nov 20118h 41m · 26 episodes★ 7.8 TMDB

The Green Lanterns Hal and his partner Kilowog fight against the forces of the Red Lanterns.

Why it matters in DC

Hal Jordan and Kilowog's continuing conflict with the Red Lanterns places the Corps in an ongoing cosmic adventure. The series format gives their partnership and competing Lantern forces room to develop beyond the compact introduction offered by an origin film.

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Green Lantern: Emerald KnightsOptional background1h 24m★ 6.7
A separate adaptation of Green Lantern; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Green Lantern: The Animated Series’s story continuity.
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A separate adaptation of Green Lantern; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Green Lantern: The Animated Series’s story continuity.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Green Lantern: The Animated Series is title 43 of 91 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Standalone animated films and separate continuities. Titles here do not form one timeline. This is a collection of separate adaptations, rather than a single continuous story.

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