DC Comics has scheduled Green Lantern: Doomed Cosmos for release on January 20, 2027.
The six-issue Elseworlds series places Hal Jordan at the center of a cosmic conflict in which humanity is the aggressor.
Dan Watters writes the series, with Kyle Hotz handling interior art. Previews of the project appeared on October 20 through Screen Rant, ICv2, and AIPT.
The opening issue runs 32 pages and carries a $4.99 price tag in the United States.
Card stock variants are priced at $5.99, while a foil edition costs $7.99.
A Reversed Mythology
The premise flips the usual role of humanity in Green Lantern lore.
Here, the Empire of Humanity has spent centuries conquering planets, and the Green Lantern Corps stands among the few forces still resisting its expansion.
DC's synopsis frames the Corps as a militarized resistance, stating that it "is all that stands in its way."
The story casts the Lanterns as the last barrier against human domination of the cosmos.
Jordan's path into the conflict begins with betrayal.
Once a soldier in humanity's expansion, he is abandoned on an alien planet and left for dead by Oliver Queen, his former battle-brother.
The Corps rescues Jordan and frees him from the empire's indoctrination. He becomes its only human warrior, using his knowledge of imperial military operations against his former allies.
The series also traces the collapse of Jordan and Queen's long friendship.
Their split places two traditionally allied characters on opposite sides of a war that threatens civilizations across the universe.
DC describes the project as a departure from conventional superhero storytelling, calling it a "Green Lantern mythology into a sprawling cosmic war where the human race is the enemy, and Hal Jordan may be the universe's best hope for survival."
Hotz said his visual approach draws on war films and aims to show the Lanterns as exhausted soldiers nearing defeat.
He noted that he has followed Green Lantern since childhood.
"Visually, I am trying to walk the line between over-the-top space opera and the emotional beats of the story," Hotz said.
"I want to get the feeling across that the Lanterns are beat up, tired, and certainly the underdogs."
He added that their armor is cracked and broken, with weapons held together by tape and wire. "These are soldiers nearing the end of their fight," he said.
Dan Brown provides coloring, and Steve Wands handles lettering.
Hotz draws the main cover, with variants by Björn Barends, Steve Beach, and Ashley Wood, including a foil edition by Barends.
As an Elseworlds title, the series can reshape familiar characters, alliances, and settings without adhering to DC's primary continuity.
It arrives in participating comic book stores and digital retailers on January 20, 2027.
