Jason Todd, Batman's former partner and Gotham's Red Hood, gets a Green Lantern-powered upgrade in the upcoming Worlds Without a Justice League – Green Lantern one-shot.
CBR has an exclusive look at a variant cover created by Mario Foccillo for Worlds Without a Justice League – Green Lantern, which releases in August. Along with new looks for John Stewart and Kyle Rayner, the cover also reveals Jason Todd/Red Hood has a new Green Lantern look that gives him emerald-powered arms and a new green mask while he holds some of his signature weapons.
Worlds Without a Justice League – Green Lantern is an upcoming one-shot from writers Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nadia Shammas and artists Fernando Blanco and Jack Herbert, with main cover art by Blanco. Taking place in the aftermath of Justice League #75, the issue will see Todd team up with Stewart and Rayner to protect the planet from incoming threats. The synopsis reads, "When Pariah and his forces of the Great Darkness laid waste to the most powerful superheroes of all time, all hope was lost...but the spirit of the Justice League can never truly die. John Stewart takes flight to defend his planet as the Emerald Knight of Justice alongside allies Red Hood and the blind prophet Kyle Rayner! Plus: Hawkgirl takes to the skies in her own unique world! Where there’s life there’s hope, and with that hope comes a deeper unraveling of the tapestry of the DCU’s biggest event of 2022!"
Todd first appeared in 1983's Batman #357 as the Dark Knight's second Robin following Dick Grayson. The 1988 "A Death in the Family" storyline by Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo saw Todd captured and tortured by the Joker. The Clown Prince of Crime blew up the warehouse Todd was being kept in and the character was presumed dead; however, Todd was resurrected as Red Hood in the 2004 "Under the Hood" storyline. Initially posed as a violent foe, Red Hood goes on to become more of an antihero who often works with Batman but will also cross some lines Bruce Wayne will not. The character is currently starring in the Task Force Z series, which sees him lead a group of zombified villains from the DC Universe while under Two-Face/Harvey Dent's orders.
Worlds Without a Justice League – Green Lantern is part of DC's massive Dark Crisis event. Other fallen superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow and more will all get their own Worlds Without a Justice League... one-shot in the months to come.
Worlds Without a Justice League – Green Lantern goes on sale August 9 from DC.
Source: DC