Before 'Lanterns,' Check Out the 'Green Lantern' Cartoon

With a gradual marketing rollout that’s revealed more of its superhero elements, Lanterns will hit HBO on August 16. Starring Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler, the upcoming series centers Green Lantern Corps members Hal Jordan and John Stewart. This’ll be their first go at live-action since the 2011 movie, and the Lanterns’ first TV show in just as long, thanks to the bad film Ryan Reynolds can’t stop reminding us he’s sorry about. That the movie was a failure left Green Lantern fans dismayed and cynical that the character’s name could ever be redeemed. Surprisingly, they found themselves a potential savior that same year with Cartoon Network’s Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Living in its own continuity, the CG series focuses on Jordan and fellow Green Lantern Kilowog traveling the galaxy outside the Corps’ remit to investigate the emergence of Red Lanterns, with both eventually joined by disgraced Red Lantern Razer and Aya, the AI running their ship that’s taken a physical form. Before this point, the Green Lanterns were all over animation for decades as featured characters among many. Anyone who grew up on Cartoon Network’s DCAU probably considered John their one and only Gree