Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead Reading Order

Overview

Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead (Review) is a DC Comics crossover event that has the DC Universe's various Lantern Corps in a war against the New Gods. The fight is over control of the Lantern Rings and their connection to the Life Equation, the universe's ultimate weapon. Though this even brings in story elements from every series involved, it is most directly related to the events of the Green Lantern and Green Lantern: New Guardians comics.

Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead starts with the special New Gods: Godhead #1 issue. From there, the rest of the event plays out across one issue from each of the five Lantern-focused DC Comics series from this era. It starts in an issue of Green Lantern, moves on to an issue of Green Lantern Corps, moves on to an issue of Green Lantern: New Guardians, moves on to an issue of Red Lanterns, and then moves on to an issue of Sinestro before repeating this cycle two more times. Finally, the event concludes in Green Lantern Annual #3.

Tie-Ins

Infinity Man and the Forever People #4-6 are technically tie-in issues to this event. However, they only tangentially relate to what is going on in the main event. Readers can choose to read these issues if they want but they are absolutely not necessary to understand Godhead.

If readers choose to read these issues, they should be read immediately after Red Lanterns #35.

Before Reading

The main storyline in Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead (Review) is somewhat of a follow-up to the Green Lantern: Lights Out (Reading Order) event. Actions and characters from Lights Out are mentioned a number of times throughout Godhead.

In addition, before jumping into Godhead, readers may want to be aware of Darkseid's actions in Justice League: Origin (Review), as they are also mentioned a number of times. See our "From the Comics: Origin of the Justice League" article for more information about Justice League: Origin.

After Reading

The fallout from Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead (Review) is felt in each of the comics that comprise it. These storylines are picked back up again in issue #38 from each series and issue #8 of Sinestro, collected in Green Lantern: The Life Equation (Review), Green Lantern Corps: Reckoning (Review), Green Lantern: New Guardians: Storming the Gate (Review), and Red Lanterns: Forged in Blood (Review), and Sinestro: Sacrifice (Review) respectively.