DC Entertainment announced today that a GREEN LANTERN App is now available for download, based on the best-selling DC Comics super hero and timed to the release of the eagerly anticipated Warner Bros. movie of the same name.

The GREEN LANTERN App will give new and long time fans the access they want to all things GREEN LANTERN, including:

• Over 200 Green Lantern comic books, including GREEN LANTERN: Secret Origin by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis.

• More GREEN LANTERN comics added EVERY WEEK.

• The latest trailers for the GREEN LANTERN movie

• Previews of other exciting GREEN LANTERN releases, like the animated GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD KNIGHTS and the video game GREEN LANTERN: RISE OF THE MANHUNTERS.

• Featured Sections include, New To GREEN LANTERN? Start Here!, We Are The Corps! and His Darkest Days, all of which include essential reading for fans new to GREEN LANTERN comic books.

• Key first appearances of Green Lantern Corps members such as Kilowog, Tomar Re, and Sinestro.

• Comic Store Locator, to find your favorite GREEN LANTERN comics in print.

With full functionality as found in the DC Comics App, the GREEN LANTERN App will have guided view for panel-to-panel enjoyment of GREEN LANTERN digital comic books on the iPhone or iPad.

APROS

REAL NAME: Apros
OCCUPATION: Green Lantern/Former Honor Guard/GLTrainer
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Sector 3
HOMEWORLD: 7Pi
HEIGHT: 8’2”
WEIGHT: 340 lbs
EYES: None
HAIR: None
FIRST APPEARANCE: Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #1 (May 1981)
AKA: Green Lantern

BACKGROUND from the comic books:
In charge of patrolling one of the earliest Sectors charted by the Guardians of the Universe, this plant-like being is one of the oldest and most revered of the Green Lantern Corps. Apros’ roots, like those of his people, go deep with the Guardians. He helped to establish the Green Lantern Honor Guard–a status given to a highly decorated Green Lantern who has gone above and beyond their duties to the Corps. The Honor Guard has privileges beyond those of normal Corps members like going beyond their assigned Sector to enforce the law if need be.

After the most recent rebirth of the GL Corp, and surviving his captivity as a slave and being saved by the grandiose Guy Gardner, Apros has retired from Honor Guard duties and instead uses his powerful psionic abilities to help new recruits overcome their fears.

Attributes:

• Long lived, Apros has seen many conflicts in service of the Corps.
• Psionic powers allow him to identify weaknesses in friend or foe.
• Loyal to the Guardians of the Universe and his fellow Honor Guard Tomar-Re and K’ryssma.
• A powerful and strong mind make his ring creations some of the most potent in the GL Corps.

MORRO

REAL NAME: Morro
OCCUPATION: Green Lantern Crypt Keeper
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Sector 666
HOMEWORLD: Sarc
HEIGHT: Unknown
WEIGHT: Unknown
EYES: Black
HAIR: None
FIRST APPEARANCE: Green Lantern Vol. 4 #12 (July 2006)
AKA: Green Lantern

BACKGROUND from the comic books:
The harsh dessert world of Sarc has bred equally unyielding inhabitants from the lizard-like beings who socialize in tribes to the winged beasts that fly through its skies. The nights are no better, as it is the time that other predators make their way across the sands. It is a world where fear has died of sunstroke and will is the only sustenance. Yet it is place from where one of the most compassionate Green Lanterns hails from.

Once part of a nomadic tribe known as the Relentless due to their ability to go on for weeks without any food or drink, Morro learned to appreciate life in the face of death. He had thought to avenge his brother from dragon like creatures known as dratures, but only after killing their mother did Morro find the creatures to be innocent. He befriended them and they helped save him and his brother, who had also been left to perish by their tribe.

Now Morro, along with his fierce dratures, has volunteered to keep a vigil over all that have fallen in service of the Corps. He makes sure their memory, their light continues to burn bright.

Attributes:

• Sullen, Morro keeps to himself save for his pet dratures, as he devotes himself to preserving the marker statues of each dead Green Lantern in the crypts of Oa.
• Indominable, the harsh life he endured on his dessert homeworld taught Morro never to give up no matter the odds against him.
• A calm spirit, Morro’s ring constructs are very simple.

Gawker’s iO9 has the exclusive first interview with Co-Publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio about the “Young Justice” titles that were announced this morning. “When we have a book about teenagers, we want it to feel like it’s a book about teenagers,” said DiDio.

Head on over to iO9 for the full coverage, including details about how Jim Lee recruited artist Rob Liefeld for HAWK & DOVE.

A Legion Divided

Following the announcements of new first issues starring many DC’s legendary characters, we are releasing news of first issues for several of DC’s teenage heroes and young superteams.

Seven heroes from the 31st century have traveled back to the present day. Their mission: Save their future from total annihilation. When the future tech they brought with them fails, they find themselves trapped in a nightmarish world and an ultimate struggle to survive. LEGION LOST #1 will be written by Fabian Nicieza and illustrated by Pete Woods, fresh off an acclaimed run of Action Comics.

In the 31st century, the Legion of Superheroes is reeling from the loss of seven of their finest — and trying desperately to keep their youngest recruits alive against a series of terrible new threats. LEGION OF SUPERHEROES #1 will be written by fan-favorite Legion writer Paul Levitz and illustrated by Francis Portela.

The Next Generation of Justice

Tim Drake is forced to step out from behind his keyboard when an international organization seeks to capture or kill super-powered teenagers. As Red Robin, he must team up with the mysterious and belligerent powerhouse thief known as Wonder Girl and a hyperactive speedster calling himself Kid Flash in TEEN TITANS #1, by Scott Lobdell and artists Brett Booth and Norm Rapmund.

Virgil Hawkins has been gifted with incredible electrical powers. Adopting the persona of Static, he faces super-powered street gangs, raging hormones, homework, and girls in STATIC SHOCK #1, co-written by John Rozum and Scott McDaniel, with McDaniel also illustrating along with Jonathan Glapion.

It’s up to the living avatars of war and peace to root out the hidden forces who look to plunge the country into a deadly civil war in HAWK AND DOVE #1. The exciting new series will be written by Sterling Gates and illustrated by legendary superstar comics artist Rob Liefeld.

After less than one week on the shelves, FLASHPOINT issue #2 has sold out.

Congratulations to Geoff Johns, Andy Kubert, Sandra Hope, Alex Sinclair, Nick Napolitano, Kate Stewart, Rex Ogle, and Eddie Berganza.

A second printing of the issue will feature the above newly recolored cover and will hit stores in July.

M’Dahna

REAL NAME: M’Dahna
OCCUPATION: Green Lantern/Galactic Protector
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Sector 2751
HOMEWORLD: Zanner
HEIGHT: 6’11″
WEIGHT: 320 lbs
EYES: Light Brown (one-eyed)
HAIR: None
FIRST APPEARANCE: TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORP#2 (June, 1981)
AKA: Green Lantern

BACKGROUND from the comic books:
A survivor of one of the initial encounters with the dreaded lord of the dead Nekron, this Green Lantern has served the Guardians for over a millennium. His will power was made even more resolute after having been enslaved for a time.

Currently aside from its duties to the Corp, this GL puts his ring and his enhanced ocular prowess to use looking for its people who vanished after the Tristram-Zanner Imperial War. This mysterious disappearance is just one of the many unexplained occurrences of the uncharted world of Zanner, of which not much has been catalogued on and M’Dahna is not one to explain.

Attributes:

• Long life span.
• Loyal to the Green Lantern Corp, will not leave anyone behind.
• Strong will enables it to construct objects with the Green Lantern power ring.

SALAAK

REAL NAME: Salaak
OCCUPATION: Green Lantern/Galactic Protector/Clarissi/Keeper of the Book of Oa
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Sector 1418 re-assigned to Sector 0
HOMEWORLD: Slyggia
HEIGHT: 7’6″
WEIGHT: 207 lbs.
EYES: White
HAIR: None
FIRST APPEARANCE: Green Lantern Vol. 2 #149 (February 1982)
AKA: Green Lantern

BACKGROUND from the comic books:
In an odd coincidence, Slyggia occupies the space Sector closest to Korugar, homeworld of Sinestro, especially when you consider both beings passion for order.

Currently, Salaak serves one prime Sector, Zero. At the heart of the Universe within the very Citadel of the Guardians, the stoic Slyggian acts as tactician for the GL Corps relaying the orders of their blue masters as well as passing on any revisions to the sacred Book of Oa that will affect a Green Lantern on duty. One of these was the amendment that allowed the use of Lethal Force during the Sinestro Corps War.

Salaak’s almost emotionless demeanor would suggest that this longtime veteran of the Corps does not care about his fellow GLs, but quite the opposite is true. With no connection to his homeworld or Sector, the Slyggian sought the companionship of other Green Lanterns and based himself on Earth for a time. He made many friends there, although he does not always understand or agree with Hal Jordan’s emotional outbursts. He has settled on staying in Sector 0 and serving the Guardians there.

Attributes:

• Pessimistic, always sees the downside of a mission.
• Meticulous to a fault, currently his charge requires him to be aware of what every Green Lantern is doing.
• Loyal, the Guardians of the Universe could not have asked for a better servant.
• Highly intelligent and makes calculated decisions rather than allowing sentimentality to get in the way.
• Four-armed, he is quite the multi-tasker.
• Ring creations are precise with nothing wasted on over-imagining them.

DC Embraces Its Dark Side

DC Comics embraces its dark side. On the 40th anniversary of the character’s creation, the New York Times bestselling writer of AMERICAN VAMPIRE, Scott Snyder, teams up with Yannick Paquette (BATMAN, INCORPORATED) to bring horror back to the DC Universe in SWAMP THING #1. For years, one man served against his will as the avatar of nature. And while he may have been freed of the monster, he’s about to learn the monster will never truly let go of him.

The World’s Greatest Supernatural Heroes

John Constantine, Deadman, Shade the Changing Man and Madame Xanadu are Justice League Dark, a band of supernatural heroes united to stop the dark things the rest of the DCU does not see in JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #1, by Peter Milligan and artist Mikel Janin.

Acclaimed Creators with New Takes on Cult Heroes

Buddy Baker has gone from “super” man to family man – but is he strong enough to hold his family together when Maxine, his young daughter, starts to manifest her own dangerous powers? Find out in ANIMAL MAN #1, the start of a dramatic new series by acclaimed writer Jeff Lemire and artists Travel Foreman and Dan Green.

Set in the Middle Ages, the Demon leads an unlikely team to defend civilization and preserve the last vestiges of Camelot against the tide of history. Critically-acclaimed writer Paul Cornell and artists Diogenes Neves and Oclair Albert combine sorcery, swords and superheroes in DEMON KNIGHTS #1.

Tomorrow’s Cult Classics

Frankenstein and his network of strange beings work for an even stranger government organization: The Super Human Advanced Defense Executive. It’s the breakout hero of Seven Soldiers as you’ve never seen him before in FRANKENSTEIN, AGENT OF SHADE #1, the first issue of a dark new series from acclaimed writer Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, The Nobody) and artist Alberto Ponticelli.

A cult favorite character returns in a new series written by his classic creative team of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Joining them is JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST artist Fernando Dagnino. RESURRECTION MAN #1 is the story of a hero who wakes up with new powers each time he’s killed.

Vampires threaten to bring ruin to the DC Universe in I, VAMPIRE #1 by rising star Josh Fialkov and artist Andrea Sorrentino. Tortured by his centuries-old love for the Queen of the Damnned, Andrew Bennett must save humanity from the violent uprising of his fellow vampires, even if it means exterminating his own kind.

Priscilla Kitaen has just found out she’s a monster. A half-alien hybrid, the woman known as Voodoo must confront the secrets of her past to make sense of the nightmare her life has suddenly become. VOODOO #1 will be written by Ron Marz with art by Sami Basri.

Forged by the Guardians of the Universe, the first four rings of the Green Lantern Corps find their perfect match. In this exclusive clip from Warner Home Video’s latest entry in the DC Universe’s animated film collection, GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD KNIGHTS, watch as the fourth ring makes an unexpected choice.

GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD KNIGHTS will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray tomorrow.

GREEN MAN

REAL NAME: N/A (his race doe not have any individuality)
OCCUPATION: Green Lantern/Galactic Protector, Alpha Lantern/Galactic Enforcer
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Sector 2828
HOME PLANET: Uxor
HEIGHT: 6’2”
WEIGHT: 210 lbs.
EYES: Red
HAIR: None
FIRST APPEARANCE: GREEN LANTERN Vol. 2 #164 (May, 1983)
AKA: Green Lantern, Alpha Lantern

BACKGROUND from the comic books:
On the planet Uxor there is no individuality. Names are derived from the jobs given to one. The only way to identify someone is by their distinctive skin patterns on their scalp and shoulders. Everyone does as they are told and follow the order of this amphibious world without question.

Well, almost. One being dared to dream beyond the status quo, and breached the stagnant state of their world, and it was this very will to do that that brought him to the attention of the Guardians of the Universe.

Earning the name Green Man, this Uxorian jumped at the chance of leaving his stifling world to experience all that the cosmos had to offer as a Green Lantern. This placed him in combat situations against the criminal Spider-Guild of the Vega System, fighting alongside the heroic band of freedom fighters known as the Omega Men, and inducting “space-gypsy” Gretti into the Green Lantern Corps.

His dedication and undying loyalty to the Green Lantern Corps earned him a place in the Guardian’s new law enforcement division policing the Corps, the dreaded Alpha Lanterns. Sacrificing almost all their humanity, the Alpha Lanterns are cyborgs with built in power batteries that enforce the laws of the sacred Book of OA. Lifting their mechanical faces, Green Man Alpha Lantern can drain a regular Green Lantern of all his ring charge.

Attributes:

• Green Lantern ring allows for a protective shield and energy constructs.
• Amphibious.
• Has limited telepathy.
• Can open portals in space for teleportation.
• Possesses a deadly nerve toxin in his blood stream.
• Has an innate individuality not associated with the rest of his race.
• As an Alpha Lantern his new hard-wired GL battery powered cyborg body needs no sleep or food.
• An Alpha Lantern’s main face lifts to reveal a second facade that can drain power rings, “No Lantern escapes the Alpha Lanterns.”

LARVOX

REAL NAME: Larvox
OCCUPATION: Green Lantern/Galactic Protector
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Sector 17
HOME PLANET: Sputan
HEIGHT: 5’6”
WEIGHT: 230 lbs
EYES: Black (one-eye)
HAIR: Orange
FIRST APPEARANCE: Green Lantern Vol.2 #9 (November-December 1961)
AKA: Green Lantern

BACKGROUND from the comic books:
Larvox is an asexual being from the planet Sputan, which has a very unique evolutionary cycle. Here insects, bactria and plants became more prominent than mammals. All denizens share in a community with no true individuality. This is done in harmony with the planet, and not something imposed by their society. It was this free will that allowed Larvox to be a longstanding member of the Green Lantern Corps.

Mute, Larvox can only converse using his ring. But what he lacks in words, he has more than made up in actions as he fought alongside Hal Jordan and the Corps through many important conflicts such as stopping an invasion by the Weaponers of the Anti-Matter Universe of Qward and a confrontation with Nekron, the Lord of Death.

Attributes:

• Green Lantern ring allows for a protective shield and energy constructs.
• Mute.
• Fierce warrior.
• Unswerving dedication to the GL Corps.

In the wake of our announcement of a historic line of new #1′s within the Batman family, many of you noticed that while several of the titles and characters spun out of the Batman, Inc. storyline, there was no mention of that series itself – but there’s a reason for that: Grant Morrison’s BATMAN, INCORPORATED series will return with a new issue #1 in early 2012.

Grant Morrison had this to say about Batman, Incorporated:

“Batman, Incorporated will continue through to Issue #10 and August’s shocking season finale that changes the Batman status quo yet again. The series will take a brief hiatus while I work on a major new project to be announced shortly. Batman, Incorporated returns next year with me, Chris Burnham and Batman: Leviathan, the epic 12 part conclusion to my 6 year Batman saga. Don’t miss it!”