LANTERNS Just Introduced a Major Green Lantern Character Nobody Expected

LANTERNS Just Introduced a Major Green Lantern Character Nobody Expected

Lanterns just pulled off a surprise DCU debut that nobody saw coming, introducing Carol Ferris without any casting announcement or advance tease.

Amie MacKenzie, known for appearances in Better Call Saul and Monster, made her debut as Carol during Hal Jordan’s funeral preparations, giving us our first glimpse at the DCU version of a character with a huge history in Green Lantern comics.

The reveal also fills in another piece of Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan and the life he lived before the events of Lanterns.

Chandler's version of the character entered the DCU as a veteran superhero who had already spent decades wearing the ring. That creative choice means a lot of his comic book history happened before we met him, including his connection to Abin Sur.

Carol Ferris can now be added to that list. She arrives after Sheriff Kane contacts her about Hal's funeral, where she meets John Stewart.

Carol describes what she and Hal shared simply as “history,” but another comment says considerably more about their relationship: “The only friendship that stuck was the one on his finger.”

It's a pretty harsh summary of Hal's l...