Humans have become a plague in Green Lantern: Doomed Cosmos, and Hal Jordan may be the only one who can save the universe. Set in an alternate version of the DCU, the comic pits the Green Lantern Corps against humans in a cosmic war. The six-issue DC Elseworlds series is written by Dan Watters with art by Kyle Hotz.

The Empire of Humanity has spent centuries conquering planet after planet with only the militarized Green Lantern Corps standing in their way. There hasn’t been a single human member of the Green Lantern Corps – until Hal Jordan joined them.

Hal was once a soldier who fought for humanity until his brother-in-arms Oliver Queen betrayed him and left him for dead. He was rescued by the Green Lanterns, who deprogrammed him, and welcomed him into their ranks. Now, he is a powerful weapon for the Green Lanterns who tries to stop his own species to establish peace in the universe.

“Visually, I am trying to walk the line between over the top space opera and the emotional beats of the story,” Hotz said. “Apart from being a Green Lantern fan from when I was just a little kid, my prep for this was really spending time studying some of the best war films. I want to get the feeling across that the Lanterns are beat up, tired, and certainly the underdogs. Their armor is cracked and broken, and their weapons are held together with tape and wire. These are soldiers nearing the end of their fight.”

“This is a world where there is no joy and no peace to be found, only an intergalactic crusade and the few heroes still willing to stand against it. Across six issues, Watters and Hotz push the DC Universe to outrageous new extremes, reimagining familiar heroes, villains, worlds, and alliances as the war for the cosmos grows increasingly unpredictable,” per the press release.

Green Lantern: Doomed Cosmos joins DC Elseworlds stories that put familiar heroes into unfamiliar times or alternate worlds. It has a main cover by Hotz with variant covers by Björn Barends, Steve Beach, and Ashley Wood, along with a foil variant cover by Barends.