Green Lantern: Mosaic was an
American comic book series published by
DC Comics starring the
fictional character Green Lantern
. The series had its origin in a story arc of the same name in
Green Lantern (Volume 3) #14-17, and was set up in earlier issues since that series' launch in
1990.
The ongoing series began in June of
1992 and ended in November of
1993, lasting 18 issues. It was written by
Gerard Jones and primarily drawn by
Cully Hamner.
Plot synopsis
Green Lantern
Hal Jordan, investigating the disappearance of Evergreen City on Earth, discovers that
Appa Ali Apsa, the lone remaining
Guardian left behind after his brothers left our dimension, has been driven insane by loneliness. For companionship, Apsa has been uprooting cities from all the worlds he has visited and transporting them to the planet
Oa, creating a patchwork known as the Mosaic World.
John Stewart, captured by Apsa, summons Jordan through their
power ring and, together with
Guy Gardner and the newly-returned Guardians, defeat Apsa.
Believing that Apsa's experiment should be allowed to progress to its conclusion, the Guardians elected to maintain his strange mosaic of communities rather than return the inhabitants to their homeworlds. Accordingly, the Guardians assigned Stewart to act as the Green Lantern of the Mosaic world. Stewart was charged with maintaining the peace among the different communities as well as attempting to construct a cohesive society from the disparate races.
Initially distrustful of...
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