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- ↑ Green Lantern Archives: Volume 2 Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern Archives: Volume 3 Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern Archives: Volume 4 Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern Archives: Volume 5 Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern Archives: Volume 6 Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern Chronicles: Volume 1 Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Showcase Presents: Green Lantern: Volume 1 Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Showcase Presents: Green Lantern: Volume 2 Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Showcase Presents: Green Lantern: Volume 3 Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Showcase Presents: Green Lantern: Volume 4 Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern/Green Arrow: Volume 1 Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern/Green Arrow: Volume 2 Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern: The Road Back Archived 2009-02-23 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Emerald Dawn at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Emerald Dawn II at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Emerald Knights at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Willworld hardcover Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Willworld softcover at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern: Rebirth hardcover at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern: Rebirth softcover at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern: No Fear softcover Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern: No Fear softcover Archived 2009-06-25 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern Corps: Recharge Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Revenge of the Green Lantern hardcover Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Revenge of the Green Lantern softcover Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Wanted: Hal Jordan hardcover Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Wanted: Hal Jordan softcover Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern Corps: To Be a Lantern Archived 2009-04-21 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern Corps: The Dark Side of Green Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Sinestro Corps War: Volume 1 hardcover, at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Sinestro Corps War: Volume 1 softcover, at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Sinestro Corps War: Volume 2 hardcover, at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Sinestro Corps War: Volume 2 softcover, at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps hardcover at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps softcover at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Green Lantern Corps: Ring Quest Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ Rage of the Red Lanterns Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
- ↑ "Green Lantern: Secret Origin hardcover". Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ↑ Green Lantern Corps: Sins of the Star Sapphire Archived 2009-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com