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New History of The DC Universe: The Dakota Incident & Green Lantern Corps Spotlight with Morgan Hampton
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Jace of The Comic Source welcomes returning creator Morgan Hampton back to the show to talk about two of his biggest recent DC projects: Green Lantern Corps and The New History of the DC Universe: The Dakota Incident. The conversation begins with Hampton’s path onto Green Lantern Corps—how an original pitch evolved into an ongoing, what he learned co-writing with Jeremy Adams, and how he approaches the series with a “Star Trek” structure that spotlights different Lanterns while advancing a larger season-long arc. Hampton also breaks down the creation of the villain Enquar, including how a small gag from issue #1 turned into a major story element, and discusses pulling in legacy threads like Fatality while setting up the next arc focused on Guy Gardner, with Green Lantern Corps #14 highlighted as a strong jumping-on point ahead of its March 11 release. The second half dives into the making of The Dakota Incident with collaborators Nicholas Draper-Ivey, Stephanie Williams, and Joseph Illidge, including the team’s goal of integrating Milestone into DC canon with clear intentionality, Mark Waid’s consultation, the writer’s room process for dividing chapters, and the huge real-world response—sell-outs, online discussion, the early DC Universe Infinite leak, and Hampton’s LA signing with Dennis Cowan at The Comic Den—before closing with where to follow Hampton online
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