John Stewart, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics and was the second African-American superhero to appear in DC Comics.

Was the first Green Lantern black?

John Stewart, DC's first African-American Super Hero, first appeared in the pages of 1971's Green Lantern #87 (story by Denny O'Neil, art by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano).

What race is the original Green Lantern?

John Stewart, an African American hero who first appeared in the O'Neil and Adams period, periodically took over the lead role in the Green Lantern comic from the 1980s through the early 21st century. Young artist Kyle Rayner was inducted into the corps in Green Lantern vol.