Green Lanterns, Issue #8 develops the new arc further. A rogue Guardian of the Universe holds the Phantom Ring, which will give Lantern powers to anyone who wears it. The other Power Rings will only work for people chosen by the ring. That's why you don't see bad guys killing off Green Lanterns to steal their power. If they do, the ring will just find another appropriate bearer. For billions of years, the rogue Guardian has tried to destroy the Phantom Ring, with no luck.
Issue #9 promises a new Phantom Lantern, and there are scant clues to his identity. A guy with a rifle is shown driving a van. Maybe the Phantom Lantern will be that guy. In his Commentary on the Torah, Richard Eliot Friedman wonders why YHVH put the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in Eden. For shade? Of course someone's going to eat the fruit. It would be a stupid story if they didn't. So, of course there's going to be a Phantom Lantern.
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