DC Brings Back Green Lantern Vath Sarn for a Buddy-Cop Arc With a De-Armored Deathstroke

DC has confirmed that Vath Sarn, one of the Green Lantern Corps' more overlooked members, is making a comeback in Deathstroke: The Terminator #11, due out January 20 from incoming writer Tony Fleecs and artist Carmine Di Giandomenico. It's Fleecs' first script for DC, and he's dropping Slade Wilson into an unusual spot for the story: a de-armored Deathstroke forced into an uneasy alliance with Vath Sarn as the two chase down a dangerous intergalactic cartel operating out of Sector 2682.

Vath Sarn isn't exactly a household name. Created by Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons, and Patrick Gleason, he first showed up in 2005's Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1 as a hard-nosed Rann native drafted into the Corps mid-battle during the Rann-Thanagar War. He spent his early appearances paired with Thanagarian recruit Isamot Kol and later popped up through event books like Sinestro Corps War and Blackest Night, but he's mostly stayed on the sidelines since, making this an unexpected choice to put across the table from one of DC's deadliest mercenaries.

The pitch leans buddy-cop: Vath Sarn's rigid devotion to the Green Lantern oath rubbing up against Slade Wilson's pragmatic, often brutal approach to getting a job done. DC hasn't said whether the pairing is a one-issue stunt or the start of something recurring, but it's a rare bit of spotlight for a Corps member who's spent most of his history standing in the back of a crowd shot.

H/T ScreenRant.