
Although Jordan objected to the decision after seeing that Stewart had a belligerent attitude to authority figures, the Guardians stood by their decision and chided Jordan for his supposed bigoted outlook on the issue. Marine from Detroit, Michigan, who was selected by the Guardians as a backup Green Lantern to then-current Green Lantern Hal Jordan after the previous backup, Guy Gardner, was seriously injured after getting hit by a car while trying to save a civilian. John Stewart is an architect, later " retconned" into a veteran U.S. Green Lantern Corps was replaced by Green Lantern: The Lost Army, which also stars John Stewart as the lead. In 2011, John Stewart starred in the New 52 relaunch of Green Lantern Corps alongside Guy Gardner, and became the sole lead character of the title from 2013 until the series' conclusion in 2015. He continued to appear as a major character on the show's 2004–2006 sequel, Justice League Unlimited. John Stewart was featured as one of the lead characters on the television cartoon Justice League from 2001 until 2004. DC published 18 issues of the ongoing Green Lantern: Mosaic title between June 1992 and November 1993. 3, with a four-part storyline titled "Mosaic" (issues #14–17). He starred in the comic Green Lantern: Mosaic, which DC spun out of Green Lantern vol. He would continue to make key appearances in Action Comics Weekly after The Green Lantern Corps' cancellation (1988). He continued to star in the book when the title changed to The Green Lantern Corps from issue #201 to #224 (1986–1988). 2 from issues #182 through #200, when Hal Jordan relinquished his place in the Green Lantern Corps (1984–1986). He became the primary character of Green Lantern vol. John Stewart has become a major recurring character in the Green Lantern mythos within the DC Universe. The decision to make the character black resulted from a conversation between Adams and editor Julius Schwartz, in which Adams recounts saying that given the racial makeup of the world's population, "we ought to have a black Green Lantern, not because we’re liberals, but because it just makes sense." The character was DC's second black superhero. 2 #87 (December 1971/January 1972) when artist Neal Adams came up with the idea of a substitute Green Lantern.

John Stewart debuted in Green Lantern vol. Carr was cast as John Stewart in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) director's cut Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), although his scenes were cut from the initial release of the film.
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David Ramsey portrays a character named John Diggle (né Stewart) / Spartan in the Arrowverse television series Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Batwoman and Superman & Lois, who is indicated to become a Green Lantern in the series finale of the former series. The character is primarily voiced by Phil LaMarr in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU).

Stewart's original design was based on actor Sidney Poitier.

The character was created by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams, and first appeared in Green Lantern (Volume 2) #87 (December 1971/January 1972).

John Stewart, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics and was the second African-American superhero to appear in DC Comics. Green Lantern, The Master Builder, Darkstar, Emerald Knight Green Lantern #87 (December 1971/January 1972)
