DETROIT — When DC Comics decided to blow up its fabled universe and create a brave, diverse future, Geoff Johns drew from the past for a new character: his own background as an Arab American.

This image provided by DC Comics via Bender/Helper Impact shows the November 2012 cover of the latest Green Lantern series featuring the character Simon Baz, DC Comics most prominent Arab-American ...

While DC Comics has not officially announced the ethnicity of the new Green Lantern, a dark skin-tone and an Arabic tattoo on his forearm has most fans speculating that this will be an Arab Green ...

The company's chief creative officer and writer of the relaunched "Green Lantern" series dreamed up Simon Baz, DC's most prominent Arab-American superhero and the first to wear a Green Lantern ring.

Meet the new Green Lantern, a Muslim-American who wears an Arabic tattoo on the same arm as his power ring. DC Comics is introducing its newest superhero in “Green Lantern #0” Wednesday ...

In what has to be one of the quickest turnarounds in the history of DC Entertainment, Simon Baz–the Green Lantern introduced ... a terrorist because of his Arab heritage post-9/11.The action ...

The company's chief creative officer and writer of the relaunched “Green Lantern” series dreamed up Simon Baz, DC's most prominent Arab-American superhero and the first to wear a Green Lantern ...

The company's chief creative officer and writer of the relaunched "Green Lantern" series dreamed up Simon Baz, DC's most prominent Arab-American superhero and the first to wear a Green Lantern ring.

The company’s chief creative officer and writer of the relaunched “Green Lantern” series dreamed up Simon Baz, DC’s most prominent Arab-American superhero and the first to wear a Green ...

A picture has emerged of DC Comic's new Arab-American Green Lantern character. Writer for the series Geoff Johns confirmed the character, named Simon Baz, is the first Arab-American Green Lantern.

The company’s chief creative officer and writer of the relaunched “Green Lantern” series dreamed up Simon Baz, DC’s most prominent Arab-American superhero and the first to wear a Green ...