Polygon revisits the largely forgotten 2011 tie-in game Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters after HBO’s Lanterns introduced the same villains as a major threat. The article argues that, although the game was an unremarkable action title, it recognised that the Manhunters suit stories about succession, replacement and inheritance—ideas now central to Lanterns.

Released a week before the Ryan Reynolds film, the PS3 and Xbox 360 game was developed by Double Helix and cast players as Hal Jordan following Abin Sur’s funeral and a Manhunter assault on Oa. The plot centres on Amon Sur’s resentment at not succeeding his father, his attempt to expose a hidden yellow power source, and Hal’s eventual victory; the article notes that its Manhunters were mostly repetitive enemies rather than the more unsettling shapeshifters portrayed in Lanterns.