I just read JLA 122, and noticed that John Stewart’s eyes do not have pupils. Is this relatively new, or did I just never notice it before? Do all Green Lanterns lack pupils now?
Because he’s Jewish.
That’s a relatively new thing, inspired by the animated series. In the cartoon John has been a GL for over ten years and has started to internalize the emerald radiation, hence the glowy eyes. Not sure how DC is handling the time frame, but I think Hal has been a GL longer than John even with the semi-retirement and the whole dying thing, so that explaination wouldn’t fly in the comics.
The current JLA arc is the only one I’ve seen him with glowy eyes in. He has normal eyes thru the Rayner years and in the recent Rebirth mini-series. I think that’s just artist license.
Are his eyes solid white or are they glowing green like on TV? If white, then it’s probably for the same reason that many masked heroes have solid white eyes (which AFAIK is because it loooks cool/menacing). If they’re glowing green it may be to synch up his appearance with the TV show.
Unless you really meant “pupils” and not “irises.”
And he’s only got the creeepy eyes when his ring is charged.
When the Justice League went back to undo Vandal Savage’s temporal meddling with World War II, John was seperated from his Power Battery for long enough to lose charge. When he hooked up with Sgt. Rock he had normal eyes…