A Green Lantern is an officer of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, who have the ability to overcome great fear with the might of willpower. They possess power rings capable of creating constructs characterized by their will and strength to use it. Each Green Lantern is given a Sector of the Universe to protect and it is their priority to suppress any threat against their sector.
@CastleEcho: Well, to where you should start off reading, the end of the 'Rise of the Third Army' is coming to a conclusion and next month will release the following story arc 'Wrath of the First Lantern' which is a continuity of 'Rise of the Third Army'; but if you can afford it back-track to issues 13-16 of 'Green Lantern' and you'll be caught up with the new 52 first story arc. If you want to know more about Simon Baz, the newest Green Lantern who is going to be the main Lantern in the New 52 most likely, try and get a hold of Green Lantern #0 and the Annual. You can also buy the first volume of the New 52 series Green Lantern: Sinestro, which will get you on track with the New 52 Green Lantern outside of the story crossover.
As for the origin and continuity of Green Lantern; Geoff John's previous series of Green Lantern (2005-2011) was kind of a 'reboot' of the title and reestablishes Hal Jordan, the first Lantern of Earth. You should get the Graphic Novels listed below:
I would also recommend the headline comic, Green Lantern. Don't get bogged down by going through the previous volumes, (unless you really enjoy it). Just start wherever you can in this series and start. Pretty much all questions you have can be answered on here.
I would recommend just starting with the New 52 Green Lantern title. We're only 16 issues in, so its not like there is a ton of back-reading required... you can go back and read previous volumes to really get a good, clear idea of whats going on, but the first issues of the New 52 series do a fairly decent job of getting you up to speed on most things.
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