Related
Summary
Warning ! Spoilers ahead for Green Lantern # 9!The most perplexing whodunit in theGreen Lanternfranchise has finally been answered . For decades , fans have noticed one particularly unexpended thing about the Green Lantern Corps : It has an outstandingly eminent number of ground - based members . In an organization filled with some of the most various alien races , there are more Earthling ring - slinger than any other species .
grant , human Green Lanterns are far more relatable to learn than aliens like Chaselon or Ch’p . But there ’s never been an in - cosmos reason for why humans seem to gravitate toward gainingGreen Lantern Power Rings . However , a newfangled ontogenesis not only explains why tellurian makethe best Green Lanterns , but it could be changing the Corps ' mythos always .
How the Earth’s Green Lantern Numbers Skyrocketed
Barring Alan Scott , who was never a member of the Green Lantern Corps , the first Earth - base Green Lantern was Hal Jordan . Jordan was the closest to Abin Sur when the former Green Lantern of Sector 2814 pass after a encounter with the future Red Lantern Atrocitus . While Jordan got Sur ’s Power Ring , Guy Gardner was later selected as a backupin slip anything happened to Hal . However , after Guy was collide with by a bus and need time to recoup , John Stewart was trained as Hal ’s raw backup .
While three men had hold the title of Green Lantern , that number was shrink to one after Hal was possessed by Parallax and destroyed the Corps . To keep the Green Light alive , Ganthet selected Kyle Rayner to be the exclusive Green Lantern , who expect the Aaron’s rod for years . Thankfully , Hal would return to his former tariff , along with Guy , John , and Kyle giving the Earth and Sector 2814 four Green Lanterns . But it would n’t be long before that numeral grew even more .
Simon Baz became the Earth ’s 5th Green Lantern after Hal and Sinestro ’s Power Rings fused and sought Simon out as a new campaigner , later earning full - fledged membership . Jessica Cruz was also discovered by an errant Power Ring , the Ring of Volthoom , which undertake to tainted Cruz . But she overwhelm the ring and became a Green Lantern . Sojourner ‘ Jo ’ Mullein , the newest Earth Lantern , was personally recruited by a Guardian of the Universewho dispute Jo to see if she could make a dispute in the world .
DC Finally Explains Why Earthlings Make the Best Green Lanterns
InGreen Lantern # 9by Jeremy Adams and Xermánico , Hal is in Galicia , the spot where he felt his ring upsurge in power during his last fight with Sinestro . Hal fly down a tunnel where he discover a beautiful profuse environment hidden underground . Green Lantern also discovers his old friend Tom Kalmakuliving among the hollow Earth . Hal bring out Tom had been call to this place in a dream as a fill-in to defend a secret hidden by the Green .
Tom glows and the plant life life begins to move around , let out a new Green Lantern Central Power Battery hidden in the Earth . Tom reveals that the Guardians left this for the Green Lanterns of Earth in case anything happen to the Oan Battery . Hal ’s Power Ring disappears , only for Tom to order him that was simply a trace and that it is meter for Hal to have a more permanent one . A cache of Power Rings come out from the background , enough for Earth ’s Green Lanterns and more .
Hal approaches the Modern Power Rings and Tom reveals the true reason Earth has so many Green Lanterns and why the Guardians left Earth this fail - good : Humans have an innate inability to follow orders or as the Guardian of the Universe differentiate Tom , “ an excess of will” . This means Earth ’s Green Lanterns much more equipped to survive dangerous situationsthan any other alien race . With a new Power Ring , Hal says his oath and at last heads out into space for the first time in months .
Green Lantern Can Make the Strongest Corps Ever
The idea that mankind make the best Green Lanterns due to their implausibly self-willed nature cook sense . Lanterns like Guy and Hal regularly clashed with the Guardians of the Universe and often took matters into their own hands , display will unmated by their non - human comrade . Earth Lanterns have also reach some of the most herculean nation a Green Lantern can come across . Kyle , for instance , was once the living willpower entity Ion ’s host and currentlyJohn is so muscular that he ’s act as a living Central Power Batteryfor the eternal rest of the Corps .
Aside from those who have made it into the Corps , humans just seem to have a knack for using Green Lantern Power Rings . When Green Arrow was give a copy of a Green Lantern ’s anchor ring inGreen Lantern : Rebirth , he successfully used it to create and fire an pointer at Sinestro . Similarly inThe Flash Annual # 2 , Barry Allen wore Hal ’s anchor ring and figured out how to create a blaster in seconds ( though he was using the Speed Force to be fair ) .
The Guardians of the Universe knew how adept humankind are at wielding the Emerald Light and they know that if the defective were to materialize to them , humans like Hal could be trust . Hal does n’t just have enough Power Rings for his Quaker . He ’s got the power to make additional ones . If Hal and the sleep of Earth ’s Lanterns hope it , they could make a brand - new Green Lantern Corps , one whose ranks are filled with the most desirable users in the full DC Universe .
Is Green Lantern Ready to Give Humanity That Much Power?
Green Lantern could do a lot of good by overhaul the Green Lantern Corpsand adding more humans to its ranks . However , the Corps is meant to be a universal organization and not just one just for Earth . Not to mention , just because humans are the best wielders of the Emerald Light , not every homo is cut back out to wield such impressive powerfulness . If terra firma ’s Green Lanterns are go to deepen the way the Corps operate , there are a sight of crucial factor to consider .
That being say , this new gain to the Green Lantern mythos is a truly fascinating one . Not only do fans have a self-colored reason for why Earthlings have been a magnet for Green Lantern Rings , but there ’s also the potential of raw human Lanterns on the horizon . It remains to be figure what ’s in the futurity forGreen Lanternand the rest of the Corps , but at least his secret has been put to bed in the most hearty way potential .
Green Lantern # 9is available now from DC Comics .
Green Lantern # 9(2024 )
