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word of advice ! Spoilers ahead for Green Lantern : War Journal # 7!The most powerfulGreen Lanternwho has ever worn a ring has just meet his match in the non-white void in the DC Universe . Not too long ago , John Stewart acquire near cosmic godhood , and he was seek out to aid disembarrass the DCU of a terrific threat known as the Radiant Dead .
regrettably for Green Lantern , the Radiant Dead isfar more knock-down than he ever could have envisage . After discovering the reliable powerfulness hiding behind the undead regular army , John sees at first hand what kind of peril the DC Universe is in and it may be too much even for him to do by .
Green Lantern’s Godhood and the Threat of Olgrun
When it hail to Green Lanterns , John Stewart has always been one of the most devoted appendage of the Corps . John always tug himself to be good and that commitment pay off considerably when he absorbed a cosmic phenomenon know as a Godstorm . This essence made the Green Lantern stronger than everand after the sudden and unexpected destruction of the Green Lantern Central Power Battery , John was capable to use his considerable power to keep the Corps depart stiff .
However , John ’s newfound power attracted the care of a severe army know as the Radiant Dead . In another existence , the Radiant Dead nearly blow out the Green Lantern Corps before they were driven away by a variant of John Stewart and a unseasoned Lantern identify Caolán Shepherd . Shepherd was point with tracking down the remnants of the Radiant Dead , who fly the coop to the Prime DC Universe tohunt down the most muscular Green Lanternas part of their twisted distinguished plans .
The Radiant Dead not only found John but infected him and nearly turned him over to their side . gratefully , the Green Lantern chuck himself of the corruption and begin tracking the evil ground forces down . John and Shepherd eventually found themselves in showdown with the Radiant Dead ’s leader , the Revenant Queen . To make thing worse , John made the shocking discovery that the Radiant Dead was secretlyan lengthiness of Olgrun , a fallen and unbalanced Old God . Olgrun had been seek out John to assume his formand use the Green Lantern ’s divine power for himself .
Green Lantern Has Met His Match in the Dark Star of Fenn
InGreen Lantern : War Journal # 7by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Montos , John has just woken up after his last battle with the Revenant Queen . He ’s in a dark environs he does n’t acknowledge and somewhere that his anchor ring ca n’t identify . In the distance , Green Lantern can see a glowing , onyx maven , but a traveler named Byla informs John that the Dark Star of Fenn is n’t a celestial body at all : It ’s a severance in distance - time to a dimension of repulsion most ca n’t even comprehend .
Byla implores John to join the fight because without Green Lantern , the DC Universe is doomed .
When Green Lantern miscarry to project out where he is , John decides to steer out until he finds a point of consultation . Byla , however , inform John that he ca n’t will because the Dark Star is protect by a powerful gravity storm that nothing can escape . John brushes off the advice and tries to lead out . But Green Lantern is n’t able to get away the orbit no matter how heavily he sample . The more effort John put in , the harder the Dark Star rip to keep Green Lantern in the area .
John spots a group of travelers fortify defence force as a group of aliens known as the Fenn blow a war horn . The Dark Star of Fenn erupts in a twisted black light before open up up . Blya tells John thatthis expanse is the last melodic phrase of defence against an unspeakable evil , just as a shadowed mathematical group of warriors starts to emerge from the other side . Byla implores John to link up the fight because without Green Lantern , the DC Universe is doomed .
Olgrun’s Power Could Surpass the God-Tier Green Lantern
Olgrun ’s backstory was first explored during the “ Warworld Saga ” ofAction Comics . Olgrun was a knock-down Old God who was considered one of the greatest beings , at least before he went mad . Olgrun was taken down by other Old Gods and his essence was split up into several aspects that were scattered through the multiverse . However , Superman recovered one of these facet and used it to revive his adopted Logos Osul - Ra . Metron of the New Gods afterwards evince fear thatSuperman may have potentially waken Olgrun .
Superman ’s " Warworld Saga " spanned more than a year of cartoon strip , with its roots beginning inFuture State . The entire story is pull together in a trade paperback , Superman : The Warworld Sagaby Johnson , Daniel Sampere , Riccardo Federici , and others , from DC Comics .
Olgrun is indeed awake and he look to be transport his might through things like the Radiant Dead and the Dark Star of Fenn . While the Radiant Dead has n’t been so much of a job for John , especially since he acquired his new Power Ring , the Dark Star is proving to be much more of a challenge . Since Green Lantern merged with the Godstorm , there has n’t been anything John could n’t defeat . But if the clout of the Dark Star is too much for John , then thatspells doom for Green Lantern and the DC Universe .
John Stewart is supposed to be the most powerful Green Lantern there ’s ever been , possibly more powerful than Ion or Parallax . But the Lantern is now discovering that he has limits when it comes to Olgrun ’s power . If the mad god can match John ’s power and belie it to keep him entrap , Olgrun ’s power likely exceeds John ’s . If that ’s the case , Green Lantern is in serious risk of actually becoming Olgrun ’s new vessel and if that materialise , there’snothing give up Olgrun from take control of the DC Universe .
Green Lantern is in Danger of Becoming the DC Universe’s Ultimate Threat
Green Lantern ’s consuming top executive is good in John ’s hands , but if Olgrun possesses him , then literally everything is at peril .
The Radiant Dead have made it clear they wo n’t kibosh until John Stewart is converted and turned into Olgrun ’s new vessel . Unfortunately for John , he ’s got no way of escaping the Dark Star and is pretty much a sitting duck . Making matters worse is that the Dark Star looks like connected to Olgrun ’s realm . If the mad god overwhelms John while he ’s ensnare in this void , it may be just a matter of clock time before Olgrunpossesses Green Lantern and uses his power to set on the DC Universe .
Green Lantern ’s overpowering power is safe in John ’s hands , but if Olgrun possesses him , then literally everything is at risk of infection . Olgrun already live on a hefty destructive streak once and it took the combined force of other Old Gods to get the better of him . Who is go to be able-bodied to bar Olgrun if he has both his magnate and John’s?Green Lanternis last to have to in earnest think outside the box if he has any hope of escape the Dark Star of Fenn and falling to Olgrun ’s will .
Green Lantern : War Journal # 7is available now from DC Comics .
Green Lantern : War Journal # 7(2024 )
