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Warning ! This post contain spoiler for Absolute Green Lantern # 1DC Comicsis remixing one of its most controversial twist by turn a classic champion dark once more . Every once in a while , a beloved superhero will take a walking on the dismal side , becoming evil . This often bechance in alternate timelines and/or with variant versions of the authoritative paladin . As such , the Absolute Universe ’s Hal Jordan has just made his entry , though not as theGreen LanternDC fans know and love from the primary Earth .
As assure inAbsolute Green Lantern # 1by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay , the yield open up with a young version of Hal Jordan walk down a desert road , altogether traumatized and unbelievably scared of what will happen next . As the account preserve , it ’s reveal that , rather than receiving a green force ring from Abin Sur , Hal has seemingly become a villain against his will . That said , fan of Hal Jordan will witness this arc somewhat familiar , as it has essentially happened to the iconic Green Lantern before in the main DC timeline .
What Just Happened to Hal Jordan In The Absolute Universe?
Corrupted By A Dark Force
In the Absolute Universe , Hal Jordan buys and sell collectibles while living in the small townspeople of Evergreen . Other residents of Evergreen let in John Stewart , Jo Mullein , and Guy Gardner . However , a massive green concept of the Green Lantern Corps ' symbol lands in the centre of the Ithiel Town , right where Hal , John , and Jo were eating luncheon as aredesigned and intense - look Abin Surhovers above the town .
After the reveal that Hal touched the construct , the issue jumps back to the present , where his script is now handle in a black get-up-and-go that talks to him , claim to be the " absence of light " and " the secret heart within every genius " . Having already killed a fuzz , Hal ’s after shown killing a diner patron who threaten him , having take care the topsy-turvydom find in Evergreen on TV and Hal ’s admitting he ’d done some painful thing . As such , it ’s clear that Hal Jordan has involuntarily become this raw series ' tragical scoundrel , while Jo Mullein has become the Absolute Universe ’s first human Green Lantern .
What Will The Absolute Universe’s Hal Jordan Become?
The Absolute Version of a Major Green Lantern Foe
conceive that this proceeds hold the rubric " Black Hand " and the grim energy covering Hal ’s deal , it ’s not hard to put the pieces together . The Absolute Universe ’s Hal Jordan is becoming a black new version of the classical Green Lantern villain Black Hand . In the main DC timeline , William Hand aka Black Handwas a baddie who wielded a gimmick capable of draining the free energy of a Green Lantern ’s force annulus .
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Black Hand would by and by gain the power to run out the life-time military unit of his victim , making him the perfect candidate to become a herald of Nekron , the forcible avatar of Death and the semblance black on the Emotional Spectrum . As such , Black Hand became the leader of the Black Lantern Corps after he killed himself and was reanimated inthe major DCBlackest Nightcrossover event . Now , it seems as though the Absolute Universe ’s Hal Jordan is in risk of give way down a like track in this gloomy raw version of the DC Universe .
Hal Jordan’s Past DC Villain History
Parallax
Hal Jordan becoming a baddie is certainly nothing new for the fiber , even in the chief DC timeline . As seen in 1994’sEmerald Twilightstoryline , Hal had a full - on psychotic break after Coast City and all its people were destroyed by Mongul and the Cyborg Superman . In his grief , Hal drain his magnate pack in an attempt to reconstruct his urban center and even constructs of the one thousand who ’d died , include his jazz unity .
" Hopefully , Jo Mullein will be able to disengage her friend from this sinister force ’s control in the issues to come … "
After being reprimanded by the Guardians for using this ringing for personal use , Jordan occur to Oa to enfeeble the mightiness of the entire Central Power Battery . Upon enter the great power seed , Green Lantern was corrupted by the ancient yellow concern entity known as Parallax . This controversially plow Hal into a long - term DC villain , while Kyle Rayner became the fresh Green Lantern in his home .
While Jordan eventually sacrificed himself and became the emcee of the Spectre following his decease , it was a full 20 eld before Hal Jordan was full rid of Parallax and became a Green Lantern once more . keep that in psyche , it ’s clear that the Absolute Universe is riffing off the Parallax arc , with Hal Jordan now being misdirect by another dismal strength in this new realness . Hopefully , Jo Mullein will be able to free her protagonist from this dark personnel ’s dominance in the issues to come .
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