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word of advice ! Spoilers ahead for Absolute Green Lantern # 1!DC Comics has finally introduced its Absolute Universe take on Hal Jordan , but he ’s far from being the heroicGreen Lanternfans know . Fans have already see numerous variations of classic poor boy that have stripped DC ’s hunky-dory down to their bare essentials . But the Emerald Knight is going through a disconsolate shift altogether .
In a previewforAbsolute Green Lantern # 1by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay , Hal is walk down a main road as a voice tells him that he must be without veneration . He ’s intelligibly not well and a law officer stops by to check on Hal . Unfortunately , the officer notices that Hal is suspiciously keep his left helping hand in his scoop .
Things escalate quickly as the cop orders Hal to show his hired man . Hal Jordan relents when the military officer draw his gun , but in the eye blink of an centre , the ship’s officer vanisheswith nothing left of him but his badge .
Absolute Green Lantern’s Hal Debuts by Murdering a Police Officer
What is Going on with Hal Jordan in This Universe?
Darkseid ’s vim has whole transformeda variant of the DC Universe into something nearly unrecognizable . After his energy settle down on Earth - Alpha , it began to shape the creation into one that reflected his nonesuch such as adversity and discord . Here , promise was the underdog , and thoughheroes emerge just as they did in the Prime DC Universe , things are far more difficult , and they lack many of the comforts of their counterparts . Batman lack his family ’s vast wealth , the Flash is without his bequest , and Wonder Woman was parent without her Amazonian babe , having been raised in hell instead .
It ’s an interesting alternative to debut Hal by having him kill a copper . After all , in the Prime DCU , the Green Lanterns are essentially cops that protect the integral creation . Granted , Hal was trying to do everything in his power not to pour down the military officer , but something has read controller of Hal in the Absolute Universe . He mentions Abin Sur , hinting that his meeting with the unknown has taken a dissimilar turn than usual . Not to mention covers forfuture issue ofAbsolute Green Lanternshow Hal ’s hand radiating black energy , hinting that he ’s just getting start on this route .
Is Hal Jordan Going Full Villain inAbsolute Green Lantern?
Or Will He Have the Willpower to Overcome What’s Happened to Him?
Whatever Hal has go through has changed him for the bad . He ’s a peril to others and possibly himself . That being said , even in a world as broken as this , the Absolute heroes still retain much of who they are privileged . Hal might be corrupted in some room , but that does n’t mean he does n’t have the same levels of self-will as his prize Universe variation . Despite his eubstance being used for immorality , Hal could still surmount whatever terrible entity has seize itself to him and prove that he ’s still start thae warmheartedness of aGreen Lanterninside him .
Absolute Green Lantern # 1is uncommitted on April 2nd from DC Comics .