Warning: Spoilers for Green Lantern #17Green Lantern’s darkest foe has just unlocked a major power-up that rewrites DC lore and makes him a more formidable threat than ever before. After taking the Dark Star Ring for himself, Lord Premier Thaaros is officially the DC Universe’s strongest Lantern, and Green Lantern will need all the help he can get if he wants to end his reign of terror once and for all.
In the preview forGreen Lantern#17 by Jeremy Adams, Xermánico, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Dave Sharpe, Green Lantern heroes across the galaxy are left reeling in the wake of the devastating attack byRed Lantern Mogo. Other forces, including the villainous Varron, seek out the power that Lord Premier Thaaros had been pursuing prior to his untimely death, but it’s revealed thatThaaros has found a surprising way to cheat death as the Dark Star Ring grants him a new form.
Through this transformation,the all-powerful Dark Star Ring gives Thaaros full control over the Emotional Spectrum, and the DC Universe will never be the same as he elevates his cosmic conflict against Green Lantern to a horrifying new level.
Lord Premier Thaaros’s Lore-Changing Transformation Makes Him The Ultimate Lantern
The DC Universe Changes Forever as Thaaros Wields the Dark Star Ring
InGreen Lantern Civil Corps#1 by Adams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, and Salvador Larroca,Kilowog betrays John Stewartand steals his Dark Star Ring on behalf of Lord Premier Thaaros, so John teams up with Hal Jordan to expose Thaaros' evil ways to the Thanagarian government in hopes of reclaiming the ring. Though they fail, Thaaros ends up getting killed by a fatal blow from the Star Shroud - until, inGreen Lantern#16, the Dark Star Ring revives him. Not only is Thaaros alive again thanks to his ring, but he also wields thepower of every Lantern Corps.
DC’s Most Powerful Red Lantern Officially Debuts (& They’re a Former Green Lantern Hero)
Things go from bad to worse for the Green Lanterns as they reunite with a surprising ally only to discover they’ve become a fearsome Red Lantern.
Lord Premier Thaaros' plan to seize the power of the Source Lantern has succeeded at last, as he absorbs the power of DC’s most powerful ring into his being. TheDark Star Ring contains an aspect of the Old God Olgrun, which imbues it with the ability to harness all facets of the Emotional Spectrum. This makes it a danger to the cosmos, so John Stewart had intended to keep it so it wouldn’t fall into the wrong hands. That worst case scenario has now come to pass, andOlgrun’s power combined with Thaaros' villainy culminates in a dark new threat to the Green Lantern Corps.
Green Lantern’s Cosmic War Takes a Shocking Turn With Thaaros' New Form
Thaaros Brings the Battle to Oa, Endangering the Green Lantern Corps
With the unlimited power of the Dark Star Ring fueling him, Thaaros declares war onOa, the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps. The Green Lanterns are already in bad shape since Thaaros channeled his rage into Mogo to turn him into his Red Lantern minion, and now Oa hangs in the balance. Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and the rest of the Lanterns must band together in order to save the Corps from imminent destruction by Thaaros' hand.Green Lantern- and the entire DC Universe - faces a peril unlike any other as the battle for Oa approaches.
Green Lantern#17will be available November 13th, 2024 from DC Comics.
Green Lantern
Green Lantern is the name given to multiple enforcers of intergalactic justice in the DC Universe. Green Lanterns can harness the cosmic energy of willpower, and create unique spectral objects to face off against their enemies. Though some Green Lanterns have assisted with the Justice League, they primarily belong to the Green Lantern Corps.
