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Warning : Spoilers for Green Lantern : War Journal # 4 ahead !
Summary
In his struggle against the Revenant Queen and her Radiant Dead , Green LanternJohn Stewart has just made the startle from being the universe ’s most powerful Green Lantern to the cosmos ’s most dangerous . Now fit with a Lantern Ring powered by Genesis vigour and his own will , John Stewart and Steel vitrine just how potentially destructive black eye - applied science a Lantern Ring can be .
Green Lantern : state of war Journal#4 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Montos fork over a powerful revelation about the Radiant Dead : when they misdirect a Lantern , the Lantern ’s halo is discerp from the fundamental Lantern Battery instead of return to the Corps . This givesJohn Stewart the mind of bear oneof these isolated gang to Steelworks in the hope of reverse - technology it .
Terrifyingly , the process works : lop from its closed circuit , Steel is able-bodied to bug into the closed chain ’s machinery and exponent it with Genesis vigor . Stewart then masters the anchor ring with his own will power , exchange his own corrupted ring and staving off the Radiant Dead ’s infection .
metre is of the core for Green Lantern and when he ask to purge himself of a dangerous corruption , John Stewart embarks on his first ‘ soul trek ’ .
The Green Lantern Ring Can Now Be Wielded By Anyone
While Green Lantern rings — and the other doughnut power by the emotional spectrum — are among the most powerful tools in the DC Universe , that power has always add up with a major restriction : wielders must be take by their respective Lantern Corps , ensuring that ( for the most part ) rings do n’t fall into the hands of unsuitable users . moreover , when a Green Lantern dies , their ring returns to the Central Battery or seeks a suited pallbearer . While each Lantern Corps may have differ paragon as to what counts as " suitable " ( Red and Yellow Lanterns are infamous for lift up in the script of astronomic terrorists ) , this join to the Central Battery guarantee that all band are accounted for and can not be tampered with .
The Radiant Dead ’s corruption severs a ring ’s connexion to its Central Battery , breaking this closed racing circuit . While this forbid the mob from being used by another Lantern , it means thatGreen Lantern rings can now be reverse - orchestrate by other force in the universe(as march by Steel ) . While the summons requires tremendous power , there are numerous being in the DC Universe who could encounter those demands : for example , should Darkseid get his hand on these indifferent band , it is theoretically possible for him to create his own Anti - Life Corps , which would for sure mean the ultimate destruction of the DC Universe as fans know it .
This Lantern Ring Could Be the DC Universe’s Deadliest Weapon
By prove it is possible to reverse - engineer one of the " bushed " Lantern Rings , Steel may have inadvertently kicked off one of the mortal weapon races in the DC Universe . From the Dominators to the Weaponers of Qward — even the Star Conquerors — anyone who can get their hands on one of the Radiant Dead ’s inert rings hold the blueprint to one of the most unsafe arm in all of DC history . blade may have help saveGreen LanternJohn Stewartfrom the Radiant Dead ’s infection … but at a potentially universe - destroying cost .
GREEN LANTERN : WAR JOURNAL # 4 ( 2023 )
Green Lantern : War Journal#4is available now from DC Comics .
