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Spoilers for Dark Crisis - Worlds Without a Justice League : Green Lantern # 1 ahead !
When it come to theGreen Lanterns , the enemies they face are just as inventive and creative as their power - and few source can match the Dungeons and Dragons monster manual for inventive foes . In fact , the late space monstrosityJohn Stewartsquares off against bears direct resemblance to one of Dungeons and Dragon ’s nastiest monster . And while this terror may not be a friction match for Green Lantern ’s light , it is enthralling to see elements of Dungeons and Dragons stay on to appear in wide-ranging forms of media
During the events of theDark Crisis , the Justice League has seemingly been kill by Pariah . Rather than being destroyed , however , each member has instead been torn out of the universe and placed in their own separate worlds where the Justice League never had cause to form . In the fount of John Stewart , he incur himself as the Guardian , the supreme Green Lantern and epitome of willpower .
refer : Hal Jordan ’s Green Lantern Is Officially a B - List Hero , allot to DC
InDark Crisis - Worlds Without a Justice League : Green Lantern # 1by Phillip Kennedy Johnson , Fernando Blanco , and Jordie Bellaire , John Stewart lives out his days on a farm , having established a web of Green Lanterns to execute the role of the Justice League . When a menace out of outer space hump as the Radiant Dead arrive to threaten the earth , John is called into action once more to save the planet and the Corps . Despite the Radiant Dead being lead by a terrifying creature called the Bright Revenant , they prove to be no equal forJohn , the most sinewy Green Lantern , and he fleetly overcome the Radiant Dead and fix the fallen fellow member of the Lantern Corps .
The Radiant Dead are ghoulish creatures able-bodied to kill or commute their enemy at a touch , but the Bright Revenant itself put up particular resemblance to dungeon and Dragon ’s Atropal . TheAtropal is an diabolical monstrosity , an endeavor at create godhood that result in a stillborn abomination of unbelievable power . The Bright Revenant matches an Atropal in almost every particular : its visual aspect as an babe creature , its aura of death and killing glare , and its hunger to appropriate worlds ( as it had antecedently destroyed the Guardians of Oa and arrives with a host of Radiant Dead Thanagarians in slavery ) .
This is n’t the first time such a puppet has shown up in Philip Kennedy Johnson ’s work , either : Superman ’s young ally on Warworldis also an unborn child containing immense power . Furthermore , Johnson’sLast Godseries has an incidental source record book that is compatible with the belated version of dungeon and Dragons . With all of this in mind , it ’s delightful to see this court to one of Dungeons and Dragons ' most potent villains - even if it still is n’t a match forGreen Lantern .
Dark Crisis - Worlds Without a Justice League : Green Lantern # 1is now available from DC Comics .
