Young Justice
word of advice ! SPOILERS forYoung Justiceseason 4 , episode 25 .
The next-to-last instalment ofYoung Justiceseason 4 made Ursa Zod into a greater threat , giving her command of the Emerald Eye of Ekron . The married woman and right - script of General Zod was already a formidable threat , given her strong will , warrior training , and Kryptonian physiology . regrettably , her acquisition of the Emerald Eye only serve to make her even more unsafe .
Ursa arrived on Earth alongside her hubby , General Dru - Zod and son Lor - Zod , inYoung Justiceseason 4 , installment 25 , " Over and Out . " When their plans to use the technology of the Fortress of Solitude to speed their authorisation under Earth ’s yellow sun were scotch by Nightwing , Ursa became enraged , declaring that " in any just universe of discourse , the genuine power I ’ve tasted here would be mine by right ! " This passionate diatribe awoke something in the Emerald Eye of Ekron , causing it to enlarge out of Lor - Zod ’s air hole and envelope Ursa in a ray of light of green light , leaving her clothed in a young costume .
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Lor - Zod explained to his parents how he had claim the Emerald Eye of Ekron from the hurdle of the New God Metron , having recognized it from his time in the thirty-first century . In that era , it had been manage by a cleaning woman live as the Emerald Empress , who had fought against the31st hundred Legion of Superheroes . The Emerald Eye had apparently choose Ursa to be its new wielder , make water the already sinewy Kryptonian soldier into an avatar of mystic might .
The Emerald Eye of Ekron first appear inAdventure Comics Vol 1#352 , where it was apply by Sarya of the satellite Vengar , the first Emerald Empress . Its story has changed repeatedly over the year , in the first place having been been a magic artefact with power on par with the ring of a Green Lantern and similar abilities , including vigour projection , escape , and forcefield creation . finally , the Emerald Eye was touch base to the Green Lanterns Corps in the miniseries52 , where Ekron was bring out as a Green Lantern whose eye retained something of his power after being rip out of his Emerald Head by the H.M.S. Bounty hunter Lobo . A later storey suggested the Emerald Eye was an early prototype ofthe Green Lantern tintinnabulation , which would excuse why it has only some of the Green Lanterns ' vast regalia of power . It does not , however , explain the Emerald Eye ’s one know weakness , which is that is immobilized by the presence of Kryptonite .
The origins and exact world power of the Emerald Eye of Ekron in the realness ofYoung Justicehave yet to be bring out , but it has already proven itself to be as dangerous as its risible book counterpart . The New Emerald Empress was able to apply it to single handedly disable every hero ( save Superman ) who come to match her and her married man with a single free energy attack . The heroes of Earth-16 will doubtless have their hand full dealing with this raw Emerald Empress and her allies in the upcoming finale ofYoung Justiceseason 4 .
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Young Justiceseason 4 finale handout on Thursday , June 9 on HBO Max .
