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Warning ! Spoilers ahead for Green Lantern # 12!TheSuicide Squadis fall after one of theJustice League’soldest member as the squad cook to enter a terrifying new point . Absolute Powerdraws closer and one iconic submarine has just had a target put on their back .
Absolute Poweris DC Comics’upcoming summer event thatsees Amanda Waller ’s plansto defeat the DC Universe ’s metahumans eventually come to realization . Waller has schemed and made backroom deal in her mad pursuance to force her order on the globe . Now that she ’s closer than ever , one partnership is resulting in a beloved DC hero becoming Waller ’s first dupe .
Waller’s Suicide Squad is After Green Lantern Hal Jordan
InGreen Lantern # 12by Jeremy Adams , Xermánico , Romulo Fajardo Jr. , and Dave Sharpe , Hal Jordan is on Oa and in the fight of his spirit . Lord Premier Thaaros , the Green Lantern Corps ' new loss leader , has revealed his betrayal in taking over the United Planets and is using his loyalists to arrest Hal and the residuum of the Resistance Corps . Green Lantern is forced to back away and is about direct outby Thaaros ’ enforcers along the way . Thankfully , Star Sapphire come to Hal ’s assist and channelise both of them back to Earth .
Thaaros call in a favour and demands that Waller bring Hal Jordan to him .
Though the resistance is arrested , Thaaros is infuriated that Hal get aside . After penalise several of his human race , Thaaros contemplate the threat Jordan presents , especially since he has a Green Lantern Power Ring main from his Green Lantern Corps . decline to permit anyone else have accession to the Emotional Spectrum , Thaaros resolves to stop Jordan and makes a call to Earth to utter directly with Amanda Waller . Waller and Thaaros talk over the situation and reveal thatThaaros has been help Waller in her plans to stop the DC Universe ’s metahumans .
Thaaros calls in a favor and demands that Waller bring Hal Jordan to him . In exchange , Thaaros will permit Waller ’s workplace on Earth to proceed unabated . Meanwhile , Carol Ferris has brought Hal back to his trailer to aid him recover from the fighting . The two have a small heart - to - heart where they finally squeal their feelings to one another . However , their tender minute is ruined bythe comer of Amanda Waller ’s Suicide Squad , who have come to bring Green Lantern in .
How Green Lantern Became Thaaros and Amanda Waller’s Target
soon afterDark Crisis on Infinite Earths , the Corps ’ leaders , the Guardians of the Universe go missing and were supersede by the United Planets . Thaaros began found wholesale changes , include the quarantining of Sector 2814 ( to the hurt of Earth ’s Green Lanterns ) . Hal quit from the Corps after his first mission under Thaaros ended with the Sinestro Corps Central Power Battery exploding , claiming the spirit of Jordan ’s friend Kilowog . Unbeknownst to Green Lantern , Thaaros was creditworthy for destroying the batteryas part of a plan to seize the Emotional Spectrum ’s mogul .
After forging a unexampled tintinnabulation for himself from the residual willpower from an old Manhunter armor , Green Lantern get wind function of Thaaros ’ plans , though he was incognizant that the United Planets ’ leader was actually behind it . After finally breaking out of Earth ’s reach , Hal headed direct for Oa to recover out what was going on with the attacks on the Emotional Spectrum , only to find that the Corps had changed well under Thaaros ’ formula . Green Lantern also discovered Thaaros ’ culpability in the late demolition of numerous Central Power Batteriesand consecrate to block off him .
Thaaros ' admits his treachery inGreen Lantern # 11 ( 2024 ) !
At the same time , another conspiracy was brewing on Earth , one excogitate by Amanda Waller . After hit imagination from the Council of Light , Waller began plans to rid of the universe of metahumans . After waiting and cook from the shadows , Waller gained considerable power after being made drumhead of the Bureau of Sovereignty . With more superpower than ever , Waller formed a new Suicide Squad and used it to take dominance of the island body politic of Gamorraand began building a large - scale prison house as part of her plans .
What Green Lantern’s Fugitive Status Means for the Justice League
Absolute Powerhas been teased for month at this point and fans have seen intriguing previews of the Justice League ’s members under attack . But this is the first time we ’re see Waller go from bluster and intimidating threat to actually imperiling the life of DC ’s heroes . Of course , the only reason she ’s starting with Green Lantern is so that she can keep the peace she ’s brokered with the United Planets . Waller needs as trivial intervention as possible andthe only elbow room she ’s hold out to get that is by tender Green Lantern up on a silver platter .
What Hal sees at the end ofGreen Lantern # 12is just a small glimpse at the hell Waller is about to bring to the DC Universe …
Waller does n’t have all the art object she require to bring the earth to list just yet as she still take to garner Failsafe and the Brainiac Queen to form her trio of Evil . But even without them , this is the most aggression she ’s show to a Italian sandwich since she started her campaign . Not only is she send waves of Task Force X agents after Green Lantern , but she ’s also sending Suicide Squad members like King Shark . This level of force prove just how uttermost Waller is willing to get to take Earth ’s poor boy down .
gratefully Green Lantern still has his Power Ring , but asAbsolute Powerpreviews have shown , it wo n’t be long until Hal loses those powers . In a humanity where Amanda Waller carry all the cardsan army like the one she ’s sent after Green Lantern will be more than enough to apprehend fugitive paladin . What Hal see at the closing ofGreen Lantern # 12is just a small glimpse at the hell Waller is about to bring to the DC Universe , one that ’s only fail to get worse when she steal every metahumans ’ business leader .
Can Green Lantern Stay on the Run for Long?
Hal Jordan is used to facing unimaginable betting odds . But with Amanda Waller pursuing him on Earth and Thaaros monitoring the maven , Green Lantern has fewer and fewer places to hide . He might have a shot as long as he ’s got his Power Ring , but it ’s survive to be quite hard when Waller robs him of his powers . If theJustice Leaguerisn’t measured , he just might curve up being grab by theSuicide Squadand deliver flat to Thaaros for whatever twisted plans the madman has for Hal .
Green Lantern # 12is available now from DC Comics .
Green Lantern # 12 ( 2024 )
