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Warning ! Spoilers ahead forGreen Lantern : War Journal # 9!TheGreen Lanterns’past has at last descend to light and bring out the nightmare - inspiring destiny of the DC Universe ’s original guardian . The Green Lantern Corps may be the most well - know peacekeeping operation organisation , but they ’re far from the first to bring order to the cosmos .
Rookie officer Green Lantern Shepherd hasfound the Book of Oaand is digging into the chronicle of the Corps ' predecessors . The tome reveals an ancient , untold story that shake off light on the Guardians of the Universe ’s forebear and it reveals how one awful decision may have doomed the DC Universe .
The First ‘Green Lanterns’ Awoke An Angry Old God
InGreen Lantern : War Journal # 9by Phillip Kennedy Johnson , Montos , Adriano Lucas , and Dave Sharpe , Green Lantern Caolán Shepherdreads from the Book of Oa in his pursuit to find John Stewart . Unable to happen any information about the Radiant Dead or the Revenant Queen , Shepherd search for the first register quotation of the Darkstars . Shepherd finds a chronicle about ancient Maltusians , who look for for a power to wreak guild to the creation . The Maltusians eventually founda power in a monument dedicated to the Old God Olgrunand his daughter , Ajna .
… Olgrun took ascendancy of the Dark Star Knights and they were rendered into conduits of Olgrun ’s mad power .
The Maltusians were warned that deconsecrate the monument could invoke Olgrun ’s ira . But they still returned with firepower and stripped the monument of Genesis , the crystalize rake of Old Gods . The Maltusians natural process ' get an eery light to grow deep within a crypt in the monument . But they dismiss the light , mental object that they had rein a ability that could transform their frame into live light . They made mighty artillery and becamethe Green Lantern - like peacekeeper , the Knights of the Dark Star , dedicated to keeping order throughout the creation .
unluckily for the Knights , the Dark Star in the monument grew , fueled by Olgrun ’s grief and furiousness . For outrage his tomb , Olgrun take control condition of the Dark Star Knights and they were interpret into conduits of Olgrun ’s brainsick power . Only the Knight ’s skipper stay on a shard of ascendency over her consistence , but even she vanish to the influence of Olgrun ’s power . The captain take Ajna ’s tintinnabulation , the vessel of Olgrun ’s very index andbecame the first host of Olgrun ’s painful might and power .
Who is Olgrun and What Threat Does He Present?
Olgrun is one of the Old Gods and was consider one of the mightiest around , capable to create glorious worlds . However , he lost himself to rabidness and rage , toss off his girl in the process . The Old Gods could n’t kill Olgrun , but they could diminish his world power by fracturing it into aspects that were obliterate all across the multiverse . For eons , Olgrun has lied waiting for the perfect watercraft to possess and repay to life , a wish that was granted whenGreen Lantern John Stewart gain god - tier power after absorbing a Godstorm .
The terror of Olgrun was first revealed in the " Warworld Saga " ofAction Comics ( 2021 ) !
While John tried to live a quiet and peaceful spirit on Earth with his female parent , Olgrun sent out his terrify regular army , the Radiant Dead , led by the Revenant Queen . While the Radiant Dead take Stewart by surprise , he was finally caught up to amphetamine by newbie Green Lantern Caolán Shepherd . Aftergetting John a novel Power Ring go up from a Green Lantern that had been turned by the Radiant Dead , Stewart and Shepherd embarked on a seeking to start the Revenant Queen down and terminate her mission .
However , the Revenant Queen was prepared for John . She revealed that she was but a fragment of Olgrun ’s power and that she had derive to exact his organic structure for Olgrun to have . Green Lantern was snatch from Earth and transported to the far side of the universeand caught in the Dark Star of the Fenn ’s area . The Dark Star of the Fenn is a terrifying gateway to the realm in which Olgrun inhabits and the mighty forces holding Olgrun back are get weak by the 2d .
The Green Lantern Corps' Ancestors Doomed the DC Universe
Many Green Lantern fan sleep with that , despite desiring to protect the universe and install monastic order throughout the cosmea , the Maltusians have ironically been one of its biggest threats . Before the Guardians ever created the Green Lantern Corps , they make the Manhunters , emotionless androids that kept every sphere in short letter ( until faulty programming resulted in an entire space sector being slaughter ) . Not to mention , the Guardians also tried replacing the Green Lanterns with the Third Army , a terrifying genetically engineered backwash of obedient warriors intended to forcefully convert every living being in the DC Universe .
But in the Knights ' desire for order , they wake and angered one of the most powerful forces the DC Universe has ever get wind .
While those mistakes , among others , contemplate ill on the Guardians of the Universe , it ’s nothing in comparison to what the ancient Maltusians did yard of years ago . The Maltusians were monish specifically against desecrating Olgrun ’s tomb , warning that they ’d incur his ira . But they disregard the word of advice and paid for it with their very biography , becoming the first undulation of the Radiant Dead . Not only did the Knights of the Dark Star yield for their crimes , butthey’ve potentially put the rest of the DC Universe in danger as well .
Had the ancient Maltusians not bothered with Olgrun ’s repository , his superpower never would have seeped into the DC Universe , nor would the Dark Star of the Fenn have grown . But in the Knights ' desire for gild , they awoke and angered one of the most powerful forces the DC Universe has ever run across . Olgrun has n’t even been watch physically yet , buthis Radiant Dead has proven to be quite a threat for someone with Green Lantern ’s storey of office . Now John Stewart is all that ’s bear between life and Olgrun ’s ferocity .
Can Green Lantern Fix the Mistakes of the Past?
Unfortunately , what the Knights of the Dark Star did ca n’t be undone . The Dark Star of the Fenn is there and Olgrun is penny-pinching than ever to retrovert . The Knights are long gone , but gratefully , their desire to protect the world lives on in soldier like John , the only Green Lantern strong enough to fight someone as brawny as an Old God . It remains to be see if John can actually defeat Olgrun , but Stewart is the only one who has a blastoff at strip up the sins of theGreen Lantern Corps’ancestors .
Green Lantern : War Journal # 9is available now from DC Comics .
Green Lantern : War Journal # 9(2024 )
Green Lantern is the name given to multiple enforcers of intergalactic justice in the DC Universe . Green Lanterns can rein the cosmic vigour of self-possession , and create unique ghostly aim to face off against their enemies . Though some Green Lanterns have attend to with the Justice League , they in the first place belong to the Green Lantern Corps .
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.
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.
