Green Lantern Lore Has a Disturbing Problem Even DC Admits
The Green Lanterns might help keep order in the DC Universe, but are they overreaching their power just a bit? One Superman adversary thinks so and called out a prevailing issue of the Corps directly to one of its most notable member's face.
With as vast and populous a space as the DCU is, the oldest beings around, the Guardians of the Universe, took it upon themselves to make sure it was safe. After a few trials and errors, the Guardians found success by harnessing the Green Light of Will and creating a Corps of the most worthy beings alive. The Green Lantern Corps only recruits those with the strongest will so that they can operate the Corps' most powerful weapon: the Power Ring. With their rings, the Green Lanterns keep over 3000 sectors of equally divided space safe from all manner of threats.
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However, despite the good intentions of their organization, have the Guardians massively overstepped their boundaries? One villain thinks so and was willing to say as much in Superman: World of New Krypton #4 by James Robinson, Greg Rucka, and Pete Woods. With a planet full of Kryptonians now claiming their own home in the solar system, the Guardians of the Universe send an investigative team to make sure the planet is on the level. John Stewart, Hal Jordan, and Sodam Yat meet up with Superman and General Zod to see how things have been operating. The timing couldn't be worse, as a group of criminals is currently running amok on New Krypton. Worse still, one criminal has a Green Lantern's murder on his record, forcing Hal to attempt to take him into custody. Zod denies Hal's claim, saying an attempt to take the criminal would be a violation of New
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