The Green Lanterns Are Cheating Themselves Out of God-Tier Power
DC's Green Lantern is a title earned by many individuals from all corners of the universe, each acquiring tremendous power. This power could be amplified considerably, allowing the Lanterns to achieve God-tier abilities...if the powerful Guardians of the Universe would ever allow such a thing. Unfortunately, an eye-opening exchange in Justice League #25 suggest they do not — and never will.
Rather than being the name of a single superhero like Batman or Superman, Green Lantern is not a superhero name so much as a job description. Each Green Lantern acts as a law enforcement officer, and together they make up one of the more powerful «space police» units in science fiction. There have been many Green Lanterns selected from Earth — Chinese monk Jong Li was the first Green Lantern, followed by Alan Scott, Hal Jordan, John Stewart and many more — but all of them wield the same Power Ring. Capable of creating nearly any construct, the ring is only limited by the user's willpower and imagination — and therein lies the problem.
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In Justice League #25, written by Scott Snyder and Jorge Jiménez, the Justice League battle the Justice League of the Sixth Dimension. John Stewart creates a tank construct to battle his White Lantern counterpart. The Sixth Dimension variant creates a massive tank while saying «A Lantern's real potential comes with experience, son. More memories, more references...name anything. I'll bet my ring that this old head has more of it than yours.» While Green Lantern Stewart is younger, that isn't the only reason why he lacks experience; it's because he's limited to his own sector.
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