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* BigBad: Controller Mu.
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* BodyBackupDrive: [[spoiler:Controller Mu]] has several bodies, although it's less of a contingency in case something happens to the one he's using and more out of necessity due to his intellect being to vast to fit in a single corporeal form.
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** Earlier on, [[AristocratsAreEvil Belzebeth]] forces Hal to fend for himself in the poor district of her homeworld, which results in Hal reluctantly beating up hordes of dangerous (if rightfully indignant) space vampire homeless people
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* AchillesHeel: [[spoiler:Anti-Matter Sinestro]] claims that the Qwa-Man has one, but he's knocked out before he can tell Hal what it is.
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* TakeCareOfTheKids: Chriselon tells Jordan to tell his family that he loves them, as he's crashed and thinks he's not long for this world. [[spoiler: He survives.]]
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* TakeCareOfTheKids: Chriselon tells Jordan to tell his family that he loves them, as he's crashed and thinks he's not long for this world. [[spoiler: He survives.He's not really Chriselon.]]
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* EvilCountperart: The Qwa-Man and this book's version of the Weaponeers are this trope taken to the extreme. Rather than stylish and marketable foils to the Green Lanterns like the Red Lanterns or Sinestro Corps, they are an organisation of unrepentantly ugly and vile superpowered cyborgs whose power batteries are implanted in their chests.
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* EvilCountperart: EvilCounterpart: The Qwa-Man and this book's version of the Weaponeers are this trope taken to the extreme. Rather than stylish and marketable foils to the Green Lanterns like the Red Lanterns or Sinestro Corps, they are an organisation of unrepentantly ugly and vile superpowered cyborgs whose power batteries are implanted in their chests.
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Chriselon]], who was replaced by a [[spoiler:shapeshifting Durlan Blackstar spy after his ship crashed at the start of the series.]]
* DownerEnding: Season 1 ends with [[spoiler:the Qwa-Man rescued, fully healed, and victorious. Mu is revealed to still be alive and coerces a dying Hal to power his Miracle Machine to stop the Anti-Matter War by altering reality so the Blackstars are the universe's premier peacekeeping force instead of the Green Lanterns.]]
* EvilCountperart: The Qwa-Man and this book's version of the Weaponeers are this trope taken to the extreme. Rather than stylish and marketable foils to the Green Lanterns like the Red Lanterns or Sinestro Corps, they are an organisation of unrepentantly ugly and vile superpowered cyborgs whose power batteries are implanted in their chests.
* DownerEnding: Season 1 ends with [[spoiler:the Qwa-Man rescued, fully healed, and victorious. Mu is revealed to still be alive and coerces a dying Hal to power his Miracle Machine to stop the Anti-Matter War by altering reality so the Blackstars are the universe's premier peacekeeping force instead of the Green Lanterns.]]
* EvilCountperart: The Qwa-Man and this book's version of the Weaponeers are this trope taken to the extreme. Rather than stylish and marketable foils to the Green Lanterns like the Red Lanterns or Sinestro Corps, they are an organisation of unrepentantly ugly and vile superpowered cyborgs whose power batteries are implanted in their chests.
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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Spectra of the Multiverse Green Lanterns is implied to be a version of Doctor Spectrum, the Green Lantern pastiche from Marvel's ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' judging from her name and the prisms on her hands being reminiscent of Doctor Spectrum's Power Prism.
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* CallBack: Jordan experiences a sense of deja vu when [[spoiler: Chriselon]] crash-lands in the desert, much like Abin Sur did years earlier.
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** Issue #9 features a multitude of obscure Silver Age characters as the United Planets Superwatch, including Superwoman Luma Lynai and Halk Kar, the Golden Age precursor to [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Mon-El]].
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** Jordan experiences a sense of deja vu when [[spoiler: Chriselon]] crash-lands in the desert, much like Abin Sur did yearsearlier. earlier.
** The Annual issue features Helen Jordan, who briefly mentions her adventures with Hal when he was the Spectre.
** Hal joins the other Green Lanterns of the Multiverse as they investigate Earth-15, a perfect universe that was totally destroyed. Earth-15 was indeed destroyed by Superboy-Prime in ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' after going on a temper tantrum exclaiming this world was a fake. The Green Lantern of Earth-9 even summons the spirits of this world's Superman (Lor-Zod), Batman (Jason Todd), and Wonder Woman (Donna Troy).
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** The Annual issue features Helen Jordan, who briefly mentions her adventures with Hal when he was the Spectre.
** Hal joins the other Green Lanterns of the Multiverse as they investigate Earth-15, a perfect universe that was totally destroyed. Earth-15 was indeed destroyed by Superboy-Prime in ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' after going on a temper tantrum exclaiming this world was a fake. The Green Lantern of Earth-9 even summons the spirits of this world's Superman (Lor-Zod), Batman (Jason Todd), and Wonder Woman (Donna Troy).
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* RealityEnsues: Hal lets an alien grow to immense size because he knows that he'll eventually collapse under his own weight because of SquareCubeLaw, which he directly namedrops.
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: [[spoiler:The GreenSkinnedAlienBabe Pengowirr is revealed to be the ArtificialIntelligence of Hal's power ring.]]
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* {{Retraux}}: Everything about the book's visuals screams Creator/VertigoComics of TheEighties.
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* ShipTease: Between Hal and Pengowirr, who is actually [[spoiler:the AI of his power ring.]] Morrison and Sharp even describe her as Hal's TrueLove.
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* ShoutOut: Vorr, planet of vampires, includes cameos from some famous vampires like ComicBook/{{Morbius}}, [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows Viago, Vlad, Deacon,]] [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire Lestat de Lioncourt and Louis de Pointe du Lac.]]
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''The Green Lantern'' is a comic book series published by Creator/DCComics, launched in 2018 and written by Creator/GrantMorrison and art by Liam Sharp.
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''The Green Lantern'' is a comic book series published by Creator/DCComics, launched in 2018 and written by Creator/GrantMorrison and art by Liam Sharp. \n It's also been touted by Morrison as his last mainstream comic work.
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* GenreThrowback: To TheSeventies Denny O'Neill and Neal Adams Green Lantern/Green Arrow comics and TheEighties Creator/{{Vertigo}} era based on the likes of Creator/AlanMoore.
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Starring Hal Jordan as the titular Franchise/GreenLantern once more, the series combines SpaceOpera and PoliceProcedural elements, as made clear with the title of issue #1: "Intergalactic Lawman." The series is a return to the cosmic cop stories of the past, with Jordan investigating crimes ranging from intergalactic space piracy to grand theft auto (as in, stealing the entire planet Earth). The primary threat building in the early issues involves the Blackstars, a fanatical offshoot of the Darkstars looking to replace the Green Lantern Corps as protectors of the universe.
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Starring Hal Jordan as the titular Franchise/GreenLantern once more, the series combines SpaceOpera and PoliceProcedural elements, as made clear with the title of issue #1: "Intergalactic Lawman." "
The series is a return to the cosmic cop stories of the past, with Jordan investigating crimes ranging from intergalactic space piracy to grand theft auto (as in, stealing the entire planet Earth). The primary threat building in the early issues involves the Blackstars, a fanatical offshoot of the Darkstars looking to replace the Green Lantern Corps as protectors of the universe.
The series is a return to the cosmic cop stories of the past, with Jordan investigating crimes ranging from intergalactic space piracy to grand theft auto (as in, stealing the entire planet Earth). The primary threat building in the early issues involves the Blackstars, a fanatical offshoot of the Darkstars looking to replace the Green Lantern Corps as protectors of the universe.
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* BlatantLies: Jordan's claim of "self-defense" when [[spoiler: executing a space slaver.]]
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* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Jordan [[spoiler: executes a space slaver who stole the planet Earth for illicit auction]], mostly for the conditions of the child slaves he uses to power his ship.
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Starring Hal Jordan as the titular Franchise/Green Lantern Franchise/GreenLantern once more, the series combines SpaceOpera and PoliceProcedural elements, as made clear with the title of issue #1: "Intergalactic Lawman." The series is a return to the cosmic cop stories of the past, with Jordan investigating crimes ranging from intergalactic space piracy to grand theft auto (as in, stealing the entire planet Earth). The primary threat building in the early issues involves the Blackstars, a fanatical offshoot of the Darkstars looking to replace the Green Lantern Corps as protectors of the universe.
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Starring Hal Jordan as the titular Green Franchise/Green Lantern once more, the series combines SpaceOpera and PoliceProcedural elements, as made clear with the title of issue #1: "Intergalactic Lawman." The series is a return to the cosmic cop stories of the past, with Jordan investigating crimes ranging from intergalactic space piracy to grand theft auto (as in, stealing the entire planet Earth). The primary threat building in the early issues involves the Blackstars, a fanatical offshoot of the Darkstars looking to replace the Green Lantern Corps as protectors of the universe.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Chriselon to Chaselon.
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* ContinuityNod: Hal's longstanding dislike of Batman is brought up again when Green Arrow jokingly asks if he hooked up with the Blackstars' vampiric leader:
-->Hal Jordan: ''What do I look like, Batman?''
-->Hal Jordan: ''What do I look like, Batman?''
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* CallBack: Jordan experiences a sense of deja vu when [[spoiler: Chriselon]] crash-lands in the desert, much like Abin Sur did years earlier.
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* TakeCareOfTheKids: Chriselon tells Jordan to tell his family that he loves them, as he's crashed and thinks he's not long for this world. [[spoiler: He survives.]]
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* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: The Blackstars test Jordan's loyalty by dictating that he kill a once trusted ally: [[spoiler: Adam Strange.]]
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** Rot Lop Fan, the sightless Green Lantern created by Creator/AlanMoore returns as Evil Star's jailer.
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* TheBusCameBack: The Green Lantern of Earth-20 (Abin Sur of the Society of Super-Heroes) returns in issue #9 with a group of multiversal Lanterns to recruit Hal Jordan to fight the "Mad Lantern." He first appeared in the Creator/GrantMorrison series ComicBook/TheMultiversity.
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* TheBusCameBack: TheBusCameBack:
** The Xeen Arrow, an alternate version of Oliver Queen from Dimension Zero whose last appearance was in ''1958''.
** The Green Lantern of Earth-20 (Abin Sur of the Society of Super-Heroes) returns in issue #9 with a group of multiversal Lanterns to recruit Hal Jordan to fight the "Mad Lantern." He first appeared in the Creator/GrantMorrison series ComicBook/TheMultiversity.
** The Xeen Arrow, an alternate version of Oliver Queen from Dimension Zero whose last appearance was in ''1958''.
** The Green Lantern of Earth-20 (Abin Sur of the Society of Super-Heroes) returns in issue #9 with a group of multiversal Lanterns to recruit Hal Jordan to fight the "Mad Lantern." He first appeared in the Creator/GrantMorrison series ComicBook/TheMultiversity.
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* GoodCopBadCop: A spider pirate accuses Jordan and a fellow corpsman of attempting this. The roles are reversed when Jordan's seemingly beneficial partner begins threatening the pirate and he goes from making threats to offering her food so they can come to an accord.
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* BandOfBrothers: The Green Lanterns are this to one another, sticking up for Jordan [[spoiler: when he's put on trial for executing a planetary slavery.]] This makes the revelation that there's [[spoiler: a mole]] in the group even more troubling for Jordan.
* BiggerOnTheInside: The world inside the power ring, into which Jordan has to travel [[spoiler: after the Blackstar Controller Mu sets off a potentially universe-destroying bomb.]]
* BiggerOnTheInside: The world inside the power ring, into which Jordan has to travel [[spoiler: after the Blackstar Controller Mu sets off a potentially universe-destroying bomb.]]
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* GeniusLoci: The Blackstars unleash an adult sun-eater on a hapless planet. Jordan and a pair of Lanterns have to hold out for two hours, using their rings to generate an artificial star long enough for one of their fellow corpsmen, who is a sentient star, to arrive and save the day.
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* MagmaMan: Lantern Volk is a rather literal version of this trope, being an alien with a large, craggy body and a head that's very much just an active volcano spewing a gas cloud that shifts into different facial features depending on his current mood.
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* TheCameo: Several figures bidding in the planetary auction are established criminals from the DC cosmos. The two primary bidders [[spoiler: before the Shepherd outbids everyone]] are the [[ComicBook/Invasion Dominators]] and [[ComicBook/NewGods Steppenwolf]], who both have [[SarcasmMode nothing but pleasant things in store for the human race]] [[spoiler: once they've gotten their hands on the planet Earth.]]
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* TheCameo: Several figures bidding in the planetary auction are established criminals from the DC cosmos. The two primary bidders [[spoiler: before the Shepherd outbids everyone]] are the [[ComicBook/Invasion [[ComicBook/{{Invasion}} Dominators]] and [[ComicBook/NewGods Steppenwolf]], who both have [[SarcasmMode nothing but pleasant things in store for the human race]] [[spoiler: once they've gotten their hands on the planet Earth.]]
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* TheCameo: Several figures bidding in the planetary auction are established criminals from the DC cosmos. The two primary bidders [[spoiler: before the Shepherd outbids everyone]] are the [[ComicBook/Invasion Dominators]] and [[ComicBook/NewGods Steppenwolf]], who both have [[SarcasmMode nothing but pleasant things in store for the human race]] [[spoiler: once they've gotten their hands on the planet Earth.]]
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* KnightTemplar: The Blackstars are ruthless offshoots of the Darkstars who have dedicated themselves to eliminating threats more permanently than the by-the-book Green Lanterns.
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* GlamourFailure: The Shepherd [[spoiler: who purchases the Earth from the planetary auction]] is a spitting image for Zeus or the Old Testament God. This is revealed to be [[spoiler: a ruse meant to gain the trust of the human race, as Jordan reveals him to be a monstrous, reptilian creature who feeds off of planets after a thousand years of "ripening."]] In a subversion of how people typically reveal to this trop, [[spoiler: the human race claims they've gotten past judging people for their looks if it means they get to keep their super-powers and tell Jordan they're fine with it.]]
* KnightTemplar: The Blackstars are ruthless offshoots of the Darkstars who have dedicated themselves to eliminating threats more permanently than the by-the-book GreenLanterns.Lanterns.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: The Guardians send Hal Jordan undercover with the Blackstars to find one of these within the Green Lantern Corps.]]
* MythologyGag: The cover to issue #8 ("SPACE JUNKIES!") is a reference to the classic "Snowbirds Don't Fly" story first appearing in ''Green Lantern #85'', where Green Arrow learns that his sidekick Speedy is an addict.
* SpaceCop: The Green Lanterns have always been this, but the day-to-day activities of Jordan and his associates are explored in greater detail than before. When [[spoiler:the Earth is miniaturized and sold at a planetary slave auction]] Jordan even puts up police tape around the planet to mark it as an active crime scene.
* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler: Jordan's infiltration of the Blackstars is uncovered almost immediately.]]
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Evil Star]] is murdered in the first issue so the Blackstars can add his power to their own.
* KnightTemplar: The Blackstars are ruthless offshoots of the Darkstars who have dedicated themselves to eliminating threats more permanently than the by-the-book Green
* TheMole: [[spoiler: The Guardians send Hal Jordan undercover with the Blackstars to find one of these within the Green Lantern Corps.]]
* MythologyGag: The cover to issue #8 ("SPACE JUNKIES!") is a reference to the classic "Snowbirds Don't Fly" story first appearing in ''Green Lantern #85'', where Green Arrow learns that his sidekick Speedy is an addict.
* SpaceCop: The Green Lanterns have always been this, but the day-to-day activities of Jordan and his associates are explored in greater detail than before. When [[spoiler:the Earth is miniaturized and sold at a planetary slave auction]] Jordan even puts up police tape around the planet to mark it as an active crime scene.
* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler: Jordan's infiltration of the Blackstars is uncovered almost immediately.]]
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Evil Star]] is murdered in the first issue so the Blackstars can add his power to their own.
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''The Green Lantern'' is a comic book series published by Creator/DCComics, launched in 2018 and written by Creator/GrantMorrison and art by Liam Sharp.
Starring Hal Jordan as the titular Green Lantern once more, the series combines SpaceOpera and PoliceProcedural elements, as made clear with the title of issue #1: "Intergalactic Lawman." The series is a return to the cosmic cop stories of the past, with Jordan investigating crimes ranging from intergalactic space piracy to grand theft auto (as in, stealing the entire planet Earth). The primary threat building in the early issues involves the Blackstars, a fanatical offshoot of the Darkstars looking to replace the Green Lantern Corps as protectors of the universe.
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!! This series provides examples of:
* TheBusCameBack: The Green Lantern of Earth-20 (Abin Sur of the Society of Super-Heroes) returns in issue #9 with a group of multiversal Lanterns to recruit Hal Jordan to fight the "Mad Lantern." He first appeared in the Creator/GrantMorrison series ComicBook/TheMultiversity.
* CowboyCop: Jordan has this reputation among the Green Lantern Corps. [[spoiler: The Guardians use this to their advantage to send him undercover with the Blackstars.]]
* KnightTemplar: The Blackstars are ruthless offshoots of the Darkstars who have dedicated themselves to eliminating threats more permanently than the by-the-book Green Lanterns.
Starring Hal Jordan as the titular Green Lantern once more, the series combines SpaceOpera and PoliceProcedural elements, as made clear with the title of issue #1: "Intergalactic Lawman." The series is a return to the cosmic cop stories of the past, with Jordan investigating crimes ranging from intergalactic space piracy to grand theft auto (as in, stealing the entire planet Earth). The primary threat building in the early issues involves the Blackstars, a fanatical offshoot of the Darkstars looking to replace the Green Lantern Corps as protectors of the universe.
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!! This series provides examples of:
* TheBusCameBack: The Green Lantern of Earth-20 (Abin Sur of the Society of Super-Heroes) returns in issue #9 with a group of multiversal Lanterns to recruit Hal Jordan to fight the "Mad Lantern." He first appeared in the Creator/GrantMorrison series ComicBook/TheMultiversity.
* CowboyCop: Jordan has this reputation among the Green Lantern Corps. [[spoiler: The Guardians use this to their advantage to send him undercover with the Blackstars.]]
* KnightTemplar: The Blackstars are ruthless offshoots of the Darkstars who have dedicated themselves to eliminating threats more permanently than the by-the-book Green Lanterns.
