Line #72 ComicBook/TheGreenLantern


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4	''The Green Lantern'' is a comic book series published by Creator/DCComics, launched in 2018 and written by Creator/GrantMorrison and art by Creator/LiamSharp. It's also been touted by Morrison as their last mainstream comic work.
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6	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."
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8	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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11	!! This series provides examples of:
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14	[[folder: “Season One” and “Blackstars”]]
15	* 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.
16	* AllianceOfAlternates: The penultimate arc has Hal Jordan team up with multiple Lanterns from throughout the multiverse, including Leonard Lewis from the ''[[ComicBook/JustImagineStanLeeCreatingTheDCUniverse Just Imagine]]'' continuity, the Green Lantern of [[Creator/TangentComics Earth-9]], John Stewart's counterpart from Earth-23 (where the superheroes are predominantly black and Superman is President of the United States), the [[TwoFistedTales Earth-20]] counterpart of Abin Sur, Kai-Ro from the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse's [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond future timeline]], Magic Lantern from Grant Morrison's run on ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'' and an original character named Spectra, who is likely a [[GenderFlip female version]] of Doctor Spectrum, the Green Lantern ersatz from Creator/MarvelComics' Justice League AlternateCompanyEquivalent the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme.
17	* 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.
18	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: [[spoiler:The GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Pengowirr is revealed to be the ArtificialIntelligence of Hal's power ring. Admittedly, there was some {{Foreshadowing}}. "Pengowirr" is a SignificantAnagram of "power ring".]]
19	* BadassNormal: Aeroman and Windlass of the United Planets Superwatch as its only members who don't have any superpowers.
20	* 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.
21	* BigBad: Controller Mu.
22	* BigBrotherIsWatching: Parodied by the Watchdogs of the Universe, an intergalactic peacekeeping force whose agents are all invisible. They monitor millions of unaware worlds, but their workdays are only three hours long.
23	* 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.]]
24	* BlatantLies: Jordan's claim of "self-defense" when [[spoiler: executing a space slaver.]]
25	* 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 too vast to fit in a single corporeal form.
26	* TheBusCameBack: This is a Grant Morrison work so it's a given.
27	** Rot Lop Fan, the sightless Green Lantern created by Creator/AlanMoore returns as Evil Star's jailer.
28	** The first arc brings back Psion Green Lantern Gorius Karkum, who vanished from prominence shortly after the arc in ''R.E.B.E.L.S.'' that introduced her.
29	** The Xeen Arrow, an alternate version of Oliver Queen from Dimension Zero whose last appearance was in ''1958''.
30	** 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.
31	** Issue #9 features a multitude of obscure Silver Age characters as the United Planets Superwatch, including Superwoman Luma Lynai and Hal Kar, the Golden Age precursor to [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Mon-El]].
32	** The Annual centers around a Jordan family reunion that sees several relatives of Hal from across his publication history make their first appearences in decades such as his cousin, Doug Jordan (last appeared in 1969), and his niece, Helen Jordan, from his time as ComicBook/TheSpectre from 2001-03.
33	* CallBack:
34	** Jordan experiences a sense of deja vu when [[spoiler: Chriselon]] crash-lands in the desert, much like Abin Sur did years earlier.
35	** The Annual issue features Helen Jordan, who briefly mentions her adventures with Hal when he was the Spectre.
36	** Hal joins the other Green Lanterns of the Multiverse as they investigate Earth-15, a perfect universe that was totally destroyed by Superboy-Prime in ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' after he went on a temper tantrum. 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). [[spoiler: It later turns out the Miracle Machine created the universe where the Blackstars were prominent instead of the Green Lanterns by over-writing Universe-15.]]
37	** The Blackstars reveal to Hal that they have built the Miracle Machine from ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', which itself is revealed to be the Genesis Box that Orion used to defeat Darkseid in the "Rock of Ages" arc of ComicBook/JLA1997.
38	* 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/InvasionDCComics 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.]]
39	* ContinuityNod:
40	** There's some lip service to the ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' MythArc concurrently going on with a Guardian noting to Hal that the Book of Oa has been revised without their consultation or knowledge. The Book displays Doctor Manhattan's symbol to indicate this.
41	** Hal's longstanding dislike of Batman is brought up again when Green Arrow jokingly asks if he hooked up with the Blackstars' vampiric leader:
42	-->'''Hal Jordan''': What do I look like, Batman?
43	** A repeated BadassBoast that the Green Lantern Corps enjoys dishing out is about how [[ComicBook/BlackestNight they fought and exiled death itself]] and [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar literally conquered fear]].
44	** Hal's erratic job history aside from his more well-known time as a Test Pilot gets brought up in the first issue, such as being a traveling Toy Salesman and Insurance Agent.
45	* 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.]]
46	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Chriselon]], who was replaced by a [[spoiler:shapeshifting Durlan Blackstar spy after his ship crashed at the start of the series.]]
47	* 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.]]
48	* TheDrifter: Hal's life while he's stationed on Earth from GL business is characterized as this. Usually staying at friends' places at night and roaming the highways during the day.
49	* DysfunctionalFamily: Hal's solution to the Jordan family being mind-controlled by a sentient alien radio wave? Set off a family argument where the Jordans bicker so much that the alien's attempt at returning them to his control completely fails and the Jordans don't even bat an eye at his presence, only displaying annoyance that Hal's Green Lanterning brought it to what was supposed to be a normal get-together.
50	* 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.
51	* 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.
52	* GenreThrowback: To TheSeventies Denny O'Neill and Neal Adams Green Lantern/Green Arrow comics and TheEighties Creator/{{Vertigo\|Comics}} era based on the likes of Creator/AlanMoore.
53	* 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 react to this trope, [[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.]]
54	* 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.
55	* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Pengowirr. She is a green-skinned alien with long black hair, a voluptuous body and {{Stripperiffic}} clothing that is [[FashionableAsymmetry asymmetrical]].
56	* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: The Blackstars test Jordan's loyalty by dictating that he kill a once trusted ally: [[spoiler: Adam Strange.]]
57	** 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
58	* InLoveWithYourCarnage: At the end of ''Green Lantern: Blackstars'' Belzebeth says that the reason she wanted to marry Jordon was precisely because of his dangerous feats and the fact that given his moral antithesis to her he would seek to destroy her.
59	* InsistentTerminology: Hal insists that he's not a superhero but rather a cop who hangs out with superheroes.
60	* 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.
61	* LawyerFriendlyCameo:
62	** Crowd shots on the vampire planet Vorr includes cameos by vampire characters not owned by DC, most notably Marvel Comics' ComicBook/{{Blade}} and ComicBook/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire.
63	** The AllianceOfAlternates consisting of alternate Green Lanterns in the penultimate arc consists mainly of incarnations of Green Lantern from preceding continuities and previously established universes. The one exception is a new character named Spectra, who is almost certainly a [[GenderFlip female]] analogue of Doctor Spectrum, the Green Lantern stand-in from Marvel's Justice League AlternateCompanyEquivalent the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme.
64	* 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.
65	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's intentionally unclear what actually ''happened'' in the Annual. The story itself is about radio-wave entities affecting the brains of the adult Jordans, causing them to pass out, attack Hal, and drop long-suppressed truth bombs, with only Hal, Harold and the kids unaffected. It turns out this is what Hal is telling them about why they don't remember the previous night (or possibly remember parts of it and would prefer not to), and he then demands the kids tell him what ''actually'' happened, since the adults have bought the cover story. The mundane explanation is that the black sheep of the family, Doug "Hip" Jordan, convinced them to spike the punch with something, for his own amusement. And then the final panels show a radio-wave entity on Hip's phone.
66	* TheMole: [[spoiler: The Guardians send Hal Jordan undercover with the Blackstars to find one of these within the Green Lantern Corps.]]
67	* MythologyGag:
68	** 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.
69	** When the Qwa-Man returns to his universe fully restored his uniform echos the look Kyle Rayner had in ComicBook/{{JLA}} where he was a weaponer of Qward; this was part of a dream reality created by the Key.
70	* ObviouslyEvil: Hal undoes the Shepherd's illusions to reveal him to be a giant monster. However, Earth's inhabitants are so drunk on the powers given to them that they tell Hal that they are willing to look past appearances, even though here it should be obvious that this is one of those instances where you ''should'' judge a book by its cover.
71	* PapaWolf: Superman makes no pretension about the fact that he ''will'' wage war against the Blackstars if they ever try to recruit his son.
72	* {{Retraux}}: Everything about the book's visuals screams Creator/VertigoComics of TheEighties.
73	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The "rebooted" universe Hal willed to life is not actually a rebooted DCU but rather a new version of the once decimated "perfect" Earth-15.]]
74	* SelfDeprecation:
75	** In his encounter with Zundernell, Hal complains about his shouting unintelligible exposition, a common criticism of some of Morrison's works.
76	** While Morrison upfront states ''Blackstars'' Issue #2 is [[TakeThat "almost a roast of modern comics"]], particularly ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'', ''ComicBook/SupermanBrianMichaelBendis'', ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'', ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'', and ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'', they also admit they're including their ''own'' contributions in that category. The "ever more gargantuan, more primordial, and above all, more reliably anthropomorphic supernonentities" the League has been facing a lot of recently can just as equally apply to Mandrakk, Monitor-Mind the Overvoid, true form Darkseid, and the Gentry as it applies to Barbatos, the World Forger, and Perpetua.
77	* ShoutOut: Again, a Grant Morrison work:
78	** In Green Lantern: Blackstars on Vorr, planet of vampires, Belzebeth is getting married. Those in attendance include cameos from some famous vampires like [[ComicBook/IVampire Andrew Bennett]], ComicBook/{{Blade}}, ComicBook/{{Morbius}}, ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}, [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows Viago, Vlad, Deacon,]] [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire Lestat de Lioncourt, Louis de Pointe du Lac,]] [[Film/DarkShadows Barnabas Collins]], [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Edward Cullen]], Cassidy from Preacher, and course Belzebeth's father [[Characters/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaAntagonist Starbreaker]], with lip service paid to Film/CountYorga, Film/{{Martin\|1977}}, and [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Mandrakk]].
79	*** To top it all off it's officiated by UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler himself!
80	** While in the guise of a four-armed cowboy looking to join the Black Stars, Hal is a refered to as a [[Film/DollarsTrilogy Man With No Name]]
81	* 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.
82	* SignificantAnagram: [[spoiler:The beautiful green woman Pengowirr is the AI of Jordan's ''Power Ring'']].
83	* 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.
84	* 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.
85	* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Morrison is insistent that the book be referred to as '''''The''' Green Lantern''. He's also said that this doesn't refer to Hal (who is, of course, ''a'' Green Lantern), but to the symbol of the Corps, and is a reference to ''Film/TheBlueLamp''.
86	* SquareCubeLaw: Hal lets an alien grow to immense size because he knows that he'll eventually collapse under his own weight thanks to this trope, which he directly namedrops.
87	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Everywhere, like Chriselon to Chaselon.
88	* 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's not really Chriselon.]]
89	* TakeThat:
90	** Bat Lantern is used to take the piss out of some of Batman's more unappealing traits, such as his condescension towards his teammates, pretentious bouts of intimidation, and a rather quick desire to resort to violence. Hal even makes it clear to him that he doesn't actually like Batman all that much.
91	** There's some pretty spiteful jabs in ''Green Lantern: Blackstars'' #2 towards the concurrent state of DC Comics' status quo [[spoiler:(which itself is heavily implied to be because of Hal's CosmicRetcon by order of Mu)]]:
92	*** It's noted how ComicBook/{{Batman\|TomKing}} no longer seems to actually fight any crime but rather direct assaults to his personal well-being, with a direct reference to Creator/TomKing's tendency to repeat the phrase "breaking the bat" to emphasize how derivative and repetitive the whole shebang is at this point. And with Gotham plunged into yet another climactic chaos, Batman only has this to say:
93	---->'''Batman''': [[OhNoNotAgain --Not again.]]
94	*** Superman notes how the superhero community have been struggling to keep up with the times, with special mention towards the [[ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis prioritization of their mental health]] over saving people.
95	*** When asked about the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018 Justice League]], it's noted how they seem to be stuck fighting ever increasingly bigger and bigger threats from [[ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal a newly discovered region of the universe that isn't really that well thought out to begin with]].
96	*** Then {{ComicBook/Superman\|BrianMichaelBendis}} comments on what seems to be [[MametSpeak jabbering, snappy, quirky dialogue that takes a while to get to the point]] [[Creator/BrianMichaelBendis that's prevalent with him recently]].
97	*** The [[DependingOnTheWriter highly inconsistent writing]] Superman's been put through recently also gets a jab when Hal points how he doesn't even know "which" Superman he's talking to, since the last time he saw him, he was wearing [[ComicBook/SupermanTruth jeans and a t-shirt]].
98	*** Superman himself is depicted as ineffectual, whiny, conservative in attitude, and concerned largely with the preservation of a toxic status quo.
99	*** There's also the jab against how Wonder Woman is often portrayed as a bloodthirsty barbarian, a trope that was very prevalent in [[Creator/GeoffJohns Geoff Johns's]] ComicBook/{{Justice League\|2011}}.
100	*** One towards the ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' franchise when the Blackstars takeover the Earth and bring about global peace and prosperity. With the remaining resistance of Batman, Lex Luthor, Catwoman, and others being described as reactionary elites afraid of their irrelevance in the face of money being useless.
101	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Bat Lantern very quickly gets on Hal's nerves due to still retaining Batman's less than savory personality. As such, Hal makes it clear to him that their relationship generally out of begrudging respect more than any actual comradery. While Bat Lantern is under Zundernell's control, Hal seems more than eager to attack him first.
102	* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler: Jordan's infiltration of the Blackstars is uncovered almost immediately. Neither Mu or Hal put up a fuss due to Hal fully admitting that he's enticed by the order the Blackstars have been proposing.]]
103	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Turns out Hal hates spiders and is noticeably sweating bullets while he interrogates the spider pirate. The feeling is mutual as the spider herself finds humans revolting.
104	* WritingForTheTrade: The title is split into "Seasons" that help to differentiate arcs and storylines.
105	* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Evil Star]] is maimed in the first issue so the Blackstars can add his power to their own.
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109	* AesopAmnesia: The Guardians are planning to replace the Lanterns with a new force that has "[[TheEvilsOfFreeWill no more individualistic opposition to the will of the Guardians]]". Because that worked so well with the Manhunters. Or the Alpha Lanterns. Or the Third Army.
110	* AltarDiplomacy: A political marriage meant to prevent war falls through because the bride and groom admit that they really don't like each other all that much. [[BlackComedy The war happens.]]
111	* [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl Always Save The Love Interest]]: Reconstructed. While something of a vagabond tomcat, Hal always prioritizes the safety of his various lovers over more pragmatic ways of resolving his missions, and this is never depicted as anything less than a virtue. [[spoiler:Weaponeer 666]] on the other hand, willingly sacrifices [[spoiler:Sinestro's life]] for the opportunity to bring down Qward. And even that might not have been enough.
112	* ArtShift:
113	** Issue 3 is fully painted.
114	** Issue 5 sees Liam Sharp take after the style of Creator/JackKirby for some Silver Age style fun.
115	* BackToFront: The story of Issue #8, told from the perspective of Weaponeer 666, is ordered in reverse.
116	* BittersweetEnding: The [[spoiler:Nomad Empire]] is ultimately defeated nonviolently, and their Ultrawar attack is dismantled, but [[spoiler:Fekk, Samandra, and Vespero]] are killed in the battle with [[spoiler:Hector Hammond]], and the Young Guardians [[spoiler:reach the end of their life cycles.]] Declining an offer to formally [[spoiler:return]] to the Green Lantern Corps, Hal Jordan opts to take his now [[spoiler:Cosmic Grail-empowered]] ring [[PutOnABus to explore the universe solo because]] [[RealLifeWritesThePlot there's no place for him in the next phase of Corps' adventures.]]
117	* TheBusCameBack: The Crime Syndicate of Amerika from ''ComicBook/JLAEarth2'' appear as ambassadors of the Antimatter Earth bringing tributes to appease Weaponeer 666.
118	* ConflictBall: The Ultrawar/Multi-Crisis is this taken to its logical, apocalyptic conclusion; the Big Crunch by way of LetsYouAndHimFight where everything from gods to molecules engages in all out war with each other.
119	* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Deconstructed. As a team, the Weaponeers seem ''less'' effective than the Qwa-Man (read: Weaponeer 666) from Season 1. The reason? [[spoiler:Being the Antimatter version of Hal Jordan, Weaponeer 666 is the greatest among them, and is intentionally holding himself back in an attempt to trick both sides into destroying the Lightning Forge of the Qwa-Masters]].
120	* ContinuityNod:
121	** Hal makes reference to ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/FlashForward'', lamenting his absence during these events and showing concern about Wally West.
122	** When a Guardian notes that they should consider the feelings and opinions of the dead, Hal retorts that they would've supported the ComicBook/BlackestNight.
123	** Hal's time as ComicBook/TheSpectre is given focus in Issue #7, as well his history of romantic trysts, identities, jobs, and dark times. All of which to say that he's a complex human being who's been through a lot rather than a living series of contradictions like the New Guardians are thinking.
124	* DeathIsCheap: Hal dies again, but it ends up only being a near-death experience as nano-surgeons heal him and bring him back.
125	* DecompositeCharacter: Zig-zagged. The presence of the Crime Syndicate confirms that the direct Antimatter counterpart to the Green Lantern Corps is the Weaponeers of Qward, meaning Power Ring isn't the MirrorUniverse version of Hal (though he ''was'' originally one for Kyle Rayner). More than likely, this distinction implies that Power Ring is the Antimatter counterpart of Alan Scott.
126	* DoggedNiceGuy: A more cynical take on this trope is done with Earth 11's Green Lantern, Hal Ferris. Hal Ferris clearly thinks he's a NiceGuy when he tries to woo who he thinks is his universe's Carol Jordan (actually the prime universe's Carol Ferris) in to marrying him. In reality he's a self-pitying, misogynistic creep. It only takes the slightest bit of apprehension on her part for him to go in to an angry tirade about [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys women only want bad boys]] before [[EntitledToHaveYou resolving to force her be with him.]]
127	-->'''Hal''': We just can't cut it! No matter ''how'' hard we ''try''--- with our ethically sourced aftershave and woke credentials! It's the ''bad boy'' you ''really'' want.
128	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: It turns out that Weaponeer 666 is having a secret tryst with [[spoiler:the Antimatter Sinestro]]. [[spoiler:Sinestro dies in his arms and it's retroactively noted that 666 greatly fears [[TheLostLenore losing him]].]]
129	* HeManWomanHater: The Green Lanterns of Earth-11 are this, being gender-swapped counterparts to the main universe's StrawFeminist Star Sapphire Corps. On the flipside, the Earth-11 Star Sapphire Corps is quite heroic.
130	* PaintingTheMedium: Issue #8 takes place from the Antimatter universe's perspective and it turns out the positive matter Green Lanterns speak in reverse for them as well.
131	* PlanetLooters: [[spoiler:The Nomad Empire]].
132	* ThePowerOfLove: Hal ends the Ultrawar by coordinating a mass multiversal declaration of the Green Lantern oath, with the narration declaring that only by coming together can everything stop fighting each other.
133	* PretenderDiss: [[spoiler:[[HijackedByGanon Hector Hammond]]]] wears an insultingly caricatured and transparent Sinestro disguise to remind both Hal and the audience who the modern Green Lantern's true first and oldest enemy is.
134	* ReassignedToAntarctica: Well he’s not, but Hal feels so emotionally distant from Earth, his own home planet, that he treats being assigned there like this.
135	* ServileSnarker: The power rings are shown to have their own personalities, holding direct conversations with their wearers and often even being sassy about it. When Hal uses another Lantern's ring temporarily, it makes fun of his tendency to go for giant green hands.
136	* ShaggyDogStory: Cowgirl actually still had an intact plane in issue 3, and could've escaped the dimension of the Weather Lords at any time, but opted to stay and try to save one of her injured fellow pilots who was also stranded there. He perished along the way to her vehicle.
137	* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Earlier runs have been building towards this. In the first issue of Season Two, John asks him when he's coming back to say hi to his friends on Earth, and he compares Earth to his childhood backyard when he didn't know there was a whole world out there. Later on in that issue, he shows a frown when he is given an assignment on Earth.
138	* SupermanSubstitute: Horribly subverted with [[spoiler:Hyperman]]. He poses as a heroic figure, but he's actually a [[spoiler:meth-addicted]] serial killer.
139	* TakeThat:
140	** While Morrison has Hal apologetically acknowledge his lack of presence and involvement in ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/FlashForward'', it's somewhat also in a HereWeGoAgain, "eyes rolling" tone as Hal refers to it as "another meltdown or big crisis". And Barry shrugs that everyone's just waiting for yet another CosmicRetcon to [[ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathmetal sweep the]] [[ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier slate clean]].
141	** In the penultimate issue, the Young Guardians state that they intend to fire Hal Jordan and replace him with Earth-based Lanterns who have less real self-determination to prevent future individualistic opposition to their collective behavioral authority. These being [[ComicBook/FarSector Sojourner Mullien]], [[ComicBook/GreenLanternLegacy Tai Pham]], and Keli Quintela.
142	** Issue 12 has some words:
143	*** It has some critical thoughts about how TheBusCameBack or ReimaginingTheArtifact is handled in modern comics (pay attention to repeated usage of the word "modern", by the way), mainly how any classic characters that are brought back are ultimately brought back as grotesque "action figures" or ugly oversexualized dolls.
144	*** In a HypocrisyNod, [[spoiler:Hector Hammond]] reveals that Abin Sur and the Green Lantern Corps saved Athmoora by effectively trapping it in its medieval times, stunting its societal growth so they won't even be able to move to inventing the steam engine. While Hal admits fault for never bothering to rectify Abin Sur's actions, he'll still defend it with all his heart, and Hal's Athmooran allies declare love for Athmoora the way it is. In other words, Grant Morrison admits fault to feeding into the nostalgia and StatusQuoIsGod doctrine of the comics industry but they still admit pride in what they had accomplished in their writing career.
145	*** [[spoiler:Samandra, Fekk, and Vespero, characters who thus far are only exclusive to Morrison's run, are killed off and mocked by Hammond for not being relevant or popular enough to exist past this moment, whilst Hal and Hammond's rivalry will spring eternal.]]
146	*** When given a chance of promotion and a few words of tutelage to his successors... [[Creator/GrantMorrison Hal]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere just leaves for parts unknown.]]
147	* ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts: The Golden Giants of Pangea that the Flash fought back in ''The Flash #120'' are revealed to be the mindless vassals of much more dangerous alien masters.
148	* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler:Hyperman]] for the United Planets Superwatch.
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