Green Lantern Page #3

cyanotic-colored coagulum.

Okay, all right.

Place the ring, then speak the oath.

The oath.

Because everybody knows the oath.

Used to sing it in camp.

I, Hal Jordan...

...do solemnly swear...

...to pledge allegiance...

...to a lantern...

...that I got from a dying purple alien...

...in a swamp.

The epidermis is magenta.

It appears transparent

and is extremely thin...

...allowing visualization of muscles

and individual muscle fibers.

"To infinity and beyond."

"By the power of Grayskull."

What the hell?!

If you can fly me 100 miles in the middle

of nowhere, you'd think that you...

No!

In brightest day, in blackest night...

...no evil shall escape my sight.

Let those who worship evil's might...

...beware my power:

Green Lantern's light.

Carol.

- Everything okay in there?

- It's fine.

Well, can I come in?

No.

Yeah, no, because we're...

Uh, do you wanna get a drink?

- Can we talk?

- Yeah.

We can talk and drink.

- My initial analysis.

- Thank you, doctor.

I don't need to tell you that the mere fact

that it's humanoid is extraordinary.

It's indicating a convergent evolution,

or perhaps a common ancestry...

...and the implications of that

are staggering.

I mean, where did it come from?

This could completely change the way

that the world views itself.

You imagine the way that the public

will react to this?

Um, but I know that

that won't happen. I do.

Like yourself, doctor,

I'm a seeker of truth.

But the people who pay for facilities

like this...

...have other priorities

and the power to enforce them.

So I keep it a secret.

People like us have to work

within the system, doctor.

We do the best we can.

Right.

Pick that up.

I, um...

I'm really sorry.

Did you just apologize?

You haven't been replaced by an alien

or something?

No.

I'm good.

Ah. I'm good.

I'm good, totally good. Uh...

Do you think I'm irresponsible?

No need to answer. That's fine.

Hal. Ha, ha.

You look pretty.

And we haven't been in this place

together since...

...that night.

- You forgot it was my birthday.

- Did I?

Mm.

That was also the night...

The first time that we ever...

...flew together.

You've been flying ever since

with anyone who'd get in the plane.

Oh, yeah.

- Oh, no.

- Come on.

- No, yeah, let's go.

Mm-mm.

- Dance with me.

- No.

No.

Hal. No.

No.

I really am sorry.

Oh. It's okay.

The contract isn't quite dead yet.

I told you I was good at this.

I wasn't talking about the contract.

I would've screwed this up. You know?

Even if I didn't go to the Air Force...

...I would've found some way to...

- You and me, I would've blown it.

- Yeah, is that what you tell yourself?

Mm. What do you tell yourself?

That you were scared

I was getting too close.

You know what I spent

my afternoon doing?

What?

Worrying about you.

I went over every inch of the flight data.

There was nothing wrong with the plane.

- What happened up there?

- Thanks for the dance.

I told you to watch your back.

You cost us all our jobs,

you son of a b*tch.

Pathetic.

Bastard's been living off his old man's

reputation his whole life.

Hey.

Hey!

My face is just getting warmed up.

Whoa.

Have you concluded admiring yourself?

Uh...

Yeah.

Well, your ring translator

is functioning properly.

Your mask will appear when protection

of your identity is required.

There is no need for it on Oa.

A talking fish.

Actually, my race is Xudarian.

Our DNA does somewhat resemble

your own ichthyological species.

I am Tomar-Re, protector of Sector 2813

and home to...

How do I know that?

The induction process.

It activates the ring's higher functions,

including a working knowledge base.

In truth, we were curious.

The process had never been attempted on

a species as young as humans before.

As you are the first to be chosen,

I've been sent to welcome you here.

And here is?

Welcome to Oa.

This planet has been our home

for countless millennia.

It was created for us by the Guardians.

Guardians?

There stands their Citadel.

They are immortals,

among the most ancient of races.

They made all you see

and are responsible for all we are and do.

Since time immemorial,

the Green Lantern Corps...

...has served as the keepers of peace,

order and justice throughout the universe.

To be chosen to join its ranks

is the highest of honors...

...and the greatest of responsibilities.

Yeah. Yeah, that part I heard about.

We're going to fly now.

- Fly?

- Absolutely.

All right.

I can do that.

Join me.

I can do that.

Yeah!

Whoa!

What is that?

It's the energy

that's generated from the Central Battery.

Its power comes from the will

of every living creature in the universe.

It, in turn, charges your lantern,

which, in turn, charges your ring.

Even your suit is comprised

entirely of energy.

What's with all the green?

Green is the color of will.

The Guardians harnessed will...

...because it's the strongest

source of energy in the universe.

There's so many.

The stars you can see from

your home planet on the clearest night...

...your sector is a thousand times larger.

And 3600 Lanterns,

each with a sector just as vast.

Lanterns, I've called you here

to this unprecedented gathering...

...because we face

an unprecedented danger.

Our four Lantern brothers

were killed by an enemy called Parallax.

An enemy we don't yet fully understand.

We do know it's powerful enough

to destroy entire civilizations.

Powerful enough

to defeat even Abin Sur...

...our finest warrior...

...whose light can never be replaced.

The Guardians have charged me

to lead a squadron of Lanterns...

...in an assault on Parallax.

We will seek out and find this enemy.

And we will destroy it.

Alone, we are now vulnerable.

United, we are still invincible.

We have never been defeated.

Will we be defeated now?

No!

It was for this moment

that we were created.

But I don't need to tell you your duty.

I don't need to tell you who we are.

We are the Corps! We are the Corps!

We are the Corps! We are the Corps!

Your will turns thought into reality.

To master the ring,

you must learn to focus your will...

...and create what you see in your mind.

The ring's limits

are only what you can imagine.

Do that again.

Now you try.

Concentrate.

The ring will inform you

where there is an imminent threat.

This particular threat's name is Kilowog.

He'll be your combat training officer.

- Whoa!

- Never let your guard down, poozer.

Welcome to Ring Slinging 101.

Or as I like to call it:

The worst day of your worthless life.

The human. Ain't never seen one before.

- You smell funny.

- Ugh.

I smell funny?

Yeah, I heard about humans.

Think you're the center of the universe.

You want to be a Lantern?

You gotta commit to the Corps.

All right, poozer.

Let's see what you've got.

Your constructs are only gonna be

as strong as your will.

And your will is pathetic.

I'm gonna work you

and I'm gonna hit you...

...until your will is strong enough

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