Green Lantern admits he knows Batman’s greatest weakness, playing the Dark Knight like a fiddle

Warning: Spoilers for Green Lantern #15!Batman is too serious for his own good, and Green Lantern Is – well, not so serious. While the Justice League certainly has its share of light-hearted heroes, none of them quite match the maverick impulsiveness of Hal Jordan, who Batman just can’t stand. The two heroes have had a full history for as long as they’ve been around, but Green Lantern just pulled a move on Batman that shows he knows how to outsmart his “frenemy” better than anyone.

Along with his ally, Flash Wally West, Green Lantern is without a powered ring in the wake of Absolute power and is on a mission to save the day in a new preview of Green Lantern #15 By Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Oclair Albert, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Dave Sharpe. He takes the bottle to one of Batman’s islands and shows him the prototype of the Batwolf, a bat-flying that only a skilled pilot like Hal Jordan can fly.

As Green Lantern says, He knows Batman’s greatest weakness – he’s too strategic, and that’s exactly what makes him predictable.

Batman and Green Lantern are heroes, but not friends

Hal Jordan and Bruce Wayne are practically opposites

Batman is not normally thought of as “predictable.” He is a master tactician who has trained his body and mind to take him to the absolute pinnacle of humanity, practically making him a god. But the predictability comes from the very seriousness of his character. Batman can be counted on to make plans within Planning and always trusting a strategy over flying off the cuff, as Hal Jordan is known to do eventually becomes a hero with a thousand contingency plans The most predictable hero in comics.

Hal Jordan, on the other hand, is a master improviser, seen by the very fact of his Green Lantern powers, with creativity in the realm of what it means to have willpower – the very will to create. Hal Jordan has to constantly improvise By creating constructions to suit the current situation. Like Hal Jordan, he is a reckless pilot, and like Green Lantern, he is a force of impulsive creativity, the very train of a planner like Batman.

Green Lantern and Batman have had their share of disagreements

And even a few fistfights

Although they are teammates, Green Lantern and Batman have never had a fully functioning relationship. In every universe, it seems, they will find ways to annoy each other. In the New 52 Justice League By Geoff Johns and Jim Lee, Batman slips away from Hal Jordan’s ring, showing him that he needs to concentrate better. In the alternate universe of All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder by Frank Miller and Lee, Bruce Wayne goes a step further and paints his suit and an entire room with yellow paint, the weakness of a Green Lantern, which shows just how far Batman’s contingency plans get him.

Green Lantern, on the other hand, has his own fair share of assaults on Batman. So far back Zero hours From the nineties, Hal Jordan had a brief stint as a villain known as Parallax, before any Green Lantern lore changed too drastically, requiring Batman and the rest of the Justice League to take him down.

In smaller moments, Green Lantern loves to Remind Batman that he’s just a man in a suit with no powers. Hal Jordan has the energy of an annoying little brother constantly cracking jokes at his overly serious older sister. But it’s more than just jokes in the end, because Green Lantern understands Batman’s weakness better than anyone.

Batman’s planning makes him the most predictable hero

And Green Lantern is nothing if not creatively unpredictable

To a quick mind like Hal Jordan, Batman is also predictable. Billionaire Bruce Wayne, as it turns out, leaves behind expensive toys when he moves on to the next model, and Hal Jordan is ready to take on the dangerous experiments. He maneuvers around the kill switch to Batman’s new high-speed plane – because Batman always works within expected limits, and Hal has learned to work around those limits. For a man like Green Lantern, Batman’s greatest weakness is that he plans too much. It’s easy to plan for a planner.

Batman should take a page from Green Lantern’s book and learn to act a little. Batman’s contingency plans have destroyed the Justice League more than a few times – which wouldn’t have happened if Batman could trust his own teammates and trust his own instincts. Hal Jordan has enough instinct for the entire Justice LeagueAnd, as seen during absolute power, He doesn’t need a magical ring to cause a little chaos.

Green Lantern’s powers of improvisation will save the day

Not Batman’s contingency plans

Batman’s very efforts to win are his downfall. It’s a good thing that this time, it’s not a villain who twists a contingency plan but instead a friend who knows the cracks in Batman’s armor. Just as Batman can use Hal’s fleetness against him, Hal knows how to use it Batman Diligence against him. In a crisis without superpowers, An improvising hero like Green Lantern Is exactly what DC needs.

Green Lantern #15 Available September 11, 2024 from DC Comics!