Warning: Spoilers for Green Lantern #17Green LanternThe darkest foe has just unlocked a major power-up that rewrites DC lore and makes him a more formidable threat than ever. After taking the Dark Star Ring for himself, Lord Premier Thaaros is officially the strongest Lantern in the DC Universe, and Green Lantern will need all the help he can get if he wants to end his reign of terror once and for all.
In preview for Green Lantern #17 by Jeremy Adams, Xermánico, Romulo Fajardo Jr. and Dave Sharpe, Green Lantern heroes across the galaxy are left reeling after Red Lantern Mogo’s devastating attack. Other forces, including the villain Varron, seek the power that Lord Premier Thaaros pursued before his untimely death, but it is revealed that Thaaros has found a surprising way to cheat death as the Dark Star Ring grants him a new form.
Through this transformation, the all-powerful Dark Star Ring gives Thaaros complete control over the Emotional Spectrumand the DC Universe will never be the same as he takes his cosmic conflict against Green Lantern to a horrific new level.
Lord Premier Thaaros’ transformative transformation makes him the ultimate Lantern
The DC Universe changes forever as Thaaros wields the Dark Star Ring
In Green Lantern Civilian Corps #1 by Adams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, and Salvador Larroca, Kilowog betrays John Stewart and steals his Dark Star Ring on behalf of Lord Premier Thaaros, so John teams up with Hal Jordan to expose Thaaros’ evil ways to the Thanagarian government in hopes of retrieving the ring. Though they fail, Thaaros is eventually killed by a fatal blow from the Star Shroud – until, in Green Lantern #16, the Dark Star Ring revives him. Not only is Thaaros alive again thanks to his ring, but he also wields the power of every Lantern Corps.
Lord Premier Thaaros’ plan to seize the power of the Source Lantern finally succeeds, as he absorbs the power of DC’s most powerful ring into his being. The Dark Star Ring contains an aspect of the Old God Olgrun, which gives him the ability to control all facets of the Emotional Spectrum. This makes it a danger to the cosmos, so John Stewart intended to keep it so it wouldn’t fall into the wrong hands. This worst-case scenario has already happened, and Olgrun’s power combined with Thaaros’ villainy culminates in a dark new threat to the Green Lantern Corps..
Green Lantern’s cosmic war takes a shocking turn with Thaaros’ new form
Thaaros takes the battle to Oa, putting the Green Lantern Corps in danger
With the limitless power of the Dark Star Ring fueling him, Thaaros declares war on Oa, the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps. The Green Lanterns are already in bad shape since Thaaros channeled his anger into Mogo to turn him into his Red Lantern servant, and now Oa is at stake. Hal Jordan, John Stewart and the rest of the Lanterns must band together to save the Corps from imminent destruction at the hands of Thaaros. Green Lantern – and the entire DC Universe – faces a danger unlike any other as the battle for Oa approaches.
Green Lantern #17 will be available on November 13, 2024 from DC Comics.