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 Abin Sur as depicted inTales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2 (February 1986). Art by Gil Kane (penciller and inker) and Anthony Tollin (colorist). | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Showcase #22 (September–October 1959) |
| Created by | John Broome Gil Kane |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Abin Sur |
| Species | Ungaran |
| Place of origin | Ungara |
| Team affiliations | Green Lantern Corps Indigo Tribe Black Lantern Corps Justice Incarnate |
| Notable aliases | Lagzia |
| Abilities | Green Lantern power ring |
Abin Sur is asuperhero appearing inAmerican comic books published byDC Comics. He was a member of theGreen Lantern Corps and is best known as the predecessor ofGreen LanternHal Jordan, whom Abin Sur's power ring chose as his replacement. After theInfinite Crisis events, details of Abin Sur's past are altered, and he was revealed to be a brother-in-law ofSinestro and uncle of his daughterSoranik Natu.
Abin Sur has appeared in various media outside comics, primarily in association with Green Lantern.Peter Mark Richman,Corey Burton, andArnold Vosloo have voiced the character in animated television series and films. Furthermore,Temuera Morrison portrays Sur inGreen Lantern (2011).
Abin Sur first appeared inShowcase #22 and was created byJohn Broome andGil Kane.
Originally a history professor on the planet Ungara, Abin Sur is appointedGreen Lantern of Space Sector 2814 in the mid-1860s. As a child, he became best friends with Ruch Ehr and later, by association, Munni Jah. The two were a couple and Abin secretly loved Munni, but never spoke openly of this.
While on patrol, Abin is attacked and pursued by the being known asLegion. Badly injured and with hisspaceship seriously damaged, he makes an emergency landing on the nearest habitable planet (Earth). Due to his injuries, Sur was aware that his death was inevitable and he uses his ring to search for a successor, a man without fear. The first possibility wasClark Kent. Since he was not native to Earth, he is not chosen. The next candidates wereHal Jordan andGuy Gardner. As Hal was closer, the ring chooses him as the most suitable replacement and brings him to Abin, who gives him the ring before dying.[1][2][3][4]
It is later revealed that part of Abin's soul is being tortured inHell, with another part accompanying Hal Jordan during his time as theSpectre. Eventually, he frees his soul from Hell and assists Hal on several spiritual adventures and metaphysical dilemmas. Abin's friends, Ruch Ehr and Munni Jah, later summon his spirit to undergo the Karamm-Jeev Descent, a process of reincarnation in which he will be reborn as their daughter Lagzia. Abin is initially hesitant, as the Descent will destroy his current self. However, he relents after meeting the spirit of Lagzia, who exists alongside his past and future incarnations.[5]
During some point in his life, Abin had a son,Amon Sur, who became the leader of the Black Circle crime syndicate. Amon is angry at his father for abandoning him for the Corps, and decides to take his anger out on all Green Lanterns. Amon later receives a duplicate ofSinestro's ring and joins theSinestro Corps.[6]
DuringSinestro Corps War, it is revealed that Abin discovered a prophecy concerning themultiverse, the power of the emotional spectrum, and theBlackest Night prior to his death.[7]Green Lantern: Secret Origin reveals details of Abin's quest to learn more about the Blackest Night as he interrogated the Five Inversions on Ysmault, who had foreseen the prophecy.[8] He learns that Earth is the birthplace of the Black: the antithesis of the emotional spectrum that the prophecy predicts will "consume all light and all life." He discovers that the prophecy foretells his own death, when his ring fails him in his time of greatest need. He subsequently journeys to learn more about the Blackest Night and stop the prophecy from being fulfilled. During his quest, Abin begins to lose his faith in his willpower and his ring, and begins to feel fear. Abin's weakened power enables his prisonerAtrocitus to break free and attack him, causing his ship to crash on Earth. Abin is mortally wounded in the crash, leading his ring to choose Hal Jordan as his successor.[9] Only two Guardians,Ganthet andSayd, as well as aZamaron tribe, take Abin's discovery of the prophecy seriously.[10][11]
In the "Blackest Night" storyline, the prophecy of the eponymous event is fulfilled and Abin Sur is resurrected as aBlack Lantern.[12] Abin and his sister Arin, who has also become a Black Lantern, arrive on Korugar shortly after to confront Sinestro and Hal Jordan.[13] They are defeated by Jordan, Sinestro, Indigo-1, andCarol Ferris, who join their lights together to destroy the black rings and render Abin and Arin's corpses inert.[14]
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur fromEarth-3 appears inJustice League (vol. 2) #26. This version's power ring hosted the malevolent, ancient entity Volthoom, which slowly destroys the mind and body of its bearer. Wishing to rid himself of Volthoom's influence, Sur deliberately crashes his ship on Earth and finds Joe Harrolds, a cowardly human janitor employed byCarol Ferris. Manipulated into believing that the ring has chosen him to wield its power, Harrolds accepts it and becomes the villainousPower Ring while Sur dies of his injuries in blissful joy.[15]
The corpse of an alternate universe variant of Abin Sur from Earth One appears inGreen Lantern: Earth One.[16]
An alternate timeline variant of Abin Sur appears inFlashpoint andConvergence. This version survived his crash landing on Earth and became aWhite Lantern.[17][18][19]
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur appears in the one-shotIn Darkest Knight. Following his death, this version of Sur's power ring chose Bruce Wayne as its wielder.[20][21]
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur appears inThe Multiversity. This version possesses horns and comes from an unidentified Earth that had recently finished World War II. After taking part in a war againstVandal Savage,[22] he helps the save the multiverse from a cosmic army before joining a cross-dimensional group called Justice Incarnate.[23][24]
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur appears inSuperman: Red Son. After his spacecraftcrashed at Roswell, he died shortly after.J. Edgar Hoover arranges for Sur and his ship to be hidden inArea 51, where his ring and power battery are subject toreverse engineering byLex Luthor that enables the creation of a "Green Lantern Marine Corps" led by Colonel Hal Jordan.
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur appears inSuperman: Last Son of Earth. He is shown to be indirectly responsible for a meteor crashing into Earth and wiping out all but one million human lives due to having prioritized settling a conflict between warring alien worlds in his sector.
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur appears inElseworld's Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl. This version is a longtime member of theJustice Society who has visited Krypton many times and develops a bond with Supergirl.
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur appears inAbsolute Green Lantern. This version is a large, four-armed alien who came to Evergreen, Nevada to induct several of its residents into the spectrum of light and combatMogo.[25] Sur gives Hal Jordan the power of theBlack Hand, which Jordan ultimately uses to kill him.[26]
Abin Sur appears as a character summon inScribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.[30]
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