Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

By Alex Segura

First the Black Lantern Corps rose from the Crypt on Oa decimating the planet and many Lanterns in their horrific path.

Then Kyle Rayner’s brush with death and a Black Lantern ring resulted in Guy Gardner being blinded by great rage as he transformed into a Red Lantern killing machine.

All this tragedy and devastation led to the collapse of the Green Lantern Central Power Battery.

How could writer Peter J. Tomasi and artist Patrick Gleason make things any worse for our Emerald Warriors?

How about the return of one of the greatest threats the DC Universe has ever known: THE ANTI-MONITOR?

Thanks, Adam. Now, let’s sit back and stare at that amazing Greg Horn cover, shall we?     
 

 

Nice

Wou, nice very nice, but I would prefer him as he was before (in Crisis on Infinite Earth) that way he would crush that Nekron guy.

damn

"Wou, nice very nice, but I would prefer him as he was before (in Crisis on Infinite Earth) that way he would crush that Nekron guy. "

Noooo, not Tomasi. Why couldn't Johns handle this?

" @Michael the Fly said:

"Wou, nice very nice, but I would prefer him as he was before (in Crisis on Infinite Earth) that way he would crush that Nekron guy. "

im curious if he will come back and be to powerful to control. But what does that mean for Superboy prime since he is in the mix. He just wants to be a hero. He tried destroying the multiverse, will he be the onw to come back and save it? I would say the original monitor would be the one ot take him down but antimonitor was stronger than the monitor. maybe all the monitors will bond together to recreate a new monitor "

" @Michael the Fly said:

"Wou, nice very nice, but I would prefer him as he was before (in Crisis on Infinite Earth) that way he would crush that Nekron guy. "

im curious if he will come back and be to powerful to control. But what does that mean for Superboy prime since he is in the mix. He just wants to be a hero. He tried destroying the multiverse, will he be the onw to come back and save it? I would say the original monitor would be the one ot take him down but antimonitor was stronger than the monitor. maybe all the monitors will bond together to recreate a new monitor "

" @DEGRAAF said:

" @Michael the Fly said:

"Wou, nice very nice, but I would prefer him as he was before (in Crisis on Infinite Earth) that way he would crush that Nekron guy. "

im curious if he will come back and be to powerful to control. But what does that mean for Superboy prime since he is in the mix. He just wants to be a hero. He tried destroying the multiverse, will he be the onw to come back and save it? I would say the original monitor would be the one ot take him down but antimonitor was stronger than the monitor. maybe all the monitors will bond together to recreate a new monitor "

Why would Superboy Prime have anything to do with it? He's in a completely different universe.  Also, the Monitors are dead. "

Man, as if having Nekron and the Spectre on their side wasn't enough...

"The monitors arent dead. Actually i believe Donna Troy, Jason Todd, and the Atom are all monitors of the monitors is where we saw them last. Superboy Prime is in our current universe if i remember right. He was brought back by the black lanterns. "

" Man, as if having Nekron and the Spectre on their side wasn't enough... "

" @DEGRAAF said:

"The monitors arent dead. Actually i believe Donna Troy, Jason Todd, and the Atom are all monitors of the monitors is where we saw them last. Superboy Prime is in our current universe if i remember right. He was brought back by the black lanterns. "

That was in countdown, and like everything else in countdown it was completely forgotten and DC is acting like it never happened. Final Crisis, however, isn't forgotten, and at the end of Final Crisis all the Monitors gave their lives to let the universe live. Nix Uotan is the only Monitor remaining.  Superboy Prime is in his own universe. BL Alexander Luthor followed him there because he can traverse universes. "

I'm sorry, I really don't see what the scan has to do with SBP.
 
As for the Monitors, the articles are faulty. We clearly see in FC 7 the Monitor world disintegrating, and Nix Uotan telling them to make peace with themselves and all.

" @Reactor said:

" Man, as if having Nekron and the Spectre on their side wasn't enough... "

Something tells me the Anti-Monitor won't be on anyone's side. He's probably pissed off that they made him into the power battery. "

" @JediXMan said:

" @Reactor said:

" Man, as if having Nekron and the Spectre on their side wasn't enough... "

Something tells me the Anti-Monitor won't be on anyone's side. He's probably pissed off that they made him into the power battery. "

Nah, I don't think so. Everyone that's been converted into Black Lanterns have so far become extensions of Nekron's will. (I'm thinkin' there's a "King of the Undead" deal going on) "

" @Reactor said:

" @JediXMan said:

" @Reactor said:

" Man, as if having Nekron and the Spectre on their side wasn't enough... "

Something tells me the Anti-Monitor won't be on anyone's side. He's probably pissed off that they made him into the power battery. "

Nah, I don't think so. Everyone that's been converted into Black Lanterns have so far become extensions of Nekron's will. (I'm thinkin' there's a "King of the Undead" deal going on) "

But is the Anti-Monitor dead? He hasn't died. And, as far as I can tell, he can't be killed) "

All who die become Nekron's bitch

lets hope they don't drop the ball i love this story arc  who is going to stop him now that is the ??

It would've been nice if they kept this under wraps, but *whistles* damn, I wonder how the Light Brigade will turn this around.  White light couldn't stop Nekron...now he's got the Spectre and Anti-Monitor as his back-up? AND Black Hand is still running around. This is gonna be one epic ending.

"Could someone please answer a question I have...  Since the Anti-Monitor was morphed/mutated into the Black Lantern Power Battery... if he has risen as a Black Lantern... then where does Black Lantern Power Battery draw its power from?  Wasn't AM the source of power for the BLPB? or Has it become self sufficient with out him? Just curious... "

"

It would've been nice if they kept this under wraps, but *whistles* damn, I wonder how the Light Brigade will turn this around.  White light couldn't stop Nekron...now he's got the Spectre and Anti-Monitor as his back-up? AND Black Hand is still running around. This is gonna be one epic ending.

"

" @The Sadhu said:

"Could someone please answer a question I have...  Since the Anti-Monitor was morphed/mutated into the Black Lantern Power Battery... if he has risen as a Black Lantern... then where does Black Lantern Power Battery draw its power from?  Wasn't AM the source of power for the BLPB? or Has it become self sufficient with out him? Just curious... "

I think he would become the entity of the black lanterns, like ION or Parallax 
@lostlantern13 said:

AWESOME!

"I'm sorry, I really don't see what the scan has to do with SBP.  As for the Monitors, the articles are faulty. We clearly see in FC 7 the Monitor world disintegrating, and Nix Uotan telling them to make peace with themselves and all. "

" @DEGRAAF said:

" @The Sadhu said:

"Could someone please answer a question I have...  Since the Anti-Monitor was morphed/mutated into the Black Lantern Power Battery... if he has risen as a Black Lantern... then where does Black Lantern Power Battery draw its power from?  Wasn't AM the source of power for the BLPB? or Has it become self sufficient with out him? Just curious... "

I think he would become the entity of the black lanterns, like ION or Parallax 
@lostlantern13 said:

No, if I understand correctly, Scar stated that Black Hand had become, and I paraphrase, what Ion was to the Green Lanterns, what Parallax was to the Sinestro Corps, and what Predator was to the Star Sapphires. In essence, Black Hand is the Black Lantern's manifested entity already. "

This is gunna be sooo kick-ass. But i really have noo desire for SBP to become any more involved than he is. Unless it's to get spanked by Conner. 

" It's always good to see the Anti-Monitor, but I strongly hope his appearance will not be a mere filler. The character's stature is far above such a thing. "

" @Morpheus_ said:

" It's always good to see the Anti-Monitor, but I strongly hope his appearance will not be a mere filler. The character's stature is far above such a thing. "

Got the feeling you felt that way with Batman's reappearance. "

" @Reactor said:

" @Morpheus_ said:

" It's always good to see the Anti-Monitor, but I strongly hope his appearance will not be a mere filler. The character's stature is far above such a thing. "

Got the feeling you felt that way with Batman's reappearance. "

You mean in Blackest Night, when he helped convert the majority of the heroes into Black Lanterns, or currently? "

" @Morpheus_ said:

" @Reactor said:

" @Morpheus_ said:

" It's always good to see the Anti-Monitor, but I strongly hope his appearance will not be a mere filler. The character's stature is far above such a thing. "

Got the feeling you felt that way with Batman's reappearance. "

You mean in Blackest Night, when he helped convert the majority of the heroes into Black Lanterns, or currently? "

I meant in Blackest Night. "

I hope he will return more powerful than ever . And conquer the Multiverse .

I do hope that Blackest Night signals the return of the Anti-Monitor as a multiversal threat, but not immediately. Frankly all these events from Marvel and DC are tiring me out. Let this be the setup for his return 5-6 years in the future. 

anti-monitor is awesome in his black lantern suit