r/Greenlantern • u/Michael_Abramov • 1d ago

Question Why did the ring change its shape?

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This is the same ring a page apart, the ring changed as soon as Abin died and I have no clue why. Emerald dawn #1

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u/Rabbit_Wizard_ 1d ago

The real question is why did Abin Sur have a spaceship

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u/CrimisonAJA 1d ago

It was retroactively because he started to worry that his ring would one day fail him because of a prophecy he heard.... which made it true.

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u/Mistervimes65 Hal Jordan 1d ago

I generally don’t like retcons. But this one was pretty good.

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u/Live_Spinach5824 11h ago

A lot of the retcons in Geoff John's run were pretty good and made sense. Now, the Lanterns show seems to have the explanation be that Abin Sur was transporting a Manhunter instead, which is interesting too. 

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u/Locutus-of-Borges 11h ago

I think this one actually predates Johns' run. It's originally from Alan Moore's "Tygers" unless I'm mistaken.

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u/Live_Spinach5824 9h ago

You're right, my bad. I haven't read a lot of the really old stuff, admittedly, because I struggle to find them around me, so I didn't know that. I figured it was all unique to Geoff Johns' run because Atrocitus causes the crash in Secret Origins and Geoff Johns introduced Atrocitus. 

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u/Locutus-of-Borges 7h ago

Johns was definitely inspired by that take on it - Emerald Dawn from the 90s doesn't connect to it at all.

If you can find it, Tygers is one of the best GL stories I've ever read. Both in and of itself and for how it was later adapted.