To accomplish this, it was decided to do away with Hal Jordan, who had been the primary Green Lantern since the late 1950s, and replace him with a new character Kyle Rayner. In 1994, DC Comics decided that it needed to create some excitement for Green Lantern comics. In 2009, Parallax was ranked as IGN's 92nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. Parallax was revealed to have been once imprisoned within the Central Battery on the planet Oa, from which all Green Lanterns derive their power, and was the reason for the yellow impurity that in the past rendered the rings useless against anything yellow. 3, #48 (January 1994), Parallax was devised as the new supervillain identity for former Green Lantern protagonist Hal Jordan.Īfter further changes for the Hal Jordan character over the subsequent years (sacrificing his life in order to reignite Earth’s Sun in the 1996 crossover storyline " The Final Night", and Jordan’s soul subsequently becoming the newest host of the Spectre in the 1999 miniseries Day of Judgment), 2004's Green Lantern: Rebirth once again cast Jordan as a heroic Green Lantern and explained Parallax as a demonic entity that possessed him, and drove his villainous actions. Created by writer Ron Marz and artist Darryl Banks for Green Lantern vol. Parallax is a fictional comic book supervillain in the DC Comics universe. This caused the colour yellow's immunity to Green Lantern rings as well as the Green Lantern rings' weakness to the colour yellow.Art from Green Lantern: Rebirth #3, by Ethan Van Sciver. Sometime later, Parallax went from being contained within the box to being imprisoned within the Green Lantern Central Power Battery. Larfleeze ended up being the victor and shortly following his transformation into Agent Orange, he handed over the containment unit that was keeping Parallax imprisoned as a sign of good faith. The Guardians eventually were able to strike a deal that would allow the person who won the struggle for the Orange Light of Avarice to keep all of it's power as well as have total control of the Vega System, so long as they did not breech its borders. During a struggle for the Orange Power Battery between Larfleeze and his former guild mates Blooch and Turpa, the Guardians and a group of Manhunters desperately tried to retrieve Parallax but, due to the intense power of the Orange Light of Avarice, all who attempted were killed in the process. led by Larfleeze, stole the containment unit along with a map that led them straight to the Orange Lantern Central Power Battery on the planet Okaara in The Vega System. Originally, The Guardians Of The Universe trapped Parallax inside of a container which was kept safe on the planet Maltus. Parallax is one of the seven Emotional Embodiments representing the individual aspects of the Emotional Spectrum and came into existence when the first insect of Earth emitted fear among its prey. Parallax is the living embodiment of fear, a demonic parasitic entity which would travel from world to world, causing entire societies to destroy themselves out of fear and paranoia. As a living entity of a emotional concept Parallax is for all purposes undying. It is also capable of Hypnosis, Reality Alteration, Time Manipulation and Flight. It can take possession of someone's body when they feel even the slightest fear. It has immense fear-casting and mind-control powers. Parallax is capable of creating solid energy constructs. Parallax is also capable of all of the immense abilities and powers of a Qwardian Power Ring. Parallax as the embodiment of Fear, is capable of generating, and manipulating vast amounts of energy. Grudges: Cyborg, Green Lantern and the Justice League Of AmericaĬreators: Ron Marz, Darryl Banks, Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver Known Associates: Sinestro, Cyborg Superman, Anti-Monitor, Superboy Primeīase Of Operations: Qward, Anti-Matter Universe Also Known As: Parallax, Entity, Hal Jordan, Ganthet, Kyle Rayner, Barry Allen, The Embodiment of Fearįirst Appearance: Green Lantern Vol.3 #50 (1994) Modern Age Villain
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