Superman Admitted Green Lantern’s Power Hurts Him

In “DC Comics Presents” #26 (by Jim Starlin, Marv Wolfman, Steve Mitchell, Jerry Serpe, and Ben Oda), a cosmic creature named N’Gom tricks Hal Jordan into delivering him the Green Lantern power ring and steals the hero’s identity. The villain visits Superman in Hal’s form, and when the Man of Steel gains the upper hand on N’Gom, the foe uses the ring to create a giant kryptonite asteroid. A depowered Superman is on the verge of death but is ultimately saved by the real Hal.

In “Superman: The Man of Tomorrow” #13 (by Louise Simonson, Paul Ryan, Dennis Janke, John Costanza, and Glenn Whitmore), Superman becomes an enemy of Earth when he makes it his mission to destroy all nuclear bombs after having a nightmare driven by the villain Dominus. The hero sees his actions as making the world safer; however, the countries losing their nuclear arsenal see them as an act of war. The Justice League looks to stop Superman, leading Martian Manhunter to reach into Batman’s mind and find his analysis of kryptonite, transferring the memories and formula to Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. He synthesizes a kryptonite construct, temporarily weakening Superman. 

If the Justice League or anyone else needs to stop Kal-El, they have an ace in the hole with Green Lantern’s power ring capable of making kryptonite on the fly — even if it requires the Lantern to have deep knowledge of the material. An all-out battle emitting kryptonite radiation is enough to inadvertently keep Superman at bay.

In “DC Comics Presents” #26 (by Jim Starlin, Marv Wolfman, Steve Mitchell, Jerry Serpe, and Ben Oda), a cosmic creature named N’Gom tricks Hal Jordan into delivering him the Green Lantern power ring and steals the hero’s identity. The villain visits Superman in Hal’s form, and when the Man of Steel gains the upper hand on N’Gom, the foe uses the ring to create a giant kryptonite asteroid. A depowered Superman is on the verge of death but is ultimately saved by the real Hal.

In “Superman: The Man of Tomorrow” #13 (by Louise Simonson, Paul Ryan, Dennis Janke, John Costanza, and Glenn Whitmore), Superman becomes an enemy of Earth when he makes it his mission to destroy all nuclear bombs after having a nightmare driven by the villain Dominus. The hero sees his actions as making the world safer; however, the countries losing their nuclear arsenal see them as an act of war. The Justice League looks to stop Superman, leading Martian Manhunter to reach into Batman’s mind and find his analysis of kryptonite, transferring the memories and formula to Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. He synthesizes a kryptonite construct, temporarily weakening Superman. 

If the Justice League or anyone else needs to stop Kal-El, they have an ace in the hole with Green Lantern’s power ring capable of making kryptonite on the fly — even if it requires the Lantern to have deep knowledge of the material. An all-out battle emitting kryptonite radiation is enough to inadvertently keep Superman at bay.