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InGreen Lantern#6,an oldJustice Leaguemember with a passably controversial backstory appears to have made a recurrence . The hero in dubiousness is namedZauriel , a character created by Grant Morrison , Howard Porter , and Mark Millar who first look inJLA # 6(1997 ) . The thing that make Zauriel controversial in comparison with the other Justice Leaguers is that he is a real angel of God .
Zauriel has served an omnipresent god called “ the Presence ” since the dawn of creation . The Presence has been support multiple time to be the God of the Abrahamic religion , found to be the being who created the Heaven and Earth , and by extension the DC Multiverse . However , the path the Abrahamic God fits in the DC universe is often unclear . The spiritual cosmology of the DC Multiverseis complex and multicultural , boast several mythology and pantheons of gods co - existing . For example , the thunder god poor boy Shazam derives his power from figures from Greco - Roman myth , but also from Judeo - Christian shape like Solomon .
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InGreen Lantern # 6by Geoffrey Thorne , Tom Raney and Marco Santucci , the possible return of Zauriel is hinted by the scourge of the Gold Centurions . The Gold centurion are usher in as a religious order of sorting that is invading planet and converting the population , while causing the few who reject conversion to obliterate one another . John Stewart , still trying to deal with theGreen Lantern Corps ’s recent loss of their powers , confabulate his new friend Saqari , an alien with the ability to obtain and pass on memory from others , and she show John memories of the Centurions passed down by her ancestors . Within the memory , two Gold Centurions make appearances and clearly do resemble the heavenly , winged figure of Zauriel .
It is n’t clear if the Gold Centurions have Zauriel within their ranks . Their similarities could be a coincidence . A rebooted version of the character did make an appearance early in theNew 52era of DC continuity , in J.M. DeMatteis and Fernando Blanco’sTrinity of Sin : The Phantom Stranger # 10(2013 ) , a fib that made no reference of the Gold Centurions . This would suggest that Zauriel is not connected with these unexampled characters . moreover , while there is a clear Judeo - Christian saint theme to the Gold Centurions ’ designs , they seem to be extraterrestrials , not divine being . However , since theInfinite Frontierrelaunch has redefined DC ’s intact multiverseas an “ Omniverse ” where nearly all stories and mainstream version of fiber are considered partly canyon , there ’s no telling whether or not a newfangled variation of Zauriel will come out in joining with the Gold Centurions .
If Zauriel is established as a Gold Centurion , it would appear that their status as malign spiritual aliens instead of angels is an interesting way of sidestep the argument of the character ’s chronicle . While mythology in speculative fabrication is common , the use of pop bread and butter religious belief such as the Abrahamic unity tends to be a more sensitive subject . write Zauriel as an holy person was always a bold move on his creator ’s parts , and indite him as a distance encroacher would allow an version of the fibre that is a little safer , but still incorporates elements of organized religion and the churchman . For now , reviewer will have to wait and see ifZaurielreally does come along , either in the pages ofGreen LanternorJustice League .
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