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Hector Hammond has beenGreen Lantern ’s Earthly nemesis for many age , but thanks toInfinite Frontier , he ’s just been strip of his powers … and rendered deadlier than ever . Long consider something of a trick , Hector Hammond has returned with a serious new agendum inInfinite Frontier # 3 , on sale now in print and digital . Hammond has a new look , a new squad and a new mission , suggesting he may at long last have what it take todestroy Green Lantern(or at least someone with standardized might . )
Hector Hammond first seem in 1961’sGreen Lantern # 5and was created by John Broome and Gil Kane . After exposing himself to a mysterious meteorite , Hammond develop terrific psychic power , such as levitation , psychokinesis and astral project , among others . Exposure to the meteor also caused Hammond ’s head to swell to gigantic ratio , and over clip his physical consistence began to atrophy . Despite his amazing power and having appear in 2011 ’s critically blastedGreen Lanternfilm , Hammond has never live up to his voltage , and while he hates Hal Jordan with a passion , he ’s go to make the same depression on sports fan as foe like Sinestro and Black Hand . But thanks toInfinite Frontier , Hammond may ultimately be a contender , and all it use up was losing his awing powers . The return comes from Joshua Williamson , Paul Pelletier , Jesus Merino , Tom Derenick , Xermanico , Raul Fernandez , Norm Rapmund , Romulo Fajardo Jr. and Tom Napolitano .
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Roy Harper , the former Arsenal and brother to Green Arrow , has returned from the dead staring with a Black Lantern Ring . Roy is apprehended by theDepartment of Extranormal Operationsand contribute to a ship in Earth ’s orbit . There , he learns Hector Hammond is now working for the DEO , and that the organization is handling menace from the multiverse . Hammond is no longer mutated , suppose he has been"reset to manufacturing plant configurations . “Hammond tells Roy that the DEO wants his Black Lantern anchor ring , palpate it could be from outside the mainstream multiverse . Hammond employ sonic technology to keep Roy from accessing the ring ’s powers , then transports the ship into the Bleed - the space between universes . gratefully , Hammond ’s plan is stalled by the arrival of a group who seem to be an alt - realism Infinity Incorporated , though they stop the return equally ready to attack Roy , who take on a living dead - similar coming into court when he uses hisBlack Lantern abilities .
Hector Hammond has lose the psychical big businessman that ab initio gave him his bound , but he has advance self-assurance and a sensation of purpose in homecoming . While he may no longer be up to of mental attack , he still has the smarts to use sonic - based applied science against Roy Harper . Hammond , thanks to the DEO , has the means to operate throughout the multiverse - a far big scale of measurement than he has ever accomplished before . While it remain to be seen if this will beHector Hammond ’s permanent status quo , it is entrancing to see him ultimately populate up to his potential , going from one of DC ’s lowly supervillains to a adult male with his eye on multiple realities .
Thanks toInfinite Frontier , one ofGreen Lantern ’s greatest enemy , Hector Hammond , now has the opportunity to show the DC Universe just how deadly he can be , conduct a villain who truly hates superheroes and break him the resources to pursue his blood feud across realism .
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