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Way back inDC Comicshistory , Green LanternHal Jordanwas once possess by the fearfulness entity call Parallax , and now that painful second has aided him in beating the close - omnipotent villain cognise asDarkseid . Being possess only to commit horrible act of ferocity against his fellow Lantern is one thing , but when Hal is have over again — this fourth dimension by the Dark God himself — fans best conceive he wo n’t let story reprize itself .

Seen at the end of the terminal issue ofJustice League : Last Ride , by Chip Zdarsky and Miguel Mendonca , the events leading up to the epic sexual climax of this limited series are regrettably scenarios that Green Lantern Hal Jordan is super intimate with . Havingseemingly overcome Darkseidand shut down his battle world of Apokolips in the late past , it ’s revealed that this staple Justice League villain has n’t just been wiped from existence as the next-to-last issue of this serial reveals that he survived his initial “ death ” only to have caught a drive inside of Hal Jordan ’s judgment rather .

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An routine amply capitalize on in this issue , Darkseid ’s nefarious and punctilious plans of returning to his hulking physical form come up about in a way that fans have never seen before . go forth from one of his cloning tanks after transferring his consciousness from Hal into a raw and fully rise body , Darkseid now wield the power of a Green Lanternand wastes no time using it as he efficaciously mimic a dreadful here and now in Hal ’s past which image a similar parasitic entity use and abuse him for its evil ends .

Rebirthing Apokolips with his new Lantern world power , Darkseid goes on the offense by attacking Hal ’s Justice League friends . And as Hal is left by his lonesome , depowered and crestfallen , he walk toward the emerald energy flaming of Apokolips , reaches out his hired hand , and mutters to himself , “ number on Jordan … that devil he — he used you … he used you . Nobody sits on the sideline . ” Next get a line in full powered up and charging into battle witha giant   constructed regular army of Justice League membersbehind him while shout , “ You used me ! Took over my mind ! , ” Hal expend the traumatic memory of becoming Parallax as fuel to drive him onward in a way that at long last sees him shoot down Darkseid by chucking his own Boom Nukes immediately into his font and utterly obliterating him .

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Harnessing his immense willpower and channeling his past Parallax problems in a way that assure account wo n’t repeat itself , Hal ’s anger and subsequent action accept in this issuing to ensure Darkseid ’s frustration is something that Hal was powerless to do the first metre he was possessed . Slowly accept ahold of after the destruction of his hometown of Coast City only to full exercise its full office over Hal ’s actions in theEmerald Twilightstory bow that see Hal violate bad entirely , Parallax controlled Hal to a degree that he was wedge to mow down his fellow Corps members with abandon , an deed that eventually precede to the launching of fan - favorite Lantern , Kyle Rayner , and the far down the road redemption of Hal Jordan himself .

Being possessed by the survive entity of reverence is a well - sleep with low item in Hal ’s vocation as a superhero , but as seen in this issue , that life experience prepared him well for something that could have become even worse had he never taken a dark turn as Parallax , to begin with . Green LanternHal Jordanmay have get over with child adversity for yet another sentence as this series comes to a close , but if fan knowDarkseid , it might not be the last time .

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