When it come to DC Comics’Green Lantern Corps , there arethousands of powerful extremity amongst their ranks , with Krypton ’s very ownGreen Lantern , Jan - Al , proving whySupermancan’twield the full potency of a Lantern ring . Being the super swell guy cable that Supes is , fans might believe he ’d be perfect for becoming the ultimate will - powered hero , but if Jan - Al ’s tragical taradiddle is to be find out from , Superman should n’t go anywhere near a doughnut if he can help it .

Seen way back in 2017’sGreen Lanterns # 28 , by Sam Humphries and Eduardo Pansica , Jan - Al is first introduce in this issue as she leads a bunch of Kryptonians on their very first settlement mission across the stars . Crashlanding on a nearby world , Jan - Al successfully keeps her people live after a freak rubble tempest further destroys their ship , drawing the care of aGreen Lantern ringin the unconscious process .

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Attracted to Jan - Al thanks to her willpower and her power to get over great fear whilst saving her work party , Jan - Al is then brought to a faraway humanity where Sector 2814 Lanterns of Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz have been misplaced in prison term and place . Getting into a rough-and-tumble with the other original Lanterns quarter there , Jan - Al accidentally begin to use her annulus in a agency that shows why Superman ca n’t have one .

Unfocused in her will and compactness of it , Jan - Al ’s power levels start to skyrocket , and as she loses control she explodes in a fervid green inferno , showing that even if someone has the will for cook it as a Lantern , it does n’t always entail said mortal should become one . And like Jan - Al , Superman is an upstanding , hopeful , will - fueled , and inspiring hero , so getting aGreen Lantern power ringhashappened to him before , just not in ways that have testify fan his true potential or that he ’d survive to tell the tale in the first place .

outdoors of getting a few non - Green Lantern rings in the past times as well as during stories that take situation outside of main DC persistence , Superman has been seen maintain a gang in the far future as Superman Prime ( where he was more or less a being of pure vim ) , when he was subconsciously suppress his powers ( and doubtlessly his Brobdingnagian self-control as well ) , and during a long since past story where he uses his super - will to transferGreen Lantern Guy Gardner ’s ring to his deal ( temporarily ) . And if Jan - Al ’s brutal experience being incinerated by her vast willpower as a Kryptonian can happen so easily , how could The Man of Steel possibly survive an trial by ordeal where one of his fully grown qualities could potentially bolt down him ?

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So while Superman may be capable of a great many feats in the man of funnies , successfully wielding a Green Lantern ’s power ring long enough to not spontaneously combust in a exhibitor of sheer willpower and green spark might be a improbable gild for the guy . Green Lanternsare potent space cops in their own right , butSupermanshould gravel to the superintendent - heroics he bang comfortably .

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