The new Red Lantern displays an ability that changes DC mythology

The new Red Lantern displays an ability that changes DC mythology


The new Red Lantern introduced in the revised version of the 2024 Golden Age of the DC Universe is capable of doing something that changes the publisher’s cosmic mythology

DC Comics has revitalized its old-school characters with a The golden age updated for 2024. Green Lantern Alan Scott has a more elaborate retro context, as well as never-before-seen powers and an arch-enemy who was his lover and turned out to be a Russian spy in the form of Red Lantern. And now, this guy presents an ability that changes the cosmic mythology of the DC Universe.



Beware of spoilers for Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #6!

TO New golden age from DC, Alan Scott, the first Green Lantern, he has the responsibility of being one of the first heroes of the DC Universe as a gay hero in the 1940s. The new Red Lantern is Alan’s contemporary and obtained his powers from the same magical source coming from channels similar to those of the members of the Green Lantern Corps.

Vladimir Sokov, the Red Lantern to Alan Scott’s Green Lantern, is her former lover who spied for the Soviets during their time together. In Alan Scott: Green Lantern #6recently released, Vlad reveals that he can control the Crimson Flame without the need for a Red Lantern Power Ring.




The New Red Lantern does not need the Power Ring to manipulate energy (Image: Reproduction/DC Comics)

Red Lantern is arrested and sent to a detention center for his crimes. She reveals that she does not need a ring since she has an internal connection to the Crimson Flame that allows her to manipulate its energy.

This not only suggests that Vlad could return very soon, but it also changes the mythology of the Red Lanterns and Green Lanterns – in other words, it alters the cosmic canon of the DC Universe.

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