Fictional character biography
Originally a history professor on the planet Ungara, Abin Sur is appointed Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814 in the mid-1860s. As a child, he became best friends with Ruch Ehr and later, by association, Munni Jah. The two were a couple and Abin secretly loved Munni, but never spoke openly of this.
While on patrol, Abin is attacked and pursued by the being known as Legion. Badly injured and with his spaceship seriously damaged, he makes an emergency landing on the nearest habitable planet (Earth). Due to his injuries, Sur was aware that his death was inevitable and he uses his ring to search for a successor, a man without fear. The first possibility was Clark Kent. Since he was not native to Earth, he is not chosen. The next candidates were Hal Jordan and Guy Gardner. As Hal was closer, the ring chooses him as the most suitable replacement and brings him to Abin, who gives him the ring before dying. [1] [2] [3] [4]
It is later revealed that part of Abin's soul is being tortured in Hell, with another part accompanying Hal Jordan during his time as the Spectre. Eventually, he frees his soul from Hell and assists Hal on several spiritual adventures and metaphysical dilemmas. Abin's friends, Ruch Ehr and Munni Jah, later summon his spirit to undergo the Karamm-Jeev Descent, a process of reincarnation in which he will be reborn as their daughter Lagzia. Abin is initially hesitant, as the Descent will destroy his current self. However, he relents after meeting the spirit of Lagzia, who exists alongside his past and future incarnations. [5]
During some point in his life, Abin had a son, Amon Sur, who became the leader of the Black Circle crime syndicate. Amon is angry at his father for abandoning him for the Corps, and decides to take his anger out on all Green Lanterns. Amon later receives a duplicate of Sinestro's ring and joins the Sinestro Corps. [6]
The Prophecy
During Sinestro Corps War , it is revealed that Abin discovered a prophecy concerning the multiverse, the power of the emotional spectrum, and the Blackest Night prior to his death. [7] Green Lantern: Secret Origin reveals details of Abin's quest to learn more about the Blackest Night as he interrogated the Five Inversions on Ysmault, who had foreseen the prophecy. [8] He learns that Earth is the birthplace of the Black: the antithesis of the emotional spectrum that the prophecy predicts will "consume all light and all life." He discovers that the prophecy foretells his own death, when his ring fails him in his time of greatest need. He subsequently journeys to learn more about the Blackest Night and stop the prophecy from being fulfilled. During his quest, Abin begins to lose his faith in his willpower and his ring, and begins to feel fear. Abin's weakened power enables his prisoner Atrocitus to break free and attack him, causing his ship to crash on Earth. Abin is mortally wounded in the crash, leading his ring to choose Hal Jordan as his successor. [9] Only two Guardians, Ganthet and Sayd, as well as a Zamaron tribe, take Abin's discovery of the prophecy seriously. [10] [11]
Blackest Night
In the "Blackest Night" storyline, the prophecy of the eponymous event is fulfilled and Abin Sur is resurrected as a Black Lantern. [12] Abin and his sister Arin, who has also become a Black Lantern, arrive on Korugar shortly after to confront Sinestro and Hal Jordan. [13] They are defeated by Jordan, Sinestro, Indigo-1, and Carol Ferris, who join their lights together to destroy the black rings and render Abin and Arin's corpses inert. [14]
Other versions
Earth-3
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur from Earth-3 appears in Justice League (vol. 2) #26. This version's power ring hosted the malevolent, ancient entity Volthoom, which slowly destroys the mind and body of its bearer. Wishing to rid himself of Volthoom's influence, Sur deliberately crashes his ship on Earth and finds Joe Harrolds, a cowardly human janitor employed by Carol Ferris. Manipulated into believing that the ring has chosen him to wield its power, Harrolds accepts it and becomes the villainous Power Ring while Sur dies of his injuries in blissful joy. [15]
In Darkest Knight
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur appears in the one-shot In Darkest Knight. Following his death, this version of Sur's power ring chose Bruce Wayne as its wielder. [20] [21]
Multiversity
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur appears in The Multiversity . This version possesses horns and comes from an unidentified Earth that had recently finished World War II. After taking part in a war against Vandal Savage, [22] he helps the save the multiverse from a cosmic army before joining a cross-dimensional group called Justice Incarnate. [23] [24]
Superman: Last Son of Earth
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur appears in Superman: Last Son of Earth . He is shown to be indirectly responsible for a meteor crashing into Earth and wiping out all but one million human lives due to having prioritized settling a conflict between warring alien worlds in his sector.
Absolute Universe
An alternate universe variant of Abin Sur appears in Absolute Green Lantern . This version is a large, four-armed alien who came to Evergreen, Nevada to induct several of its residents into the spectrum of light and combat Mogo. [25] Sur gives Hal Jordan the power of the Black Hand, which Jordan ultimately uses to kill him. [26]
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