Supreme genius intellect Enhanced physical attributes Vast psionic powers Virtual immortality Infinite regeneration Wields the powers of the Emotional Spectrum As Entropy Body composed of anti-energy Anti-energy manipulation
Born on Maltus, Krona is an Oan scientist who became obsessed with observing the origins of the universe itself, despite an ancient legend stating that doing so would cause a great calamity.[2] Krona constructs a machine that pierces the temporal barrier and views the beginnings of time itself, but it explodes, shattering the universe and creating the multiverse. As punishment, the Oas transform Krona into pure energy and sentence him to wander the cosmos. Krona's actions are what caused the Oans to become the Guardians of the Universe.[3]
Krona returns to a physical state using Alan Scott's mystical power ring, but is again turned into his energy form by the Guardians.[3] Krona is restored to his original form once again by Nekron and attempts to kill the Guardians, only to be defeated by the Green Lantern Corps.[4]
While trying to discover the secret of universal creation, Krona begins destroying universes, eventually arriving in the Marvel Universe. There he confronts the Grandmaster,[5] who, in an attempt to save his own universe, informs Krona of the existence of a being in the Marvel Universe who has witnessed the Big Bang. In exchange for Krona not destroying this universe, the Grandmaster and he will play a game; two teams, one from each universe, seek out 12 items of great power, six from each universe. Should Krona's team (the Avengers) win, Grandmaster will give the knowledge Krona seeks to him in return for not destroying his universe. When Grandmaster's team (the Justice League) wins, Krona strikes down the Grandmaster in a rage and summons Galactus.[6] The Grandmaster tricks Krona and locks him at the multiversal junction point, having linked the two universes together.[7]
Krona forces the two universes closer together, causing reality to warp wildly and making items and people switch worlds. He is briefly disrupted by the Scarlet Witch and Green Lantern, but continues his experiments. After being told what has happened by the Grandmaster, the two teams attack Krona's stronghold. Krona nearly kills all the heroes of both teams as they penetrate his final wave of defenses—even with Superman wielding Captain America's shield and Thor's hammer— but Hawkeye and the Flash (Barry Allen), who had earlier faked their deaths, stop his plan, Hawkeye firing a TNT arrow at Krona's machinery, sucking him into the Cosmic Egg. The Spectre pushes the worlds apart and reality returns to normal.[8]
This egg is kept and studied in the JLA headquarters. Its fluctuations are a matter of intense scrutiny in the "Syndicate Rules" storyline,[9] during which it is speculated that the reconstruction of the universes also altered the original 'rules' that allowed the League and the Syndicate to always win on their home ground, requiring each to fight harder in the future. After the League believes they have the situation under control, they implement tighter scans on the egg to register alarms at even minor fluctuations. Metron later places devices around the egg to feed false readings to the League and let it develop without interference.
In the Trinity series, Despero, Morgaine le Fey and Enigma use the cosmic egg to create powerful monsters and reshape the world.[10][11] In the aftermath of these events, Krona is freed. He recruits the Controllers in an attempt to communicate with the consciousness of the universe, but is double-crossed by them, who attempt to absorb and study his energies. In retaliation, Krona destroys them and their lab planet, only to hear the planet's consciousness "freed" from its "prison". Krona then sets out to do the same for many other planets.[12]
Krona is later approached by Morgaine and her allies, seeking his power to fend off the returned Trinity (Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman). Morgaine offers the planet Earth's consciousness in return, intending to replace it with the soul of Enigma's daughter.[13]
Krona accepts and a lengthy battle ensues between him, the JLA, JSA, Teen Titans, and the Trinity. During the height of the battle Krona is imprisoned due to the united efforts of several heroes and villains, but is set free by Morgaine, finally snapped, claiming that if she cannot have the world, then nobody shall. Following that, Krona unleashes his powers and destroys the Earth.
Moments after Earth's destruction, Krona encounters its essence, the Worldsoul. Krona inquires about the law of universes, wishing to know how the Worldsoul and other entities like it function and exist, hoping to learn of some higher plan or design. However, he is horrified to learn that the Worldsoul has no function other than to simply exist, resonate, and feel, to sharing in the positive emotions of everything living on its surface. This explanation defies all logic and science Krona has studied, and he believes this renders himself and his entire life, in effect, pointless. In a fit of rage, he attempts to destroy the Worldsoul, but is stopped by the Trinity, who have survived the destruction of Earth. Combining their powers with that of the Worldsoul, they imprison Krona and reform Earth.[14]
War of the Green Lanterns
After the events of Blackest Night, a cloaked stranger appears on Ryut, walking near an ancient temple with seven pillars marked with the symbols of the Emotional Spectrum and plotting against the Lantern Corps.[15] Over time, this entity manages to capture the emotional entities responsible for empowering the Corps.[16][17] When Hal Jordan confronts him, the entity reveals himself to be Krona. Prior to his banishment by the Guardians, Krona was the caretaker responsible for protecting the entities, allowing him to control them.[18] Despite the combined efforts of the New Guardians, Krona overwhelms them and escapes with the entities.[19]
The New Guardians follow Krona to Ryut and learn that he was responsible for the Manhunters' programming glitch, which resulted in the annihilation of Sector 666. He did so to prove that there were flaws in an emotionless police force. Krona also created a gauntlet that harnessed willpower, which was the basis for the Green Lantern power ring.[20]
In the storyline War of the Green Lanterns, Krona, along with the emotional entities, attacks Oa and has the entities possess the Guardians of the Universe. Parallax is placed inside the Central Power Battery, placing all of the Green Lanterns under Krona's control.[19] Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, and Kyle Rayner escape from Krona and fight back, removing Parallax from the power battery.[21][22] Krona is eventually killed by Jordan, with Ganthet giving his corpse to Atrocitus to do as he wishes.[23][24]
The New 52
Following the War of the Green Lanterns, it is revealed that Atrocitus has kept Krona's corpse as a 'confidant', talking to the body when he needs to give voice to his feelings about the Red Lantern Corps and his plans to restore their intelligence. After granting intellects to three Red Lanterns, Atrocitus returns to the place where he has left Krona's body, only to find it missing.[25] Krona's body has been possessed by Abysmus, a demonic entity created by the earliest experiments of Atrocitus with shamanistic and necromantic magic.[26]
Following the events of "Rise of the Third Army", in the opening of Wrath of the First Lantern, Krona's history has been changed: although he attempted to observe the beginning of the universe, the cosmos-spanning hand now bears a Lantern Power ring and when the viewscreen explodes, it is because a time-travelling ship has just arrived. From the ship, appears the mysterious Volthoom.[27] During a conversation with Atrocitus, Krona's spirit claims that he became caught up in his work after his wives and child were killed in an accident, but Atrocitus dismisses the idea that this excuses his later actions. Volthoom disperses Krona's spirit, apparently killing him. It is also revealed that Krona's banishment from the Guardians of the Universe was not from the result of his machinations, but because he ordered the Manhunters to destroy Sector 666.[28]
Resurrection
It is later revealed that Keli Quintela's gauntlet was originally owned by Krona, who utilizes it to possess Simon Baz and activate a failsafe that allows himself to be reborn in a duplicate of Hal Jordan's body. Simon manages to regain control of his body and interrupt the process, causing Krona's new body to be damaged.[29][30]
Powers and abilities
Krona possesses a supreme genius-level intellect, but his arrogance, lack of patience, short temper and above all insatiable hunger for knowledge have gotten the better of him. If it brought him any benefit, he would be the sort to attempt to quantify dance or measure a soul, solely for the sake of knowing. It is this madness that got Krona exiled and brought about his constant defeats. He has unhesitatingly destroyed universes and risked his own existence for a chance to gain deeper insight.
Like the rest of his species, Krona possesses enhanced physical abilities, psionic powers (including telepathy and telekinesis) and virtual immortality. His powers were later increased by Nekron, making him more powerful than any of the Guardians.
As Entropy, Krona was composed of anti-energy, could absorb others into his body, converting them into more anti-energy, and was able to create an army composed of anti-energy that were completely under his control. During the JLA/Avengersminiseries, where he wielded the power of all the universes he had previously destroyed, Krona proved able to easily defeat both the Grandmaster and Galactus, although the Grandmaster's power was sufficient to make him initially hesitant at the prospect of fighting the other being until his attempt to beat the Grandmaster in a game to gain the information he sought failed.
Also, as the caretaker of the emotional entities which are the pure embodiments of the emotions comprising the Emotional Spectrum, Krona wields the powers of the entire emotional spectrum.
In other media
Television
Krona makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in a flashback in the Green Lantern: The Animated Series episode "Loss". This version previously created the Anti-Monitor before banishing him to another universe.
Film
Krona appears in Green Lantern (2011), voiced by Clancy Brown. This version is a rogue Guardian of the Universe who accidentally unleashed and was consumed by Parallax.
Krona makes a non-speaking appearance in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. This version is an anti-matter entity served by Shadow Demons who is ultimately destroyed after the Green Lanterns force him into Oa's sun.
↑Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p.170. ISBN978-1-4654-5357-0.
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