Kyle was able to push Nekron back into his dimension by freeing the undead Lanterns from Nekron's control. This gave Nekron the opportunity to briefly control every deceased member of the Green Lantern Corps, which act as both his army and his anchor to the living universe. Kyle Rayner later encounters Nekron when he nearly reenters the living universe, at a time when the level of supernatural activity mysteriously increases. Also appearing in this issue is Jared Stevens (Fate). Nekron later battles the demon Nebiros, following the destruction of Doctor Fate's Tower Of Fate. Drawing into the Quantum field, Captain Atom is able to get the better of Nekron and is able to visit his deceased wife. Black Racer, also making an appearance, is coined 'Death as an Inevitability', while Death (prominently known from her appearances in Vertigo titles) represents 'Death as the Release, as Mercy, as Compassion'.

1990 – 2002 Ĭaptain Atom has a run-in with Nekron in which Nekron is described as 'Death as the Ultimate Opponent'. The spirit of Jordan's predecessor, Abin Sur, helps him escape the realm. This distraction undercuts Krona's power supplied by the being and thus gives the Guardians enough time to banish Krona into the dead realm and close the rift with Jordan still trapped inside. Nekron is defeated when Jordan enters the realm of the dead and incites the spirits of the recently killed Lanterns to rebel against him. Although his attack is powerful enough to shatter the morale of the Green Lantern Corps, Hal Jordan manages to inspire and rally his fellow Lanterns into attacking Krona with the charge still left in their rings. Krona and his minions kill several Guardians and Green Lanterns while destroying the Central Power Battery to prevent the Lanterns from recharging their power rings. Krona cooperates because part of Nekron's plan involves collapsing the universe so as to recreate it according to his own desires (which would give Krona the chance to see a universe being born). Given an army of similarly-restored spirits, Nekron sends Krona to kill the Guardians of the Universe in order to increase the size of the rift. Desiring the living world he is now able to see, but being too large to pass through the rift, Nekron recreates Krona as an undead being of enormous power instead. Īfter the Oan scientist Krona was sentenced to banishment as pure energy, that energy somehow reached Nekron's realm a rift opens between the dimensions due to the paradox of an immortal now being in the Realm of the Dead. Nekron draws his power from the souls and spirits of all those who have ever died. It is where the souls of the dead await passage to their final residence in either the Silver City or Hell. Nekron is the personification of Death and ruler of a region adjoining Hell known as the Land of the Unliving, that also seems to border on Limbo and Purgatory within the DC Universe.

Nekron, as he first appeared in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #2. He is the primary antagonist in the 2009-2010 Blackest Night storyline. Barr, Len Wein and Joe Staton, the character, who exists as an embodiment of Death, first appeared in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #2 (June 1981). Nekron is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, specifically those related to Green Lantern. Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #2 (June 1981)ĭraws power from and commands the souls and spirits of all who have ever died. Rodolfo Migliari's variant cover to Blackest Night #6 (December 2009).

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