Batman has used a variety of Lantern power rings over the years… kind of.
See, anytime he gets one, he almost immediately takes it off and DC will still use that opportunity
to make toys based on these transformations or use them for alternate skins in video games
or other stuff like that, but regardless, these are still REALLY COOL.
Because it’s Batman, probably the single most popular superhero of all time and the
lantern power rings which are one of the coolest concepts in all of DC Comics.
So today, I’m going to take a look at every instance I could find of Batman wielding any
of these rings.
Let’s dive in!
Let’s start off with the most iconic, the Green Lantern power ring.
In the main continuity Batman has borrowed Hal Jordan’s power ring a couple times.
The first one was this one time when Hal lent Bruce his ring in an attempt to get Bruce
over his greatest fear, the loss of his parents.
After making constructs of them, Bruce admits that he is not ready to let them go just yet.
That was before the Flashpoint reboot...thing of the New 52.
And now there’s another story.
Now all over the internet, people have heard about the time that Batman sat in the Mobius
Chair.
That’s where we got the three Jokers thing from.
While that information has circled all around, I’m surprised that this tidbit didn’t.
Bruce was only able to get out of the chair when Hal Jordan forced his ring upon Batman
who used all of its willpower to get off.
He had it for about a few pages and then it was removed.
While those last two times ARE canon to the main DC continuity.
I feel like it’s worth mentioning the Green Lantern Batman of Earth-32.
This Elseworlds story called “Batman: In Darkest Knight” opens on Bruce Wayne during
that famous scene when he stares at the bust of his father after his training, looking
for a sign of how to fight crime.
Instead of a bat, Bruce is greeted with a vision of a dying alien, Abin Sur, who had
just crash landed on the Wayne property.
Upon finding him, Sur passes Bruce his Green Lantern power ring, allowing the billionaire
to defend Earth, Gotham City, and space sector 2814 as Green Lantern.
Like Hal in the main continuity, Bruce became the best of the Green Lanterns and was eventually
tasked with taking on the rogue lantern, Sinestro, by the leaders of the Green Lantern Corps,
the Guardians.
Sinestro was banished after his defeat, but came back wielding a yellow ring.
Then visited Joe Chill, the man who killed Bruce’s parents, and fused minds with him,
driving Sinestro insane like The Joker.
Bruce wanted to stay in Gotham to take on Sinestro, but the Guardians wanted him to
defend the rest of Sector 2814.
When he refused, the Guardians appointed Superman, Wonder Woman, and The Flash as Green Lanterns
as well.
While this universe doesn’t exist anymore, the new Earth 32 DOES feature a Green Lantern
Batman called Bat-Lantern.
Next up is the yellow ring of the Sinestro Corps.
Obviously led by Sinestro, these rings are given to those that are able to instil fear
which obviously makes Batman a prime candidate.
In fact, when building up their army for the Sinestro Corps War, Bruce Wayne was selected
to be the best candidate in all of his space sector.
However, remember how I mentioned earlier that Batman tried on Hal’s ring, pre-Flashpoint?
Exposure to the his Green Lantern power ring AND his great amount of willpower combined
overid Bruce’s ability to instil fear in others and the ring itself rejected Batman
and flew off to Abin Sur’s son, Amon Sur.
Now let’s take a look at the post-Flashpoint universe.
It’s revealed that Bruce has countermeasures to take out the ENTIRE JUSTICE LEAGUE if they
turned evil and to combat the Green Lanterns, Bruce had a Sinestro Corps ring in reserve.
Apparently he got it after the Sinestro Corps attacked Earth and it still had a slight charge
left.
This came in handy during the Forever Evil storyline when an evil Justice League from
another universe invaded the main DC universe.
Batman used the Sinestro Corps ring to fight off Green Lantern’s doppelganger, the uncreatively
named “Power Ring”.
Yeah.
That’s his name.
Anyway, that’s where we get Yellow Lantern Batman once again.
That didn’t work out though and Power Ring destroyed Bruce’s jewelry.
Sinestro actually ends up saving the day and mentions that Bruce was holding back.
If he fully embraced fear, he would have been a worthy addition to the corps.
Many of y’all know this one.
The Black Lanterns of the Blackest Night event.
These guys are sort of like reanimated corpses and at the time, Batman was supposedly dead.
A Black Lantern power ring brought him back though, but of course, this wasn’t really
him, but rather a flawed clone buried in his place while Batman traveled through time as
a caveman pirate witch hunter cowboy.
But hey, that didn’t stop DC from selling Black Lantern Batman stuff.
Merchandising.
Woo...
Finally, that brings us to the White Lantern Batman.
During the Brightest Day event, a White Lantern power ring sent a newly resurrected Deadman
on a quest to find a champion on Earth.
Well Deadman thought it was Batman… because Batman.
So the White Lantern ring was forced onto Batman and then was taken off a few pages
later when it was revealed that Bruce was NOT the right candidate for the ring.
And that’s every single Batman power combination I could find.
I’m really surprised there hasn’t been at least a red one yet.
So which Lantern Batman was your favorite?
Let me know down there in the comments.
Also, take any fictional character and assign them a power ring.
I want to hear what you guys come up with.
So again, down there in the comments.
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