{"id":486635,"date":"2026-01-02T07:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/486635\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T07:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:55:10","slug":"in-2025-dc-brought-back-a-secret-green-lantern-superpower-thats-ripped-straight-from-marvel-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/486635\/","title":{"rendered":"In 2025, DC Brought Back a Secret Green Lantern Superpower That’s Ripped Straight from Marvel Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Green Lantern\u2019s power ring is often described as the most powerful weapon in the DC universe, and a major part of the reason why is the nearly limitless potential each ring possesses<\/a>. That also hinges on a wielder\u2019s imagination and creativity, and that can vary quite a bit from Lantern to Lantern<\/a>. As a result, we\u2019ve seen a number of creative uses of the power ring over the years, and one particular superpower was just brought back in a major way, a power that was originally pulled straight from a major Marvel hero.<\/p>\n

In DC\u2019s Green Lantern Corps #11, Kilowog and Guy Gardner are leading a training session with several other Lanterns on the topic of Energy Twins, and you\u2019d be forgiven for not knowing what that is. Kilowog and Gardner reveal that an Energy Twin is when a Lantern projects their soul outwards, creating a green version of you that can only be seen by Guardians and other Lanterns. While that ability has been used before the Green Lantern stories, its return spotlight is also a reminder that it\u2019s an ability based on Marvel\u2019s Doctor Strange<\/a> and his far more famous ability of Astral Projection (or Astral Form).<\/p>\n

How Marvel\u2019s Doctor Strange Influenced DC\u2019s Green Lantern Superpower<\/p>\n

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As Gardner and Kilowog explain, an Energy Twin is a construct from the soul, and the energy being created is actually faster than the speed of light. You also have to have a strong connection with your inner self to create an Energy Twin, but Kilowog mentions this is a reconnaissance skill only due to the fact that you can\u2019t affect things directly while in this form. Your body is also asleep and unable to do anything while projecting, and if that sounds familiar, it\u2019s understandable why.<\/p>\n

The concept that more people are familiar with is tied to Marvel\u2019s Doctor Strange, where it\u2019s referred to as Strange\u2019s Astral Form. Strange actually utilized this ability in his very first appearance back in 1951\u2019s Strange Tales #110, and he\u2019s utilized it many more times in the years since. When you start comparing, the base rules are the same, as both have the same effect on the user\u2019s body and are capable of high speeds, with Strange being able to travel at the speed of thought. Strange is also invisible, but this is where some of the changes start to show.<\/p>\n

While Energy Twins are only visible to Guardians and other Lanterns, Strange\u2019s Astral Form can be viewed by anyone of Strange\u2019s choosing, and he can speak to anyone he chooses as well. There\u2019s also the fact that Strange can cast spells in the astral plane, but neither ability has the power to directly affect something in a physical way. Now this ability is getting some shine again in Green Lantern, and it will be interesting to see if it gets a welcome upgrade or even just a level up to get it on par with Strange\u2019s skillset.<\/p>\n

Green Lantern Corps #11 is in comic stores now.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below and\u00a0join the conversation now in the\u00a0<\/strong>ComicBook Forum<\/strong><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Green Lantern\u2019s power ring is often described as the most powerful weapon in the DC universe, and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":486636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[183120,219789,171,191496,2680,53,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-486635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-answer-feature","9":"tag-doctor-strange","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-green-lantern","12":"tag-marvel-comics","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115824435184734431","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}