Atrocitus
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| Atrocitus | |
 Art by Ethan Van Sciver |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Green Lantern (vol. 4) #25 (December 2007, Appeared) Green Lantern (vol. 4) #28 (First time Speaking) |
| Created by | Geoff Johns Ethan Van Sciver |
| In story information | |
| Species | Unknown |
| Place of origin | Ysmault |
| Team affiliations | Red Lantern Corps (Founder) |
| Abilities | red power ring |
Atrocitus is a fictional character, an alien supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. Created by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver, Atrocitus is the former arch-nemesis of former Green Lantern Sinestro. He first appears in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #25 in a two-page "War of Light" spread[1], and made his chronological first appearance in Green Lantern #29 as a prisoner of Lantern Hal Jordan's predecessor, Abin Sur.[2]
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[edit] Fictional Character Biography
[edit] Green Lantern: Secret Origin
Atrocitus is revealed to be Abin Sur's murderer. Caged in the injured Abin's starship, Atrocitus instills fear in Sur, allowing the yellow impurity to seep into his willpower constructs, weakening them enough to escape.[3] The story is still ongoing.
[edit] Connection to The Blackest Night
Atrocitus is shown in the aftermath of the Sinestro Corps War to be the first to forge a Red Lantern power battery, utilizing the power of rage.[4] He said that his first new victim would be the one who called himself "the greatest Green Lantern:" Sinestro, who had long since abandoned the Green Lantern Corps to forge a Corps in his own namesake.
