Amon Sur

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caption=Amon Sur and Hal Jordan, in cover art for "Green Lantern" (Vol. 4) #17. Art by Ivan Reis.
character_name=Amon Sur
alter_ego=
publisher=DC Comics
debut="Green Arrow" (Vol. 3) # 24 (June 2003)
creators=Judd Winick
Ben Raab
Charlie Adlard
homeworld=Ungara in space sector 2814
species=
alliances=Black Circle Syndicate Sinestro Corps
aliases=
powers=Qwardian power ring

Amon Sur is a fictional alien supervillain in the DC Universe. He is the son of the Green Lantern Abin Sur. Amon Sur first appeared in "Green Arrow" (Vol. 3) #24 (June 2003), and was created by writers Judd Winick and Ben Raab, and artist Charlie Adlard.

Fictional character biography

Amon Sur first appeared in the bi-monthly crossover of Green Arrow Vol. 3, issues 23, 24, and 25, and Green Lantern Vol. 3, issues 162, 163, and 164, entitled: Urban Knights: Black Circle Syndicate.

Amon Sur grew up to become the man in charge of the Black Circle crime syndicate. Amon was angry with his deceased father for abandoning him for the Corps and decides to take his anger out on all Green Lanterns. Amon is eventually stopped by Hal Jordan's successor, Kyle Rayner and a second-generation Guardian of the Universe named Lianna. Amon eventually has a confrontation with Hal Jordan himself, who returns to his Green Lantern role after being freed from the influence of Parallax. Hal defeats the insane youth, but Amon receives a duplicate of Sinestro's ring from the Qwardians and vanishes. After Hal finally takes Abin's body home and buries it, a mysterious yellow light appears in the sky after Hal leaves, presumably Amon arriving to visit his father's grave.

Amon Sur had been recruited by the Sinestro Corps and had been chosen to represent space sector 2814. The Sinestro Corps originally tried to recruit Batman for the role, but his strong sense of will and previous contact with a Green Lantern ring allowed him to fight its influence. After the Sinestro Corps invades Earth, Amon Sur is delighted. However, upon learning and witnessing that the Green Lantern Corps can now use lethal force, he becomes fearful and flees.

Later on Amon Sur is found on the planet Varva having murdered deceased Lantern Ke'Haan's family. In retaliation Laira of the Green Lantern Corps executes him. His ring left him after his death, tries to reach to the Scarecrow in Arkham Asylum to recruit the villain as Amon's successor, but was thwarted by Hal Jordan and John Stewart. His ring was later destroyed by the Guardians.

Powers and abilities

As member of the Sinestro Corps, he use yellow power rings built on Qward. The rings can create objects based on the wielders own thoughts. The power rings are fuelled by fear instead of willpower. The yellow rings are charged by Manhunter androids that have yellow power batteries built into themselves, which in turn are connected to a large yellow Power Battery based on Qward. The rings have no known weaknesses, unlike a Green Lantern power ring's previous vulnerability to yellow. Also, the yellow rings are not restricted from killing sentient beings as the Green Lantern's power rings were.

Bibliography

* "Green Arrow" vol. 3 #23-25
* "Green Lantern" vol. 3 #162-164
* "Green Lantern" vol. 3 #171-175
* "Green Lantern" vol. 4 #14-18

External links

* [http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=amonsur "Dcuguide" First appearance]
* [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=98511 "Newsarama" Geoff Johns - Amon Sur, and everything Green Lantern]
* [http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/003000991.cfm "Wizard" Article on the members of the Sinestro Corps]
* [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=108339 "Newsarama" Tapping in to Evil: Ethan Van Sciver on Sinestro Corps]