The Green Lantern Corps Annual #2
In "Escapist Entertainment," Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill deliver a haunting, dreamlike tale set on the desolate planet Ysmault, where Abin Sur ventures into forbidden territory in search of a crashed ship. There, he confronts the terrifying Empire of Tears and its enigmatic tormentor, Qull of the Five Inversions, who answers three chilling questions—each one unraveling a deeper truth about Abin’s fate and the Guardians’ hidden past. The cover by Gil Kane and Joe Staton, inked by Bruce Patterson, captures the eerie grandeur of this otherworldly encounter.
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Abin Sur seeks a crippled ship that has crashed on Ysmault, a lifeless planet in a forbidden territory by the Guardians. There Abin finds The Empire of Tears-- hellish demons that taunt him, including Qull of the Five Inversions. Qull freely answers three questions for Abin about the crippled ship, Abin's future and the Guardians' greatest catastrophe. And in doing so destroys Abin Sur years in the future.
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