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Abin Sur
Art by Tom Mandrake.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Showcase # 22 (September–October 1959)
Created by	John Broome Gil Kane
In-story information
Place of origin	Ungara
Team affiliations	Green Lantern Corps Indigo Tribe Black Lantern Corps
Notable aliases	Lagzia
Abilities	Green Lantern power ring

Abin Sur is a fictional character and a superhero from the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Showcase #22 (September–October 1959): "SOS Green Lantern". He was a member of the Green Lantern Corps and is best known as the predecessor of Green Lantern Hal Jordan, whom Abin Sur's power ring chose as his replacement. In the Post-Infinite Crisis continuity, he was revealed to be a brother-in-law of Sinestro and uncle of his daughter, Soranik Natu.

Contents [hide] 1 Fictional character biography 1.1 The Prophecy 1.2 "Blackest Night" 2 Spaceship 2.1 Pre-Crisis explanation 2.2 Post-Crisis explanation 2.3 Green Lantern: Secret Origin 3 Other versions 3.1 Superman: Red Son 3.2 Superman: Last Son of Earth 3.3 Superman/Batman: Absolute Power 3.4 Flashpoint 4 In other media 4.1 Television 4.2 Film 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit]Fictional character biography

Originally a history professor on the planet Ungara, Abin Sur is appointed Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814 in the mid-1860s. As a child, he became best friends with Ruch Ehr and later, by association, Munni Jah. The two of them were a couple and Abin secretly loved Munni, but never spoke openly of this.

Recruited by the Green Lantern known as Starkaor, he is known to have come to Earth on several occasions. In the American Old West, he teams up with an ancestor of Hal Jordan's to battle an alien named Traitor (who was responsible for the death of Starkaor). During World War II, he encounters Starman and Bulletman when the three battle an alien being u