Mogo
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Green Lantern (vol. 2) #188 (May 1985) |
Created by | Alan Moore (writer) Dave Gibbons (artist) |
In-story information | |
Species | Sentient planet |
Team affiliations | Green Lantern Corps |
Mogo is a fictional comic book character, a superhero appearing in publications by the American publisher DC Comics. Mogo is a sentient planet, and as a member of the interplanetary police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, appearing as a supporting character in storylines featuring that group, specifically the Green Lantern franchise. Created by writer Alan Moore and writer Dave Gibbons, Mogo first appeared in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #188 (May 1985) in a story titled "Mogo Doesn't Socialize".
Publication history
Mogo first appeared in
Fictional character biography
Background
Mogo is a sentient and living planet. When it is desired, its affiliation with the Corps is shown with foliage arranged into a green band, marked with the standard Green Lantern Corps lantern symbol, circling Mogo's equatorial area.
In its early appearances, Mogo is not a social Green Lantern and its interactions with the rest of the DC universe are not well documented. It avoids announcing its presence, preferring to represent itself using pseudonymous holograms. In Mogo's first appearance, it is explained that the planet-sized Mogo's gravitational field would wreak havoc on any other planet it would try to "visit", hence Mogo "doesn't socialize".[1]
In one incident, it sent holograms to purchase Lobo's dolphins. When Lobo tried to retrieve them, a Mogo hologram persuaded him not to. The dolphins turned out to have a symbiotic relationship with Mogo, eating space debris that fell to his surface. Lobo never discovered he was dealing with a sentient planet.[2] At the same time, Mogo has allowed alien races to live on its surface and has been willing to change its climatic conditions to suit them. These inhabitants of Mogo may not always know that their home is alive and watching them.
When the
This storyline contradicts a Green Lantern annual where Kyle faces the bodies of many dead Green Lanterns, Mogo included, all of whom try to destroy him.[4]
Mogo appeared in Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #2, requesting back-up against
With the restoration of the Green Lantern Corps, Mogo has taken on the role of a training and recreation planet for his fellow Green Lanterns.
Infinite Crisis
Mogo played a major role in the conclusion of the
In the
Prophecy
In Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2 (1986), a prophecy narrated to Abin Sur suggests that Mogo will be the last Green Lantern. In a battle with the "Empire of Tears", Ranx the Sentient City will explode a blink-bomb within Mogo's core, killing the sentient planet and ending the Green Lantern Corps forever.
When the Corps is rebuilt again, many Lanterns gain partners. Mogo teams up with Bzzd, an insect-sized Lantern. Bzzd is killed battling Mongul II.[8]
In Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #11, Mogo apparently shows
The Sinestro Corps attack Mogo with Ranx, who started to drill into the planet, with the intention of planting the blink bomb. It was revealed that Mogo is the one who guides the rings of deceased Lanterns to find new replacements and that if he should die, the Corps would be unable to recruit members in this manner. Thanks to Sodam Yat, as well as a change in the Book of Oa permitting the Lanterns to use lethal force against the Sinestro Corps, Ranx is destroyed and the Sinestro Corps are driven from Mogo.[9]
Blackest Night
During the Blackest Night event, Oa is attacked by the deadly Black Lantern Corps.[10] During the attack, Salaak decrees that all rings from fallen Green Lanterns should be sent to Mogo, so as not to endanger the lives of potential rookies.[11] Soranik Natu then sends all injured patients from the fight to Mogo, but is sidetracked by Kyle Rayner being attacked by a Black Lantern Jade. She sends her partner Iolande to Mogo with the patients alone instead.[12] Mogo shows up at Oa to help in the battle against the Black Lanterns with Kilowog stating "I guess Mogo does socialize after all", a tip of the hat to Moore's origin story.[13] Mogo increases his gravity to such a degree that all of the Black Lanterns are pulled down to his surface and absorbed into his core. The superhot magma within continually burns up the Black Lantern's bodies, keeping them from regenerating their forms. Mogo describes this as "they will burn, for all eternity". The injured patients are shown to be resting safely on Mogo.[14]
Following the successful imprisonment and destruction of the Black Lanterns, Mogo and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps along with Munk and Miri face the wrath of a red ring–possessed Guy Gardner. While Miri, a Star Sapphire, attempts to revert Guy to normal, it is ultimately Mogo who manages to purge the infection of the red light. However, he warns that some influence of the red still remains and that only a Blue Lantern's power ring could completely remove the influence of the red ring. Mogo soon resumes his duties of supervising new rookies as they are recruited.[15]
War of the Green Lanterns
In the
The New 52
Following Mogo's destruction, the Guardians tell John Stewart that Mogo's remains appear to be moving toward a particular location, suggesting that Mogo is trying to reform. The Guardians assign Stewart to track it.
John and Fatality arrive at the location of Mogo's pieces. They are held prisoner by a space pirate using Mogo's power as the ship's energy beam weapon to attack the planet's core, threatening their lives. John and Fatality attack the space pirate, intending to free Mogo, by sending the space pirate to crash on the planet. John discovers the Guardians' plan to use Mogo.[23] After the events of "War of the Green Lanterns", Mogo reforms into a planet's orbit. The Guardians reveal their plan was to use the size of the reconstituted Mogo and assimilate it into the Third Army, but the plan fails when Mogo destroys the Third Army trying to assimilate it.[24]
The villainous First Lantern drained the Green Lantern Corps of their emotions on the planet Oa, but Mogo rescued the Corps by shielding them with dirt and stone, allowing them to escape from the First Lantern's powers. When the Green Lantern Corps are transported to Mogo, Mogo creates a scenario in which the Corps is attacked by their doppelgangers. Mogo freezes the doppelgangers and confesses the ruse to the Corps, stating that it was done to test their will and strength and prepare them to fight against the First Lantern.[25] After the Lights Out crossover and the destruction by Relic, Mogo became the new headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps.[26]
Mogo's ring is later stolen by the forces of New Genesis. This causes Mogo's rotation to slow and its systems to crumble. Several Green Lanterns perish in an attempt to rescue Mogo's ring.[27] Following the final battle at New Genesis, Mogo is restored when his ring is returned.[28]
Future
In the Legion of 3 Worlds, it is revealed that in the 31st century Mogo has been long dead and without him, there was no way to distribute the rings and thus no Green Lantern Corps.[29]
DC Universe
Mogo appears in DC Rebirth and the post-Rebirth DC Universe.
In Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #1, after the events where the
During the time that Hank Henshaw was hacking into the Green Lantern main Power Battery, he corrupted Mogo's landscape causing uncontrolled weather and for numerous buildings to collapse.[33] Following Henshaw's defeat, Ganthet reveals the Guardians are secretly rebuilding Oa and intend to return the Green Lanterns' main base of operations back there to allow for Mogo to fully recover from this experience.[34]
Powers and abilities
In addition to the standard powers of a Green Lantern
Reception
Mogo and the concept of a living planet has been examined in relation to philosophy, including whether a planet can be considered a living being and possess a soul according to the philosophy of Aristotle.[35]
Other versions
Green Lantern versus Aliens
In the
In other media
Television
- Mogo appears in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "The Eyes of Despero!". This version displays increased control of his land mass.
- Mogo appears in Green Lantern: The Animated Series, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson. This version caused numerous ships to crash onto himself to imprison the criminals on board and keep them from harming others. He later receives fallen Green Lantern Shyir Rev's power ring, guides Saint Walker to the Blue Lantern Corps' battery, and assists him and Kilowog in fighting the Red Lantern Corps.
- Mogo appears in the Mad segment "Does Someone Have to GOa?", voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
Film
- Mogo appears in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights.
- Mogo appears in promotional material for Green Lantern, though he does not appear in the film itself.
Video games
Mogo appears in DC Universe Online via the "War of the Light" Pt. 1 DLC.
Miscellaneous
Mogo appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic. He travels to Earth with the Green Lantern Corps to combat Superman's Regime and the Sinestro Corps until Superman pushes him into Earth's sun.
References
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 2) #188 (May 1985)
- ^ Mister Miracle (vol. 2) #13-14 (March–April 1990)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 3) #158-159 (March–April 2003)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 3) Annual #7 (1998)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #15 (October 2007)
- ^ Infinite Crisis #7 (June 2006)
- ^ 52 #41 (November 2007)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #26 (September 2008)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #16 (November 2007)
- ^ Blackest Night #1 (September 2009)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #40 (November 2009)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #41 (December 2009)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #43 (February 2010)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #44 (March 2010)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #45 (April 2010)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #59 (April 2011)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #60 (May 2011)
- ^ War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath #1 (July 2011)
- ^ War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath #2 (August 2011)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 3) #13 (October 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 3) #14 (November 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 3) #15 (December 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 3) #16 (January 2013)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps Annual (vol. 3) #1 (January 2013)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 3) #19 (April 2013)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 3) #24 (Dec. 2013)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 5) #35 (October 2014)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 5) Annual #3
- ^ Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #2 (October 2008)
- ^ Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #1 (September 2016).
- ^ Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #2–50 (October 2016 – October 2018).
- ^ Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #18-25 (June–September 2017).
- ^ Green Lanterns #50-56 (July–September 2018)
- ^ Green Lanterns #57 (October 2018)
- ^ Dryden, Jane (2022). Green Lantern and Philosophy: No Evil Shall Escape this Book. Wiley. pp. 201–214.
External links
- The Unofficial Mogo Biography at The Book of OA, a Green Lantern Corps fansite.