Tomar-Re
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Green Lantern (vol. 2) #6 (May–June 1961) |
Created by | John Broome Gil Kane |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Tomar-Re |
Species | Xudarian |
Place of origin | Xudar |
Team affiliations | Green Lantern Corps Black Lantern Corps Justice League |
Abilities | Power Ring |
Tomar-Re is a character appearing in comics published by DC Comics. He is a member of the Green Lantern Corps, as well as the predecessor and father of Tomar-Tu.
The character appeared in the 2011 Green Lantern film, voiced by Geoffrey Rush.
Publication history
Tomar-Re debuted in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #6 (May–June 1961) in a story written by John Broome with art by Gil Kane.[1]
Character biography
Tomar-Re was a Xudarian, a race of aliens from the planet Xudar in Sector 2813 (in his first Pre-Crisis appearance he claimed it was Sector 9). He was a scientist on his homeworld before joining the
Tomar's most famous mission while serving in the Corps dealt with the planet Krypton.[3] Krypton, a planet in sector 2813, was growing increasingly unstable. It was due to explode, caused by internal pressures deep inside the planet's core. Tomar-Re sought to use a rare compound called stellarium to absorb some of the tectonic pressure, thus saving the Kryptonians. He gathered the compound, and was en route to Krypton when a yellow solar flare blinded him, and forced him to drop the stellarium. He quickly recovered, but discovered he was blind. He gathered what little stellarium he could without his sight, and proceeded towards Krypton. He was closing in when his vision started to clear. The first thing he saw upon his sight returning was Krypton exploding. The Guardians recovered Tomar and brought him back to Oa, where he healed and rested. Tomar-Re was not aware at the time that his temporary blindness was responsible for the creation of Superman.[4]
He grew to be an honored senior member of the Corps, but his later career was not without cost. The most difficult moment was during the Nekron crisis when the death god used the spirit of Tomar-Re's deceased father to attempt to sway the Lantern to surrender. Although tempted, Tomar kept to his oath and destroyed his father's spirit to continue the battle, much to his personal anguish.
Tomar was retired when the
Blackest Night
In the Blackest Night event, all of the fallen Green Lanterns in the Oan crypt were reanimated by black power rings. Tomar-Re is among the many Black Lanterns shown standing against the Green Lanterns on Oa.[7]
After the events of the
DC Rebirth
Subsequently, in DC Rebirth, when Hal Jordan is transported into the Emerald Space, where fallen Green Lantern officers go after being killed on duty, he meets Tomar-Re. He was encouraged and learned for his son, Tomar-Tu with Hal says that he has takes his father's predecessor of the Green Lantern Corps.[13]
Other versions
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Tomar-Re appears in
In other media
Television
- Tomar-Re makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "In Brightest Day...".
- Tomar-Re makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Justice League (2001) two-part episode "In Blackest Night".
- Tomar-Re makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Return".
- Tomar-Re appears in the Duck Dodgers episode "The Green Loontern", voiced by an uncredited Joe Alaskey.
- Tomar-Re appears in The Batman episode "Ring Toss", voiced by Miguel Ferrer.
- Tomar-Re makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
- Tomar-Re appears in Green Lantern: The Animated Series, voiced by Jeff Bennett.[citation needed]
- Tomar-Re appears in Young Justice: Phantoms, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. This version was friends with Jor-El and Zor-El, and is killed by Lor-Zod in "Odyssey of Death!", with his ring being transferred to a Forager.
Film
Live-action
- Tomar-Re appears in Green Lantern, voiced by Geoffrey Rush.[14]
- Tomar-Re was intended to appear in Justice League (2017), with him and Kilowog visiting Batman in a post-credits scene, but was ultimately cut.[15]
Animation
- Tomar-Re appears in Green Lantern: First Flight, voiced by John Larroquette. This version is initially hostile to Hal Jordan due to a misunderstanding, and is later killed by Sinestro after the latter becomes a Yellow Lantern.
- Tomar-Re appears in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, voiced by James Arnold Taylor.
- Tomar-Re makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.
Miscellaneous
Tomar-Re appears in
A hologram of Tomar-Re appears in Smallville: Lantern #1. This version was killed while trying to stop the global civil war led by General Zod, with his ring traveling to Earth and choosing Clark Kent as his successor months after he became Superman.[17]
References
- ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ISBN 978-0-345-50108-0.
- ISBN 9781893905610.
- ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 2, #198 (March 1986)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 3) #4
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #39 (October 2009)
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 5 #14 (November 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 5) #15 (December 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 5) #16 (January 2013)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 5) #18 (March 2013)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 5) #20 (May 2013)
- ^ Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #10 (December 2016)
- ^ Boucher, Geoff (2011-03-30). "Geoffrey Rush joins the Green Lantern Corps". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ Simpson, George (November 25, 2017). "Justice League: Deleted post-credits scene REVEALED – What does it mean for Green Lantern?". Express.co.uk.
- ^ "Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century #6 - Attack of the Green Lantern Corps (Issue)". Comic Vine. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ Miller, Brian Q. (April 16, 2014). Smallville Season Eleven: Lantern #1. DC Comics.