Originally posted by -Pr-Absorbing Man should be accorded the limits he's displayed on-panel. Which, so far, encompasses high-powered artifact weapons like Mjolnir. I find it hard to believe anybody would argue that a black ring's power lies beyond that. A black ring =/= Nekron anymore than Mjolnir =/= raw Odinforce. Except Creel actually absorbed the raw Odinforce's properties.
He doesn't get a no-limit assumption, though.
Originally posted by SquallXSo long as they're actually dead. Beyond that specific characteristic, you had someone like John Stewart mimicking a BL's power just fine without turning into a mindless slave to Nekron.
The ring is able to control being far more powerful than both the Serpent and Odin.
Originally posted by ODG
Absorbing Man should be accorded the limits he's displayed on-panel. Which, so far, encompasses high-powered artifact weapons like Mjolnir. I find it hard to believe anybody would argue that a black ring's power lies beyond that. A black ring =/= Nekron anymore than Mjolnir =/= raw Odinforce. Except Creel actually absorbed the raw Odinforce's properties. So long as they're actually dead. Beyond that specific characteristic, you had someone like John Stewart mimicking a BL's power just fine without turning into a mindless slave to Nekron.
Last I checked, the Spectre is not dead. He's an entity, but the Soul that resides in the Spectre is dead.
Question, if absorbing man did copy the black lantern rings with no il effects what power/advantage would he gain from them?
And when it comes to gargoyle the assumption seems to be he will turn them to stone then break them enabling them to reconstruct themselves.. What if he just turned them to stone and let them be? I'd imagine only firestorm would be able to do something at that point and would have to deal with all of the worthy at once.
Am I missing something here?
Originally posted by SevenShackles
Question, if absorbing man did copy the black lantern rings with no il effects what power/advantage would he gain from them?
And when it comes to gargoyle the assumption seems to be he will turn them to stone then break them enabling them to reconstruct themselves.. What if he just turned them to stone and let them be? I'd imagine only firestorm would be able to do something at that point and would have to deal with all of the worthy at once.Am I missing something here?
If he turned them to stone and shattered them, they'd instantly reform. If he left them stone, they'd instantly reconstitute their corpse form. That's the whole point of them. You need to sever their connection to their ring to put them down.
^ Despite wholly ignoring (for some baffling reason) John Stewart not becoming a mindless slave when he mimicked the BL's power -- if Nekron isn't even in this thread to theoretically control him, it's not a relevant consideration to this thread.
Originally posted by SquallXBut Spectre was bound to Crispus Allen who died. Hallax discovered this when he dove into BL Spectre and found his corpse taken by the black ring in Green Lantern #51:
Last I checked, the Spectre is not dead. He's an entity, but the Soul that resides in the Spectre is dead.