ANI-MOVIES, *Green Lantern: Beware My Power

 

Meant to be the 5th chapter of the "Tomorrowverse"(4th if you count The Long Halloween as a single feature), Beware My Power is in fact a direct continuation of the DC Showcase: Adam Strange short from two years prior. The second human Green Lantern takes the spotlight in this newly expanded world which includes the already formed Justice League and an established interstellar history. This acts as a serious cosmic odyssey to the DC animated library.

Former marine John Stewart is suffering from PTSD after his last Middle East tour and gets a visit by the last known Guardian of the Universe who gives him missing Green Lantern Hal Jordan's power ring before he passes away. John has the ring take him to the Justice League's Watchtower satellite where he's introduced to members of the current roster, including Green Arrow. The Emerald Archer goes with the new Green Lantern in the Guardian's ship to the Lantern homeworld of Oa which is loaded with corpses of probably the entire Lantern Corps and the Guardians. Once there, the green team is attacked by Shayera Hol, a Hawkgirl from the planet of Thanagar that believes their warring neighbor world of Rann were behind the slaughter on Oa. The three heroes combine their efforts and travel to a war-torn planet where a rogue teleporting zeta beam drops Adam Strange straight from his Showcase adventure of busting giant alien bugs. The new fantastic four realize that some outside factor is manipulating the Rann and Thanagar empires into a war, which is revealed to be ex-Green Lantern Sinestro now using a yellow power ring and leading a team of space terrorists. John has to now use his newfound powers and responsibilities to help repair the damage caused by Sinestro's forces and his hidden benefactor.

Beware My Power opens up a new area of the Tomorrowverse only slightly hinted to in Superman: Man Of Tomorrow helping bring about the space opera this franchise needed. The animation is refined, most notably in the star battles and the power ring constructs. It leaves you wondering if there is a lingering connection between this timeline and the previous DCAU and hoping to see the full new Justice League in an upcoming adventure. The feature's only downside is that it sidelines the title character for other people on the DC Comics roster.