Soranik Natu

SORANIK NATU

Real Name: Soranik Natu

Class: Extraterrestrial (Korugarian) technology-user

Occupation: Green Lantern, surgeon

Group Affiliation: Green Lantern Corps

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Korugar, Space Sector 1417

First Appearance: Green Lantern Corps: Recharge #1 (November, 2005)

Powers: Natu was an unparalleled surgeon. As a Green Lantern, Natu wielded a power ring capable of doing almost anything she could imagine as long as it was recharged by his emerald power battery once every 24 hours. Examples of its' powers include flight, phasing, creating giant objects formed of energy, and force fields.

History: (Green Lantern / Sinestro Corps: Secret Files #1) - Natu and her family suffered under the totalitarian rule of Sinestro on Korugar, and they came to resent all of the Green Lantern Corps. Sinestro was removed from power by Hal Jordan, and Natu realized Sinestro was the problem, not the Corps. She accepted a position in the Corps, even though her family and homeworld were initially hostile towards her. Eventually Korugar came to worship her, like they’d hero-worshipped Sinestro in times past, and Natu did everything in her power to dissuade them.

(Green Lantern IV #11) - Tomar-Tu escaped the Manhunters and piloted a ship towards Earth, crash-landing at Edwards Air Force base. Natu ministered to his injuries, and Hal hoped that the other Lanterns he seemingly killed were still alive.

(Green Lantern Corps II #14) -The people of Korugar held a rally demanding that Natu lead them into a new age of prosperity, such as Korugar used to have under the protection of the GLC. Natu again reminded her people that she was a healer, not a leader, and that as a member of the Corps she couldn’t condone her people overthrowing the government. Sinestro appeared and engaged her in battle, taking their skirmish to the skies. He bested Natu, but told her he would leave and allow the Korugarians to think she was the victor. He knew she rejected power, and feared that it would corrupt her and turn her into someone like him. Sinestro made it clear he needed someone to keep his planet safe, and she was obligated. Sinestro let her fall to Korugar, and just as he suspected, she kept up the premise of being their champion against Sinestro as a matter of duty.

(Green Lantern IV #22) - Natu watched on at disease as her people threw a parade for her.

(Green Lantern Corps II #15) - Natu tended to all the wounded underpeople in her clinic that she was capable of, but informed one of her followers that she had other responsibilities, and needed to aid the GLC in the Sinestro Corps War. She told her follower to make sure any more injured underpeople were treated at the Central Hospital, and promised the hospital would feel her wrath if they were turned down.

(Green Lantern IV #24, Green Lantern Corps IV #17) - Soranik reported back to the GLC during the Sinestro Corps War, and demanded a chance to battle Sinestro, but Salakk reminded her that she was following his orders. The GLC arrived on Earth to fend off the Sinestro Corps invasion of the planet, and dozens of Sinestro Corps soldiers were slaughtered. Natu was disturbed by the GLC’s authorization of lethal force. The GLC were recalled to NYC, where Sinestro had arrived with the Antoi-Monitor. Sinestro was appalled to see Natu, calling her a traitor for abandoning Korugar. Natu led an impulsive charge against Sinestro, but the Anti-Monitor easily held them off. The Guardians learned that the Anti-Monitor was using the Sinestro Corps in his plan to destroy the multiverse by controlling Earth, so they made GLC rookie Sodam Yat the new Ion, and sent him against the Monitor.

(Green Lantern IV #25) - Soranik Natu and the GLC continued to battle the Sinestro Corps on Earth while Hal and Kyle went to Coast City to protect it from Sinestro, and Hal issued a radio broadcast asking the residents to flee. Not a soul left, everyone had faith Hal would save them from Sinestro. Sinestro and a number of his soldiers engaged Hal and Kyle, and Sinestro told them he’d already won the war. His actions made the Guardians rewrite the Book of Oa, and now that the GLC could use lethal force they would be feared. Sinestro always wanted the GLC to be a more totalitarian police force to bring order to the universe, and he’d succeeded. Sinestro and Hal’s rings were both drained of power, and they squared off in hand-to-hand combat. Hal won, and told Sinestro he was under arrest. In NYC the Anti-Monitor tapped into Earth’s energy and prepared to unleash an anti-matter wave to consume Earth. The GLC ruptured the heart of Anti-Monitor’s Warworld, the Sinestro Corps central power battery, and created a shield around Warworld and the Monitor. The ensuing blast nearly destroyed the Anti-Monitor, and he was finished off by Superman-Prime, who betrayed him for having destroyed his home, Earth-Prime. Sentient virus Despotellis infected Guy Gardner, trying for a Pyrrhic victory, but GL Soranik Natu diagnosed Guy and sent Leezle Pon, a sentient smallpox GL into Guy’s body to capture Despotellis. Leezle had wanted revenge on Despotellis ever since he’d killed his partner Reemuz. With the Anti-Monitor destroyed, Sinestro vanquished, and having no way of recharging their rings the Sinestro Corps fled Earth to lick their wounds.

(R.E.B.E.L.S. #23) - Vril, Blackfire, Sardath and the R.E.B.E.L.S. welcomed Honor Lantern John Stewart to Rann, and after a public handshake and media coverage they went behind closed doors for negotiations. Their talk quickly broke down, with Stewart demanding he let the GLC do their job, and Vril claiming his rhetoric hadn't influenced the Vegan people to turn against the GLC and demands that they vacate their sector. The Citadelian Liberation Front announced that they had a singularity module, and were going to implode the Vegan sun unless the GLC left the Vegan system. Stewart suspected that Vril orchestrated the affair, but Vril said he had no proof. Stewart sent GL's Admos and Gorius to handle the situation, but after taking out the Gordanians they couldn't figure out how to defuse the module. Stewart said he had faith in them, and refused Vril's offer of L.E.G.I.O.N. assistance. Vril reminded Stewart that his arrogance destroyed the planet Xanshi, and Stewart's temper started to flare. Stewart had called in Ganthet, Soranik Natu, and Kyle Rayner to back up his rookie Lanterns, but Gorius figured out how to destabilize the bomb, cracking its shell and causing an explosion, but preventing it from opening a black hole. Ganthet promoted the rookies to full GL status, and Vril was forced to maintain peace with the Corps, at least in public.

Comments: Created by Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons & Patrick Gleason

Natu received a profile in Green Lantern / Sinestro Corps: Secret Files #1.