Warning! SPOILERS for Young Justice season 4, episode 25.
The penultimate episode of Young Justice season 4 made Ursa Zod right into a larger risk, giving her command of the Emerald Eye of Ekron. The spouse and right-hand of Common Zod was already a formidable risk, given her robust will, warrior coaching, and Kryptonian physiology. Sadly, her acquisition of the Emerald Eye solely served to make her much more harmful.
Ursa arrived on Earth alongside her husband, Common Dru-Zod and son Lor-Zod, in Young Justice season 4, episode 25, “Over and Out.” When their plans to make use of the expertise of the Fortress of Solitude to hurry their empowerment below Earth’s yellow solar had been thwarted by Nightwing, Ursa grew to become enraged, declaring that “in any simply universe, the true energy I’ve tasted right here can be mine by proper!” This passionate diatribe awoke one thing within the Emerald Eye of Ekron, inflicting it to enlarge out of Lor-Zod’s pocket and envelope Ursa in a beam of inexperienced mild, leaving her clothed in a brand new costume.
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Lor-Zod defined to his mother and father how he had taken the Emerald Eye of Ekron from the vault of the New God Metron, having acknowledged it from his time within the thirty first century. In that period, it had been wielded by a lady generally known as the Emerald Empress, who had fought towards the thirty first century Legion of Superheroes. The Emerald Eye had apparently chosen Ursa to be its new wielder, making the already highly effective Kryptonian soldier into an avatar of mystic would possibly.
The Emerald Eye of Ekron first appeared in Journey Comics Vol 1 #352, the place it was utilized by Sarya of the planet Vengar, the primary Emerald Empress. Its historical past has modified repeatedly over time, initially having been been a magic artifact with energy on par with the ring of a Inexperienced Lantern and comparable skills, together with power projection, flight, and forcefield creation. Finally, the Emerald Eye was related to the Inexperienced Lanterns Corps within the miniseries 52, the place Ekron was revealed as a Inexperienced Lantern whose eye retained one thing of his energy after being ripped out of his Emerald Head by the bounty hunter Lobo. A later story steered the Emerald Eye was an early prototype of the Inexperienced Lantern ring, which might clarify why it has solely among the Inexperienced Lanterns’ huge array of powers. It doesn’t, nevertheless, clarify the Emerald Eye’s one identified weak spot, which is that’s immobilized by the presence of Kryptonite.
The origins and exact powers of the Emerald Eye of Ekron within the actuality of Young Justice have but to be revealed, but it surely has already confirmed itself to be as harmful as its comedian ebook counterpart. The New Emerald Empress was in a position to make use of it to single handedly disable each hero (save Superman) who got here to oppose her and her husband with a single power blast. The heroes of Earth-16 will undoubtedly have their arms full coping with this new Emerald Empress and her allies within the upcoming finale of Young Justice season 4.
Young Justice season 4 finale releases on Thursday, June 9 on HBO Max.