People of Electropolis! I had no quarrel with you before coming here! But your princess sealed your fate when she attacked unprovoked! So think of her as you perish. I promise I'll make it quick! 
- — Parallax
Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax #1 is an issue of the series Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 2015. It was published on April 15, 2015.
Synopsis for "Crime and Punishment"
Kyle Rayner was a Green Lantern for a very short time before the dome came down around Metropolis - and shortly thereafter, the Green Lantern Ring he had been given stopped working. Ever since, he has taken time out of his life to pay frequent visits to the police station's celebrity inmate - Hal Jordan. Though Hal also lost his power when the dome came down, he has been imprisoned all the same for the murders of the Guardians of the Universe - and he feels that imprisonment is justified. After his home town of Coast City was destroyed by Mongul, he tried to use his power as a Green Lantern to somehow bring back the city. In the search for more power, he turned against the Green Lantern Corps, killed every one of them, and stole their power rings. Though the dome robbed him of that power, it helped him come back to his senses, with the unfortunate memory of what he'd done left intact.
Kyle is insistent upon reminding Hal that it wasn't him that committed those crimes. It was the entity Parallax, who had been internalized through the power of all of the rings Hal had stolen. He feels Hal doesn't belong in jail, but it was Hal himself who asked to be put away. None of Hal's old super-hero friends believe he should be punished, and Kyle feels Hal could put his feelings to better use doing some good for the people of Metropolis. Hal, though, reminds that his failure was in that he didn't have the willpower to stop himself in his moment of weakness. Willpower is the hallmark of the Green Lantern. Conceding, Kyle takes his leave, but not before Hal shouts after him that his one consolation in all that happened is that his successor was a better man.
As Kyle leaves the jail, he realizes that his visits with Hal have been taking his mind off of the murder of his unfortunate girlfriend Alex, which had haunted him since the dome appeared. He is interrupted from his reverie, though, by a voice from beyond the dome. It warns that the dome will soon come down, and champions from all of the cities on this other planet's surface will be chosen to fight for their city's survival. Kyle sees that he has been chosen as one of those champions, and steels himself. As soon as the dome comes down, Kyle is restored to his role as Green Lantern - with exactly the same ring charge he had before the dome came down. It doesn't take him long to realize, though, that if he got his power back, so did Hal.
Parallax breaks out of the jail cell, and flies high over Metropolis, regretting feeling sorry for himself for this year. He resolves that he might try to annihilate whomever it was that imprisoned the people of Metropolis, but he is stopped at the border of the city by Kyle, who tries to get through to the man beneath the Parallax persona. He can see that he's getting through to Hal, but soon he is attacked by Princess Fern (Earth-Six) from the city of Electropolis. Angrily, Parallax retaliates, gripping her in a fist of green energy. He releases her, but only to go to Electropolis alone, promising to destroy it.
Appearing in "Crime and Punishment"
Featured Characters:
- Parallax/Hal Jordan (Pre-Zero Hour) (Flashback and main story)
- Green Lantern/Kyle Rayner (Pre-Zero Hour) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Lady Quark (Earth-Six) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Lord Volt (Earth-Six) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- The Prime Minister (Earth-Six) (First appearance; unnamed)
- Princess Fern (Earth-Six) (Also in a vision)
- Electropolis' Army (Earth-Six)
- The General (First appearance; unnamed)
- Electropolis' Army (Earth-Six)
- Telos (Voice)
Other Characters:
- Abby Arcane (Earth-One) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Alex DeWitt (Pre-Zero Hour) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Andrew Vinson (Earth-Two) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Emperor Aquaman (Flashpoint Timeline) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Nuidis Vulko (Flashpoint Timeline) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Batman/Bruce Wayne (Pre-Zero Hour) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Batgirl (Zero Hour) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Blue Beetle (Earth-Four) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Captain Atom (Pre-Zero Hour) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Captain Carrot (Earth-C) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Crime Syndicate of America (Earth-Three) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Johnny Quick (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Owlman (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Power Ring (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Ultraman (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Extremists (Pre-Flashpoint) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Doctor Diehard (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Dreamslayer (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Gorgon (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Lord Havok (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Tracer (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Gen 13 (Wildstorm Universe) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Pre-Zero Hour) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Guardians of the Universe (Pre-Zero Hour) (Flashback only)
- Ganthet (Appears only as a corpse) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern Corps (Pre-Zero Hour) (Flashback only)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Pre-Zero Hour Legion's Future) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Lightning Lass (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Superboy/Clark Kent (Earth-One) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Kara Zor-L (Earth-Two) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- OMAC (Earth-AD) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Mutants (Earth-AD) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Plastic Man (Earth-Two) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- The Question (Earth-Four) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Superman/Clark Kent (Pre-Zero Hour) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Supergirl/Matrix (Pocket Universe) (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Swamp Thing (Earth-One) (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Swamp Thing (Pre-Zero Hour) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Hypertime
- Blood Moon
- Electropolis of Earth-Six
- Royal Palace
- Metropolis of New Earth (Pre-Zero Hour)
- 8th Police Precint
- New York City of Earth-X (In a vision) (Cameo)
- Electropolis of Earth-Six
- Blood Moon
- New Earth
Items:
- Central Power Battery of Oa (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Green Lantern Ring
Concepts:
- Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum
- The Green (Mentioned only)
Notes
- The battle between Supergirl, Lady Quark, and Lord Volt occurs in Convergence: Supergirl: Matrix #1.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax series
- Images from Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax Vol 1 1
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