The Ring of Volthoom is an evil ring that draws its power from its owner, killing them from the inside out.
History
Origin
It has been considered to be the opposite of a Green Lantern Ring, feeding off of its wearer's fear as opposed to their willpower. Only by overcoming and subduing their fears can the Ring of Volthoom be put to rest, until such time that the owner lets his or her fears resurface.
When Volthoom was traveling the Multiverse and Timestream using the Travel Lantern, he landed in Earth 3, in which Mordru was living. Upon meeting, Mordru fused a piece of Volthoom's soul to create a power ring, the Ring of Volthoom.[1]
Forever Evil
Main article: Forever Evil
Sometime within the recent past, the Ring of Volthoom found a host in the Abin Sur of Earth 3, then after he died the ring passed to the Hal Jordan of Earth 3[2][3]. Soon this Hal Jordan traveled to Prime Earth during the events of Forever Evil, and was killed soon after.[4] Upon his death, the Ring of Volthoom sought out a new host, and found one in Jessica Cruz.[5]
Darkseid War
Main article: Darkseid War
During the final battle of the Darkseid War, Jessica Cruz (along with the Ring of Volthoom) jumped in the way of the Black Racer while he was chasing The Flash, and as a result the Black Racer seemingly killed Jessica and destroyed the Ring of Volthoom.[6]
DC Rebirth
Infinite Frontier
Notes
- Before the rebirth of the Multiverse, the Ring of Volthoom was forged by mixing Mordru's magic with a small part of Earth 15 Volthoom's soul; however, in the reborn Multiverse, the Overlords of Oa created it (and the other Emerald Knights' Oan Power Rings) with some kind of help from Volthoom.[7]
See Also
- Appearances of Ring of Volthoom
- Item Gallery: Ring of Volthoom
- Images featuring Ring of Volthoom