Arisia Rrab
Arisia Rrab is a female comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Arisia Rrab was a female inhabitant of the planet Graxos IV that was located in Sector 2815. (Tales of the Green Lantern Corps v1 #1)
After her father meets his demise whilst serving the Corps, her uncle Blish was next chosen to serve as the Lantern of her sector. Blish too eventually gave his life serving the Corps and Arisia was selected as his replacement on her next birthday. This made her yet another member of her family line that came to serve as a Green Lantern. (Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps v1 #3)
Shortly after becoming a Green Lantern, she received a summons from the Guardians of the Universe that called the entire Corps for an assembly on Oa. Whilst travelling through space, she decided to follow her fellow Green Lantern from neighbouring Sector 2814 with this being Hal Jordan. This was because she was new to her role and she had hoped to learn from him as they made their way to the Corps headquarters. (Tales of the Green Lantern Corps v1 #1)
Green Lantern
She was one of the Green Lanterns, along with Katma Tui, Salakk, Ch'p and Kilowog, who relocated to Earth after the battle against the Anti-Monitor. (Green Lantern Corps v1 #201)
Arisia had a huge crush on Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern of Sector 2814. After she was stationed on Earth with Jordan, she subconsciously used her power ring to age herself so that she and Jordan could be together. (Green Lantern Corps v1 #206)
In reality, her body had shut down in order to recover with her buried in her grave until the Manhunters arrived under the direction of their Grandmaster Hank Henshaw. He had dug out and taken to their new homeworld of Biot where she was used as a living power battery for giant Manhunter robots. (Green Lantern v4 #13)
Overview
Personality and attributes
She was noted to have had cute features. (Tales of the Green Lantern Corps v1 #1) Whilst living on Earth, she came to assume a secret identity where she went by the name of Cindy Simpson. (Green Lantern Corps v1 #201)
Powers and abilities
As a Graxonite, her body shut down in times of great stress or damage so that it could heal and evolve to the next stage of life. (Green Lantern v4 #13)
Notes
- Arisia Rrab was created by Mike W. Barr, Len Wein and Joe Staton where she made her first appearance in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps v1 #1 (May, 1981).
- In Tales of the Green Lantern Corps v1 #1 (1981), she claimed to not know who gave her the Green Lantern Power Ring and Power Battery.
Alternate Versions
- In Green Lantern: Earth One v1 #1 (2018), an alternate version of Arisia Rrab appeared in the newly formed Earth-1 reality set in the restored Multiverse. She is the descendant of a long-dead Green Lantern also named Arisia, and the inheritor of her ancestor's Power Ring. She is the leader of a rebel group against the Manhunters hiding out on a distant world. Hal Jordan and Kilowog track her down seeking help in fighting off the Manhunters attacking Kilowog's homeworld, but she refuses. Arisia later responds to Jordan's distress call and participates in the recovery of the Central Power Battery, and leads the Lanterns in rescuing the slaves in the mines on Oa. Following the battle, she is elected the leader of the revitalised Green Lantern Corps.
In other media
Television
- In the DC Animated Universe, Arisia made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting.
- In Superman: The Animated Series, Arisia made her first animated appearance in the episode "Brightest Day" where she appeared in a non-speaking cameo role where she was a Green Lantern hologram shown by the Guardians of the Universe to Superman.
- In Justice League Unlimited, Arisia returned for a cameo appearance in the animated television series in the episode "The Return" where she had a non-speaking role as one of the Green Lanterns defending Oa when AMAZO attacked that world.
Films
- In Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, Arisia appeared in the animated film where she was voiced by actor Elisabeth Moss. She was shown as a newly inducted member of the Green Lantern Corps who learnt of its history through her interactions with its various members and through the Book of Oa. Arisia participated in the defence of Oa from the attack by Krona in his cosmic form who Shadow-Demons supporting him.
Video games
Appearances
- Tales of the Green Lantern Corps v1: (1981)
- Green Lantern v2:
- Green Lantern Corps v1:
- Green Lantern v4:
- Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors v1:
- Green Lantern Corps:
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