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*In Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, it featured as part of the setting of the video game that served as a sequel to the live-action movie. Green Lantern Hal Jordan was on Oa alongside fellow Corps members Kilowog and Sinestro during the funeral of Abin Sur that was being organized by his son Amon Sur. At that point, Oa came under attack from the mechanical Manhunters where their siege was part of a ruse to enter into the Vaults underground to steal the Yellow Impurity as a power source as they sought to bring an end to the rule of the Guardians of the Universe. | *In Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, it featured as part of the setting of the video game that served as a sequel to the live-action movie. Green Lantern Hal Jordan was on Oa alongside fellow Corps members Kilowog and Sinestro during the funeral of Abin Sur that was being organized by his son Amon Sur. At that point, Oa came under attack from the mechanical Manhunters where their siege was part of a ruse to enter into the Vaults underground to steal the Yellow Impurity as a power source as they sought to bring an end to the rule of the Guardians of the Universe. | ||
*In Injustice: Gods Among Us, the ending of the game showed Oa where the main universe Hal Jordan takes his depowered villainous One Earth Regime counterpart along with Sinestro to the Guardians following the defeat of High Councilor Superman. | *In Injustice: Gods Among Us, the ending of the game showed Oa where the main universe Hal Jordan takes his depowered villainous One Earth Regime counterpart along with Sinestro to the Guardians following the defeat of High Councilor Superman. | ||
| − | *In DC Comics Legends, Oa featured in the iOS video game and was several playable stages in the story mode. After the emergence of the Manhunters, Earths heroes sought answers where they first went to Oa to meet the Guardians of the Universe. Whilst there, they encountered locations such as the '''Foundry''' which was where the Manhunters were first created. | + | *In DC Comics Legends, Oa featured in the iOS video game and was several playable stages in the story mode. After the emergence of the Manhunters, Earths heroes sought answers where they first went to Oa to meet the Guardians of the Universe. Whilst there, they encountered locations such as the '''Foundry''' which was where the Manhunters were first created, the '''Memorial Hall''' where the dead were remembered, the '''Hall of Great Service''' where the Book of Oa resided and the '''Cebtral Plaza'''.. |
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Revision as of 08:53, 26 November 2016
Oa is a planet that features in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
War of Light
Overview
Metalline Oamite under constant pressure was nearly unbreakable. (Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn v1 #5)
Oa was a far-distant planet situated in the central galaxy of the universe. (Green Lantern v2 #1) It orbited the star called Sto-Oa which translated to mean "The Light of Oa". (Sandman: Endless Night v1 #1)
The planet consisted of numerous locations which included:
- Evidence Vault :
- Foundry :
- Hall of Great Service :
- Hazard Simulation Facility :
- Planetary Citadel :
- Battery Park : a location situated on the planet. (JLA v1 #86)
The Central Power Battery provided crucial life support to the planet. (The Flash v1 #221)
Inhabitants
- Killalla : a female white haired inhabitant of Oa when it was a young world who had mastered the Glow where she encountered Dream of the Endless and became his lover. (Sandman: Endless Night v1 #1)
Notes
- Oa was created by John Broome and Gil Kane where it made its first appearance in Green Lantern v2 #1 (August 1960).
Alternate Versions
- In the Amalgam universe, Oa was combined with Ego the Living Planet to create Oa the Living Planet.
In other media
Television
- In The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, the planet Oa features in the Green Lantern segment in the animated series. It was said to reside in the center of the universe and was home to the mystic Guardians of the Universe. In "Evil is as Evil Does", the villainous Evil Star attacked it and managed to conquer he world until the arrival of Green Lantern Hal Jordan who defeated the supervillain and took him back to intergalactic prison.
- In the DC Animated Universe, Oa made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting.
- In Superman: The Animated Series, Oa made a brief appearance in the episode "In Brightest Day". Superman was transported them briefly by the Guardians of the Universe where they explained the danger of Sinestro and asked him to protect Green Lantern Abin Sur's successor Kyle Rayner who gained the formers Power Ring.
- In the animated Justice League series, Oa features in the episode "Blackest Night" when it was invaded by the Manhunters after they framed John Stewart for the destruction of a planet. They androids manage to overwhelm the defenses until the arrival of the Green Lantern Corps and Justice League. A single Manhunter manages to tap into the power of the Central Power Battery becoming all powerful until John Stewart drains the now energy based android into his Power Ring.
- In Justice League Unlimited, the planet Oa was seemingly destroyed by the android AMAZO who had become a near omnipotent being. However, in reality, the robotic being simply teleported the entire world into another dimension as it was simply in his way during his return to Earth.
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Oa makes multiple appearances in several episodes. In "The Eyes of Despero!", the villainous Despero arrived on Oa where he tried to mind control the Green Lantern Corps but Hal Jordan sent his assembled compatriots along with the Guardians into his Power Ring that was dispatched to Batman. Batman later arrived on Oa to find the largely vacant world where he found Guy Gardner, Sinestro and G'Nort in a detention cell who he freed to get assistance in defeating Despero. It was later invaded by Reach Scarab warriors after Jamie Reyes was taken over by his Scarab leading to the defenses on the world being shut down. However, Reyes manages to make an accord with his Scarab and together with the Green Lanterns and Batman manage to stop the Reach invasion of the planet.
- In Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Oa served as a setting within the cartoon show where it was home to the Guardians of the Universe and headquarters to their Green Lantern Corps.
Films
- In Green Lantern: First Flight, the planet Oa featured in the animated film as a world at the center of the universe that served as home to both the Guardians of the Universe and the Green Lantern Corps. It was shown as an red arid world with waterfalls with numerous large structures floating over the surface that were coated in yellow.
- In Green Lantern, the planet Oa featured in the live action movie and served as part of the setting. Its appearance was that of a world with numerous points o green light shining into space from the surface. The planet's surface contained numerous large cities and skyscrapers that covered the environment with the Guardian's Citadel being the tallest structure. The Central Power Battery resided underground close to the world's center and was the origin point for the green light that shined in space and was also the spot of a large meeting chamber for the Green Lantern Corps. Hal Jordan visited Oa when he was selected by Abin Sur as his replacement where he arrives on the planet to undergo his training. The entirety of the Green Lantern Corps at this point assembled when they debated on how to handle the threat of Parallax.
Games
- In Mortal Kombat vs. DC, Oa makes a minor appearance when the two universes slowly being merged to one another as a result of the actions of Dark Kahn. To find answers, Hal Jordan goes before the Guardians of the Universe on Oa where they inform him of the threat to all reality.
- In Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, it featured as part of the setting of the video game that served as a sequel to the live-action movie. Green Lantern Hal Jordan was on Oa alongside fellow Corps members Kilowog and Sinestro during the funeral of Abin Sur that was being organized by his son Amon Sur. At that point, Oa came under attack from the mechanical Manhunters where their siege was part of a ruse to enter into the Vaults underground to steal the Yellow Impurity as a power source as they sought to bring an end to the rule of the Guardians of the Universe.
- In Injustice: Gods Among Us, the ending of the game showed Oa where the main universe Hal Jordan takes his depowered villainous One Earth Regime counterpart along with Sinestro to the Guardians following the defeat of High Councilor Superman.
- In DC Comics Legends, Oa featured in the iOS video game and was several playable stages in the story mode. After the emergence of the Manhunters, Earths heroes sought answers where they first went to Oa to meet the Guardians of the Universe. Whilst there, they encountered locations such as the Foundry which was where the Manhunters were first created, the Memorial Hall where the dead were remembered, the Hall of Great Service where the Book of Oa resided and the Cebtral Plaza..
Appearances
- Green Lantern:
- Green Lantern Corps:
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