Lanterns' Manhunters explained: who are the supposed villains of the Green Lantern TV show on HBO Max?
Lanterns episode 2 has unveiled the HBO TV show's supposed villains — here's what you need to know about them.
In the second episode of HBO Max's Green Lantern series, a mysterious race known as the Manhunters is introduced as the likely villains of the 2016 storyline. The Manhunters are a sentient android race created by the Guardians of the Universe, who intended them to be an intergalactic police force to patrol the universe and combat any threats.
However, due to their evolution into sentient beings and resentment of their creators' limitations, they began carrying out their own form of justice, which ultimately led to the mass genocide of organic life in the universe. After the Manhunters' failed coup against their creators, the Guardians destroyed them, but some survived and fled to hide among local populations, plotting to eradicate the Guardians and their replacement, the Green Lantern Corps.
In the episode, a leader of a group of shapeshifting aliens introduces the concept of Manhunters, noting their similarities to the comic book version. They can take on the appearance of a world's native alpha species, making them difficult to detect and allowing them to commit atrocities undetected. The leader reveals that a Manhunter has survived and is living among Rushville's human population, which the aliens plan to avenge by eliminating the Manhunter within 48 hours.
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