| PHARON EMPIRE | BIOGRAPHY |
| Created by Mike W. Barr & Gil Kane |
PERSONAL DATA
Homeworld: Pharon IV
Space Sector: 2814
First Appearance: Green Lantern Vol. 2 #156 (September 1982) "Judas World!"
Creators: Mike W. Barr & Gil Kane
HISTORY
Generations ago, the beings of the Pharon Empire came into conflict with the world of Dalgova. The original cause of the war has been lost over the generations. Each side had felt hatred towards the other for so long they knew no other way to live. The day finally came when the Pharoids wished to completely erradicate their adversary.
The Pharoids converted their bodies to physically and mentally duplicate specific humans and went as far as reforming their world to duplicate Earth. They planned to infiltrate Earth and over the course of years take over communities then install the "Xeroz Tubes" that would enable them to move the planet itself through space towards a collision with Dalgova.
They were well underway with the first phase of their plan when one of their number, Trigus, contacted Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern of Earth. Jordan had been in the vicinity of Pharon IV some months before and was surprised by the rearrangement of the planet. After charging his power ring, he descended to the other Earth.
The Pharoids watched this new development and tested it by unleashing a tidal wave at "Coast City" and a facsimile of Ferris Aircraft Corporation. Green Lantern easily dispatched the wave but was suspicious of the other Earth he was confronted with. He ran into Tom Kalmaku and Carol Ferris and used the power ring to probe their minds. What he found were the alien Pharoids which quickly turned on him. Capable of unleashing devastating eye blasts, the Pharoids concentrated their might upon the lone ring wielder. Apparently helpless under their assault, Green Lantern was obliterated in a blast of light.
Jordan was not dead, he merely hid in his civilian guise as a Ferris Aircraft test pilot. His plan was soon uncovered by the Pharoids who resumed their attack on him.
Green Lantern was aided by Trigus who thanked him for coming to Pharon IV. Trigus believed it was dishonorable to use the non-combatants of Earth as a weapon against Dalgova.
Travelling to Dalgova, Green Lantern interrupted their planned use of a genocide gas on Pharon IV. The emerald warrior brought leaders from both sides of the conflict together and destroyed their weapons. He then offered the enemies new weapons and opportunity to engage in battle on a one-to-one basis. Both sides were too appalled by the prospect that they agreed to stay and work together in resolving their differences. - Green Lantern Vol. 2 #156
Years later, after the fall of the Green Lantern Corps, the Pharon Empire infiltrated Earth for other reasons. Once more continuing their plan of posing as humans, the Pharon Empire organized a gunrunning organization not for the overthrow of Earth, but so they could feed.
The "hypergun" weapons the Pharoids designed crystallized the human emotion of violence into a form they could ingest. The hypergun was very addictive and the destruction of their weapons caused the human addicts to go into withdrawal.
The Eradicator, from the super-hero team known as the Outsiders, investigated the gunrunning operation and discovered the Pharoids' secret warehouse in Las Vegas, Nevada. A short battle between the Outsiders and the Pharons led to the destruction of the warehouse and presumably the Pharons as well. [1]
Approximately how many Pharoids were stationed on Earth remains a mystery. The current designs of the Pharon Empire have yet to be revealed.
CHRONOLOGY
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