WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for The Green Lantern: Season 2 #2, by Grant Morrison, Liam Sharp, Steve Oliff and Tom Orzechowski, on sale now.

As one of the greatest members of the Green Lantern Corps, Hal Jordan has fought against all kinds of unbelievable threats in defense of the universe, but his latest foe has more than a passing similarity to one of Spider-Man's oldest enemies: the Vulture. And while Hal's assignments normally take him across the stars, the Green Lantern faces the avian-themed monsters in his own backyard in the deserts of Nevada back on Earth.

Assigned by the newly installed Guardians of the Universe to return home to investigate a new threat, Hal reluctantly arrives on Earth where he reunites with an old flame he left planetside before being called away to confront Controller Mu and the Blackstars. Hal quickly learns that his homebound assignment involves the Ornitho-Men, animalistic monsters that have staged a chronal invasion of Earth from their original era at the dawn of time. The beasts have been kidnapping residents and bringing them to a remote quarry on the outskirts of town as they wait for their fiendish army to hatch and launch a full offensive on Earth.

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There have been plenty of DC Comics villains that have had passing similarities to Marvel villains, but the vulture-like Ornitho-Men led by the monstrous vultures, certainly does call to mind Spider-Man's first flying foe. And with the avian beasts nightmarishly unhinged and oversized jaws, complete with rows of nasty-looking fangs, the Ornitho-Men resemble Marvel's fourth Vulture, Jimmy Natale, who was created by Mark Waid and Mike McKone in 2009's Amazing Spider-Man #592 and similarly kidnapped and consumed humans as prey.

Surrounded by the Ornitho-Men, Hal is positioned to be the first meal for their hatchlings deep within the Nevada quarry before they stage their larger invasion to take over the entire planet. However, Hal's quick thinking leads the Green Lantern to quickly upend their plans by taking on his most shocking role yet: Surrogate father figure and righteous moral compass.

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As Hal faces the hatchlings emerging from their eggs, the Green Lantern imprints on them, and the hatchlings mistake him for their father. In a moment that would be at home in a public service announcement, Hal sternly commands the hatchlings to live virtuously instead of wreaking havoc as the Ornitho-Men had planned. The hatchlings immediately respond positively to Hal's message, which is the very first thing they hear in life. The rest of the Ornitho-Men despair as their carefully laid invasion across time and space is been completely thwarted by Hal delivering a moral message with all the conviction of an after school special.

Across all of his space-faring adventures, the latest, insidious threat that Hal has faced comes right from his own home planet, even though it originates from eons past. Despite the Ornitho-Men's monstrous appearance, Hal uses the surprising power of responsibility to stop the invasion across time and space before it can begin and inspires an entire generation of fledgling monsters to follow his moral path. And, for the commitment-phobic, vocal anti-authoritarian, Hal's strategy is decidedly effective. With his business having concluded on Earth, Hal eagerly returns to the stars, having left an entire generation of bird-people with the knowledge they need to undo their parents' wrongs. After all, knowing is half the battle.

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