Jack T. Chance

JACK T. CHANCE

Real Name: Jack T. Chance

Class: Extraterrestrial (Garnet) technology-user

Occupation: Green Lantern

Group Affiliation: Green Lantern Corps

Known Relatives: unnamed brothers

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Garnet, Space Sector 17

First Appearance: Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #1 (Summer, 1992)

Powers: As a Green Lantern, Chance wielded a power ring capable of doing almost anything he could imagine as long as it was recharged by his emerald power battery once every 24 hours. Examples of its' powers include flight, phasing, creating giant objects formed of energy, and force fields.

History: (Green Lantern IV #22 (fb, BTS)) - Jack was tortured and beaten every night by his brothers, who considered him useless. Jack created a tough-guy, troublemaker persona for himself to compensate for his past, but inside he was always scared of his family.

The Guardians of the Universe sent Green Lantern Pathavim Seth-Ottarak to clean up the chaotic planet Garnet, which the locals referred to as Hellhole. Seth-Ottark was killed by Trosk, the anti-lawman, and the ring found a replacement, Jack T. Chance, Garnet native. He made headway cleaning up the planet until he encountered Trosk and killed him with a pistol. The Guardians took him to task, but let him stay on as GL because no one could be as effective as he was.

(Green Lantern IV #3) - Jack and a number of other Green Lanterns had not really perished at Green Lantern’s hand, but ended up in the clutches of the Manhunters.

(Green Lantern IV #11-13) - Tomar-Tu escaped the Manhunters and piloted a ship towards Earth, crash-landing at Edwards Air Force base. The Corps ministered to his injuries, and Hal hoped that the other Lanterns he seemingly killed were still alive. He still felt tremendous guilt over his actions under the influence of Parallax. Hal and Guy traveled to Biot, and found Jack and the other Lanterns being jailed by the Manhunters to power their technology. Hal revived the Lanterns he thought he’d killed. They attacked him, but Kreon realized something was wrong when he refused to fight back. He apologized for betraying them, convincing them he was on their side, and they learned of the presence of more Corps members taken by the Manhunters for information and a connection to the Central Power Battery, including Arisia. Cyborg unleashed his Highmasters on the Lanterns, killing Kreon in the battle, and as the Lost Lanterns fought back Hal concentrated on freeing Arisia. Hal and Arisia took over a Highmaster unit and used it to destroy Biot and the Manhunters, although Hal was positive the Cyborg could have survived. The Lost Lanterns were returned to Oa, and they told Hal they were grateful that he’d saved them, but that didn’t change the past, and they should steer clear of each other.

(Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1) - Chance and the Lost Lanterns were on Oa when the planet was assaulted by the Sinestro Corps. After a valiant fight many Green Lanterns were killed, and the Sinestro Corps fled with sciencell prisoners Superboy Prime and Cyborg Superman as their newest recruits.

(Green Lantern IV #21) - The Corps began picking up the pieces after the assault on Oa, and when Hal Jordan tried to attend to the wounded Tomar-Tu, Chance and the Lost Lanterns told him to back off. They told him they’d see one of their own die before asking him or any other human for help. Kilowog stepped in, reminding them that now was not the time to keep opening old wounds. The Lost Lanterns were sent to Qward to rescue Kyle Rayner from the Sinestro Corps.

(Green Lantern / Sinestro Corps: Secret Files #1) - Chance was memorialized in the Crypts of the Green Lantern Corps.

(Green Lantern IV #22, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax #1) - Chance and the Lost Lanterns traveled to Qward to retrieve Ion, and found Hal Jordan being overwhelmed by the Sinestro Corps. Parallax told Hal that the GLC despised him and had abandoned him, but Ke’Haan said that although they hated Hal they’d never abandon a fellow Lantern. Parallax made Jack remember his abusive childhood, making him feel fear, and making him vulnerable to the yellow light of fear. Parallax killed Jack T. Chance, and Hal and the remaining Lost Lanterns retreated to Qward’s underground catacombs.

Comments: Created by John Ostrander & Flint Henry