Part 1
Even at a young age, Hal Summers was fearless, focused, honest and had an
appetite for adventure that was insatiable, but his younger brother Kyle
was merely a daydreamer. While giving his sons an "overhead tour" of the
air force base at which he worked as a test pilot, Christopher Summers
suddenly lost control of their plane when a strange light hit it.
Christopher was killed immediately. With his father dead, and his brother
incapacitated with fear, Hal took the throttle stick and attempted to
steer away from the light. His efforts were in vain, however, as the craft
refused to respond. As he was ready to give up, Hal heard a voice telling
him to steer the plane a certain way. Hal responded, and to his surprise,
he broke away from the strange light. He was even more surprised when he
found himself flying into the docking bay of a small alien ship, surrounded
by many larger ships, attacking it with the same type of light the plane
was attacked by moments before. As he approached the docking bay, giant
green transparent hands gently pulled them in and sat them down. As Hal
opened the door of the plane, his brother cried in the corner. Hal found
the ship manned by only a solitary alien wearing a set of green goggles,
with almost no life left in him, the alien struggled to get up.
"Thank you, child," the alien spoke to him. "In coming here, you have shown me that this world is not void of heroes. Though I am one, I am one of many. I am an eye to the emerald guardians. We are of different races from across the universe, sworn to protect all life and to uphold justice. With my dying breath, I choose you as my successor, to carry out my legacy. The power is great and cannot be contained by your body alone so you must always remember two things. First, you must wear the visor. Without it, the power will run wild from your body or you will be blind. With it, you can shape the power however you wish. Second, You must ever keep the visor pure. Each day, you must stare to the star of your homeworld and swear allegiance to peace and justice. It's yellow energy shall act as cleanser and the words of your soul as a gentle cloth will keep the visor clean and usable to you."
With that, the alien removed the goggles from his own eyes, and stared at Hal. Hal bent closer to look into his eyes, but found them closed. Then, the alien opened his eyes and stared directly into Hal's forcing a green energy into his body, and perhaps even his soul.
When he awoke, Hal found himself on a hospital bed in the infirmary of the air force base. The General told Hal that his father and brother were both killed and that his own life was a miracle beyond measure. He also asked about the strange green goggles Hal now wore, and commented that none of the nurses could figure out how to remove them. Scott was eventually given a clean bill of health, and sent to live with several foster homes, Always a good child, but never fitting in, Hal bounced from home to home. In his free time, Hal experimented with his power, learning that he could indeed create almost anything, just by imagining it. He also came to realize, that while he did lose control of his power without the eyewear, that was when it was most potent. And every day, to keep the goggles clean, he would stare to the sun and remember that it was merely one of many, but that no star was unimportant to the races whose worlds orbit them. And he would say
Protect the weak
Enforce the Just
Righteous and free
Help them I must
Darkness may run
Evil may hide
The power of my sun
Is on my side
On my home
Up to the sky
In ocean depths
They'll fear the gaze of the Emerald Eye
When he reached adulthood, Hal decided it was time to reveal himself to the world. He quickly became renowned as one of the world's greatest heroes. His exploits were legendary among the Emerald Eyes across the universe. And he was a founding member of the JLX. However, his life took a turn for the worse, when the ancient alien conqueror Rangarukus, in a plot to get revenge on Weapon S, destroyed Hal's home of Coast City. Though Rangarukus didn't get the head of Weapon S, as he hoped, he did get an even greater prize. In his grief and hatered, Hal left his soul open for possession by Rangarukus. Upon gaining the emerald eye's body and power, Rangarukus traveled to the homeworld of the Emerald Eyes, stole the power for himself and murdered the other eyes. At the last moment, before Rangarukus was about to conquer the universe, Hal's soul managed to come forth and destroy them both, sending the last bit of his power to a young man in California...
Part 2 Alex Rayner knew nothing of his past. He had spent his life as far as he could remember traveling from foster home to foster home, his only friends the pictures he drew. As he got older, Alex saw no reason change his life and continued to wander aimlessly. He was not without a living, though, as his talent with his art had grown over the years, and he could always sell a doodle here or a sculpture there, or just set up a tent at the side of the road and paint families who were going to get to grandma's too soon without a gift. One day, however, his life changed when he was hit by a bright green light, and suddenly found himself wearing strange green goggles. To his surprise, he found that he could create anything he wanted by just drawing it with his eyes. However, the power he possessed seemed to be controlled only by the goggles, and without him, it ran wild, destroying everything he looked at, or he was blind.
Realizing that he had the power and goggles of the classic hero, Emerald Eye, Alex took his name and became a superhero in order to try to get his girlfriend back.
His plan worked at first, until she was murdered by an enemy of the original Emerald Eye.
Grief stricken, Alex returned to wondering the country, eventually ending up in New York where he met the JLX. Recognizing the heir to their fallen friend, the JLX took him in. Alex finally overcame the grief of his loss with the help of his predecessor's widow, Wonderfire. He has also grown to realize that the gift he's been given is more important than he first gave it credit for, and now seeks to do justice to the memory of his predecessor.
"Thank you, child," the alien spoke to him. "In coming here, you have shown me that this world is not void of heroes. Though I am one, I am one of many. I am an eye to the emerald guardians. We are of different races from across the universe, sworn to protect all life and to uphold justice. With my dying breath, I choose you as my successor, to carry out my legacy. The power is great and cannot be contained by your body alone so you must always remember two things. First, you must wear the visor. Without it, the power will run wild from your body or you will be blind. With it, you can shape the power however you wish. Second, You must ever keep the visor pure. Each day, you must stare to the star of your homeworld and swear allegiance to peace and justice. It's yellow energy shall act as cleanser and the words of your soul as a gentle cloth will keep the visor clean and usable to you."
With that, the alien removed the goggles from his own eyes, and stared at Hal. Hal bent closer to look into his eyes, but found them closed. Then, the alien opened his eyes and stared directly into Hal's forcing a green energy into his body, and perhaps even his soul.
When he awoke, Hal found himself on a hospital bed in the infirmary of the air force base. The General told Hal that his father and brother were both killed and that his own life was a miracle beyond measure. He also asked about the strange green goggles Hal now wore, and commented that none of the nurses could figure out how to remove them. Scott was eventually given a clean bill of health, and sent to live with several foster homes, Always a good child, but never fitting in, Hal bounced from home to home. In his free time, Hal experimented with his power, learning that he could indeed create almost anything, just by imagining it. He also came to realize, that while he did lose control of his power without the eyewear, that was when it was most potent. And every day, to keep the goggles clean, he would stare to the sun and remember that it was merely one of many, but that no star was unimportant to the races whose worlds orbit them. And he would say
Protect the weak
Enforce the Just
Righteous and free
Help them I must
Darkness may run
Evil may hide
The power of my sun
Is on my side
On my home
Up to the sky
In ocean depths
They'll fear the gaze of the Emerald Eye
When he reached adulthood, Hal decided it was time to reveal himself to the world. He quickly became renowned as one of the world's greatest heroes. His exploits were legendary among the Emerald Eyes across the universe. And he was a founding member of the JLX. However, his life took a turn for the worse, when the ancient alien conqueror Rangarukus, in a plot to get revenge on Weapon S, destroyed Hal's home of Coast City. Though Rangarukus didn't get the head of Weapon S, as he hoped, he did get an even greater prize. In his grief and hatered, Hal left his soul open for possession by Rangarukus. Upon gaining the emerald eye's body and power, Rangarukus traveled to the homeworld of the Emerald Eyes, stole the power for himself and murdered the other eyes. At the last moment, before Rangarukus was about to conquer the universe, Hal's soul managed to come forth and destroy them both, sending the last bit of his power to a young man in California...
Part 2 Alex Rayner knew nothing of his past. He had spent his life as far as he could remember traveling from foster home to foster home, his only friends the pictures he drew. As he got older, Alex saw no reason change his life and continued to wander aimlessly. He was not without a living, though, as his talent with his art had grown over the years, and he could always sell a doodle here or a sculpture there, or just set up a tent at the side of the road and paint families who were going to get to grandma's too soon without a gift. One day, however, his life changed when he was hit by a bright green light, and suddenly found himself wearing strange green goggles. To his surprise, he found that he could create anything he wanted by just drawing it with his eyes. However, the power he possessed seemed to be controlled only by the goggles, and without him, it ran wild, destroying everything he looked at, or he was blind.
Realizing that he had the power and goggles of the classic hero, Emerald Eye, Alex took his name and became a superhero in order to try to get his girlfriend back.
His plan worked at first, until she was murdered by an enemy of the original Emerald Eye.
Grief stricken, Alex returned to wondering the country, eventually ending up in New York where he met the JLX. Recognizing the heir to their fallen friend, the JLX took him in. Alex finally overcame the grief of his loss with the help of his predecessor's widow, Wonderfire. He has also grown to realize that the gift he's been given is more important than he first gave it credit for, and now seeks to do justice to the memory of his predecessor.