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Weaving this tale is writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson, who has been telling his celestial epic ever since he first planted the seeds back in the “Warworld Saga” during his Action Comics run. His story of the Old God Olgrun and his seven ‘aspects’ have since popped up in the miniseries Green Lantern: War Journal and now, Adventures of Superman: Book of El. But who is Olgrun, what are his aspects, and what happens when someone reunites all seven of them, much like Thanos and the Infinity Stones?
A Mad, Old God Created DC’s Version of the Infinity Stones
When Superman was imprisoned on Warworld in Action Comics, he heard the legend of Olgrun, the most powerful of the Old Gods. As mighty as he was, Olgrun went mad after the death of his daughter (whom Olgrun accidentally caused). To stop him, the other gods fought him and while they weren’t able to kill Olgrun outright, they were able to fracture him into seven distinct aspects, each one representing a particular power of the Old God’s. Superman discovered such an aspect on Warworld, the Fire of Olgrun, and used it to resurrect his adopted son, Osul-Ra.
The Olgrun plot would be revisited in Green Lantern: War Journal, which revealed that Olgrun was not as dead as people thought. Remnants of the god existed in another dimension, and he used his power to try and convert John Stewart into his vessel. Thankfully, the Green Lantern found another of these aspects, the Will of Olgrun (manifested as a ring, naturally), and used it to seal Olgrun and his forces away. However, the true threat was the remaining aspects, who were coveted by someone from Superman’s past.
