Who Is Tomar Re? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Tomar Re is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Tomar-Re, with over 366 comic issue appearances. A Xudarian and former Green Lantern of Space Sector 2813. He is Hal Jordan's mentor in pre-Crisis continuity.

Who is Tomar Re?

Origin Tomar Re was working as a scientist on his homeworld Xudar, when he was approached by the Guardians Of The Universe who wanted him to become one of their Green Lanterns . Tomar became an important member of the Corps as he trained numerous recruits and served as a member of the honor guard. Creation Tomar Re first appeared in Green Lantern #6 in 1961 in a story written by John Broome . Major Story Arcs Mission to Krypton Soon after completing his probationary period, Tomar-Re was dispatched on a mission to rescue the population of Krypton . The Guardians had at this point considered making the Green Lantern Corps independent of Oa . They prophesied the offspring of Jor-El and Lara of Krypton in Space Sector 2813 would be genetically perfect, and birth an ideal future leader of the Corps. It was discovered that the planet Krypton would explode due to the core of the planet being unstable. Tomar was dispatched to delay the planet's destruction until the inhabitants found a way to fix the problem.

Key facts

Tomar Re is of alien origin and first appeared in "The World of Living Phantoms!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 366 recorded issue appearances, Tomar Re ranks among the most featured characters in comics.