Originally a history professor on the planet Ungara, Abin Sur is appointed
Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814 in the mid-1860s. As a child, he became best friends with Ruch Ehr and later, by association, Munni Jah. The two were a couple and Abin secretly loved Munni, but never spoke openly of this. While on patrol, Abin is attacked and pursued by the being known as
Legion. Badly injured and with his
spaceship seriously damaged, he makes an emergency landing on the nearest habitable planet (
Earth). Due to his injuries, Sur was aware that his death was inevitable and he uses his ring to search for a successor, a man without fear. The first possibility was
Clark Kent. Since he was not native to Earth, he is not chosen. The next candidates were
Hal Jordan and
Guy Gardner. As Hal was closer, the ring chooses him as the most suitable replacement and brings him to Abin, who gives him the ring before dying. It is later revealed that part of Abin's soul is being tortured in
Hell, with another part accompanying Hal Jordan during his time as the
Spectre. Eventually, Abin frees his soul from Hell and assists Hal on several spiritual adventures and metaphysical dilemmas. Abin's friends, Ruch Ehr and Munni Jah, summon his spirit to undergo the Karamm-Jeev Descent, a process of reincarnation in which he will be reborn as their daughter Lagzia. Abin is initially hesitant, as the Descent will destroy his current self. However, he relents after meeting the spirit of Lagzia, who exists alongside his past and future incarnations. During some point in his life, Abin had a son,
Amon Sur, who became the leader of the Black Circle crime syndicate. Amon is angry at his father for abandoning him for the Corps, and decides to take his anger out on all Green Lanterns. Amon later receives a duplicate of
Sinestro's ring and joins the
Sinestro Corps.
The Prophecy During
Sinestro Corps War, it is revealed that Abin discovered a prophecy concerning the
multiverse, the power of the emotional spectrum, and the
Blackest Night prior to his death.
Green Lantern: Secret Origin reveals details of Abin's quest to learn more about the Blackest Night as he interrogated the Five Inversions on Ysmault, who had foreseen the prophecy. He learns that Earth is the birthplace of the Black: the antithesis of the emotional spectrum that the prophecy predicts will "consume all light and all life." He discovers that the prophecy foretells his own death, when his ring fails him in his time of greatest need. He subsequently journeys to learn more about the Blackest Night and stop the prophecy from being fulfilled. During his quest, Abin begins to lose his faith in his willpower and his ring, and begins to feel fear. Abin's weakened power enables his prisoner
Atrocitus to break free and attack him, causing his ship to crash on Earth. Abin is mortally wounded in the crash, leading his ring to choose Hal Jordan as his successor. Only two Guardians,
Ganthet and
Sayd, as well as the
Zamarons, take Abin's discovery of the prophecy seriously.
Blackest Night In the "
Blackest Night" storyline, the prophecy of the eponymous event is fulfilled and Abin Sur is resurrected as a
Black Lantern. Abin and his sister Arin, who has also become a Black Lantern, arrive on
Korugar to confront Sinestro and Hal Jordan. They are defeated by Jordan, Sinestro, Indigo-1, and
Carol Ferris, who join their lights together to destroy the black rings and render Abin and Arin's corpses inert. ==Other versions==