Black Hand

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Black Hand is a DC Comics supervillain and frequent Green Lantern adversary known for wielding a power-absorbing device and later the death-powered Black Lantern ring.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf DC Comics supervillain
Green Lantern villain
fictional character
alignment supervillain
appearsIn Blackest Night (comic series) NERFINISHED
Green Lantern (vol. 4) NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent Blackest Night NERFINISHED
associatedWithOrganization Black Lantern Corps NERFINISHED
baseOfOperations Coast City NERFINISHED
colorAssociation black
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Gil Kane NERFINISHED
John Broome NERFINISHED
debutWork Green Lantern #29 NERFINISHED
debutYear 1964
enemyOf Green Lantern Corps NERFINISHED
Hal Jordan NERFINISHED
The Flash NERFINISHED
familyBackground raised in a family of carnival owners
formerWeapon energy-absorbing rod
genre superhero fiction
hasAlias William "Black Hand" Hand NERFINISHED
hasEnemyTeam Justice League NERFINISHED
hasLanguage English (spoken)
hasPowerRing Black Lantern power ring NERFINISHED
hasTheme necromancy and death
killed his own family in modern continuity
medium comic books
memberOf Rogues Gallery of Green Lantern NERFINISHED
motivation obsession with death
notableAbility ability to drain power from Green Lantern rings
ability to reanimate the dead
wielding black energy constructs
notableArcRole primary instigator of the Blackest Night crisis
notableStoryline Green Lantern: Secret Origin (retconned background) NERFINISHED
occupation criminal
powerSource death energy
publisher DC Comics
realName William Hand NERFINISHED
resurrectedBy Black Lantern power NERFINISHED
serves Nekron NERFINISHED
species human
statusInBlackestNight herald of Nekron NERFINISHED
universe DC Universe NERFINISHED
usesDevice power-absorbing device
usesWeapon Black Lantern ring NERFINISHED

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Green Lantern notableVillain Black Hand