9/01/2012
Sheriff Mardin is one of many characters who made their debut in Green Lantern Corps Quarterly, a publication which often featured offbeat stories built around a theme which tied them together. With a single appearance Mardin was just a throwaway character until she was revived during the relaunch of the Green Lantern Corps, benefiting from a complete overhaul. Now Sheriff Mardin has become a mainstay in the Green Lantern Corps title, many readers unfamiliar with her origins would be surprised at how much she's changed since her first appearance in 1993.
Origins –
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| Sheriff Mardin's first appearance |
Created
by writer Mike Baron, Sheriff Mardin first appeared in a story during told by
Arisia about various female members of the Green Lantern Corps in Green Lantern
Corps Quarterly #6, an issue which also contained the first appearance fan
favorite character Laira. According to
the story Hal Jordan once visited the planet Nyberg in Sector 1253 and met the
50 year old wife of the Green Lantern who perished in the line of duty and
recommended her as his replacement.
Nyberg is a quiet agricultural world and Sheriff, who quite literally is
the Sheriff on Nyberg, reluctantly accepted the ring when the Guardians told
her she would not be called into space and only needed to use the ring to serve
in her capacity as Nyberg’s law enforcement.
Sheriff
rarely used her ring since Nyberg was such a peaceful place, but when a Zaza
beast threatens the livestock Sheriff uses the ring to trap the beast and
remove it without causing any injury to it, although flying caused her great
nausea and using the ring left her exhausted.
A Major Makeover –
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| Sheriff resurfaced during Final Crisis |
Post
Green Lantern: Rebirth Sheriff emerged as one of the Green Lanterns revived by
the Corps, although she now appears very different both visually and in
character. Now a more formidable ring
slinger she appeared primarily in the background, appearing as one members of
the Corps who served on the jury when Hal Jordan was being tried for the murder
of the New God Orion during the Final Crisis (issue #5) and joined the team of
Green Lanterns who left Oa in a desperate attempt to save the universe from
Darkseid’s plan.
Like so
many members of the Corps Sheriff’s ring was contaminated by Parallax during
the War of the Green Lanterns and fought against the handful of the Corps who
were able to avoid the manipulations of Krona.
The Keeper War –
When several
Green Lantern’s disappeared Sheriff was one of a handful of Green Lanterns who
accompanied John Stewart and Guy Gardner to the water planet Nerro, only to
discover that the water had disappeared and the surface was strewn with the
bodies of the deceased natives. The
bodies of the missing Green Lanterns were discovered as a message from the
Keepers, beings who once tended to the power batteries on the members of the
Corps. When the Guardian’s reneged on
their arrangement with the Keepers their world was left to deteriorate and only
their prolonged exposure to the energy of will allowed them to survive and plan
to lash out at their former benefactors.
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| No longer afraid to use her ring, Sheriff is one of the Corps new A-Team |
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| Sheriff from "First Flight" |
Sheriff
fought against the Keepers when they returned to Nerro but was rescued by the
efforts of Green Lantern Porter. Sheriff
was angered by her fear of not surviving the first assault of the Keepers and
leaving some of her comrades behind due to Porter not being able to teleport
all the Green Lanterns off of Nerro. She
became a part of Guy Gardner’s assault team leading an offensive on the Keeper
planet of Urak to rescue their fellow Corpsmen.
(Green Lantern Corps volume 3 issues 1-6)
Since Sheriff's appearance back in 1993 she's become one of the go-to characters in the Green Lanterns Corps and has appeared in both the Green Lantern animated features "Green Lantern: First Flight" and "Green Lantern: Emerald Knights".
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