Emerald Eye of Ekron
According to the year-spanning maxiseries "52" (2006), the Eye was once a real eye for the cosmic entity called "Ekron". But, somehow Emerald Empress got the Eye and got it to work for her. In the 52 weekly series, Lobo kept the eye in a box while watching it. Soon Starfire used it to stop villains from destroying an entire space sector. Lobo revealed that the eye was part of the Emerald Head of Ekron, that was a member of the Green Lantern Corps, until driven insane by his space sector being destroyed. The eye was a early prototype for the power rings.
However, when the Eye was reintroduced in the Legion Annual of 2011, none of this was acknowledged. Rather, Ekron was referred to as a world where the Eye had once been worshipped as a god.
The "52" explanation also neglects any existence of the Eye wielded by Garryn Bek of L.E.G.I.O.N. in the 21st century.
The eye can emit energy blasts and give the user the ability to survive in the vacuum of space, super strength and flight.
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