Sonar

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

Lets's face it. Since his first appearance, this guy has been pretty much a clown.

What would you do to transform him into a top-tier villain?

[Star-Lantern Weaponer of Qward Find all posts View Profile Close Star-Lantern]

That's actually a really good question.

The terrorist angle Venditti tried with him didn't excite me, but I think the problem with it was overall bland writing, and strange narrative decisions, like, in a three issue arc (I think it was that long), the hero never actually confronts the villain.

That angle does have potential with a more compelling plot and characterization.

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

I think the original idea of someone leading a rogue regime is good, so maybe that should be your starting point. But he hasn't been depicted well as a nation's leader.

Maybe make him more like Sauron. Nobody laughs at Sauron.

[Ωmega Man Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Ωmega Man]

Villains ruling made up countries is being done to death at the moment [Lord Havoc, Black Adam, I think Queen Bee, Bane, etc..], but I'd love to see that crappy tech'ed out Sonar return and actually get an origin. The other Sonar was used just before Rebirth so I doubt they'd wanna use him again so soon anyway. Besides, there's no real GL for him to fight unless you just wanna see Cruz and Baz start running through Hal and Kyle's old rogues.

I wouldn't mind if that other Sonar was one of those villains who bounces around. Maybe the Super Sons could go up against him, or possibly Capt. Atom.

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[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

The tuning fork and the silly costume need to go, for sure.

[Kane2814 Weaponer of Qward Find all posts View Profile Close Kane2814]

I think the original idea of someone leading a rogue regime is good, so maybe that should be your starting point. But he hasn't been depicted well as a nation's leader.

Maybe make him more like Sauron. Nobody laughs at Sauron.

I thought the new take on him being a terrorist feuled by nationalism could have been interesting, but he should have still been a super-villain, rather than a guy with sonic bombs. (he's still a Green Lantern villain after all)

I thought that what they did with him in JLE where he internalized his powers and he had the beard, was an okay update, but it didn't really resonate.