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[[Detect Evil|No evil shall escape my sight]]<br />

[[Super Villain|Let those who worship evil's might]]<br />

== The Earth Lanterns ==

=== Green Lantern 2814.1: Hal Jordan ===

 

Both the most famed and most infamous Green Lantern, Hal Jordan was a California test pilot who was summoned to the site where Green Lantern Abin Sur had crashed. Abin bequeathed his ring and power battery to Jordan before dying. Training under both Kilowog and Sinestro, Jordan went on to become a famed hero on Earth and beyond, helped found the [[Justice League of America]], and rose to the top of the Green Lantern Corps. Sinestro, his traitorous former mentor, became his archnemesis.

 

=== Green Lantern 2814.4: Kyle Rayner ===

 

Kyle Rayner, a struggling artist, was just an average young man until Ganthet, the last Guardian of the Universe, appeared to him in a back alley and handed him the last Green Lantern power ring. Kyle was charged with preserving the light of the Green Lantern Corps, and for years was the only Lantern remaining in the universe.

 

=== Green Lantery 2814.2: Guy Gardner/The Warrior ===

 

When Abin Sur crashed on Earth, his ring detected two people who were sufficiently brave and honest to be named his replacement. Hal Jordan was closer in proximity and he gained the ring. Years later, however, the other candidate--a former football player named Guy Gardner--was contacted by the Guardians to act as Jordan's backup, and the [[Hot-Blooded]] Green Lantern has been kickin' butt ever since.

* [[Fiery Redhead]]

* [[Foe Yay]]: A bit with Bleez, of the Red Lantern Corps.

* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Choleric

* [[Got the Call on Speed Dial]]: After the destruction of the Corps, Guy took [[Sinestro]]'s evil Yellow Ring just so he could continue fighting crime.

 

=== Green Lantern 2814.3: John Stewart ===

 

When Hal Jordan needed a backup and Guy Gardner was out of commission, the Guardians selected John Stewart, a fearless marine turned activist, to wield the emerald light. John used the ring to shed light on society's ills as well as fight evil across the universe. His light dimmed, however, when he failed to save a planet from destruction due to his own arrogance.

== Other Green Lanterns ==

=== Abin Sur ===

 

Hal Jordan's immediate predecessor as Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814, Abin Sur served with great distinction for all his long years. During a mission to the ruins of the Empire of Tears, on the planet Ysmault, Abin was told the prophecy of the [[Blackest Night]] by the demon Qull of the Five Inversions. Abin took another of the Inversions, Atrocitus, in a spaceship to guide him toward a means to prevent the prophecy, but the demon escaped his bonds and mortally wounded Abin. The dying Green Lantern crashed on Earth, where he summoned Hal Jordan to be his replacement before passing on.

 

=== Arisia Rrab ===

 

A gold-skinned, elf-like alien, Arisia Rrab was an adolescent when she joined the Green Lantern Corps (though due to her species' long lifespan, she was actually over 200 years old). She quickly developed a crush on Hal Jordan and the two started a relationship, which earned them some scorn due to their relative levels of maturity. She fought alongside him in the wars against Krona and Nekron. She moved to Earth to live with him, but broke up due to chaos that was engulfing the Corps at the time. After Hal became Parallax and the Corps disbanded, Arisia, now powerless, became a good friend of Guy Gardner.

 

=== Ch'p ===

 

One of the strangest Green Lanterns in the Corps, Ch'p resembled nothing so much as a two-foot-tall, anthropomorphic squirrel with overalls and a bowtie. Ch'p had his share of adventures on his home planet of H'lven, mostly against his archnemesis Doctor Ub'x. Ch'p met his tragic end while aiding John Stewart in protecting the Mosaic planet, when he was run over by a yellow truck. Ch'p is succeeded by his fellow H'lvenite, B'dg.

 

=== Galius Zed ===

 

* [[Cephalothorax]]

 

=== G'nort ===

 

G'nort Esplanade Gneemascher was a doglike alien buffoon who was given a fake Green Lantern ring by the Weaponers of Qward in an attempt to discredit the Corps. However, G'nort showed courage in defeating the Qwardians, so he was nominated for membership in the Green Lantern Corps by Guy Gardner. However, he mainly just hung out on Earth with Justice League International, before getting shipped off to Antarctica by the JLI's leader, Max Lord, to keep him out of their hair. He hasn't been seen much since.

 

=== "Green Man" ===

 

"Green Man" is the name given to Green Lanterns from Uxor; who do not have names themselves because Uxorians frown on individuality. The original Green Man was one who attempted to assert himself as an individual before becoming a Lantern; he was later expelled from the Corps for enlisting help from the Omega Men, and went on to join the Omega Men himself before dying in the line of duty. The second Green Man was recruited in the recent rebuilding of the Corps, and quickly formed a close friendship with the robotic Lantern Stel. He eventually became part of the cyborg Alpha Lantern Corps.

 

=== Hannu ===

 

Hannu hails from a race of rocky warriors who pride themselves on their personal strength, considering it shameful to use weapons. As such, Hannu never uses his ring beyond basic flight and protection; so far, the only enemy threatening enough to have Hannu use it offensively is the Anti-Monitor.

 

=== Isamot Kol ===

 

A reptilian soldier from Thanagar ([[Hawkman]]'s homeworld) fighting against their enemies on Rann ([[Adam Strange]]'s second home), Isamot Kol was selected during the post-''Rebirth'' rebuilding of the Corps. Though it turns out that the other Lantern picked from his sector was Vath Sarn, a Rannian soldier. This went about as well as you'd expect, but they became [[Fire-Forged Friends]] soon enough.

 

=== Jack T. Chance ===

 

''Yowza.'' }}

 

 

=== Katma Tui ===

 

Sinestro's successor as Green Lantern of Sector 1417, Katma Tui led a rebellion against her tyrannical predecessor and was chosen by the Guardians to be his replacement. However, because the Green Lantern had become a symbol of oppression on Korugar, Tui was shunned by her people, who named her "the Lost".

* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Magenta Skinned Space Babe]]

* [[Sexy Mentor]]: She trained John. This even made it into the cartoon.

* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]

 

=== Kilowog ===

 

Hailing from the planet Bolovax Vik, Kilowog is a monstrous-looking but good-hearted Green Lantern who serves as the Corps' most famed drill sergeant. His duty is to train rookies in using their rings and overcoming fear; he is also a dear friend of all the Earth Lanterns, and even spent a few years living on Earth himself after Bolovax was destroyed in the [[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]. Despite his brutish exterior, Kilowog is a genius engineer and mechanic. He likes to call people "poozer" as both an insult and term of endearment, which he picked up from his old drill sergeant Ermey.

 

=== Laira Omoto ===

 

Laira is an extremely skilled martial artist, trained by her father Kentor (himself a Green Lantern) until he went missing and she was named his successor. Tragically, her first mission involved going against her father, who had secretly returned to their home planet and overthrown its government. She continued her training under Lantern Ke'Haan; they would grew close, fueling rumors throughout the Corps, but neither dared act on their affections because Ke'Haan was married.

 

=== Mogo ===

 

Without a doubt the most powerful Green Lantern in the entire Corps, Mogo is ancient, wise, and nearly unstoppable in combat. The reason for this is simple: ''Mogo is a planet'' (he uses his foliage to present his Lantern Corps symbol). His history has never been revealed, and if anyone knows how a sentient planet came into being, they're not talking. Alone among Green Lanterns, Mogo can create energy constructs of any color, indistinguishable from "real" objects or people.

 

=== The Puffball Collective ===

 

A collective entity comprised of billions of tiny "puffballs", each wielding the power of a Green Lantern ring. The Collective's sector, 1287, is considered one of the safest in the Galaxy because it is patrolled by billions of individual Green Lanterns, all of whom make up one individual.

 

=== Rond Vidar ===

 

A Green Lantern from the distant future and last member of the Corps in the 31st century. Rond Vidar was the son of the renegade Lantern Universo and even before he was inducted into the Corps, he devoted himself to fighting his father and righting his wrongs. As a teenager, Vidar was a genius inventor of time-travel technology, which he used to aid his century's greatest super-team, the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]]. As a Green Lantern, he joined their number.

 

=== Rot Lop Fan/F-Sharp Bell ===

 

''Beware my power--the F-Sharp Bell!'' }}

 

 

=== Salaak ===

 

Salaak is a pessimistic, four-armed alien who serves as the Keeper of the Book of Oa and personal majordomo to the Guardians of the Universe. Despite his ill-tempered nature, Salaak has a heart of gold and always sides with what's right (as long as he can do so without breaking any rules).

 

=== Sodam Yat ===

 

Called by some the ultimate Green Lantern, Sodam Yat combines the power of Ion with the natural abilities of a Daxamite--a splinter race of the [[Superman|Kryptonians]]. Born on Daxam, a planet under a red sun with a xenophobic, fascist government, Sodam was horrified when a stranded alien whom he had befriended was murdered by his people. He built his own spaceship to abandon his world, only to be sought out by a Green Lantern ring as he finished. During the [[Sinestro Corps War]], Sodam was chosen by the Guardians to bond with the Ion Entity, but in a battle with Superboy-Prime, Sodam was fatally poisoned by lead, forcing him to wear his power ring at all times. Soon afterward, he reluctantly returned to Daxam to drive off an invasion by the Sinestro Corps, plunging into its sun and using the Ion power to turn it yellow and empower the Daxamites.

 

=== Soranik Natu ===

 

The latest Lantern from Korugar, succeeding Katma Tui and Sinestro before her. A young surgeon, the ring came to her in the middle of an operation, and desperate to save her patient's life she accepted the ring in spite of Korugar's hatred for the Green Lanterns. After some time to realize that not all Green Lanterns are like Sinestro, she joined the Lanterns permanently and has worked tirelessly in both roles as healer and peacekeeper ever since.

 

=== Stel ===

 

A sentient robot from the planet Granda, Stel may have a heart of cold metal, but his devotion to justice burns as brightly as any other Green Lantern. He's been destroyed at least twice--by the bounty hunter Fatality, then by an Orange Lantern--but each time he's been rebuilt to continue his fight. After Kilowog stepped down as Corps drill instructor, he left the position in Stel's capable hands.

 

=== Tomar-Re ===

 

A birdlike Green Lantern who served as a member of the Honor Guard as well as [[Internal Affairs]], Tomar-Re was the one who uncovered Sinestro's abuses of power and usually is depicted as Jordan's first real friend in the Corps. He served with distinction for years, but his greatest failure came when he failed to stop the destruction of a planet in his space sector: [[Superman|Krypton]]. Tomar-Re fought bravely in the Corps's first battle against Nekron, but died in the [[Crisis on Infinite Earths]], killed by the villain Goldface. His son, Tomar-Tu, followed in his footsteps as a Green Lantern.

 

== The Guardians Of The Universe ==

 

The founders and upper management of the Green Lantern Corps. Originally from the planet Maltus, one of their scientists performed an experiment to observe the beginning of creation, which had dire consequences for the universe (just ''which'' consequences depends on which [[Cosmic Retcon|Cosmic Retcons]] have occurred). In atonement, the Maltusians swore to fight evil, and moved to the planet Oa at the geographical (cosmographical?) center of the universe. In studying energy sources for their new police corps, they began harnessing emotional energies, before settling on the green light of willpower as it was least likely to drop an [[Emotion Bomb]] on its users.

 

=== The Emerald Eye of Ekron ===

 

The origins of the mystic artifact known as the Emerald Eye are shrouded in mystery. It appears to be the right eye of a [[Cosmic Entity]] named Ekron, whose decapitated head eventually served a member of the Green Lantern Corps as a spacecraft. The Eye itself was removed from the Head of Ekron ages ago and kept locked up on Oa for an unknown period of time. The green energy it uses appears to be similar to that wielded by the Green Lanterns; some sources claim it is an early design of the green power rings.

 

=== Ion ===

 

The Willpower Entity--the living embodiment of the Green Light, given life and strength from the willpower of every sentient being. Ion was the very first living creature in all the universe, whose will to live kindled the emotional spectrum, propelling the humble creature into near-godhood. Billions of years later, the Guardians of the Universe learned to tap into Ion's power, and the Green Lantern Corps was born.