Green Lantern symbol.
- For other uses, see Green.
The Green Lanterns or Green Lantern Corps was, in an alternate reality, a group of heroes who defended the universe on the behalf of the Oans, who were proclaimed as the Guardians of the Universe.
In variations of this particular reality, the Green Lanterns drew energy from a central power battery on the planet Oa and used willpower to focus this energy through individual batteries and power rings. The green light energy required the user be free of the emotional fear, which itself could be focused as the color yellow from the same source of primordial energy. To establish checks and balances, the Green Lantern energy was useless against the color yellow for that reason.
In most versions of that multiverse, the Green Lantern Corps was divided into space sectors, with each assigned a Green Lantern ring bearer as protector. The planet Earth, important to the Guardians protection, had many different champions who had Green Lantern power rings. In 2262 of the Kelvin timeline, four Green Lanterns were sent to the universe following the destruction of their own, aligning with the United Federation of Planets following Nekron's defeat. (TOS - The Spectrum War comics: "Issue 1", "Issue 2", "Issue 6")
In 2263, the USS Enterprise discovered the corpse of a Manhunter, signalling that the Oan civilization existed in the Kelvin timeline, Thaal Sinestro finding that these Oans had yet to found the Green Lantern Corps. When the Enterprise arrived at Oa, the prototype power ring selected James T. Kirk as its bearer. Once the crisis had been resolved, the Federation opened diplomatic ties with the Oans and promised to aid them in founding a version of the Green Lantern Corps. (TOS - Stranger Worlds comics: "Issue 1", "Issue 6")
Green Lanterns[]
- Hal Jordan
- Guy Gardner
- John Stewart
- Kilowog
- Ch'p
- Tomar-Re
- James T. Kirk
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External Links[]
- Green Lantern Corps article at DC Comics Database, the DC Comics wiki.
- Green Lantern Corps article at Green Lantern Wiki, the Wikia for Green Lantern sources.