History: (Green Lantern / Sinestro Corps: Secret Files #1) - Graf was a light monk who dedicated his life to studying the light and combating the Spider Guild. He was inducted intoi the Green Lantern Corps.

Green Lantern was infected by Parallax and left several Green Lanterns, including Toren, for dead in his quest for the Central Power Battery.

(Guy Gardner: Warrior #20) - Guy Gardner and Green Lantern Alan Scott wanted to learn why Green Lanterns were turning up dead and stripped of their power rings, so Guy recruited his Justice League America teammates to travel to Oa. Approaching Oa they spotted several dead Green Lanterns, including Graf Toren, who was being put on a pyre by his old ally Probert. On Oa the heroes were attacked by power constructs and confronted by the source of the carnage, the power-mad Hal Jordan.

(Green Lantern IV #3) - Graf Toren and a number of other Green Lanterns had not really perished at Hal Jordan’s hand, but ended up in the clutches of the Manhunters.

(Green Lantern IV #11-13) - Tomar-Tu escaped the Manhunters and piloted a ship towards Earth, crash-landing at Edwards Air Force base. The Corps ministered to his injuries, and Hal hoped that the other Lanterns he seemingly killed were still alive. He still felt tremendous guilt over his actions under the influence of Parallax. Hal and Guy traveled to Biot, and found Graf and the other Lanterns being jailed by the Manhunters to power their technology. Hal revived the Lanterns he thought he’d killed. They attacked him, but Kreon realized something was wrong when he refused to fight back. He apologized for betraying them, convincing them he was on their side, and they learned of the presence of more Corps members taken by the Manhunters for information and a connection to the Central Power Battery, including Arisia. Cyborg unleashed his Highmasters on the Lanterns. Cyborg unleashed his Highmasters on the Lanterns, killing Kreon in the battle, and as the Lost Lanterns fought back Hal concentrated on freeing Arisia. Hal and Arisia took over a Highmaster unit and used it to destroy Biot and the Manhunters, although Hal was positive the Cyborg could have survived. The Lost Lanterns were returned to Oa, and they told Hal they were grateful that he’d saved them, but that didn’t change the past, and they should steer clear of each other.

(Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1) - Graf and his space sector partner, a new recruit named Vode-M witnessed the destruction of a light church by a Sinestro Corps ring. Vode-M was angered, but Graf reminded her to keep a serene mind. Ion helped them contain the ring, and brought it back to Oa. The Sinestro Corps later made an assault on Oa. 

(Green Lantern IV #21) - The Corps began picking up the pieces after the assault on Oa, and when Hal Jordan tried to attend to the wounded Tomar-Tu, Graf and the Lost Lanterns told him to back off. They told him they’d see one of their own die before asking him or any other human for help. Kilowog stepped in, reminding them that now was not the time to keep opening old wounds. The Lost Lanterns were sent to Qward to rescue Kyle Rayner from the Sinestro Corps. 

(Green Lantern IV #22) - The Lost Lanterns traveled to Qward to retrieve Ion, and found Hal Jordan being overwhelmed by the Sinestro Corps. Parallax told Hal that the GLC despised him and had abandoned him, but Ke’Haan said that although they hated Hal they’d never abandon a fellow Lantern. Hannu had already forgiven Hal, because as a light monk he looked at the past without feelings of pain or anger, although he acknowledged that Hal had never forgiven himself. Parallax killed Jack T. Chance, and Hal and the remaining Lost Lanterns retreated to Qward’s underground catacombs. They split up, with Ke’Haan and his allies attempting to locate the imprisoned Ion, while Hal was joined by Graf Toren and Tomar-Tu in rescuing Guy and John Stewart. They found their comrades, but were confronted by Lyssa Drak, keeper of the Book of Parallax, who was in the process of breaking their friends and making them give in to fear. 

(Green Lantern IV #23) - Hal defeated Lyssa Drak, and freed Guy and John Stewart, and because his power ring was running low on energy he was forced to don a number of Sinestro Corps rings, his time infected by Parallax gave him a limited mastery over fear. Sinestro appeared and showed Hal he had no true understanding of fear, but just then the remaining Lost Lanterns returned, having rescued Ion, and saved Hal, Graf and Tomar-Tu from Sinestro, and fleeing back to the positive-matter universe. The Guardians foresaw the Blackest Night prophecy coming to pass with the rise of the Sinestro Corps, and did the unthinkable, rewriting the Book of Oa. The first of their ten new laws stated that the Corps power rings were authorized to use lethal force against the Sinestro Corps. 

(Green Lantern IV #25) - The Sinestro Corps War raged on Earth, and while Graf, the GLC and an army of superheroes battled the Corps the Anti-Monitor prepared to unleash an anti-matter wave to destroy Earth. With Earth’s destruction, the entire 52 would fall, and he would once again rule all that was. The GLC ruptured the heart of Anti-Monitor’s Warworld, the Sinestro Corps central power battery, and created a shield around Warworld and the Monitor. The ensuing blast nearly destroyed the Anti-Monitor, and he was finished off by Superman-Prime, who betrayed him for having destroyed his home, Earth-Prime. GL Hal Jordan defeated Sinestro in personal combat, and the Sinestro Corps, lacking any leadership, fled Earth. The heroes rejoiced and began rebuilding the damage the Sinestro Corps did.

Comments: Created by Chuck Dixon & Joe Staton

Toren received a profile in Green Lantern / Sinestro Corps: Secret Files #1.

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