GREEN LANTERN CORPS

Membership: Aa, Abin Sur, Alia, Altin Ad'ms, Amanita, Apros, Arisia, Arkkis Chummuck, Artis Chep, Arx, Ash, Ash-Pak-Glif, Bareer Wot, Barin, B'dg, Blish, Boodikka, Brik, Charlie Vickers, Charqwep, Chaselon, Ch'p, Chtos-Chthas Chthasis, Cundiff Cood, Diamalon, Dkrzty RRR, Droxelle, Eddore, El'Qa Sqa Zrennah, Gallus-Zed, Ghrelk, Glc-ken-to, G'nort, Gorius Karkum, Gpaak, Graf Torren, Green Lantern II, Green Lantern III, Green Man I, Green Man II, Greet, Grumb, Guy Gardner, Hannu, Hollika Rahn, Horoq Nnot, Isamot Kol, Jack T. Chance, Jeryll, Kairo, Kama Tui, Ke'Haan, Khen-To, Kilowog, Kreon, KT21, Laira, Lan Dibbux, Larvox, Lashorr, Leezle Pon, Lok Neboora, Malet Dasim, Markot Five, Medphyll, Morro, Norchavius, Olapet, Opto309v, Percival, Perdoo, Procanon Kaa, Prohl Gosgotha, Reemuz, Rees-Van, Relok Hag, RRU-9-2, Salakk, Sandro Batorn, Shorm, Sinestro, Sir Deeter, Skirl, Sodam Yat, Soranik Natu, Stel, Targot, Tomar-Re, Tomar-Tu, Tomy-Fai, Torquemada, Turytt, Varix, Vath Sarn, Venizz, Vode-M, Volk, Voz, Xax, Xenofobe, Zaneth, Zuron

Base of Operations: Mobile throughout the universe

First Appearance: Green Lantern II #11 (March, 1962)

(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 Chaselon and 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, who easily defeated them.

(Green Lantern IV #6) - The Corps dispatched Targot and Venizz to take the Gremlins into custody from Hal Jordan. The Gremlins lived to tweak the evolutionary process of different alien races, and both the new recruits had previous bad experiences with them.

(Green Lantern IV #7) - The Corps were present on Oa when Hal delivered Despero for prosecution for breaking over seven hundred laws in the Book of Oa. John Stewart warned Hal that Mongul had arrived in his space sector looking to conquer Earth. 

(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. Hal and Guy ate in the GLC messhall, and Hal reflected that Guy was the first to forgive him for his actions as Parallax. Turytt and several GLC rookies made it clear that they thought Hal was a traitor who deserved to die. Guy exacerbated the situation and a brawl erupted that Kilowog had to break up. Hal did feel tremendous guilt over his actions, and petitioned the Guardians to go to Biot, hoping to find the other Lanterns he supposedly killed alive. They told him Biot was outside their jurisdiction, and that they’d rather not wake the dormant Manhunters. They also pointed out that Hal was too emotionally involved to go on the mission, so they denied him. Hal went against their orders, taking Guy with him and battling the Manhunters. He found many other Lanterns he assumed dead at his hand in the Manhunters clutches, and met the Manhunters new leader, Cyborg-Superman. Cyborg and the Manhunters took down Guy, and used him as yet another Lantern to be incorporated into the Highmaster units. He tried to use nanotech Willhunters to subdue Hal, but Hal fought them off and revived the Lanterns he thought he’d killed. He convinced 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 Relok Hag, Lashorr and Arisia. Cyborg unleashed his Highmasters on the Lanterns, killing Kreon in the battle, and as the Lost Lanterns fought back Hal concentrated on freeing Arisia. She was overjoyed to be alive and reunited with Hal. She always had faith Hal was never truly evil, and that he’d return. Cyborg told Hal his connection to Oa let him see the things the Guardians were hiding from him, things that would change everything. He also claimed that the Guardians reinstated him so quickly because he taught a moral lesson, question the Guardians and you will lose everything you hold dear. 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 steet clear of each other. Hal was forced to meet with the Guardians for disobeying a direct command, and Guy covered for him, because as a member of the honor guard he wouldn't be expelled from the Corps.

(Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1) - Hal Jordan was investigating the newly formed Sinestro Corps, and recruited the JlofA to help him track down leads. They confronted Zoom, a former Society teammate of Sinestro, but he had no information for them and managed to flee. Green Lantern admitted that there was little evidence of the Corps presence on Earth at the present. Ion found a Sinestro Corps ring in Space Sector 424, and brought it back to Oa. Hal, Guy, John Stewart and Ion discussed it when the ring activated and kidnapped Ion to the antimatter universe, where Sinestro stripped the Ion willpower entity from Kyle and infected him with Parallax. On Oa the Sinestro Corps launched an assault, resulting in the deaths of many GLs, including Cundiff Cood and Diamalon. The Sinestro Corps managed to free Cyborg Superman and Superboy Prime from their sciencells, and brought them into their ranks. 

(Green Lantern IV #21) - The Corps began picking up the pieces after the assault on Oa, and Salakk realized that the Sinestro Corps were picking off Lanterns across the universe, leaving over 50 dead.  Hal Jordan tried to attend to the wounded Tomar-Tu, 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, while the rest of the Lanterns were ordered by the Guardians to stay on oa and prepare for another assault. When Hal tried to recharge his ring using the Central Power Battery he found that the Sinestro Corps had booby-trapped it. He was sent to Qward and confronted by Parallax. 

(Green Lantern IV #22, 23) - The Guardians divided the remaining active Corps members between defending Mogo from the sentient planet Ranx and preparing Oa for another assault. Kyle / Parallax battered Hal, promising him he’d feel the same fear his father felt before he died. The Sinestro Corps joined the battle, threatening to overwhelm Hal. Parallax told him the GLC despised him and had abandoned him, but just then the Lost Lanterns appeared, with Ke’Haan telling Parallax that although they hated Hal they’d never abandon a fellow Lantern. 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. Hal defeated Lyssa Drak, and freed Guy and John Stewart, but 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 Lost Lanterns returned, having rescued Ion, and the Lanterns returned 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. Hal, Guy and Stewart realized that the Sinestro Corps were staying away from Oa, but had followed them to Earth. 

(Green Lantern IV #24) - Sinestro communicated with Hal via his power ring as the Sinestro Corps invaded Earth. He intended to conquer the planet, making it a symbol of the Sinestro Corp’s power and their ability to control any planet. He intended to makes saves of the Earthlings, and execute anyone who did not submit. He was also going to turn Coast City into a mass grave again, and informed Hal that the first victims would be Jim Jordan and his family. Hal flew to Jim’s side and saved his family from being murdered by Parallax. As they fought Hal contacted Guiy and John Stewart, asking them to find a painting done by Kyle’s mother that always made him feel close to her, hoping the sight of it would help him fight off the Parallax infection. Hal’s power ring ran out of energy, and he was absorbed into Parallax’s body, but this gave him a chance to talk to Kyle face to face. Kyle blamed himself for his mother’s death at the hands of Sinestro Corps soldier Despotellis, but Hal promised to help him overcome his fear. Hal’s support, coupled with the sight of his mother’s painting helped Kyle reject the Parallax infection. Parallax was ready to try and possess him again when Ganthet and Sayd appeared and split his essence into four pieces, imprisoning each one in a GL lantern. Guy, John, and Hal were now responsible for containing Parallax’s essence, and after Kyle stepped down as torchbearer and accepted a GL ring he was given the fourth GL lantern. The Sinestro Corps invasion of Earth was momentarily being fended off by Earth’s superheroes, but the GLC arrived on Earth to even the odds.

(Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime #1, Green Lantern Corps IV #17) - The Sinestro Corps continued their war against Earth’s heroes and the GLC. Superboy-Prime joined the battle, but planned for the moment he could betray Sinestro for daring to work with the Anti-Monitor, the being that had destroyed his Earth during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. The GLC held off attacks across America, including Mount Rushmore, Las Vegas, and Lubbock, Texas. Arkillo confronted Kilowog in San Diego, demanding a rematch and promising that his men would prevail because they weren’t squeamish about taking a life. Arkillo said he saw fear in Kilowog’s heart, fear of what he might become if he started taking lives without remorse. After Arkillo slaughtered several bystanders Kilowog crippled him, and ripped off his power ring, along with his ring finger. The GLC were recalled to NYC, where the Anti-Monitor had landed. The Guardians learned that the Anti-Monitor was using the Sinestro Corps to fulfill his plan of destroying the multiverse by first controlling Earth. Although reluctant to do so, the Guardians bestowed the power of Ion on Sodam Yat, and set him upon the Anti-Monitor.