Green Lantern Corps

## Background information

### Inspiration

Richard Wagner's opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung and the sight of a trainman's green railway lantern

## Group information

### Other names

Will
The first Corp
Green

### Members

 Jessica Cruz
 Hal Jordan
 Salaak
 Kilowog
 Thaal Sinestro (formerly)
 Various other members

### Affiliations

Lantern Corps
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### Status

Formed

**Green Lantern Corps** is the name of a fictional intergalactic law enforcement organization appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They patrol the farthest reaches of the DC Universe at the behest of the Guardians, a race of immortals residing on the planet Oa. According to DC continuity, the Green Lantern Corps have been in existence for three billion years. Currently operating amongst the 3600 "sectors" of the universe, there are 7204 members (known commonly as Green Lanterns). Each Green Lantern is given a power ring, a weapon granting the use of incredible abilities that are directed by the wearer's own willpower.

## Publication history[edit]

In 1959, during a revival of the popularity of superhero comics in America, DC Comics' editor Julius Schwartz decided to reinvent the 1940s superhero character Green Lantern as a science fiction hero. Schwartz's new conception of Green Lantern had a different name (Hal Jordan), costume, and origin story, and no connection to the original Green Lantern. Whereas the Green Lantern of the 1940s was a lone vigilante who only had adventures on Earth, the new Green Lantern was but one of a group of interstellar lawmen who all called themselves Green Lanterns. The group is first mentioned in *Showcase* #22 (1960) when a dying Green Lantern passes on his ring to Hal Jordan. Over the years, writers have introduced a large cast of Green Lanterns in both supporting and starring roles.

## In other media[edit]

### Television[edit]

* The Green Lantern Corps made an appearance in the *Duck Dodgers* episode "The Green Loontern". Besides Hal Jordan, the featured Green Lantern Corps members are Amanita, Arisia, Boodikka, Breeon, Brokk, Ch'p, Chaselon, Galius Zed, Green Lambkin, Guy Gardner, G'nort, Hannu, John Stewart, Katma Tui, Kilowog, K'ryssma, Larvox, M'Dahna, Medphyll, NautKeLoi, Penelops, Salakk, Stel, Tomar-Re, and Xax. After Duck Dodgers accidentally takes Hal Jordan's uniform from the dry cleaners due to a mix-up, he is teleported to the Corps location by the power ring, where they are in a fight with Sinestro's robots. During the fight, Sinestro kidnaps the entire Green Lantern Corps to act as a power source for a doomsday device. Duck Dodgers manages to save them (more through accident than skill) before giving the uniform back to Hal Jordan and being stranded in Sinestro's hideout as Hal Jordan and the rest of the Corps take their leave.

* The Green Lantern Corps appear in series set in the DC animated universe:
	+ Several Green Lantern Corps members also make cameos in the *Superman: The Animated Series* episode "In Brightest Day...", which featured Kyle Rayner.
	+ The Green Lantern Corps appear in the *Justice League* episodes "In Blackest Night" and "Hearts and Minds".
	+ The Green Lantern Corps appear in the *Justice League Unlimited* episode "The Return". After Amazo seemingly destroys Oa while on his mission to confront Lex Luthor, the Green Lantern Corps arrive on Earth while pursuing Amazo where they help rescue John Stewart and the defeated Justice League members that were in space. When they confront Amazo after Lex Luthor and Atom reasoned with them, Amazo stated that he actually moved Oa to another dimension as he returns Oa back to its original position.
* The Green Lantern Corps appear in *Batman: The Brave and the Bold*. In the teaser of "Day of the Dark Knight!", the Corps is having lunch in the cafeteria, and force Guy Gardner to clean up his mess. In "The Eyes of Despero!", they fight against Despero, and Hal Jordan hides them in his ring for protection.
* The Green Lantern Corps is the primary focus of *Green Lantern: The Animated Series*, with Hal Jordan and Kilowog as the main cast. Also in the show are "frontier space" members of the corps.
* Within the Arrowverse, during the *Crisis on Infinite Earths* crossover event, footage from the *Green Lantern* film was used to establish the existence of the Green Lantern Corps within the universe of Earth-12.
	+ The series finale of *Arrow*, titled "Fadeout", ends with main character John Diggle / Spartan approaching what appears to be a Green Lantern ring that has fallen from the sky, suggesting that he will become a Green Lantern. In the eighth season of *The Flash*, Diggle makes the choice to relinquish the Green Lantern ring to be with his family.

### Film[edit]

* The Green Lantern Corps feature prominently in the Warner Brothers animated film *Green Lantern: First Flight*. The film follows the origins of Hal Jordan and Sinestro.
* The Green Lantern Corps is the focus of a following film, *Green Lantern: Emerald Knights*, which features several stories about various non-Terran Green Lanterns.
* The Green Lantern Corps appear in the *Green Lantern* live-action film. The leader of the Corps is Sinestro, with Abin Sur, Kilowog, and Tomar-Re being central characters.
* In *Justice League vs. the Fatal Five*, Jessica Cruz, Kilowog, and Salaak appear as representatives of the Corps. Holographic depictions of most of the Lantern Corps' human members - Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart, and Cruz - also appear as part of a Justice League exhibit in the Legion of Super-Heroes Museum.
* The Green Lantern Corps appear in the films set in the DC Extended Universe:
	+ A character named Carrie Farris appears in the live-action films *Man of Steel* and *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice*, played by Christina Wren. She is a United States Air Force officer attached to the operations of United States Northern Command and the assistant to General Swanwick. Carrie Farris is a nod and allusion to Carol Ferris.
	+ Green Lantern Yalan Gur appears in a flashback in the *Justice League* film. He is seen fighting against Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons but is overpowered and killed by Steppenwolf as his power ring flies off. Early in production, a deleted scene which was filmed as another post-credits scene depicting Kilowog and Tomar-Re visiting Bruce Wayne / Batman would have further teased *Green Lantern Corps*; but the scene was scrapped.
		- In the Snyder cut of the film, Yalan Gur took part in the battle against Darkseid's forces. Darkseid behands Yalan Gur before killing him as his power ring flies off.
	+ Warner Bros announced a *Green Lantern Corps* film for 2020, which is currently shelved.
* The Red Son incarnation of the Green Lantern Corps appears in *Superman: Red Son*.
* The Green Lantern Corps (Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Arisia Rrab, Arkkis Chummuck, Chaselon, Galius Zed, Green Man, Guy Gardner, Kilowog, Palaqua, and Salaak) appear in *Justice League Dark: Apokolips War*. Jordan is among the heroes decimated by Paradooms (hybrids of the Parademons and Doomsday), while other Lanterns and the Guardians are slaughtered by Darkseid himself on Oa.
* The Green Lantern Corps appear in *Green Lantern: Beware My Power*. Before the film's main events, the Green Lantern Corps are revealed to have been slaughtered by Sinestro and a Parallax-possessed Hal Jordan (the latter had also taken the fallen Lanterns' rings to achieve his full potential). After the Sinestro Corps are defeated, Jordan's successor John Stewart eventually takes Jordan's rings and sends them to their new owners to rebuild the Corps.

### Video games[edit]

* The Green Lantern Corps are featured heavily in the video game *Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe*. Hal Jordan appears as a playable character and one of the game's major protagonists; the Guardians appear in the game's Oa based stage, and the rest of the Corps members are mentioned to be trying to contain the universe wide crisis taking place during Story Mode. Additionally, Sonya Blade's in-game ending depicts her becoming the Green Lantern of the Mortal Kombat universe after gaining the ring of a recently deceased Corps member.
* In *Injustice: Gods Among Us*, Kilowog and Atrocitus make cameo appearances. The Corps also appear in Green Lantern's victory pose. At the end of the game, the main universe's Hal Jordan brings the parallel universe's version of himself, who had joined the Sinestro Corps during Year Two, and Sinestro to the remaining Guardians of the Universe at Oa for trial with a Green Lantern at the center of the court.

### Miscellaneous[edit]

The Green Lantern Corps is featured in the *Batman: The Brave and the Bold* and *Smallville Season 11* digital comic based on the TV series.

The Green Lantern Corps appear in *Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century* #6.

### Literature[edit]

The Green Lantern Corps are reinterpreted as the Avant Guard in The Refrigerator Monologues.

### Writers[edit]

The following writers have been involved in the ongoing *Green Lantern Corps* series:

## Bibliography[edit]

This listing is for the "core" series or limited series to feature the Green Lantern Corps in their various incarnations over the years:

* *Tales of the Green Lantern Corps* (three-issue miniseries, May–July 1981)
* *Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual* #1 (1985) (first annual issue for *Green Lantern* (vol. 2) series)
* *The Green Lantern Corps* #201-224 (June 1986 – May 1988) (formerly *Green Lantern* (vol. 2) series; officially re-titled as *The Green Lantern Corps* (by cover only from #201-205) with #206 in the comic's legal indicia)
	+ *Annual*s #2 (Dec. 1986), #3 (Aug. 1987)
* *Green Lantern Corps Quarterly* #1-8 (Summer, 1992 - Spring, 1994)
* *Green Lantern: The New Corps* (two-issue miniseries, 1999)
* *Green Lantern Corps: Recharge* (five-issue miniseries, November 2005 - March 2006)
* *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #1 - 63 (August 2006 – August 2011)
* *Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors* #1 - 13 (October 2010 - October 2011)
* *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 3) #1 - 40 (September 2011 – March 2015)

## Collected editions[edit]

### *Green Lantern Corps* vol. 1[edit]

Some of the stories have been collected into trade paperbacks and hardcover:

* *Tales of the Green Lantern Corps* (collects *Tales of the Green Lantern Corps* #1-3 and back-up stories from *Green Lantern* (vol. 2) #148, 151-154, 161-162, 164-167), 160 pages, April 2009, ISBN 1-84856-147-4, DC Comics, March 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2155-6
* *Tales of the Green Lantern Corps* Vol. 2 (collects back-up stories from *Green Lantern* (vol. 2) #168, 169, 171-173, 177, 179-183, 185, 187-190 and *Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual* #1), 144 pages, February 2010, ISBN 978-1-4012-2702-9
* *Tales of the Green Lantern Corps* Vol. 3 (collects *Green Lantern Corps* #201-206), 144 pages, Oct. 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2934-4
* *Green Lantern Corps: Beware Their Power Vol. 1* (hardcover collects *Green Lantern Corps* #207-215 and *Green Lantern Corps Annual* #2-3). DC Comics, 296 pages, February 2018 ISBN 1-40127-750-0

### *Green Lantern Corps* vol. 2[edit]

* *Recharge* (collects five-issue limited series, June 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0962-9)
* *To Be a Lantern* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #1-6, May 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1356-1)
* *The Dark Side of Green* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #7-13, April 2008, ISBN 1-4352-5617-4)
* *Sinestro Corps War*:
	+ *Volume 1* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #14-15, *Green Lantern* (vol. 4) #21-23 and *Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special* one-shot, hardcover, February 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1650-1, paperback, May 2009, ISBN 1-84576-783-7, DC Comics, ISBN 1-4012-1870-9)
	+ *Volume 2* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #16-19 and *Green Lantern* (vol. 4) #24-25, hardcover, July 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1800-8, paperback, July 2009, ISBN 1-84576-879-5, DC Comics, June 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2036-3)
* *Ring Quest* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #19-20, 23-26, January 2009, ISBN 1-84856-116-4, DC Comics, December 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1975-6)
* *Sins of the Star Sapphire* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #27-32, July 2009, ISBN 1-84856-318-3, DC Comics, June 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2273-0)
* *Emerald Eclipse* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #33-38, 160 pages, hardcover, November 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2788-0, paperback, November 2010, ISBN 1401225292)
* *Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #39-47, 256 pages, hardcover, July 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2788-0, paperback, July 2011, ISBN 1401228054)
* *Revolt of the Alpha Lanterns* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #21-22, 48-52, 176 pages, hardcover, May 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3139-X, paperback, June 2012, ISBN 1401231403)
* *The Weaponer* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #53-57, 128 pages, hardcover, October 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3281-7, paperback, October 2012, ISBN 1401234410)
* *Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors* (collects *Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors* #1-7, 176 pages, August 16, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3079-2)
* *War of the Green Lanterns* (collects *Green Lantern* (vol. 4) #63-67, *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #58-60, and *Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors* #8-10, 240 pages, hardcover, November 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3234-5, paperback, September 2012, ISBN 1401234526)
* *War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 2) #61-63, *Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors* #11-13, and *War of the Green Lantern: Aftermath* #1-2, 208 pages, hardcover, January 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3343-0)

### *Green Lantern Corps* vol. 3 (New 52)[edit]

* *Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1: Fearsome* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 3) #1-7, 160 pages, Hardcover, September 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3701-0 )
* *Green Lantern Corps Vol. 2: Alpha War* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 3) #0, #8-14, 192 pages, Hardcover, July 2013, ISBN 1-4012-4012-7 )
* *Green Lantern Corps Vol. 3: Willpower* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 3) #15-20, *Green Lantern Corps Annual* #1, 256 pages, Hardcover, December 10, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-4407-6 )
* *Green Lantern : Rise of the Third Army* (collects *Green Lantern Annual* #1, *Green Lantern* (vol. 5) #13-16, *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 3) #13-16, *Green Lantern: New Guardians* #13-16, *Red Lanterns* #13-16, *Green Lantern Corps Annual* #1, 416 pages, Hardcover, September 10, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-4499-8)
* *Green Lantern: Wrath of the First Lantern* (collects *Green Lantern* vol.5 #17-20, *Green Lantern Corps* Vol.3 #17-20, *Green Lantern: New Guardians* #17-20, *Red Lanterns* #17-20, 416 pages, Hardcover, February 25, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4409-2)
* *Green Lantern Corps Vol. 4: Rebuild* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* (vol. 3) #21-27, *Green Lantern Corps Annual* #2, 208 pages, Paperback, July 8, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4745-8 )
* *Green Lantern: Lights Out* (collects *Green Lantern* #24, *Green Lantern Corps* #24, *Green Lantern: New Guardians* #23-24, *Red Lanterns* #24, *Green Lantern Annual* #2, *Green Lantern* #23.1: Relic, 192 pages, Hardcover, June 24, 2014, ISBN 1-4012-4816-0)
* *Green Lantern Corps Vol. 5: Uprising* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* #28-34, *Green Lantern Corps Annual* #2 and *Green Lantern* #31-33)
* *Green Lantern Corps Vol. 6: Reckoning* (collects *Green Lantern Corps* issues #35-40)

## See also[edit]

* List of Green Lanterns
* L.E.G.I.O.N.
* Sinestro Corps
* Nova Corps - A similar intergalactic organization in Marvel Comics

## References[edit]

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5. **^** *Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual* at the Grand Comics Database
6. **^** *Tales of the Green Lantern Corps* Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
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9. **^** *Green Lantern Corps: Recharge* Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
10. **^** *Green Lantern Corps: To Be a Lantern* Archived 2009-04-21 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
11. **^** *Green Lantern Corps: The Dark Side of Green* Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
12. **^** *Sinestro Corps War: Volume 1* hardcover, at DC Comics.com
13. **^** *Sinestro Corps War: Volume 1* softcover, at DC Comics.com
14. **^** *Sinestro Corps War: Volume 2* hardcover, at DC Comics.com
15. **^** *Sinestro Corps War: Volume 2* softcover, at DC Comics.com
16. **^** *Green Lantern Corps: Ring Quest* Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com
17. **^** *Green Lantern Corps: Sins of the Star Sapphire* Archived 2009-06-11 at the Wayback Machine at DC Comics.com

## External links[edit]

* Green Lantern Corps at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
* The Corpse at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
* Alpha Lantern Corps at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
* Green Lantern Corps at the DC Database
* Alan Kistler's profile on Green Lantern
* The Green Lantern Corps Web Page Great Book of Oa
* The Unofficial Green Lantern Corps Webpage
* Interview with Keith Champagne about the Green Lantern "Corpse" Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine