"In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those that worship evil's might, Beware my power...GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT!"
That is the oath that Hal Jordan takes as he charges his power ring and patrols the universe as a member of the Green Lantern Corps. The Green Lantern has always been my favorite super hero since I was a kid. I can't explain why I decided to follow him, but I knew he was my favorite of all the Super-Friends.
For those of you who don't know much about the Green Lantern Corps it is pretty simple. The Green Lanterns are pretty much the same thing as Jedi, but they each patrol a specific sector of the universe. Once a Green Lantern dies, his power ring, his or her main instrument in justice, is then thrust throughout the sector to find a worthy replacement. The ring scans the area for an individual who is has strong will power and who is without fear. The leaders of the Green Lanterns is a governing council known as The Guardians. They are small impish men and women who wear white and red robes and have blue skin. They live in the center of the universe on the home planet of the Green Lantern Corps. This planet is known as Oa. It is on Oa in which the Guardians build a giant power battery that keeps the Green Lantern's rings charge.
The Power Ring is the main weapon used by the Green Lanterns. They can use these rings for just about anything. They can create energy fields around the ring bearer and use these fields to fly through the universe. A member of the corp can create any tool necessary from the ring through will power. Anything a Green Lantern can think of, the ring can create! The ring can also function as a scanner and communicator with other Green Lantern members. It is an all purpose tool that really comes in handy. The one drawback is that the battery that powers all the Green Lantern rings has an impurity. That impurity makes the power ring useless against anything yellow.
For the last few years, Geoff Johns has been writing Vol. 3 of the Green Lantern story line. and i have to tell you, it is better than any blockbuster film that has come out over the last five years. The story is epic, the twists and turns and character developments have been outstanding. The creation of a Yellow Lantern Corps is fresh and new and exciting, yet so simple that it's insane that it hadn't been thought up before. The Sinestro (leader of the yellow lanterns) Corp War was so epic, but is nothing that is going to compare to this years big story line titled "Blackest Night"! More Lantern Corps have popped up in the Universe and I am going to cover all of them throughout the rest of the year!!
STAY TUNED FOR THE BLACKEST NIGHT!!
2 comments:
i'm psyched for the new Lantern Corp
is it a spoiler to know what they are? cuz i do
they are revealing the different corps throughout the year. they have already mentioned all of them and what they fight for. Will, Fear, Greed, Love, Hope, ect. I will update you on who is who and what is going on as they are introduced. So far we know about Green, Yellow, Saphire, Red and Blue. Still need Indigo, Orange and Black back stories on how they got started.
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