Imagine that you had the most powerful weapon in the universe that was based off your emotion and your thoughts anything you could think of could manifest into reality. You are ina group a corps of space cops from all different species an sectors of the cosmos you are a Green Lantern and your job is to protect the universe your boss are known as the Guardians they know Everything except the concepts of human emotion an feelings. The first Green Lantern was created in 1940 during the first superhero frenzy with superman. His Name was Alan Scott who first appeared in All-American Comics #16 in july of 1940 published by All-American Publications which would later merge into DC Comics. Scott was a Railroad Engineer who after a railway crash he came into possession of a magic Lantern which spoke to him an stated it would bring power. From this lantern he crafted a magic ring which gave him a variety of powers. The ring did have limitations it had to be charged every 24 hours by touching the Lantern. Also there was a time that it could not directly affect objects made of wood. Alan fought mostly ordinary human villains but he did have a few fights with the Immortal Vandal Savage and the zombie Solomon Grundy. After WorldWarII the popularity of superheroes had declined the green lantern comic was cancelled with issue #38 in 1949 and all star comics# 57 (1951) was the character's last golden age appearance. Once superheroes became popular again in later decades Alan Scott was revived. He became forever marginalized by the new Green Lantern Hal Jordan who was created to supplant him, initially Scott made Guest appearances in other books and eventually got regular roles in books like the Justice Society. He never had another solo Series. Between 1995 and 2003 DC comics changed Alan Scott's superhero code Name to " Sentinel" to distinguish him from the newer and more popular science fiction green lanterns. In 2011 the Alan Scott character was revamped with a new costume and the source of his power was changed t:-Oo the mystical power of nature it was referred to as the "Green." In 1959 Julius Schwartz reinvented Green lanterns character as the science fiction hero named Hal Jordan. His Powers were more or less the same as Alan Scott's but otherwise this wasn't the Green lantern of the 40's he had a new costume and a rewritten origin story. Hal received his ring from a dying alien and was commissioned as an officer of the Green lantern corps, and interstellar law enforcement agency that is overseen by the Guardians of the universe. Hal made his first appearance in Showcase#22 (September-October 1959). Alan Scott's green lantern history originally began thousands of years ago when a mystical "green Flame" meteor fell to earth in ancient china. The voice of the prophesied that it would act three times: once to bring death ( a lamp-maker named Luke Fair Clough crafted the green metal of the meteor into a lamp; in fear and as punishment for what they thought sacrilege, the local villagers killed him, only to be destroyed by a sudden burst of green flame), once to bring life ( in modern times, the lamp came into the hands of a patient in a mental institution who fashioned the lamp into a modern lantern; the green flame restored him to sanity and give him a new life and once to bring power. In 1940, the lantern passed into the possession of Scott. The ring instructed Alan how to fashion a ring from its metal, to give him fantastic powers as the superhero Green Lantern. He became a crime fighter and became a founding member of the Justice Society of America. When we enter the Silver Age The character of Harold "Hal" Jordan was a second-generation test pilot, having followed his Fathers footsteps. He was given the Power ring an Battery (lantern) by a dying alien named Abin Sur, whose space ship crashed on earth. Sur used his ring to seek out an individual who was " utterly honest and born without fear" to take his place as a member of the Corps. There was a point that Hal Jordan was incapacitated, it was revealed that there where two individuals matching the specified criteria on earth, the other was Guy Gardner. The ring chose Jordan solely because of his proximity to Abin. Gardner was listed as Hal's Back UP in case there is time when Jordan isn't around. Later on Guy was put into a coma it turned out there was a third human worthy John Stewart who was designated as the earth sector's " back up" lantern. Jordan Became a founding member of the Justice league of America and as of the mid 2000s along with John Stewart one of the two active lanterns in Earth's space sector. Jordan also automatically became a member of the Green Lantern Corps, a galactic " police" force which bears similarities to the "Lensmen" from the science fiction series written by E.E. Smith, although both creators Julius Schwartz and John Broome denied ever reading Smith's Stories. Following Superman's rebirth and the destruction of Green Lantern's hometown of Coast City in the Early 1990's Jordan went insane and destroyed the Green Lantern Corps and the Central Power Battery ( powers the planet of OA). Now calling himself Parallax, Hal Jordan would devastate The DC Universe off and on for the next several years. However after earth's sun was threaten by a sun-eater, Jordan sacrificed his life, using the last of his power to reignite the dying star. Jordan subsequently returned from the grave as the Spectre, the divine spirit of god's vengeance, whom Jordan attempted to transform into the spirit of redemption which failed miserably. In Green Lantern: Rebirth it is revealed that Jordan was under the influence of a creature known as parallax when he turned renegade. Parallax was a creature of pure fear that was trapped in the central power battery by the Guardians of the universe in the past. Imprisonment had rendered the creature dormant and it had been forgotten. It became known merely as the " yellow Impurity" in the power rings. Sinestro was able to wake to Parallax an encourage it to seek out Hal Jordan as a host. Although Parallax had been trying to corrupt jordan via his power ring for some time it wasn't until after the destruction of Coast City that it was able to succeed. It took advantage of Jordan's weakened emotional State to lure him to OA and cause him to attack anyone who stood in his way. After killing several green Lanterns, Jordan finally entered the central power battery( the powered core by each Lantern an Keeps OA "alive" ) and absorbed all the power, unwittingly freeing the Parallax entity and allowed it to graft onto Jordan's soul. The Spectre bonded with Jordan in the hopes of freeing the former green lantern's soul from parallax's grip. After this event and many that followed their where others who the ring had chosen Former Marine John Stewart took Jordan´s badge an became a green lantern once Jordan returned in the rebirth Arc he an Stewart became partners. Other worthy humans share the code name of Green Lantern Guy Gardner the wise cracking former athlete and Kyle Rayner The only human to become a White Lantern (brings life to all who died) and manifest the power of all the lantern within the emotional spectrum now the best an the one story everyone should read is blackest night the day that is mention in the green lantern Oath comes to life an brings back the Dead they feed off the hearts of love ones an there are special guest Very special guests its the only 7 graphic novel story before the NEW 52 universe was introduced to help you understand the ins and outs of the Core now say the Oath with me
In Brightest Day in Blackest Night No evil Shall Escape My Sight for those who Worship Evils Might Beware my Power! Green Lanterns Light!If that isn´t motivation enough then I don´t know what is. Signing off Everett M. Smith
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