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''No evil shall escape my sight

* In the mid-2000s, DC Comics would return Hal Jordan to his former glory, by [[Retcon|explaining]] that "Parallax" was actually the name of an imprisoned [[Eldritch Abomination|cosmic parasite]] that [[Emotion Eater|fed on fear]] and [[Driven to Madness|corrupted]] Jordan through his Power Ring. Furthermore, Parallax was blamed as the source of Green Lantern's infamous weakness towards yellow, by revealing that emotions of fear are attuned to the color yellow, as per a pseudo-mystical "emotional color spectrum" shared by all living creatures, with "green" attuned to the neutral emotion of "willpower". Later developments would [[Adaptation Distillation|merge the Jordan and Rayner eras]], have the Guardians descend further into [[Knight Templar]]-hood, and introduce the rest of the spectrum and their corresponding Lantern Corps, such as Agent Orange or the Sinestro Corps.

 

* ''Green Lantern'' (written by Johns), starring Hal Jordan {{spoiler|and Sinestro, who was re-inducted into the Green Lanterns against everyone's wishes. Although Hal had been expelled from the Corps, Sinestro has recruited him as a sidekick for non-Guardian-sponsored missions - including going against the Guardians themselves}}.

* ''Green Lantern Corps'' (by Peter Tomasi), starring John Stewart and Guy Gardner and focusing on traditional space adventures.

The Green Lanterns are also frequent members of versions of the [[Justice League of America]], with Hal, John, and Kyle part of different incarnations of the main team and Guy Gardner in [[Justice League International]]. Alan Scott is also a founding member of the [[Justice Society of America]], which is either the League's predecessor or its Earth-2 counterpart depending on the era.

 

 

With a Corps of [[Loads and Loads of Characters|over 7,000 alien enforcers]], you better believe there's a [[Green Lantern/Characters|Character Sheet]]. And if you're still confused about why there's so many Lanterns or how willpower tastes like green, feel free to read the [[Green Lantern/Recap|Synopsis]].

 

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** {{spoiler|In a recent issue, it is revealed that the Manhunters didn't go bad at all, but were reprogrammed by Krona to commit the massacre}}.

** {{spoiler|The Alpha Lanterns are a bit of a subversion. They never turn evil of their own volition, so far it's only been when under the control of an outside force (such as Cyborg Superman or Krona)}}.

* [[Art Attacker]]: The Tattooed Man has the power to bring his tattoos to life.

* [[Asshole Victim]]: Sure, the Sinestro Corps' invasion of Daxam in order to enslave the inhabitants is beyond reprehensible... then again, the Daxamites are violently xenophobic assholes with an intense hatred for pretty much anything not them, which makes feeling any sympathy for them quite a difficult task.

* [[Badass Creed]]: All the Green Lanterns, as well as the various other corps that have spun off from them.

** Alan Scott has his own, albeit less memorable:

* [[Evil Cripple]]: Hector Hammond; Baron Tyrano.

* [[Evolutionary Levels]]: The origin of Hector Hammond and the Shark.

* [[Eye Scream]]: Kyle Rayner freaking LOVES this trope. During his first fight with Major Force he had no problem gouging out his eye with a thumb. When depowered and fighting a Cthulhuian horror, he slammed a sharpened bone into its eye. When he fought Major Force again he picked up a shard of glass and gouged his eye out AGAIN! When Parallax taunted him inside his own mind, he picked up a pencil and gouged out its eye. In a fight with Kyle Rayner he ''will'' go for the eyes.

** Ironically, Batman's plan against him should Kyle go rogue is to blind him. If Kyle can't see, he can't properly "draw" constructs.

** Almost ''none'' of the Corps are straight-up good guys. The Green Light is held by the Guardians, who have a reputation of causing as many problems as they solve. The Star Sapphires are getting better, but have a history of [[Love Makes You Crazy]]. The Indigo Tribe is believed to be largely made up of sociopaths who have to have emotions ''forced'' on them by the Indigo Light (and even if they're not they're creepily detached anyway). Only the Blue Lanterns haven't made any dick moves so far, but they're also shown to be utterly ineffectual without piggybacking on another light.

** [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Even the Entity, the embodiment of life itself, isn't morally conventional, given the fact that part of its plans to preserve life, it revived powerful villains and tasked one of them with a murder and another with an assault. It's also become clear that for some of the revived heroes, the second chance given to them is by necessity not a gift but a ''loan''.

* [[Love Cannot Overcome]]: Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris have done this to each other repeatedly over the years, since his identity as Green Lantern and hers as the domineering, villainous Star Sapphire frequently complicate their underlying mutual love.

* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: The de facto trouble with the Star Sapphire and its Corps. The Star Sapphire itself is a symbiotic crystal that bonds with women in desire, at the cost of making them psychotic. Things got a bit better when the Zamarons started filtering the violet light of love through Power Rings, except now there's {{spoiler|the Predator, the emotional entity of love, whose nature, despite the name, is actually somewhat benevolent. According to Carol it's the host that makes the Predator's love evil not the other way around}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: [[Bilingual Bonus|Sinestro]]. [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Atrocitus, Nekron]].

* [[Metaphysical Fuel]]: Lantern rings draw their power from the emotions of all life in the universe.

* [[Military Superhero]]: Both Hal Jordan and John Stewart are former military, but except for his ''[[Justice League: The New Frontier]]'' incarnation, it's not a big aspect of Hal's background. John, however, is VERY much this trope. He's a [[Semper Fi|retired Marine]], and you better not forget it.

* [[Misplaced Retribution]]: One story's antagonist is the Aerialist, who's under the delusion that someone at Ferris Aircraft murdered his beloved (the death was in fact a freak accident) and therefore seeks revenge against the company. It's notable for being one of the few times Hal Jordan thought the [[Insanity Defense]] would actually work, even citing the M'Naughten guideline.

** The names of two GL Corps members, Arisia and Eddore, are also [[Lensman]] shout-outs -- specifically, to the home worlds of that series' two [[Precursor]] races.

** In one [[JLA]] story, Kyle's mind wound up in the body of the [[Martian Manhunter]]. Upon mastering the Manhunter's shape-changing powers, Kyle transformed himself into various other fictional Martians, such as [[Looney Tunes|Marvin The Martian]] and [[John Carter of Mars|Tars Tarkas]].

** Isamot's name is a [[Sdrawkcab Name]] of one of the writers of the series (Peter J. ''Tomasi'').

* [[Sigil Spam]]: The members of the various Lantern Corps usually have their Corps sigil across their chest.

* [[Sinister Scythe]]: Nekron, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Blackest Night]]'', wields a scythe that has a Power Battery built in.

* [[Solar CPR]]: Blue Lanterns can rejuvenate dying stars.

** There is also the Book of Oa which predated both of the above appearance-wise which tells the story of every Corps member, prophecies concerning the Corps, and the new Ten Laws. Of course, it's more of a [[Great Big Book of Everything]] as it isn't ominous... usually.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Sinestro has '''very sympathetic reasons''' for questioning the Guardians' authority.

** Prior to this, Sinestro rarely had speaking roles in comics, and was often depicted as a [[Palette Swap]] variant of the Joker. Now, he's straddling the line between [[Anti-Villain]] and [[Anti-Hero]], despite [[Word of God]] saying much of his characterization is based on [[Adolf Hitler]].

* [[Translator Microbes]]: One of the powers that the rings grant users is the ability to translate between any sentient being and the wielder of the ring.

 

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