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Black Lantern Corps

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Official Name

Black Lantern Corps

Aliases

Death, Cold-Blooded Hands of Death

Status

Defunct

Identity

Secret

Universe

New Earth

Base of Operations

Ryut, Sector 666

Affiliations

Organization Leader(s)

Nekron, Black Hand, Scar

Former Members

See Full List

Enemies

Green Lantern Corps, Sinestro Corps, Red Lantern Corps, Indigo Tribe, Blue Lantern Corps, Orange Lantern Corps, Star Sapphire Corps, Justice League of America, Justice Society of America, Teen Titans, Titans

Origin

Created by Nekron to bring about the end of all life during the Blackest Night

Place of Formation

Ryut

Creators

Geoff Johns · Ivan Reis · Ethan Van Sciver

First appearance	Last appearance
Green Lantern Vol 4 #25 (January, 2008)	Brightest Day #22 (May, 2011)

The Blackest Night falls from the skies. The darkness grows as all light dies. We crave your hearts and your demise. By my black hand, the dead shall rise!

—Black Lantern Corps Oath

History

After the battle with the Sinestro Corps, Superman-Prime hurled the Anti-Monitor into space, who then crashed on an unknown planet and was encased within a Black Central Battery by an unknown being.^[1]

After the female Guardian was scarred by the Anti-Monitor, she became connected to the Guardian of Death - Nekron, Lord of the Unliving, as the poison of the wound spread and slowly killed her, making her vulnerable to the machinations of the Black. This Guardian would later become known as Scar. Scar from this point on would dedicate herself to death and the darkness. It began by tearing the Guardians apart from the inside out. Deep beneath Oa's surface, Scar prophesied the coming of the Blackest Night with her Book of the Black. Meanwhile, Nekron released a massive number of Black Lantern Rings into the universe headed for Earth and Oa. Both Scar and this Guardian then guided Black Hand through the murder of his family and his own suicide. After that, Black Hand would be reborn as the Herald of the Black Lanterns and the Blackest Night began.

Black Lantern Rings are wielded by the deceased. The symbol on Black Power Rings is the same symbol used by Green Lantern super-villain Black Hand (a triangle pointing downward, with five lines radiating upward from the base).^[1] The black rings also symbolizes a total absence of emotion and life. Black Lantern Ring-possessed sentients are driven by a need to take the hearts of those who will be most emotionally affected by their return, to use the power of the emotions of those hearts to bring about the return of Nekron.^[2]

Membership

Former members, deceased

Qull
Roxeaume

Flying Graysons

Veon

Trigger Twins II

Former Members, resurrected

Note: While the spirits of the Dibnys continue to roam, the bodies were resurrected, when the Indigo Lanterns destroyed their corpses. Many other members have been destroyed, as they are a universal organization. Hayden and Kal-L died upon usage of the Medusa Mask to draw the black rings away from their corpses. Wildebeest, Omen, the second Hawk, Pantha, Dolphin and Tula all died in a massive white blast stemming from Dove. Scar died when the seven Corps leaders unleashed the power of their batteries upon her. Alexander Luthor of Earth-Three died when Superboy-Prime's emotions became too unstable for the black ring to control and exploded, taking out a cadre of Black Lanterns with it. Vostok died when the Negative Spirit of Larry Trainor absorbed her Black Lantern-tainted version and entered her, detonating the corpse from within.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: *Black Lantern Central Power Battery

Weapons:

Black Lantern Rings

Notes

The closest thing that the Black Lantern Corps has to an Oath was the poem seen throughout a few of the various comics involved in the Blackest Night event. The poem maintains the same rhythm that the other oaths contain.

The Blackest Night Falls form the skies,

The darkness grows as all light dies,

We crave your hearts and your Demise

by my Black Hand -- The Dead shall rise!

Links

Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Green Lantern (Volume 4) #25
↑ Green Lantern (Volume 4) #30
↑ Ambush Bug: Year None #7

Green Lantern 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular Vol 1 1 Textless 1960s Variant

Green Lantern Villain(s)

This character is or was primarily an enemy of the Green Lantern of Earth, or the Green Lantern Corps as a whole. This template will categorize articles that include it into the category "Green Lantern Villains."

[GL_V4_25-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Green Lantern (Volume 4) #25

[2] Green Lantern (Volume 4) #30

[3] Ambush Bug: Year None #7

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 After the battle with the [[Sinestro Corps]], [[Superman-Prime]] hurled the [[Anti-Monitor]] into space, who then crashed on an unknown planet and was encased within a [[Black Lantern Central Power Battery|Black Central Battery]] by an unknown being.<ref name="GL V4 25">''[[Green Lantern Vol 4 25|Green Lantern (Volume 4) #25]]''</ref>
-After the female [[Guardians of the Universe|Guardian]] was scarred by the Anti-Monitor she became connected to the Guardian of Death - Nekron, Lord of the Unliving, as the poison of the wound spread and slowly killed her, making her vulnerable to the machinations of the Black.  This Guardian would later become known as [[Scar (New Earth)|Scar]].  Scar from this point on would dedicate herself to death and the darkness.  It began by tearing the Guardians apart from the inside out.  Deep beneath Oa's surface Scar prophesied the coming of the Blackest Night with her [[Book of the Black]].  Meanwhile Nekron released a massive number of Black Lantern Rings into the universe headed for Earth and Oa.  Both Scar and this Guardian then guided Black Hand in the murder of his family and his own suicide.  After that Black Hand would be [[Wikipedia:Revenant (fiction)|reborn]] as the Herald of the Black Lanterns and the [[Blackest Night]] began.
+After the female [[Guardians of the Universe|Guardian]] was scarred by the Anti-Monitor, she became connected to the Guardian of Death - Nekron, Lord of the Unliving, as the poison of the wound spread and slowly killed her, making her vulnerable to the machinations of the Black. This Guardian would later become known as [[Scar (New Earth)|Scar]]. Scar from this point on would dedicate herself to death and the darkness. It began by tearing the Guardians apart from the inside out. Deep beneath Oa's surface, Scar prophesied the coming of the Blackest Night with her [[Book of the Black]]. Meanwhile, Nekron released a massive number of Black Lantern Rings into the universe headed for Earth and Oa.  Both Scar and this Guardian then guided Black Hand through the murder of his family and his own suicide. After that, Black Hand would be [[Wikipedia:Revenant (fiction)|reborn]] as the Herald of the Black Lanterns and the [[Blackest Night]] began.
-[[Black Lantern Rings]] are wielded by the deceased. The symbol on [[Black Power Ring]]s is the same symbol used by Green Lantern super-villain [[Black Hand]] (a triangle pointing downwards, with five lines radiating upward from the base).<ref name="GL V4 25" /> The black rings also symbolize a total absence of emotion and life. Black Lantern Ring-possessed sentients are driven by a need to take the hearts of those who will be most emotionally affected by their return, to use the power of the emotions of those hearts to bring about the return of Nekron.<ref>''[[Green Lantern Vol 4 30|Green Lantern (Volume 4) #30]]''</ref>
+[[Black Lantern Rings]] are wielded by the deceased. The symbol on [[Black Power Ring]]s is the same symbol used by Green Lantern super-villain [[Black Hand]] (a triangle pointing downward, with five lines radiating upward from the base).<ref name="GL V4 25" /> The black rings also symbolizes a total absence of emotion and life. Black Lantern Ring-possessed sentients are driven by a need to take the hearts of those who will be most emotionally affected by their return, to use the power of the emotions of those hearts to bring about the return of Nekron.<ref>''[[Green Lantern Vol 4 30|Green Lantern (Volume 4) #30]]''</ref>
 ==Membership==
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-Note: While the spirits of the Dibnys roam on today, the bodies were resurrected, when the Indigo Lanterns destroyed their bodies. Many other members have been destroyed, as they are a universal organization. Hayden and Kal-L died upon usage of the Medusa Mask to draw the black rings away from their corpses. Wildebeest, Omen, the second Hawk, Pantha, Dolphin and Tula all died in a massive white blast stemming from [[Dawn Granger (New Earth)|Dove]]. Scar died when the seven Corps leaders unleashed the power of their batteries upon her. Alexander Luthor of Earth-Three died when Superboy-Prime's emotions became too unstable for the black ring to control and exploded, taking out a cadre of Black Lanters with it. Vostok died when the Negative Spirit of Larry Trainor absorbed her Black Lantern-tainted version and entered her, detonating the corpse from within.
+Note: While the spirits of the Dibnys continue to roam, the bodies were resurrected, when the Indigo Lanterns destroyed their corpses. Many other members have been destroyed, as they are a universal organization. Hayden and Kal-L died upon usage of the Medusa Mask to draw the black rings away from their corpses. Wildebeest, Omen, the second Hawk, Pantha, Dolphin and Tula all died in a massive white blast stemming from [[Dawn Granger (New Earth)|Dove]]. Scar died when the seven Corps leaders unleashed the power of their batteries upon her. Alexander Luthor of Earth-Three died when Superboy-Prime's emotions became too unstable for the black ring to control and exploded, taking out a cadre of Black Lanterns with it. Vostok died when the Negative Spirit of Larry Trainor absorbed her Black Lantern-tainted version and entered her, detonating the corpse from within.
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 :The darkness grows as all light dies,
 :We crave your hearts and your Demise
-:by my Black Hand-- --The Dead shall rise!
+:by my Black Hand -- The Dead shall rise!
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