Secret Origins (Volume 2) with a cover date of February, 1988.
Contents
- 1 Appearing in "The Secret Origin of the Guardians of the Universe"
- 2 Synopsis for "The Secret Origin of the Guardians of the Universe"
- 3 Appearing in Floronic Man: "Shine on You Crazy Diamond"
- 4 Synopsis for Floronic Man: "Shine on You Crazy Diamond"
- 5 Notes
- 6 Trivia
- 7 See Also
- 8 Recommended Reading
- 9 Links and References
Appearing in "The Secret Origin of the Guardians of the Universe"
Featured Characters:
- Guardians of the Universe (Origin)
- Herupa Hando Hu (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
- "The Chosen"
- Nadia Safir (Flashback and main story)
- Green Lantern Corps of Earth
- Arisia (Flashback and main story)
- Ch'p (Flashback and main story)
- Hal Jordan (Flashback and main story)
- John Stewart
- Katma Tui (Flashback and main story)
- Green Lantern Corps of Earth
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- The Anti-Monitor (Flashback only)
- Blindside (Flashback only)
- Blue Beetle (Flashback only)
- Controllers (Flashback only) (Origin)
- Dinosaurs (Flashback only)
- Goldface (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern Corps
- Krona (Flashback only)
- Maltusians (Flashback only)
- Aps (Flashback only)
- Zamars (Flashback only)
- The Manhunters (Flashback only) (Origin)
- The Monitor (Flashback only)
- The Shark (Flashback only)
- Sinestro (Flashback only)
- Sonar (Flashback only)
- Zamarons (Flashback only) (Origin)
Locations:
- Earth (Flashback and main story)
- Korugar (Mentioned only)
- Maltus (Flashback only)
- Ap (Flashback only)
- Zamar (Flashback only)
- Oa (Flashback only)
- Zamaron (Flashback only)
Items:
- Central Power Battery of Oa (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern Power Battery (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern Ring (Flashback and main story)
- Starheart (Flashback only)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Secret Origin of the Guardians of the Universe"
In response to questions from the Chosen, Herupa Hando Hu and Nadia Safir recount the origins of the Oan race.
Ten billion years ago, the planet Maltus formed. Eventually, there evolved on its surface not only lifeforms resembling those which would later appear on Earth, but also complex microscopic creatures which coexisted with the dominant species in a form of symbiosis. As their population increased, the humanoids evolved into separate races, blue-skinned and white-skinned, and began to make war. Biological warfare resulted in the creation of a deadly disease which almost wiped out the humanoids. Since the disease was activated by sexual contact, in order to survive, the blue-skinned male scientists of the polar city of Ap formed an alliance with an isolated society of white-skinned women who inhabited the Zamar area, and produced future generations of children by laboratory means. The males came to be called Aps, and the females Zamars. Those chosen to form a mediative group, who also raised the children, were known as Oans.
As ages passed, the Oans, with the aid of their symbionts, evolved fantastic mental powers and increased lifespans, becoming virtually immortal. Then the Oan named Krona engaged in a forbidden experiment to learn the origin of the universe itself, and thereby changed history, unleashing the force of evil on the cosmos at the dawn of time.
While Krona was occupied, Herupa, the Oan youngster whose guardian he was, slipped away and met his female counterpart, Nadia. As they touched for the first time, their symbionts united, and the two realized that the division between the sexes was not the natural order. Almost immediately, however, they were discovered together, and were separated; they were never again allowed to be alone together. Nevertheless, they remembered their brief encounter over the centuries and remained devoted to each other.
To atone for Krona's crime, the Oans decided that a group of volunteers would colonize a planet near the centre of the universe, which they named Oa, from which they would champion the cause of order; they became known as the Guardians of the Universe. Using their mental powers, the Guardians gathered the majority of the magic in the universe and stored it in the heart of a star, thus ensuring the dominance of science. They created the Central Power Battery, which would amplify their own natural energies. Finally, they built the android warriors which they named the Manhunters, to serve as their agents on various planets.
As time passed, some Oans perished, and in the new environment of Oa, it became impossible to create new children to replace them, so that the Oan population decreased and the two genders grew further apart. The sole exceptions to this were Herupa and Nadia, who stayed in contact with each other. All the Oans' plans did not run smoothly. The Manhunters revolted against their creators and were stripped of their powers, eventually resurfacing as an evil cult. A splinter group of the Guardians, disagreeing with the disposal of the Manhunters, left Oa and became known as the Controllers. Still, the Guardians continued their work. To replace the Manhunters, they recruited living agents from the different planets, and gave them individual power rings and power batteries which drew energy from the master battery on Oa. These they called the Green Lantern Corps.
Eventually even Herupa and Nadia lost contact with each other. The male and female Oans grew still further apart, until finally, the Zamarons left the planet to seek a world of their own. Their departure might have gone entirely unnoticed had not Nadia contacted Herupa with a final farewell message. Her appearance as a mental projection distracted Herupa as he and the other Guardians monitored the progress of the Green Lanterns in the Andarean Spider War, and three Green Lanterns under his guidance died in the battle. More ages passed. The Guardians delegated more Green Lanterns, one for each of the 3600 sectors of the universe.
Sinestro, Green Lantern of the planet Korugar, turned renegade and allied himself with the evil Weaponers of Qward. Hal Jordan of Earth became the new Green Lantern of Sector 2814 and perhaps the most famous of the Corps. Krona returned to work new evil and was defeated by the assembled Green Lantern Corps.
Finally, in the wake of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Guardians and the Zamarons were reunited, and departed the cosmos together to seek the reunion of the two sexes.
Appearing in Floronic Man: "Shine on You Crazy Diamond"
Featured Characters:
- Floronic Man/Plant Master/Jason Woodrue (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
Supporting Characters:
- Arkham Asylum patients
- Roger Huntoon
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Alec Holland (Mentioned only)
- The Anti-Monitor (Flashback only)
- Commissioner Gordon (Flashback only)
- Dryads (Flashback only)
- Queen Maya of the Dryads (Flashback only)
- General Avery Sunderland (Flashback only)
- Guardians of the Universe (Flashback only)
- Herupa Hando Hu (Flashback only)
- John Constantine (Flashback only)
- Justice League of America (Flashback only)
- The Atom (Flashback only)
- Batman (Flashback only)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (Flashback only)
- The Monitor (Flashback only)
- Nadia Safir (Flashback only)
- Psycho-Pirate (Flashback only)
- Rag Doll
- Secret Society of Super-Villains (Flashback only)
- Superman (Flashback only)
- Swamp Thing (Flashback only)
- Wonder Girl (Flashback only)
Locations:
- Arkham Asylum
- Gotham City (Mentioned only)
- Gotham Cathedral (Mentioned only)
- Ivy Town (Flashback only)
Items:
Vehicles:
Concepts:
- The Green (Mentioned only)
Synopsis for Floronic Man: "Shine on You Crazy Diamond"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Notes
- This issue is a "Millennium" Week Six tie-in issue.
- Includes flashbacks to events chronicled in Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Trivia
- "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" is also the name of a multi-part Pink Floyd song from their 1975 album Wish You Were Here.
See Also
Recommended Reading
Millennium Crossover The events from this issue are related to Millennium, a 1988 crossover event spanning through all DC Titles, in which the Guardians of the Universe left and Earth was put in danger by the robotic Manhunter Cult. Week One
Week Two
Week Three
Week Four
Week Five
Week Six
Millennium #6 · Blue Beetle (Volume 6) #21 · Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 3) #43 · Secret Origins (Volume 2) #23 · Superman (Volume 2) #14 · Young All-Stars #9 Week Seven
Week Eight
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- Green Lantern Recommended Reading
- Green Lantern (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern (Volume 2)
- Green Lantern (Volume 3)
- Green Lantern (Volume 4)
- Green Lantern (Volume 5)
- The Green Lantern (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern Corps (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern Corps (Volume 2)
- Green Lantern Corps (Volume 3)
- Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors (Volume 1)
- Green Lantern: New Guardians (Volume 1)
- Green Lanterns (Volume 1)
- Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps (Volume 1)
Links and References
- Pages using DynamicPageList parser function
- Dick Giordano/Executive Editor
- Ed Hannigan/Cover Artist
- Steve Bissette/Cover Artist
- Todd Klein/Writer
- Rick Veitch/Writer
- Jonathan Peterson/Penciler
- Al Vey/Inker
- Carl Gafford/Colourist
- Augustin Mas/Letterer
- Greg Weisman/Editor
- Brett Ewins/Penciler
- Brett Ewins/Inker
- Shelley Eiber/Colourist
- Mark Waid/Editor
- Guardians of the Universe (New Earth)/Appearances
- Origin Issues
- Herupa Hando Hu (New Earth)/Appearances
- New Guardians (Millennium)/Appearances
- Elizabeth Clawman (New Earth)/Appearances
- Celia Windward (New Earth)/Appearances
- Gregorio de la Vega (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jason Woodrue (New Earth)/Appearances
- Takeo Yakata (New Earth)/Appearances
- Thomas Kalmaku (New Earth)/Appearances
- Xiang Po (New Earth)/Appearances
- Nadia Safir (New Earth)/Appearances
- Green Lantern Corps of Earth/Appearances
- Arisia Rrab (New Earth)/Appearances
- Ch'p (New Earth)/Appearances
- Hal Jordan (New Earth)/Appearances
- John Stewart (New Earth)/Appearances
- Katma Tui (New Earth)/Appearances
- Anti-Monitor (Antimatter Universe)/Appearances
- Blindside (New Earth)/Appearances
- Theodore Kord (New Earth)/Appearances
- Controllers/Appearances
- Dinosaurs/Appearances
- Keith Kenyon (New Earth)/Appearances
- Green Lantern Corps (New Earth)/Appearances
- Eddore (New Earth)/Appearances
- Joanqin (New Earth)/Appearances
- Salakk (New Earth)/Appearances
- Tomar-Re (New Earth)/Appearances
- Xax (New Earth)/Appearances
- Yyk (New Earth)/Appearances
- Krona (New Earth)/Appearances
- Maltusians/Appearances
- Manhunters (New Earth)/Appearances
- Monitor (Earth-One)/Appearances
- Karshon (New Earth)/Appearances
- Thaal Sinestro (New Earth)/Appearances
- Bito Wladon (New Earth)/Appearances
- Zamarons/Appearances
- Earth/Appearances
- California/Appearances
- Green Lantern Citadel/Appearances
- Maltus/Appearances
- Oa/Appearances
- Zamaron/Appearances
- Central Power Battery of Oa/Appearances
- Green Lantern Power Battery/Appearances
- Green Lantern Ring/Appearances
- Starheart/Appearances
- Jason Woodrue Origins
- Preston Payne (New Earth)/Appearances
- Joker (New Earth)/Appearances
- Waylon Jones (New Earth)/Appearances
- Jonathan Crane (New Earth)/Appearances
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee (New Earth)/Appearances
- Deever Tweed (New Earth)/Appearances
- Dumfrey Tweed (New Earth)/Appearances
- Harvey Dent (New Earth)/Appearances
- Roger Huntoon (New Earth)/Appearances
- James Gordon (New Earth)/Appearances
- Dryads/Appearances
- Maya of the Dryads (New Earth)/Appearances
- Avery Sunderland (New Earth)/Appearances
- John Constantine (New Earth)/Appearances
- Justice League of America (New Earth)/Appearances
- Raymond Palmer (New Earth)/Appearances
- Bruce Wayne (New Earth)/Appearances
- Roger Hayden (New Earth)/Appearances
- Peter Merkel (New Earth)/Appearances
- Secret Society of Super-Villains I/Appearances
- Mark Desmond (New Earth)/Appearances
- Gorilla Grodd (New Earth)/Appearances
- Mist (New Earth)/Appearances
- Eobard Thawne (New Earth)/Appearances
- Remoni-Notra (New Earth)/Appearances
- William Zard (New Earth)/Appearances
- Kal-El (New Earth)/Appearances
- Swamp Thing (New Earth)/Appearances
- Donna Troy (New Earth)/Appearances
- Arkham Asylum/Appearances
- Ivy Town/Appearances
- Donna Troy's Lasso/Appearances
- Gotham Gazette/Appearances
- Millennium
- Comics
- 1988
- 1988, February
- 1987, December (Publication)
- Secret Origins Vol 2
- Modern-Age
- Synopsis Written
- Millennium Crossover