Superhero Fact #13

Well, it’s finally time to talk about my favourite superhero, Green Lantern. If you only learn one thing from these updates, learn about Green Lantern, because he’s awesome. Green Lantern is a member of the Green Lantern Corps; a group of super-powered heroes that guard the universe. The universe is divided into 3800 sectors, and each GL is assigned on sector to police. Earth falls within sector 2814. The source of a Green Lantern’s power is their ring. This ring’s power is accessed by the wearer’s will, and can be used to create anything the user wills into being. The ring remains charged and useable for 24 hours, at which point it must be charged in a special lantern each GL keeps hidden. This power allows a lot of creativity to be employed, and each GL manifests their powers in different ways. The first Green Lantern of Earth, Hal Jordan, would make anything that made sense; he would create nets when people were falling or needed to be captured, would create a wall to seal of exits, and would make blasts of energy to fire. The next GL, however, was a comic artist, and would make funny/interesting creations, like giant teddy bears, large giants to catch things, or flying horse-drawn chariots. There have been at least 5 different Green Lanterns of Earth to date. The ring is capable of mimicking any known substance, and has been used to create steel, concrete, or even kryptonite. The Green Lantern Corp has been destroyed and rebuilt several times, as Green Lanterns have on occasion gone crazy and started killing other GL to take their rings and increase their power.

               
               While a Green Lantern’s power is based on will, other coloured rings have recently been created, and other groups have formed based on other human emotions. Each group is called “The ____ Lantern Corps” based on the colour of the ring. The first colour was yellow, and was created as a natural nemesis to the Green Lanterns of will. Yellow are the lanterns of fear. In addition, there now exists Red (Rage), Orange (Greed), Blue (Hope), Indigo (Compassion), Violet (Love), Black (Death), and White (Unknown). Each ring’s default power gives the wearer the power of flight, and protective aura, and light construction. The creativity that is able to be used by people with this power is what really appeals to me, and makes me feel as though a Green Lantern’s power is exceptional. If a Green Lantern can imagine it, and has a strong enough will to bring it into being, the possibilities are almost limitless. (So far the only known limitation to date was when a Green Lantern tried to will an entire planet into being and was told by his ring that it did not have sufficient power).