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Blue Lantern Corps
Fictional organization appearing in comics published by DC Comics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Blue Lantern Corps is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, beginning in 2008 in Green Lantern vol. 4 #25 (January 2008) by Geoff Johns.[1] Their powers, similar to those of other organizations based around the emotional spectrum, are fueled by the emotion of hope.
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Fictional group history
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The Blue Lantern Corps is one of the nine corps empowered by a specific color of the emotional spectrum within the DC Universe, deriving power from the blue light of hope. The group was established by Ganthet and Sayd, who were banished from the Guardians of the Universe due to them willing to express emotions, unlike the other Guardians.[2][3]
Rage of the Red Lanterns
In the Rage of the Red Lanterns plot line, the Green Lantern Corps are ambushed by the Red Lantern Corps. Hal Jordan, reeling from an attack by former Green Lantern Laira, is healed by Saint Walker.[4] Ganthet and Sayd ask Jordan to aid the Blue Lanterns in rescuing Sinestro from Atrocitus, as his survival is important in the upcoming War of Light.[5]
Jordan reluctantly accepts Ganthet's request and goes with the Blue Lanterns to the Red Lanterns' home planet of Ysmault. Jordan locates Sinestro, but is ambushed by the Red Lanterns. Sinestro kills Laira, with Jordan's rage over her death causing her ring to bond with him.[6] Saint Walker frees Jordan from the red ring's influence by giving his blue ring to him.[7] However, the blue ring refuses to be removed from Jordan until he expresses hope in something.[8] In frustration, Jordan says that he hopes that it will stop asking him what he hopes for. The blue ring registers this and removes itself from Jordan.[9]
Blackest Night
During the Blackest Night event, a number of black power rings come to Odym, but are unable to detect any dead bodies on the planet to attach themselves to and hover in the atmosphere.[10] Hal Jordan, Sinestro, Carol Ferris, and Indigo-1 recruit Saint Walker to help form a white light composed of the seven lights of the emotional spectrum that will defeat the Black Lantern Corps.[11] Ganthet deputizes Barry Allen as a Blue Lantern so he can help battle the Black Lanterns.[12]
New 52 – The Fall of the Blue Lantern Corps
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. When Kyle Rayner becomes a 'magnet' for other power rings, Saint Walker is the only member of the other five Corps who shows up to help him rather than demanding his ring back, helping Kyle escape the others' attacks and travel to Oa to try and seek the aid of the Guardians.[13] This plan backfires when it is revealed that Ganthet has been stripped of his emotions by the other Guardians, with him proclaiming that the Blue Lantern Corps was a mistake that he will now rectify.[14] The Blue Lanterns are attacked by the Reach, prompting Walker to send a desperate message for help to Kyle and the New Guardians.[15]
The Blue Lantern Corps later settle on a new planet, Elpis.[16] However, Elpis is targeted by the cosmic entity Relic, who drains the Blue Lantern power battery and kills Blue Lanterns Hynn, Shon, and Brother Warth.[17] Saint Walker is devastated by the deaths of the Blue Lanterns, causing his ring to abandon him.[18] He later regains his hope, and his ring, after witnessing Kyle's White Lantern abilities.
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Prominent members
Leadership
- Ganthet and Sayd: While both Guardians started the Blue Lantern Corps, they are no longer Guardians to the blue light of hope after the Blackest Night event, with Ganthet becoming a Green Lantern and Sayd becoming the Guardian of the orange light of avarice.[19]
- Saint Walker (of Sector 1): A saint from the planet Astonia who becomes the recipient of the first blue power ring after he aids his people in finding hope despite their sun's impending death. After becoming a Blue Lantern, Saint Walker uses his powers to restore Astonia's sun.[5][20]
Ring bearers
Former members
- Brother Warth (Sector 2): An elephant-like alien who recruits other beings into the Blue Lantern Corps.[5] He was killed in the battle with Relic.[17]
- Brother Hynn (Sector 3): Shown in the midst of his selection process with Ganthet and Sayd at the end of the Rage of the Red Lanterns arc.[7] He was killed in the battle with Relic.[9]
- Sister Sercy (Sector 4): A religious figure from a planet long oppressed by Evil Star. She was killed in the battle with Relic.[17]
- Brother Shon (Sector 11): The first new Blue Lantern to be named since DC's New 52 reboot, Shon is introduced in The New Guardians as the Reach invade Odym. Shon's ring abandons him after he loses hope for the Blue Lantern Corps winning, and he falls to his death.[15]
- Barry Allen (Sector 2814): Allen temporarily becomes a deputy Blue Lantern during the war against the Black Lantern Corps.[12]
- Hal Jordan (Sector 2814): Normally a Green Lantern, Jordan became a Blue Lantern after Saint Walker gave him his power ring to free him from the influence of Laira's red ring.[7]
- Nicole Morrison (Sector 2814): A human who became the host of Adara, the entity representing hope.[23]
- Kyle Rayner (Sector 2814): When the rogue Guardian known as Krona launched his attack on Oa and restored Parallax into the Green Central Power Battery, Kyle is forced to remove his green power ring to avoid being contaminated by the yellow impurity. Later Hal Jordan gives him the choice of another power ring so they could fight back against Krona and Kyle chose the blue power ring of Saint Walker. However, since the ring did not choose its bearer, Kyle could not control the ring properly.[24]
- Guy Gardner (Sector 2814): In a potential future, Gardner joined the Blue Lantern Corps and worked with Bleez to battle the Red Lantern Corps.[25]
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Oath
Just as the Green Lanterns and other Lantern Corps recharge their own rings, the following is the oath used by Blue Lanterns to recharge their blue power rings:
In fearful day, in raging night,
With strong hearts full, our souls ignite,
When all seems lost in the War of Light,
Look to the stars-- For hope burns bright!
— Ganthet and Sayd, in Green Lantern vol. 4 #36 (December 2008)
Entity
Adara is a bird-like entity, the embodiment of hope, and the source of power for the Blue Lanterns.[23] In Green Lantern: Lights Out, Adara and the emotional entities sacrifice themselves to restore the emotional spectrum.[26]
Powers and abilities
All Blue Lanterns are armed with a blue power ring, fueled by the emotion of hope. While hope is the most powerful of the seven emotions, Blue Lanterns must be near an active Green Lantern's power ring to tap into their own rings' full power. Otherwise, the rings are only capable of the default abilities of flight and a protective aura. This is because the power of hope is nothing without the willpower to enact it.[7] The Blue Lantern's protective aura allows them to survive in space and other hostile environments and can be manipulated to a limited degree even without a Green Lantern present, using it to augment their strength and extending it to form a larger shield, but this ability is almost exclusively defensive.[15]
While under the influence of a nearby green power ring, a blue power ring has the same abilities as a green ring, plus some unique powers of its own. Blue Lanterns can heal wounds and regenerate lost body parts.[5] A blue ring can negatively impact the performance of rings on the opposite side of the emotional spectrum, namely the red, orange, and yellow rings.[5][7][27]
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Other versions
The Lightsmiths
In the universe prior to the current one, groups managed to tap into the wellspring of power created by the Emotional Spectrum. In this universe those who tapped into the blue light were known as the Lightsmiths of the Blue Light of Faith.[28]
Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War
In the crossover series Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War, Pavel Chekov becomes a Blue Lantern after Ganthet transports one power ring from each Corps to the Star Trek universe.[29]
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In other media
Television
- The Blue Lantern Corps appear in Green Lantern: The Animated Series, consisting of Ganthet, Saint Walker, and Brother Warth (voiced by Brian George).
- Razer as a Blue Lantern appears in the Young Justice episode "Encounter Upon the Razor's Edge!".[30][31]
Video games
- The Blue Lantern Corps appear in DC Universe Online.
- Saint Walker appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
- Saint Walker appears as a playable character in DC Legends.
Merchandise
- Saint Walker was featured in the Blackest Night series of the DC Comics Superhero Collection.
- A six-inch figure of Saint Walker was included in the Blackest Night toyline.
- A six-inch figure of Brother Warth was included in the Green Lantern series of action figures by DC Direct.
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