Life Entity

The Life Entity is a fictional creature, a physical embodiment of all life within the DC Universe. Long ago starting all life from the planet Earth, it went on to create the seven entities of the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum, and was hidden in a dimensional tear within the Earth by the Guardians of the Universe when they discovered its existence to preserve it from exploitation and possible harm.

The Life Entity
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Blackest Night #7
Created by	Joe Kelly Geoff Johns Judd Winick
In-story information
Species	Emotional Embodiment
Place of origin	Earth
Team affiliations	The 7 Emotional Corps White Lantern Corps
Notable aliases	The Entity of Life, The Entity
Abilities	Manipulation and creation of life

Fictional character biography

The Life Entity formed as the embodiment of life at the beginning of the universe. After driving away the forces of the Black, the Entity was weakened, with its power being divided into the seven colors that led to the development of the emotional spectrum and the birth of the emotional entities: Ion, Parallax, the Predator, Ophidian, the Butcher, Adara, and Proselyte. The Life Entity seals itself inside Earth to regain its power, but retains a link to all life: any harm to it would fall upon the living.^[1]

In their early history, the Guardians of the Universe were beginning to harness the green light of willpower and discovered the Entity. In order to protect it from being harmed, the Oans decided to protect it by falsely claiming that all life began on the planet Oa and hiding the existence of the Entity.^[2]

Blackest Night

The Entity remained concealed for billions of years until the Blackest Night, when Nekron rose to purge existence of all life. To aid him in his task, he resurrected the dead and formed the Black Lantern Corps. Nekron later manifests in Coast City, where the Black Lantern Central Power Battery is created. Nekron and Black Hand kill one of the Guardians of the Universe and place his organs on the ground, creating a connection to the place where the Entity is held.

Shortly afterwards, the Entity's sleeping form manifests and Nekron stabs it with his scythe, with its pain being felt by beings across the universe. The Flash notes that the Entity is not fighting back and Hal Jordan concludes that the Entity needs a host to empower it. Before the Entity can take Jordan as a host, Sinestro does so instead and becomes the first White Lantern.^[3] Sinestro severs the connection of the Black Lanterns to their power rings, only to be wounded by Nekron and separated from the Entity. Jordan claims the Entity for himself and disperses its power over a number of Earth's super heroes, thus forming the White Lantern Corps. With their new powers, they sever Nekron's link to the mortal world and fully resurrect several of the Black Lanterns to protect the world from future threats. The Entity disappears after the battle.^[2]