TheGreen Lantern Corpshas kept the DC Universe safe for millennia , and that is n’t a mistake . While the Green Lanterns are far from the only wielders of lightness , they ’re the most successful organization for one reason alone .

As the oldest beings in the DCU , the Guardians of the Universe took it upon themselves to keep order across time and distance . They first assay this with their robotic army get it on as the Manhunters , but a programming malfunction caused them to pass over out an entire sector of blank space , polish off billions of innocent lives . make out their army needs a personal touch , the Green Lantern Corpswas formed and being subject of sympathize right and wrong were raise . To aid their mission , they exploit into the Emotional Spectrum and used the Green Light of Willpower as the base free energy to power their ultimate arm : the Green Lantern ’s Power Ring .

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But after millennia of the Green Lanterns being the lonesome Light Within - bearer in the DCU , Hal Jordan discovered that more lighting were getting quick to join the political party . InGreen Lantern # 20by Geoff Johns and Daniel Acuña , Hal faces the parasitic Star Sapphire , who is currently possessing his love stake , Jillian Pearlman . Carol Ferris tell Hal aboutthe Star Sapphiresand their leaders , the all - distaff Zamaron tribe . Green Lantern realizes that the Zamarons have harnessed another light and have made their own Corps , fuel by passion instead of willpower . However , the Zamarons footsoliders , the Star Sapphires , have little control of their actions as long as they ’re under the influence of the Violet Light . The Zamarons even observe how grievous their light is , noting that the lights at the far remnant of the Emotional Spectrum are much more dominant than those close to the center .

The Zamarons are not wrong in their assessment of the Emotional Spectrum . The Red Lantern Corps , the army on the paired end of the Spectrum , all became sanguinary animals after being subjected to the Red Light of Rage . Even the Orange and Indigo Lights have sure genitive abilities that rob their users autonomy and create monolithic personality changes . By forming a army corps out of the Green Light , the Guardians of the Universe ensured that their members would never fall to the inauspicious drawbacks that come with the Spectrum ’s other light . One of the biggest criticisms of the Guardians of the Universe regards their cold-blooded , unfeeling deportment . When organise a Corps , they designedly invalidate mostof the worked up Spectrumout of the danger emotion possess . And seeing the sorts of hurt the other lights are equal to of , that was credibly the smart move .

The Green Light is powered by will and lantern are taught to have the best their other emotions for use it right . They do n’t face up the same genitive influence that hounds the Red Lanterns or Star Sapphires . TheGreen Lantern Corpsmay not manage the most exciting Christ Within , but it ’s kept them a premier fight force much longer than any army in the Emotional Spectrum .

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