
Members of this Corps are dead and retain any superpowers they might have had in life. The Guardian Scar revives him and grants him the first Black Ring of Power. The first person to become a Black Lantern was Black Hand, after murdering his family and the taking of his own life. On the cliché end of the color wheel, Black means death. They can also travel intergalactically, but it takes a lot of power, so they try not to use it that often. They can heal individuals with great empathy and make people feel the pain they have inflicted on others. Their specific color grants them the ability to perceive compassion in others and force them to feel it when there is none. Indigo rings possess the generic flight and aura powers of all Lanterns. The Corps of compassion, who carry staffs with them that harness their power. You know those majority female magical groups-so emotional. However, while having no clear weakness, it is known for them to be overpowered by their own emotions.


One of the most powerful things a Violet power ring can do is restore the recently deceased to life by drawing power from the heart of one who loves them. Sapphires can teleport and use their constructs to make disorienting dust. They can create crystals that can be used to imprison other beings. They can allow the wearer to fly, generate a protective aura, and created constructs. The Star Sapphires are fueled by the emotion of love, like all great musicians. When properly activated, they can heal wounds and counter the negative effects of other rings, but can also overwhelm and destroy other rings. Without that, they are just blue Green Lanterns in terms of power. But in order to temper that power, they must be around an active Green Lantern Ring in order to use it. Blue power rings are fueled by hope and are very powerful. He believed that all the colors would eventually lead to the prophecy of “Darkest Night.” He created the first Blue ring on the planet of Odym. Ganthet is one of the Guardians of the Universe who was banished following the events of the “Sinestro Corps War” storyline in the comics. The only known weakness for a Yellow ring is that their power can be drained by a Blue ring or corrupted by a Red one.

Originally, Yellow rings could only be charged by Manhunter androids, but now there are portable batteries. In order to join Sinestro’s corp, a member has to free themselves from a prison and face their greatest fear and embrace it. Far from mellow, the ring is fueled by fear instead of willpower, but is identical in abilities to the Green rings. He can absorb and steal the identities of others and all power rings save Blue and Violet. The orange ring allows Larfleeze to copy the abilities of others, but he also possesses an insatiable hunger that cannot be filled. Larfleeze, also known as Agent Orange, is the holder of the Orange Central Power Battery. Orange/Greed: (DC Comics)Ī corp of one, because the power of greed doesn’t allow its power to be shared. The rage he felt brought the red ring to him and saved him. Living on the streets, he was grabbed and thrown off the Brooklyn Bridge. The most well-known member is Dex-Starr, a cat who watched the killing of his owner and was evicted by the police. Nullified by the color Blue, the Red Lantern Corps are sometimes anti-heroes, but often villains. Users of the ring will hear commands of violence, and the power of the ring essentially stops your heart and fills it with pure rage-much like a Red Bull. Naturally, the emotion that fuels the ring is rage. The first Red Power Battery was created by a figure named Atrocitus. The storylines “Sinestro Corps War” and “Blackest Night” introduced these new rings, corps, and the emotions/qualities they were connected to-one for each color, in addition to the green/willpower combo that we’re all so familiar with. Then, in the late 2000s, writer Geoff Johns and artist Ethan Van Sciver decided to expand the spectrum of power rings in the Green Lantern mythos.

Each ring needs to be recharged by a power Lantern of its corresponding color. The rings, now, were the creation of the Guardians of the Universe, who also created the Corps. That was retconned when Hal Jordan took up the moniker and the Green Lantern Corps became a whole entity. Despite the Green Lantern’s ring of power first appearing in 1940 under Alan Scott, it was depicted as a magical ring.
