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| Blue Lantern Corps | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Green Lantern vol. 4 #25 (January 2008) |
| Created by | Geoff Johns |
| In-story information | |
| Member(s) | Saint Walker B'Dg Former members: Sister Sercy Brother Warth Brother Hymn Barry Allen Hal Jordan Kyle Rayner |
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| See:below | |
TheBlue Lantern Corps is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published byDC Comics, beginning in 2008 inGreen Lantern vol. 4 #25 (January 2008) byGeoff Johns.[1] Their powers, similar to those of other organizations based around the emotional spectrum, are fueled by the emotion ofhope.
The Blue Lantern Corps is one of the nine corps empowered by a specific color of the emotional spectrum within theDC Universe, deriving power from the blue light of hope. The group was established byGanthet andSayd, who were banished from theGuardians of the Universe due to them willing to express emotions, unlike the other Guardians.[2][3]
In theRage of the Red Lanterns plot line, theGreen Lantern Corps are ambushed by theRed Lantern Corps.Hal Jordan, reeling from an attack by former Green LanternLaira, is healed bySaint Walker.[4] Ganthet and Sayd ask Jordan to aid the Blue Lanterns in rescuingSinestro fromAtrocitus, as his survival is important in the upcomingWar 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]
During theBlackest Night event, a number ofblack 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, andIndigo-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 deputizesBarry Allen as a Blue Lantern so he can help battle the Black Lanterns.[12]
In September 2011,The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. WhenKyle 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 theReach, prompting Walker to send a desperate message for help to Kyle and theNew 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'sWhite Lantern abilities.
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)
Adara is the embodiment of hope, is connected to the blue light of the Emotional Spectrum, and is bird-like in appearance. It is first shown during theBlackest Night event as Sinestro, recently transformed into a White Lantern, recounts the creation of the emotional entities. Adara was created from the first act of prayer from a sentient being caught in a fierce storm. Like the other emotional entities, Adara was attracted to Earth by theLife Entity and is being hunted byKrona.[26] Adara eventually chooses for its host a 14-year-old girl fromLivonia, Michigan, named Nicole Morrison. Nicole had been kidnapped and after being possessed by Adara, confronted her abductor and forgave him.[23]
Later, Saint Walker bringsHal Jordan andLarfleeze to Nicole's location. Still possessed by Adara, Nicole appears to retain her sense of self, stating she is able to hear the hope in her parents' hearts as well as the crowd around them. Nicole goes on to say she can sense an emptiness in Larfleeze and tells him that his parents are still alive and they miss him. She also tells Jordan that he is afraid to hope and asks him why. Before Hal can answer, the group is interrupted by the arrival ofBarry Allen.[23]
After Flash and Jordan discuss Jordan's recent actions, theIndigo Tribe appears withProselyte andBlack Hand, who appears to be brainwashed. Nicole confirms this, saying she senses no hope inside them. Tension grows about whose side the Indigo Tribe is really on. This is cut short when Krona appears and releasesParallax, who possesses the Flash.[27] A battle erupts between Jordan and the Parallax-possessed Flash, during which Parallax, Proselyte, and Adara are separated from their hosts.[28]
During the "Green Lantern: Lights Out" event, Adara and the emotional entities are weakened by the emotional spectrum being drained and sacrifice themselves by passing into theSource Wall to repair the spectrum.[29]
Adara returns inGreen Lantern Corps (vol. 4), where the Green Lantern Corps free it and the other entities from the Source Wall to help combatStarbreaker.[30][31]
All Blue Lanterns are armed with a bluepower 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][32]
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.[33]
In the crossover seriesStar Trek/Green Lantern,Pavel Chekov becomes a Blue Lantern after Ganthet transports one power ring from each Corps to theStar Trek universe.[34]
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