History ComicBook / WrathOfTheFirstLantern

* EmotionEater: Volthoom regains his strength by feeding off the emotions of the Lanterns when he shows them their alternate lives. He finds despair the most delicious.
** This trope plays into finale where [[spoiler: Black Lantern Hal uses the previously established abilities of a Black power ring to drain Volthoom's connection to the emotional spectrum.]]

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: In the final battle over Oa, Sinestro, when controlling Parallax, kills almost every single Guardian, leaving only three alone: a rejuvenated Sayd, Ganthet, and one other one, the latter just so that Atrocitus can sate his vengeance once and for all in his epilogue.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Simon Baz's section in the epilogue continues into ''Justice League of America'' and ''Trinity War''.]].

** [[spoiler:Sinestro]] [[spoiler:Eventually returns from his self-imposed exile and rejoins the Corps as the Keeper of the Book of Oa]].

** This plays into finale where [[spoiler: Black Lantern Hal uses the previously established abilities of the Black Ring to drain Volthoom's connection to the emotional spectrum in order to make him vulnerable.]]

* LampshadeHanging: When Volthoom destroys the Third Army, he notes that it never really mattered. The comment lampshades that the Army was essentially a plot device to enable the First Lantern's introduction.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: To recharge his powers, Volthoom puts the Lanterns through emotional hell to harvest their despair. This, quite understandably, ends up pissing off everyone and [[spoiler: brings all the Corps into the final stand above Oa.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Simon Baz's section in the epilogue leads into ''Justice League of America'' and ''Trinity War''.]].

** Likewise, [[spoiler: The finale closes out with a four page gatefold courtesy of ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' artist Ethan Van Sciver. The Johns-era began with his artwork and it closes with his artwork]].
* BrickJoke: ''Green Lantern'' #20 finally pays off the long running gag of no one (characters and readers alike) knowing what the Orange Lantern oath is.

* EvilerThanThou: Volthoom's first act is to take back the piece of his power used to make the Third Army, destroying them.=

* BrickJoke: ''Green Lantern'' #20 finally pays off the long running gag of no one (characters and readers alike) wondering what the Orange Lantern oath is.

* BrickJoke: 'Green Lantern' #20 finally pays off the long running gag of no one (characters and readers alike) wondering what the Orange Lantern oath is.

* TheReveal: On a light note, [[Characters/GLOrangeLanternCorps Larfleeze's oath]] is finally mentioned in Green Lantern 20. It's
as [[{{Greed}} silly]] as anyone would think.

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: Johns' rub began with Hal's rebirth and it concludes with his second rebirth]].

* EvilerThanThou: Volthoom's first act is to take back the piece of his power used to make the Third Army, destroying them.

* TheReveal: On a light note, [[Characters/GLOrangeLanternCorps Larfleeze's oath]] is finally mentioned in Green Lantern 20. It's as [[{{Greed}} silly]] as anyone would think.

** On a production level, many of the artists who worked on 'Green Lantern' during the Geoff Johns-era return to lend a hand to artist Doug Mahnke for the finale.

* BackForTheFinale: 'Green Lantern' #20 and how! Virtually every surviving character from throughout the Johns-era lends a hand -- or in this case ring -- in the final battle against Volthoom. [[spoiler: Even Nekron makes an encore appearance thanks to a Black Lantern Hal]].

* BackForTheFinale: 'Green Lantern' #20 and how! Virtually every surviving character from throughout the Johns-era lends a hand -- or in this case ring -- in the final battle against Volthoom. [[Even Nekron makes an encore appearance thanks to a Black Lantern Hal]].

* GladToBeAliveSex: In the ''Green Lantern Corps'' prologue, [[spoiler: John Stewart and Fatality make love while on Mogo]].

* EmotionEater: Volthoom regains his strength by feeding off the emotions of the Lanterns when he shows them their alternate lives.

* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Volthoom tries to feed off of Larfleeze's emotions when he shows him how his life would be with his family back. Larfleeze's too greedy to appreciate it and Volthoom just gives up and leaves him alone.

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: In the final battle over Oa, Sinestro, when controlling Parallax, kills almost every single Guardian, leaving only three alone: a rejuvenated Sayd, Ganthet, and one other one, the latter just so that Atrocitus can sate his vengeance once and for all in his epilogue.]]

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: In the final battle over Oa, Sinestro, when controlling Parallax, kills almost every single Guardian, leaving only three alone: a rejuvenated Sayd, Ganthet, and one other one, the latter just so that Atrocitus can sate his vengeance once and for all in his epilogue.]]
* RealityWarper: Volthoom, when he is at full strength. When he's not, he can show how peoples' lives would be if their past [[ForWantOfANail took a different turn]].
* TheReveal: On a light note, [[Characters/GLOrangeLanternCorps Larfleeze's oath]] is finally mentioned in Green Lantern 20. It's as [[{{Greed}} silly]] as anyone would think.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Volthoom tries to feed off of Larfleeze's emotions when he shows him how his life would be with his family back. Larfleeze's too greedy to appreciate it and Volthoom just gives up and leaves him alone.
* WaveMotionGun: [[spoiler:In Green Lantern 20, Mogo is used as a channeling tool for the energy of all of the Corps, which is then fired directly at Volthoom in a beam, in a kind of inverted Death Star.]]

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: In the final battle over Oa, Sinestro, when controlling Parallax, kills almost every single Guardian, to the point that Atrocitus is left to pick up the stragglers in his epilogue.]]

* RealityWarper: Volthoom, when he is at full strength. When he's not, he can show how people would be if he altered their past.
* TheReveal: On a light note, [[Characters/GLOrangeLanternCorps Larfleeze's oath]] is finally mentioned in Green Lantern 20. It's as [[{{Greed}} silly]] as anyone would think.

The second BatFamilyCrossover of the {{New 52}} Franchise/GreenLantern, and the final one written by GeoffJohns' run. Also, running from his start to his finish, serves as a GrandFinale for his work in making and working through the MythArc of modern Green Lantern comics.

* DistantFinale[=/=]FramingDevice: Green Lantern 20 is told from the perspective of a young Lantern being told the story of the fall of Volthoom and the Guardians by an elder, in the vein of ''WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'' or ''WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader''.

Having been freed from captivity by the [[ComicBook/RiseOfTheThirdArmy corrupt Guardians]], [[RealityWarper Volthoom]], the being who taught the Guardians about the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum to begin with and can manipulate it by himself without a RingOfPower, destroys the Third Army and goes about a plot to attempt to remake reality how he wants it to be, beginning with demoralizing every Corps leader. The ensuing struggle pits every single Corps against the Guardians of the Universe and the First Lantern, including some rejuvenated enemies, and serves to create a new status quo.

* DistantFinale[=/=]FramingDevice: Green Lantern 20 is told from the perspective of a young Lantern being told the story of the fall of Volthoom and the Guardians by an elder, in the vein of ''ComicBook/WhatHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'' or ''ComicBook/WhatHappenedToTheCapedCrusader''.

* DistantFinale[=/=]FramingDevice: Green Lantern 20 is told from the perspective of a young Lantern being told the story of the fall of Volthoom and the Guardians by an elder, in the vein of ''ComicBook/WhatEverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'' or ''ComicBook/WhatEverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader''.

* GrandFinale: For GeoffJohns' work on Green Lantern.