| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' '''[[Characters/GreenLantern Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps Green Lantern Corps]] ([[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorpsEarthLanterns Earth Lanterns]], [[Characters/GreenLanternHalJordan Hal Jordan]]) | [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps The Sinestro Corps]] ([[Characters/GreenLanternThaalSinestro Thaal Sinestro]]) | '''The Red Lantern Corps''' ([[Characters/GreenLanternAtrocitus Atrocitus]]) | [[Characters/GLBlueLanternCorps The Blue Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLStarSapphireCorps The Star Sapphire Corps]] | [[Characters/GLOrangeLanternCorps The Orange Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLIndigoTribe The Indigo Tribe]] | [[Characters/GLOtherLanternCorps The Black, White, Ultraviolet and Gold Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLOtherVillains Other Villains]] ([[Characters/SupermanCyborgSuperman Cyborg-Superman]], [[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]], [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]], [[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]]) | [[Characters/GreenLanternSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Golden Age]] -]]]]] |
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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:250:"You have great rage in your heart."]] |
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| 10 | ->'''Emotion:''' Rage |
| 11 | ->'''Leader:''' Atrocitus |
| 12 | ->'''Base of Operations:''' Ysmault |
| 13 | ->'''Entity:''' Butcher |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ->''[[ThePowerOfBlood With blood and]] [[TheBerserker rage of]] [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience crimson red]]\ |
| 16 | [[TakeUpMySword Ripped from a corpse so freshly dead]]\ |
| 17 | [[ThePowerOfHate Together with our hellish hate]]\ |
| 18 | [[UnstoppableRage We'll burn you all]]-- [[CycleOfRevenge that is]] [[RevengeBeforeReason your fate!]][[labelnote:*]][[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Dex-Starr! 'Dat's great]]![[/labelnote]]'' |
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| 20 | Billions of years ago, the Manhunters malfunctioned and eliminated all life in Sector 666--or so they thought. Five denizens of the sector miraculously managed to survive the massacre, and together formed a terrorist cabal known as the Five Inversions. Over time, they founded TheEmpire of Tears, which was as much fun as its name implies. Eventually, the empire fell, and the Five Inversions were crucified on their throne-world. They're the ones who led to Abin Sur crashing on Earth, and seeded the prophecy of the Blackest Night. However, things didn't go as planned; their leader Atrocitus, in his rage, beat the others to death, and used their blood to form the Red Central Power Battery with his BloodMagic and create his own Corps. |
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| 22 | A Red Lantern's blood and circulatory system is replaced by the ring's plasma energy, which makes them immune to attempts at heart-ripping (such as done by the Black Lanterns), but also leaves them dependent on their rings to live. Their powers are flight, personal forcefields, and ability to spew a corrosive plasma from their mouths that can drain the constructs of Green Lanterns. Atrocitus also designed the rings to incite the wearer into a state of constant rage, though those that either can resist this or have been exempted can create their own constructs as well. |
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| 24 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 26 | [[folder:General Tropes]] |
| 27 | * AntiVillain: They default to this, as despite their antagonism towards the Green Lanterns, they usually have VERY good reasons to be pissed off (red rings are usually drawn to rage resulting from personal loss). On top of that, while they won't be particularly aggrieved about collateral damage, most of their actual targets are often people who deserve it. |
| 28 | * AwesomeButImpractical: The idea of a Lantern Corps made of mindless and blood-crazed berserkers. The initial Reds are incapable of any organization or strategy above a pack mentality, have little self-preservation, and can't even form energy constructs. Atrocitus eventually realizes this and decides to grant intelligence to a select few. After Bleez and later Guy Gardner take control, they give everyone their minds back. Even then, it takes some time for them to all gain the ability to form constructs. |
| 29 | * AxCrazy: Most Reds are mindless {{Blood Knight}}s. |
| 30 | * BadPowersBadPeople: What morals a Red Lantern had before procuring their ring usually goes out the window considering they wield ThePowerOfHate to use it. Envisioning the power to vomit blood hot enough to burn in the vacuum of space doesn't scream "HundredPercentHeroismRating" either. |
| 31 | * TheBerserker: Considering their power source is UnstoppableRage, it's unsurprising this amounts to literally every one of them. |
| 32 | * BloodKnight: All of them. Bleez and Zilius Zox perhaps fill this role a little more than the others, though -- Ratchet and Skallox seem pretty chill as far as Red Lanterns go, and Atrocitus is more about the grand plan than the individual battle. |
| 33 | * BloodMagic: Used to forge the battery and the rings, and Atrocitus can also use it to make divinations. |
| 34 | * BloodyMurder: Their main weapon is to puke super-hot plasma blood at... well, anyone. |
| 35 | * BodyHorror: Internal example-the rings ''replace their own blood'' with burning plasma. There was another example earlier on when the Red Lantern Corps debuted. Originally, a Lantern's body would slowly be destroyed due to the influence of the red light within the body, and this damage started around the mouth. When Laira was chosen as the cover character for the ''Faces of Evil'' focus issue, she had cracks around her lips as if she was breaking apart. |
| 36 | ** {{Retcon}}: The published illustration of Laira was edited to omit the aforementioned cracks around her lips, as the concept of the red light gradually destroying its users was dropped. |
| 37 | * BreakoutCharacter: The Red Lanterns got their own book in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, and have a major presence in ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries''. After ''ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern'', the Corps' numbers were drastically reduced, and during Guy Gardner's reign as the Reds' unofficial leader Bleez, Rankorr, Ratchet, Skallox, and Zilius Zox received more focus and character development. |
| 38 | * BreathWeapon: Their trademark ability. |
| 39 | * ClingyMacGuffin: Because the Red Lantern rings replace their wielder's heart, removing one from the bearer will kill them without outside assistance. The ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' adaptation graciously left out this detail. |
| 40 | * DespairEventHorizon: Hitting it attracts a red power ring, combined with the RageBreakingPoint mentioned below. |
| 41 | * {{Determinator}}: Yeah, ripping out their hearts only makes them mad(der). |
| 42 | * DisabilityImmunity: This also allows them to survive anything that targets their hearts since they don't actually need them. |
| 43 | ** The writers themselves conveniently ignore this when they need to pull a ring from a character. Every single time they need a character to stop being a Red Lantern, they lose the ring offscreen with no side effects or explanation, especially given that DeusExitMachina is pretty much nearly always in effect for the Blue Lantern Corps. |
| 44 | * FeralVillain: Except for Atrocitus, they were all introduced as this; being blood-mad berserkers turned on his targets, it was only later that they were fleshed out and given character and moral ambiguity. Regaining one's faculties usually takes a baptism in a pool of blood and only gets worse from there. |
| 45 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Guy Gardner's tenure as a Red Lantern ultimately resulted in the few remaining members of the Corps making peace with the Green Lanterns and being appointed as the official protectors of Sector 2814 (which includes Earth). But when Atrocitus came back into power, it didn't take him very long to undo all of Guy's achievements for the Red Lanterns and completely purge Guy's lingering influence from the Corps. How Atrocitus managed any of this is unknown (the last time we saw him before his sudden resurgence, he had been left powerless and on the brink of death, and the surviving Red Lanterns had developed a fierce loyalty to Guy), so it was probably just a straight-up {{retcon}}. |
| 46 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Many were victims seeking {{revenge}}. |
| 47 | * IncendiaryExponent: The red energy burns like napalm, making their force-fields and constructs even more dangerous. The flaming blood they spew is one of the few things that can overcome a Black Lantern's regeneration. |
| 48 | * InItForLife: To prevent beings from leaving his Lantern Corps, Atrocitus designed the Red Rings so that taking them off would be fatal. Only the healing power of a Blue Lantern can prevent this. |
| 49 | * LogicalWeakness: Anger is on the far end of the emotional spectrum, so Red Lanterns are vulnerable to light from the other end. The Blue Light of hope can restart their hearts and separate them from the ring and love (which exists farthest from anger) can kill them instantly. Carol Ferris explicitly points this out to Atrocitus in ''New Guardians'' and warns him that of all the Lanterns, ''she'' is the one he should fear the most - and he doesn't deny it. |
| 50 | * {{Magitek}}: Unlike the other Lantern Corps which were created through sufficiently advanced science, the Red Lantern rings and central battery were created through BloodMagic learned from [[WizardsFromOuterSpace demonic alien sorcerers]]. |
| 51 | * ThePowerOfHate: They are fueled by hatred and rage, specifically hatred and rage driven by personal loss of someone emotionally close to them. |
| 52 | -->'''Atrocitus:''' "Do you hate? The most powerful hate is not born out of ignorance or prejudice or a perceived threat. Those three are fear in disguise. The fury that fuels my corps ignites from personal pain. Those whose lives were ravaged by greed, lust and control wield the crimson light. The rings replaced our damaged hearts. They beat for them. And they keep us alive only to hate. But at least we live." |
| 53 | * RageBreakingPoint: As this Corps is fueled by rage, reaching this trope is what attracts a red ring to a character and turn him/her into a Red Lantern (usually overlapping with DespairEventHorizon). |
| 54 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Red Lanterns are frequently depicted having red irises, red irises and pupils, or red MonochromaticEyes. |
| 55 | * RedIsViolent: Being a color that represents rage, violence and aggressiveness as well fire and blood, red is a VERY suitable color for this Corps. |
| 56 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Atrocitus claims that just having bad things happen to you is insufficient to be a Red Lantern. You have to have someone to blame. He even tells Rankorr that he's not a "true" Red Lantern until he takes vengeance on the one responsible for him taking up a Red Ring. |
| 57 | * SociopathicHero: Well, "hero" is questionable, but Atrocitus does try to steer them towards noble causes. |
| 58 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To the mostly forgotten 90s Darkstars, who had a similar scope and DarkerAndEdgier attitude compared to the Green Lanterns. |
| 59 | * ThatManIsDead: Many Red Lanterns hold this belief as regards the people they were before they took up a Red Ring, and the trope holds more weight than it usually does. [[DespairEventHorizon The kind]] [[RageBreakingPoint of trauma]] that attracts a Red Ring is a life-changing event ''without'' the intervention of alien {{Blood|Magic}} MagiTek, [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore you couldn't just go on with your life like it never happened]]. Physiologically, putting on a Red Ring pretty much kills you, shrivelling your heart and expelling your blood, replacing it with burning hot plasma pumped by the Ring. And since most Red Lanterns spend at least some time after getting their Rings as mindless berserkers, it's not hard to see why they might consider themselves little more than the animated corpses of the people they used to be. Which puts an interesting spin on the line "''Ripped from a corpse so freshly dead''". . . they might be talking about ''their own'' corpse. |
| 60 | * TookALevelInKindness: The survivors under Guy Gardner, for a while, particularly towards Kara, who they all treated as a little sister. Atrocitus rectified this. |
| 61 | * UnstoppableRage: It's what powers them. |
| 62 | * VillainsActHeroesReact: In ''Red Lanterns'' #25, Guy notes how most heroes react to villains' actions and decides to make the corps more proactive. |
| 63 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: All of the Reds. They were all fairly decent people before the Universe decided to piss all over them! They are all victims of some of the cruelest acts ever inflicted and you’d want to give them a hug if they weren’t so dangerous! |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | !Notable Red Lanterns |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Atrocitus]] |
| 69 | !!Atrocitus |
| 70 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Red_Lanterns-1_Cover-2_Teaser_9960.jpg]] |
| 71 | ->'''AKA:''' Atros |
| 72 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Ysmault (originally Ryut) |
| 73 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' Vol 4 #25 (January 2008) |
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| 75 | The leader and only survivor of the Five Inversions (the others died by his hand). The demonic Atrocitus was directly responsible for the death of Abin Sur and, later, Sinestro's turn to evil. His is the rage that fuels the entire Red Lantern Corps, for he forged the Red Central Power Battery by his own hand. There ''is'' a reason for his anger, however: the unprovoked genocide of his people, including his beloved family, by the Manhunters in the Massacre of Sector [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]. |
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| 77 | Since Krona (the Guardian responsible for the Manhunter massacre) was slain by Hal Jordan, Atrocitus has been struggling with a purpose for himself and his corps. He is also working to reorganize his corps, selecting [[MsFanservice Bleez]] as his second and restoring her intelligence - [[TheStarscream though he quickly realizes this might have been a huge mistake]]. |
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| 79 | As of ''Rebirth'', he has once again taken away the intelligence of his corps, [[FaceHeelTurn and wishes to create a "Red Dawn" on Earth.]] |
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| 81 | To read more about Atrocitus, see his character page [[Characters/GreenLanternAtrocitus here]]. |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:Bleez]] |
| 85 | !!Bleez |
| 86 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Red_Lanterns-3_Cover-1_Teaser_9592.jpg]] |
| 87 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Havania |
| 88 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns'' (December 2008) |
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| 90 | From a race of beings with angel-like wings, Bleez was considered one of the most beautiful women in seven systems. Her [[IWantGrandkids mother, wanting grandchildren]], set her up with countless suitors, annoying her to no end. One day, a Sinestro Corps member arrived, murdered her mother, then took her prisoner on Ranx, the Sentient City. She was repeatedly tortured and gang-raped, and her wings were removed. Her rage attracted a red ring, and she quickly killed the one who kidnapped her. She used her ring energy to create new skeletal wings, and a mask so that her beauty could never be used against her again. She joined the Red Lantern Corps, on a mission of revenge against the ''entire'' Sinestro Corps. Her hatred is so great that when Atrocitus kidnapped Sinestro, she tried to kill him right away, ignoring Atrocitus' plan. |
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| 92 | Atrocitus has since restored her intelligence, intending her to be his NumberTwo. [[TheStarscream She hasn't exactly been the loyal soldier he'd hoped.]] She's picked out subordinates of her own: Ratchet, Skallox, and Zilius Zox. She was also part of the New Guardians team. |
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| 94 | As of ''Rebirth'', she is once again questioning her existence as a Red Lantern and is searching for a way to quit the Corps without it meaning her death. She had better figure it out quickly if she values her own well-being, though, as Atrocitus is already suspicious of her. |
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| 96 | * AngelicAliens: Comes from a species that look like angels. |
| 97 | * BeyondTheImpossible: Downplayed but still an 'impossible act'. She was TheStarscream ''before'' she regains her intelligence. While the other Red Lanterns are growling, "Kill, burn, stab, eat, hate, rage" she was going "Kill... Atrocitus....". In other words, while wearing a ring that turns its host into a mindless berserker, she held onto enough intelligence and focus to choose a specific target. |
| 98 | * TheBigGuy: She and Arkillo share this role in New Guardians. Fatality lampshades this by stating that she had been depending on Bleez to spearhead their attack on Invictus. |
| 99 | * BreakTheHaughty: Part of the reason she is raped by the Sinestro Corpsmen. It's about one half that she's hot and they can, and one half that she thinks she's so much better than everyone else. |
| 100 | * CoolMask: Wears a black mask that covers the upper part of her face. |
| 101 | * CruelMercy: Attempted. When she tracks down the two suitors who send the Sinestro Corps member after her, she kills one, but spares the other to live the rest of his days in fear of her, informing him that she may return and track him down one day, and he will always live looking over his shoulder. Atrocitus then just murders him yelling at Bleez that they must be pitiless, and subtle acts of revenge aren't tolerated. |
| 102 | * DatingCatwoman: Enters this relationship with Guy Gardner during his stint with the Red Lanterns. |
| 103 | * DeadpanSnarker: "Oh contain my joy. I hear Atrocitus calling." |
| 104 | * DemotedToExtra: In the animated series. |
| 105 | * TheDragon: She serves as Atrocitus' right hand... despite the fact that she'd REALLY rather not. |
| 106 | * FallenAngel: Comes from a species that looks like angels, so she evokes the imagery. |
| 107 | * FantasticRacism: Havanians mocked those who cannot fly, one reason why her kidnapper tore off her wings. It's still unsure whether her current wings are red-light constructs or not -- if they are, it would show that, even mindless with rage, she was still determined to retain them in a last-ditch effort to feel superior. |
| 108 | * GoodWingsEvilWings: Starts off with feathery angel wings, ends up with skeleton wings that glow red. |
| 109 | ** The franchise ''really'' loves this trope, especially in ''ComicBook/GreenLanterns'': [[spoiler:Simon heals her of her Rage, causing her to have a HeelRealization - and in the process, his healing actually gives her back her intact feathered wings. When this winds up being temporary, she instantly regains her skeletal wings, for no apparent reason other than to emphasize that she's turned back from the side of good]] |
| 110 | * GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Bleez had blue skin since her first appearance. In the ComicBook/New52 however, her skin color was white. |
| 111 | ** And then ''ComicBook/GreenLanterns'' has her [[DependingOnTheArtist back to blue again]]. |
| 112 | * HeelFaceTurn: After Simon Baz showed her she was letting her rage blind her. |
| 113 | * ItsAllAboutMe: When Atrocitus took her back to Havania after restoring her intelligence, she reveals that she blames her mother for putting her in the path of the Sinestros in the first place, which also means that the red ring wasn't drawn to her because of what the Sinestros did to her family, it was because of what they did to her. |
| 114 | * IWantGrandkids: Her mother set her up with suitors against her wishes precisely because she wanted grandchildren. |
| 115 | * KickTheSonOfABitch: When Atrocitus revealed that two of her former potential suitors directed the Sinestro corps member that raped her to her, she killed one and attempted CruelMercy with the other one before Atrocitus killed him himself. |
| 116 | * TheLancer: To Guy Gardner's Red Lanterns. |
| 117 | * MsFanservice: It's often been pointed out that she's frequently drawn in ways that [[MaleGaze emphasize her curvaceous rear end]] (though it's worth noting that this was most prominent when Ed Benes was drawing her). On top of the focus given to her HartmanHips, she wears a [[SensualSpandex skintight]] LeotardOfPower, cut high on the hip and paired with thigh-high boots, and the MostCommonSuperpower. This leads to [[https://why-i-love-comics.tumblr.com/post/622315288020598784/blue-beetle-9-the-enemy-of-my-enemy-2012 a particularly amusing moment]] when she pins down the teenage Jaime Reyes ComicBook/BlueBeetle in an unintentionally suggestive position, at which point his teen boy hormones take over and he gets an erection, creating a very awkward situation for the both of them. |
| 118 | * OnlyAFleshWound: "Pain is power for a Red Lantern." [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Bitch]]. |
| 119 | * OriginsEpisode: Her backstory was only given a vague mention when the Red Lantern Corps made their debut, but the full details of her trauma at the hands of the Sinestro Corps and her inducting into the Red Lantern Corps would later be given in the second issue of ''Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps''. |
| 120 | * RapeAsBackstory / RapeAsDrama: Specifically, gang-rape and mutilation. |
| 121 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: After ''ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern'' the Red Lantern Corps' numbers have been drastically reduced and she's the only female Red Lantern left. |
| 122 | * SoBeautifulItsACurse: She was kidnapped and gang-raped because of her beauty. |
| 123 | * TheStarscream: Began sowing seeds of discontent among the Red Lantern horde once the ongoing series started, which partially resulted in Atrocitus restoring her intelligence. She's made her ambitions much more apparent since then. |
| 124 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Is this to the Red Lanterns after Simon Baz kickstarted her HeelFaceTurn. |
| 125 | * TookALevelInKindness: Becomes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold during the "Atrocities" saga, when interacting with Kara and Rankorr. |
| 126 | ** Had this happen in ''ComicBook/GreenLanterns'' as well; in fact, she [[spoiler: has an outright Heel Realization[=/=]MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when Simon cures her of her Rage, going on about how she had thought that she was "fighting injustice" but had been actually "perpetuating it", and very nearly killing herself in remorse for her past actions. It didn't seem to last at first, but it turns out she was just pretending so Atrocitus wouldn't kill her.]] |
| 127 | * WaterfallShower: Bleez was fond of taking these on her homeworld before she was abducted by the Sinestro Corps. |
| 128 | * WingedHumanoid: Though her current wings may or may not be constructs. |
| 129 | * WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Though not ''Earth'' as said world. |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[folder:The Butcher]] |
| 133 | !!The Butcher |
| 134 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-Green_Lantern_The_Brightest_Day-61_Cover-2_Teaser_8705.jpg]] |
| 135 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Varies (originally Earth) |
| 136 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' Vol 4 #52 (May 2010) |
| 137 | |
| 138 | The Rage Entity--the embodiment of the Red Light, given life and strength from the burning anger of every sentient being. Born from the very first killing not done for survival. Butcher feeds on hatred and fury the way most lifeforms eat food. Anyone he takes as his host will go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. When the anger begins to subside, he'll abandon his current host and seek out a new one to ease his insatiable hunger. ComicBook/TheSpectre, spirit of God's wrath, sees the Butcher's existence as a perversion of his own divine mission. |
| 139 | ---- |
| 140 | * {{Archenemy}}: The Butcher and the Spectre have a history, with the latter ominously informing the Butcher that he has warned it before that Earth is ''his'' domain. |
| 141 | * BrutishBulls: In this case, a being of incarnate rage and violence that takes the form of a huge, demonic bull. |
| 142 | * BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: The Butcher, the embodiment of the Red Light of Rage, uses an axe when he's inhabiting the body of a lifeform capable of wielding it properly. |
| 143 | * BullSeeingRed: {{Inverted|Trope}} via VisualPun; his true form resembles a bull, but he '''is''' red instead of seeing something red. |
| 144 | %%* TheButcher: He certainly is. |
| 145 | * DemonicPossession: He seeks out people with a great amount of anger and gives them the power to take revenge. |
| 146 | * EmotionEater: He draws power from anger. |
| 147 | * EvilCounterpart: ComicBook/TheSpectre sees it as this to himself, and as a perversion of his divine mission. |
| 148 | * NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast: Self-explanatory. He's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin called]] ''TheButcher'' after all. |
| 149 | * RuleOfSymbolism: He's implied to have been created by [[Literature/TheBible Cain's murder of Abel]]. One wonders what would happen if it ever met [[Characters/DCComicsVandalSavage Vandal Savage]]. |
| 150 | * SentientCosmicForce: Again, he's "the embodiment of the [[ColorCodedEmotions Red Light, given life and strength from the burning anger]] of every sentient being." |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Dex-Starr]] |
| 154 | !!Dex-Starr |
| 155 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/275px-Dex-Starr-1_2423.jpg]] |
| 156 | ->'''AKA:''' Dexter |
| 157 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Earth |
| 158 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns'' (December 2008) |
| 159 | |
| 160 | Originally Dexter, an ordinary cat from Earth. A lonely woman took him in as a pet, and they loved each other very much. His owner was murdered, then two street punks put him in a bag and threw it into a river for their sick amusement. His rage attracted a red ring, which he wears on his tail. He loyally joined the Red Lanterns, battled the freaking Anti-Monitor during ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', and gave Atrocitus a tour of Earth during ''ComicBook/BrightestDay''. |
| 161 | ---- |
| 162 | * AbandonedPetInABox: Part of his backstory. Dexter & his siblings are shown in a box labelled "FREE" on the day of Dexter's adoption. When his adopted owner is killed in a home invasion, Dexter is thrown into the street and nearly drowned by two thugs who throw him into the river -- at which point he is recruited into the Red Lanterns and becomes Dex-Starr. |
| 163 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: An earth-native ''Felis catus'' who has blue fur. Notably, the coloration made everyone assume he was simply a felinoid alien until TheReveal that no, he's from Earth and using this trope. |
| 164 | * AnimalSpeciesAccent: Dex-Starr tends to stretch out certain letters, especially S's, when he speaks. This mimics the hissing of a cat. |
| 165 | * AnimalSuperheroes: Super''villain'', maybe? Hard to say with this group. |
| 166 | * BadassAdorable: He's a tiny blue cat. He's also a Lantern, so don't expect that he can't kick your ass. |
| 167 | * BadassBoast: "I find one who hurt you. I kill. I good kitty." |
| 168 | * BrooklynRage: A rare animal example. He ''is'' from Brooklyn, after all. |
| 169 | * CatsAreMean: You would be too if you went through what he did. Supposedly, Dex-Starr is the most sadistic and vicious of the Red Lanterns. However, before the Red Lantern Ring found him, he averted the stock "sentient cats only see their owners as manipulable food sources" and genuinely bonded with the woman who adopted him. Even after the Ring attached to him, he still vows to find her killer. |
| 170 | * CuteKitten: [[http://i.imgur.com/zYFHrQ6.jpg Invokes this]] to get close enough to attack. |
| 171 | * TheDragon: To Atrocitus' BigBad during Guy Gardner's tenure as a Red Lantern. |
| 172 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's said to be the most sadistic and vicious of the Red Lanterns, but genuinely loved his previous owner, just as he genuinely loves Atrocitus. |
| 173 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: From ordinary housecat to the most rage-filled creature within several lightyears of Earth. |
| 174 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: The other Red Lanterns downright fear him. |
| 175 | * RightHandCat: Atrocitus has always been particularly fond of Dex-Starr, even personally stepping in to rescue him, tending to his wounds, and referring to him as a "good kitty". [[spoiler: When most of the Red Corps was (very temporarily) killed by Lobo Dex-Starr was the only slain member whom Atrocitus mourned and swore to avenge -- all the rest of Lobo's Red Lantern victims were casually brushed off by Atrocitus, who called them "weak" and thus "deserving of death."]] |
| 176 | * TalkingAnimal: Thanks to the TranslatorMicrobes in the power rings. One of his greatest regrets is that he couldn't talk to his owner, as her final words to him were: "You make my life better you silly cat, and I know if you could talk, you would tell me the same thing." |
| 177 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Atrocitus. [[spoiler: After Guy takes control of the Corps from him, Dex-Starr is the only one who stays by his side, saving his life and aiding him in plotting his revenge.]] Hell, his love for his owner is why he has enough rage to become a Red Lantern in the first place. |
| 178 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: An ordinary, if unusually blue-colored, cat until robbers broke in and killed his owner then tried to kill him. Now he's one of the most pissed off creatures in the universe. |
| 179 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After all the shit he's been through, you just want to give him a hug. Or at least you would if he wouldn't melt your face off. |
| 180 | * YouNoTakeCandle: His internal monologue at the end of his origin story has him speaking in broken English. |
| 181 | [[/folder]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Rankorr]] |
| 184 | !!Rankorr |
| 185 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rankorr.jpg]] |
| 186 | ->'''AKA:''' John Moore |
| 187 | ->'''Homeworld:''' Earth |
| 188 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Red Lanterns'' #1 (November 2011) |
| 189 | |
| 190 | The first human Red Lantern, John always repressed his rage until he witnessed his brother being beaten to death by the police, drawing a Red Power Ring to him. Oddly, he can resist the ring's influence and is struggling with the AxCrazy mindset it tries to invoke. |
| 191 | ---- |
| 192 | * BeyondTheImpossible: Unlike other Red Lanterns, he can create constructs due to the fact that he managed to overcome his UnstoppableRage without dipping into the Blood Ocean. Other Red Lanterns can do the same if they sample his blood, but he's not letting them. [[spoiler:In ''Red Lanterns'' #21, Dex-Starr laps up some of Rankorr's blood when he wasn't looking and also gains the ability to make constructs.]] |
| 193 | * EmotionSuppression: Unlike almost every other Red Lantern (except Judge Sheko), he managed to overcome his rage without dipping into the Blood Ocean. As a result, he can make constructs. |
| 194 | %%* FromNobodyToNightmare |
| 195 | * TheHeart: In Guy Gardner's Red Lanterns. Generally, he's the nicest guy in the group, even after most of them TookALevelInKindness. |
| 196 | * IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Mocked for being weird at school. |
| 197 | * OnlySaneMan: Tries to resist the ring's attempts to control his mind. He's notable for being the only Red Lantern to not need a dip in the blood ocean to regain his mind. |
| 198 | * PoliceBrutality: The beating of his brother ignited his rage, making him a candidate for the ring. |
| 199 | * {{Revenge}}: He kills his grandfather's killer using his new abilities. |
| 200 | * TokenHuman: The comic makes a big deal about the fact that they brought in a human Red Lantern. Rankorr becomes conflicted between his humanity and being a Red Lantern. Eventually, he [[spoiler: decides that he is no longer human and embraces the Red Lantern Corps]]. He no longer is the only human Red Lantern when Guy rejoins the Corps. Having another human around brings back some of his humanity, but it doesn't last as he immediately reverts back to his original Red Lantern self after Guy leaves the Corps and Atrocitus becomes the boss again. |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Ratchet]] |
| 204 | !!Ratchet |
| 205 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/redlanternratchet_9290.jpg]] |
| 206 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns'' (December 2008) |
| 207 | |
| 208 | Ratchet comes from an alien race which refrains from all kinds of physical contact. He broke this rule which led to his imprisonment; the rage he felt turned him into a Red Lantern. |
| 209 | ---- |
| 210 | * BodyHorror: His form was mutilated by the authorities on his home planet, and the Red Lantern ring did the rest. |
| 211 | * BreakTheCutie: All he wanted was to be loved. |
| 212 | * CharacterDevelopment: He is the most devout of the Reds and is very loyal to Atrocitus. When Guy Gardner defeats Atrocitus and becomes leader, he starts to resent the Corps, but doesn't leave with Dex-Starr. He finds the new direction Guy is taking them a disgrace to the Red Lantern ways. He is so ashamed, that he actually [[spoiler:starts to lose his rage and his ring wants to leave him]]. |
| 213 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In issue 26, he and the other lanterns are captured and are about to be executed by a planet's dictatorship. His friends being in danger gives him the strength and rage to break free and he takes the bullets for his friends. This allows the other lanterns to escape and free the planet from its tyranny so he would not die in vain. His KilledOffForReal status seems to have stuck, too, since unlike Skallox and Zilius Zox, who were also KIA during the conflict between Atrocitus and Guy, Ratchet did not make a miraculous return from the dead.]] |
| 214 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: This is what most likely leads to him becoming a Red Lantern, as his culture makes it religious heresy to physically interact with each other outside of special environment suits. |
| 215 | * StarfishAliens: He looks like a warped cross between an octopus and a brain. Before he was a Red Lantern, he looked more like a humanoid octopus with a visible face. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[folder:Skallox]] |
| 219 | !!Skallox |
| 220 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/redlanternskallox_1047.jpg]] |
| 221 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns'' (December 2008) |
| 222 | |
| 223 | Once a hardened criminal, Skallox was betrayed by his employer and cast into an oven to be burned alive. His rage burning like a fire, a red ring smashes through the oven and the rest is history. |
| 224 | ---- |
| 225 | * TheBigGuy: Of Guy Gardner's Red Lanterns. He's a GunNut and is often eager to use whatever weapons he has at his disposal. |
| 226 | * BodyHorror: His face was horribly burned, transforming his face from that of a goat to a goat skull-like face. |
| 227 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Atrocitus seems to think so, as Skallox has betrayed him, and then later betrayed Guy. However, he was actually Guy's DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent. |
| 228 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from being a low-rent thug to a member of the Red Lantern Corps. |
| 229 | * GunNut: He developed a love for guns in his criminal life. When the Reds find a cache of guns in their newly acquired ship in ''Red Lanterns'' #24, he gets excited and can be seen carrying a gun every now and then. |
| 230 | * {{Mook|s}}: Was once originally one of these to a crime boss. |
| 231 | * NeckSnap: [[spoiler: How Atrocitus kills him]]. |
| 232 | ** {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler: He's suddenly alive again and back to being Atrocitus' toady]]. |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Zilius Zox]] |
| 236 | !!Zilius Zox |
| 237 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/redlanternzzox_348.jpg]] |
| 238 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns'' (December 2008) |
| 239 | ---- |
| 240 | * {{Cephalothorax}}: He's practically all mouth. |
| 241 | * HasAType: In the ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', Zox has a type: round females. When Guy Gardner jokingly asks him and his partner Skallox if they're developing a crush on Supergirl, Zox replies: "Meh. Not nearly spherical enough." |
| 242 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Sacrifices himself and the ''[[CoolStarship Kaalvar]]'' to stop a BrainwashedAndCrazy Rankorr during the [[CivilWar Atrocities]].]] |
| 243 | ** {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler:He has inexplicably returned to life -- and also to his original status as Atrocitus's obedient sycophant.]] |
| 244 | * HiddenDepths: ''Red Lanterns'' #24 reveals that he has a knack for repairing spaceships. As a kid, he and his dad used to work on rockets. When the Reds acquire a spaceship, he takes joy in fixing it. |
| 245 | * JerkAss: Comes off as a huge jerk, even among Red Lanterns. |
| 246 | ** Under Guy Gardner's leadership, Zox was actually one of the more amicable members. With Guy's departure from the Corps, Zox has since become a jerk again. |
| 247 | * TheSmartGuy: Of Guy Gardner's Red Lanterns. |
| 248 | [[/folder]] |
| 249 | |
| 250 | [[folder:Judge Sheko]] |
| 251 | !!Judge Sheko |
| 252 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/judge_sheko.jpg]] |
| 253 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Red Lanterns'' #30 (June 2014) |
| 254 | |
| 255 | * BadassBureaucrat: Though she's likely now a former bureaucrat for what she did under the Ring's influence, she is apparently a Lantern powerful enough to go toe-to-toe with Supergirl when she was also empowered by a Red Lantern Ring, and Sheko didn't appear to have any powers beforehand. |
| 256 | * EmotionSuppression: She's so skilled with the Red Ring that she suppressed her UnstoppableRage ''immediately'', a feat no other Red Lantern to that point had accomplished. Even Rankorr, who managed it on his own, had a period of rage. |
| 257 | * JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: She was a judge initially, becoming a Red Lantern added the executioner part. The first people she killed where the prince and the corrupt bailiff who killed her, then she turned on everyone else for letting things go as far as they did. |
| 258 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sheko is not above holding herself accountable, and kills herself after declaring herself guilty. |
| 259 | * NeverMessWithGranny: Very old by the time the Ring was drawn to her. |
| 260 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: {{Inverted}} Even when judging the prince of her world for his crimes, she refused to let him get off for what he had done. When the man supposed to execute the prince tried to kill her instead, her fury drew a Red Lantern Ring to her. |
| 261 | [[/folder]] |
| 262 | |
| 263 | [[folder:Other Red Lanterns]] |
| 264 | !!Antipathy |
| 265 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/antipathy.jpg]] |
| 266 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' Vol 4 #25 (January 2008) |
| 267 | * AllThereInTheManual: Her name is known from an interview rather than by it appearing in the comics. |
| 268 | * FieryRedhead: She's a Red Lantern with auburn hair. Fiery is an understatement. |
| 269 | * GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: She's pretty humanoid, has blue skin and if she wasn't a Red Lantern, rather attractive. |
| 270 | |
| 271 | !!Fury-6 |
| 272 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fury_61.jpg]] |
| 273 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns'' (December 2008) |
| 274 | * ExtraEyes: Has three eyes, the third of which is in the middle of his forehead. |
| 275 | * LampreyMouth: Possess a round spiky circle of a mouth. |
| 276 | |
| 277 | !!Guy Gardner |
| 278 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guy_gardner_red_lanterns_34.jpg]] |
| 279 | On three separate occasions Guy has donned a red ring. One during ''Comicbook/BlackestNight'' and again during the War Of The Green Lanterns. The third time is when he willingly joins the Red Corps to become TheMole and keep them from declaring war on the rebuilding Green Lanterns. See Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps for more. |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | * BecomingTheMask: His undercover stint doesn't last very long after he challenges and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats down Atrocitus]] to take his ring. He embraces the Red Lantern life, and chooses to stay as one -- at least for a time. |
| 282 | ** Subverted. [[{{Retcon}} For reasons left unexplained]], Guy eventually renounces his red ring and returns to the Green Lantern Corps, and Atrocitus regains control of the Red Lanterns and effectively reverts them back to a state where you'd think Guy Gardner's tenure as a Red Lantern never happened. |
| 283 | * BigBrotherMentor: Became one to ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, helping her find herself and manage her anger before she decided to renounce her red ring and return to her normal self. |
| 284 | * TheLeader: Unofficially, but the other Reds saw him that way. |
| 285 | |
| 286 | !!Haggor |
| 287 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haggor_6.jpg]] |
| 288 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns'' (December 2008) |
| 289 | * ExtraEyes: They've got six eyes. |
| 290 | |
| 291 | !!Hal Jordan |
| 292 | [[quoteright:182:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hal_jordan_red_lantern.png]] |
| 293 | During the "Rage of the Red Lanterns" story, after Sinestro murdered Laira despite Hal beginning to talk her out of her enraged state, Hal himself ended up being taken over by a red ring and attacked Sinestro in revenge for her death. Walker was able to calm him out of it and break him free of the ring's effects. |
| 294 | ---- |
| 295 | * See Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps for more. |
| 296 | |
| 297 | !!Itro |
| 298 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3471832_itro_2.jpg]] |
| 299 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Red Lanterns'' #25 (January 2014) |
| 300 | Itro is a massive Red Lantern whose species was wiped out by other inhabitants on his planet. His rage attracted a Red Lantern ring, which he used to destroy the race that did the same to his. Afterwards, Atrocitus and Dexx-Star find him, planning to use him in their quest to take back the Red Lantern Corps from Guy Gardner [[spoiler:by killing Itro and using his ring to re-power Atrocitus]]. |
| 301 | ---- |
| 302 | * LastOfHisKind: He's the last of his species after they were exterminated by another race. His species were consuming a vital resource and would have killed the planet if left unchecked. [[spoiler:Atrocitus kills him for his ring, so now his species is extinct]]. |
| 303 | * OurGiantsAreBigger: Itro is hundreds of feet tall; standing over skyscrapers. |
| 304 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After decimating the species that drove his to extinction, he just sits down with his head in his hands; not knowing what to do now that his friends and family are all dead. |
| 305 | |
| 306 | !!Laira Omoto |
| 307 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/laira.jpg]] |
| 308 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern Corps Quarterly'' #6 (September 1993) (joins the Red Lantern Corps in ''Green Lantern'' Vol 4 #28 (April 2008)) |
| 309 | A former Green Lantern who was inducted into the Red Lantern Corps. |
| 310 | ---- |
| 311 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: Not that she was intentionally evil, but just as Hal begins to snap her out of her rage state, Sinestro shoots her dead. |
| 312 | * KilledOffForReal: She doesn't make it. |
| 313 | |
| 314 | !!Mera |
| 315 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mera_red_lantern.jpg]] |
| 316 | [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Mera]] was temporarily deputized during ''Blackest Night''. |
| 317 | ---- |
| 318 | |
| 319 | !!Nite-Lik |
| 320 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nite_lik.jpg]] |
| 321 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Red Lanterns'' #1 (November 2011) |
| 322 | ---- |
| 323 | * AlienHair: Nite-Lik has a split ridged crest instead of hair. |
| 324 | * CanonImmigrant: Was made as a toy first. Nite-Lik's first scheduled comic appearance came and went without him showing up. It took about a year, but Nite-Lik finally showed up in ''Red Lanterns'' #1. |
| 325 | * HumanoidAliens: Vaguely humanoid but would certainly never be mistaken for one. |
| 326 | * {{Retcon}}: Was killed during ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', but as of the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, never seems to have died. |
| 327 | |
| 328 | !!Shaa |
| 329 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Dog Days of Summer'' (May 2019) |
| 330 | A diminutive alien bear who became a Red Lantern in the ''Dog Days of Summer'' one-shot during Dex-Starr's story "Tourist Season", allowing her to get even with the Khundians for hunting down her kind. |
| 331 | ---- |
| 332 | * SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: She wears a Khundian skull on her head after becoming a Red Lantern. |
| 333 | |
| 334 | !!Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) |
| 335 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supergirl_as_red_lantern.png]] |
| 336 | Superman's cousin ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} became a Red Lantern in ''Supergirl'' #28, with her first appearance with the Reds being in ''Red Lanterns'' 28. She has been through some hard times and after a battle with Lobo, her rage reached the point of attracting a ring of red. See [[Characters/SupergirlTheCharacter "Supergirl (New 52/Rebirth)" in her character page for more info]]. |
| 337 | ---- |
| 338 | * BeyondTheImpossible: At the end of her ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' arc, she managed to destroy her ring and remove it without dying, which up to that point was considered completely impossible due to the ring replacing the blood flow of the heart. The fact that she removed it whilst inside the sun might have had something to do with it. |
| 339 | * MoralityPet: Was one to all of the Red Lanterns under Guy's command, but especially to Guy and Bleez. |
| 340 | * SixthRanger: Of Guy Gardner's Red Lanterns. |
| 341 | * SuperpowerLottery: She's a Kryptonian who had the powers of a Red Lantern on top. This made her one of the most powerful Lanterns out there for the brief time she held onto the ring. In blind rage, she was able to fight several Lanterns at once, both Red and Green, before being restrained once she was brought to Ysmault. |
| 342 | |
| 343 | !!Veon |
| 344 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/veon_1.jpg]] |
| 345 | ->'''Sector:''' 435 |
| 346 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns'' (December 2008) |
| 347 | ---- |
| 348 | * {{Cyclops}}: Has a single large eye. |
| 349 | |
| 350 | !!Vice |
| 351 | [[quoteright:198:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vice_6.png]] |
| 352 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns'' (December 2008) |
| 353 | * AxCrazy: Even compared to the other Red Lanterns |
| 354 | * {{Retcon}}: Was killed during the Sciencell riot immediately prior to ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', but like Veon, does not seem to have died as of the ComicBook/{{New 52}}. |
| 355 | |
| 356 | !!James Kim |
| 357 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' Vol 4 #61 (February 2011) |
| 358 | A man who lost his daughter to a murderer, he was briefly a host of the Butcher. |
| 359 | |
| 360 | * RageBreakingPoint: At the execution of his daughter's killer, when the killer sadistically says she liked it, he loses it completely and gets the Butcher's attention. |
| 361 | * RedemptionEqualsLife: He is eventually freed from the Butcher's hold with no ill-effects. |
| 362 | |
| 363 | !!Vladimir Sokov |
| 364 | ->'''First Appearance:''' ''The New Golden Age'' #1 (January 2023) |
| 365 | The Red Lantern of the Golden Age, he was a Soviet rival to Alan Scott. |
| 366 | |
| 367 | * EvilCounterpart: He serves as this to Alan Scott, down to having a similar costume and a daughter named Ruby (countering Scott's own daughter named Jade). |
| 368 | * {{Retcon}}: He was inserted into the Justice Society of America mythos around 2022. |
| 369 | [[/folder]] |
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