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Orange Lantern Corps
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceGreen Lantern Vol. 4 #25 (January 2008)
Created byGeoff Johns
Philip Tan
In-story information
Member(s)See Membership

The Orange Lantern Corps is the name of an organization appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. [1][2]They first appeared in Green Lantern Vol. 4 #25 and were created by Geoff Johns and Philip Tan.

Fictional character biography

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The Orange Lantern Corps is a faction of the Emotional Spectrum that is associated with greed. Some millennia ago, the Guardians of the Universe fought the Orange Light's keeper Larfleeze which nearly destroyed both sides. They reached a peace treaty where the condition is that the Orange Light is to remain buried and that Okaara is to remain outside the Green Lantern Corps' jurisdiction.[3]

The Controllers were searching for the Orange Light in order to create their own Corps.[4]

Following the "Final Crisis" storyline, the Controllers have found Okaara.[5]

The Controllers found the Orange Lantern Battery in a cave. When they tried to take it, they were slaughtered by the Orange Lantern Corps. Because of the Controllers' transgression, Larfleeze contacted the Guardians of the Universe telling them that the treaty is now null and void.[6]

Larfleeze started recruiting different aliens to join his Orange Lantern Corps.[7]

One Orange Lantern Corps devoured a Sinestro Corps member who was fleeing Green Lantern Corps member Stel.[8] The Guardians of the Universe take some Green Lantern Corps to Okaara to make sure the Orange Lantern Battery causes no harm. They meet up with Green Lantern Corps member Gretti. When they confronted Larfleeze, he unleashed Orange Lantern versions of the defeated Controllers on them where they slaughtered Gretti.[9] Both Guardians of the Universe and Manhunters slaughtered each other while Hal Jordan confronted Larfleeze who had his knowledge of Parallax. In addition, the Orange Lantern members present were all constructs.[10] Larfleeze was defeated by Blue Lantern Corps' ring and not destroyed, he later went to the homeworld of the Blue Lantern Corps due to being told about it.[11][12]

During the "Blackest Night" storyline, Larfleeze and his Orange Lanterns are closing in the Blue Lantern Power Battery when the Black Lantern Corps arrives and reanimate the bodies of those whose identities that Larfleeze has stolen.[13] Larfleeze then flees from the Black Lantern Corps and his reanimated Orange Lanterns when he is saved by Atrocitus.[14] Both of them quarrel over the Orange Lantern battery until Hal Jordan, Carol Ferris, Indigo-1, and Sinestro arrive to recruit them in a plot to destroy the Black Lantern Power Battery.[15] Larfleeze was able to get Lex Luthor to wield the Orange Lantern Ring after he was saved from some Black Lanterns that raided his bunker.[16] Though Larfleeze and Lex Luthor clashed due to their insatiable greed.[17] Once Nekron is defeated, Lex Luthor loses his Orange Lantern abilities and is handed over to Earth's heroes by a disgusted Larfleeze. As part of an agreement, Sayd becomes Larfleeze's personal Guardian of the Universe.[18]

During the "Brightest Day" storyline, Larfleeze sends his Orange Lanterns to steal items so that he can give them to Santa Claus. Hal Jordan's fight with Larfleeze is crashed by Hector Hammond who swallowed the Orange Lantern Power Battery.[19][20]

During the "War of the Green Lanterns" storyline, Larfleeze's ring and the rings of the Corps members were controlled by Krona who used them against the Green Lantern Corps, but the ring returned to its master after Hal Jordan killed Krona.[21]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

In 2011, "The New 52" rebooted the DC Universe. Kyle Rayner investigated some Orange Lantern Rings and found the constructs maintained their personalities. It's construct member Glomulus was posing as one of the Orange Lantern Rings.[22][23][24] When a Reach assassin fights Kyle Rayner on Earth, he is dispersed by the Reach assassin. Larfleeze regenerates Glomulus with his memories intact, only for Glomulus to show an independent spirit when he acts to protect Kyle from Larfleeze.[25] The side-effect later caused the Orange Lantern Corps' entity Ophidian to roam the universe.[26]

Membership

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Aside from the orange light user and those listed as "Former Members", there are not actually individuals who hold membership in the Orange Lantern Corps (in a conventional sense, there is no such Corps, only the orange light user himself/herself), but rather duplicates, referred to as "constructs" formed of orange light energy after the original persons were "consumed" and had their identities (later stated to be their very souls) "stolen". These construct Lanterns were designed by artist Philip Tan, and unlike the mostly-humanoid aliens who are members of the various Lantern Corps, most of them are bizarre and monstrous in shape. The graphic novel collection "Green Lantern: Agent Orange" includes several pages of Tan's original sketches for these creatures, including an unused concept for the Entity powering the Corps, a crocodile-like beast with a skeletal cage on its head. This Entity concept was later replaced by Ophidian (see below).

Leadership

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  • Larfleeze (of Sector 2828): As Larfleeze is too greedy to share his rings,[27] [28]except for one given to Lex Luthor at Ganthet's insistence during "Blackest Night", he uses his ring's ability to create constructs in order to field an entire army of Orange Lanterns to face his foes for him.[9] His connection to his power battery allows him to maintain the constructs indefinitely, so long as he devotes attention to doing so. In one case, after reclaiming his power battery from Hal Jordan, Larfleeze withdraws the Orange Lantern Corps into his battery and uses the combined power to create a gigantic avatar of himself in order to attack the Green Lantern Corps.[11] He later sends a life-sized avatar of himself to lead the attack against the Blue Lanterns on Odym.[12] Kyle Rayner learns that the constructs apparently retain their original personalities,[24] and it has since been confirmed that Larfleeze literally takes the souls of his Orange Lanterns when he claims them, as a highly spiritual race could not be claimed by Larfleeze as their souls passed on too quickly for him to absorb them. Larfleeze has since been removed from his ring when a New God stole it from him.

Known members

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  • Blume (of Sector 2751): A giant extraterrestrial head from the planet Blobba that proclaims himself a god of hunger so that he can intimidate the inhabitants of planets into feeding him their valuables. After failing to do the same to Larfleeze, he is made into an Orange Lantern construct and now patrols the Vega system.[7] He consumes the Sinestro Corps member of sector 2825 and brands Green Lantern Stel with the symbol of the Orange Lantern Corps.[8] During the "Blackest Night" storyline, his body is shown being reanimated as a Black Lantern.[13]
  • Clypta (of Sector 2829): An Orange Lantern from the Thieves' System that is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps during the "Blackest Night" storyline.[13]
  • The Controllers: Arrive on Okaara searching for the orange light in order to create their own Corps.[4] Upon finding the orange power battery, they are confronted by Larfleeze and killed by his Orange Lanterns.[8] Later they are also shown to have been assimilated into his army of constructs.[9]
  • Glomulus (of Sector 2826): A tavern cleaner on Okaara who, while there, is only allowed out of his cage to eat whatever food falls on the floor. After accidentally getting a taste for blood, Glomulus eats everyone in the tavern. Free, he makes his way into the woods and finds himself at Larfleeze's palace where he is consumed by Blume. His identity is stolen, turning him into an Orange Lantern.[9] During the "Blackest Night" storyline, his body is shown being reanimated as a Black Lantern.[13] In promotional art for the new series Green Lantern: New Guardians, Glomulus is shown to be the representative of the Orange Lantern Corps; subsequent information reveals that he was initially a construct posing as an Orange Lantern ring[22] to help Larfleeze determine the reason for an initially-unspecified entity turning Kyle into a 'magnet' for other rings.[23] He shows that he actually has his original personality and intelligence, claiming he's himself after Kyle questions if Larfleeze is just using the construct to keep an eye on them.[24] Although he is dispersed by a Reach assassin during a fight on Earth, Larfleeze regenerates Glomulus with his memories intact, only for Glomulus to show an independent spirit when he acts to protect Kyle from Larfleeze.[25]
  • Gretti (former Green Lantern of Sector 2828): A former Green Lantern literally torn limb from limb by Larfleeze's constructs during the Green Lantern attack on Okaara. After his defeat, his identity is stolen, turning him into an Orange Lantern.[9] During the "Blackest Night" storyline, his body is shown being reanimated as a Black Lantern.[13]
  • Guardian of the Universe: While Larfleeze's thieves guild and the Guardians fought for the orange power battery, the power of the orange light is unleashed, killing one of the Guardians in the process. He is shown as being turned into an Orange Lantern construct.[10] In Green Lantern vol. 4 #45, a male Guardian is shown being reanimated as a Black Lantern on Okaara.[13] However, Sayd has recently stated that Larfleeze cannot convert Guardians into Orange Lanterns, suggesting that the Guardian was a more basic construct rather than the Guardian's actual spirit.[25][29]
  • Nat-Nat (of Sector 228): An Orange Lantern from the planet Limey Rock that is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps during the "Blackest Night" storyline.[13]
  • Sound Dancer (of Sector 911): An Orange Lantern from the Obsidian Deeps that is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps during the "Blackest Night" storyline.[13] The Obsidian Deeps make up the lightless sector that Green Lantern (F Sharp Bell) Rot Lop Fan is from.[30]
  • Tammal-Tayn (of Sector 2813): An Orange Lantern from the planet Fylip that is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps during the "Blackest Night" storyline.[13]
  • Turpa: A member of the same guild of thieves as Larfleeze from the planet Ogatoo. Together the guild steals the Guardians' map to the Orange Power Battery, and upon finding it are so overcome with greed that they fight one another for it. Turpa is killed by the power of the orange light before Larfleeze and Blooch fight to the death for the orange power battery. He is shown as having been turned into an orange light construct.[10]
  • Warp Wrap (of Sector 2): An Orange Lantern from the planet Cairo that is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps during the "Blackest Night" storyline.[13]

Former members

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  • Hal Jordan (of Sector 2814): A Green Lantern officer who, during his first encounter with Larfleeze, has managed to take the orange power battery from him and temporarily is transformed into a member of the Orange Lantern Corps. However, Larfleeze is able to recover the power battery soon after when Hal is overwhelmed by the hunger the Orange Lantern causes him to feel, noting that he feels starved after holding it for a few seconds.[11] Hal later used Larfleeze's ring in conjunction with Sinestro's ring when the rest of the Green Lantern Corps were brought under Krona's control when he used Parallax to infect the Central Power Battery,Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). It is sought by Hector Hammond, who in turn is receiving orders from Krona himself. When Larfleeze refuses to release the entity from the power battery, Hammond simply swallows the whole battery and is transformed into the host for Ophidian.[20]

It is implied that Ophidian doesn't like Larfleeze very much (possibly because he kept it trapped in his battery), and Larfleeze seems quite concerned about Ophidian's freedom. Ophidian also implies that it is going to "get even" with Larfleeze.[19]

Ophidian would later join Krona, and with its disruptive powers, help the renegade Guardian of the Universe discover the location of the Butcher. Ophidian was last seen returning with Krona to Ryut where he will begin purging the universe of all emotionally unbalanced beings. Afterwards Ophidian is seen without its host, launching along with the other entities and Krona an attack on Oa, where it possessed a Guardian of the Universe.[21] Ophidian was eventually free from Krona's control, after Hal Jordan defeated and killed the rogue Guardian. Ophidian roams at large in the Universe once again[26] but it soon began suffering from a strange illness, later revealed to be the reservoir of the emotional spectrum was becoming exhausted. After Relic wiped out the Blue Lantern Corps and forcefully drained the green light from Oa's Central Power Battery and destroying the planet in the process, and while Ophidian represents the emotion of greed, the entity willingly sacrifices itself by passing into the Source Wall in order for the reservoir to be refilled.[31]

The Book of Greed

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Mainly referred to as "The Book", it's a large tome created by the user of the orange light, in this case Larfleeze, sometime after the War of The Green Lanterns, just because Larfleeze's Avarice led him to desire a tome similar to the Book of Oa that was owned by the Guardians of the Universe. The tome should contain the exploits of the Orange Lanterns and Larfleeze even kidnapped a green skinned alien by the name of Stargrave to be his chronicler, however, because he is completely consumed by greed, the book is almost blank because knowledge is something Larfleeze jealously guarded as a possession and was the reason why he did not reveal many secrets within the book despite the scribes directions is.[32]

Other versions

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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 orange light were known as the Lightsmiths of the Orange Light of Gluttony is.[33]

In other media

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Television

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  • Larfleeze appears in Green Lantern: The Animated Series episode "Larfleeze" voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. Dialogue also identifies Glomulus as one of his constructs. In the episode, Razer tells Kilowog and Hal Jordan of the Orange light, and the three decide to seek it to fight their former ally Aya, who has taken over the body and duties of the Anti-Monitor. Finding the Orange power battery, Hal becomes close to it and steals it from an enraged Larfleeze, who calls it his "shiny". As they are about to leave, Jordan becomes paranoid that Kilowog and Razer were planning to take the lantern from him, and after succumbing to the Orange light's power, he becomes an Orange Lantern himself as well as turning him evil. With Larfleeze's aid, Kilowog and Razer try to make Jordan come to his senses, only succeeding when they convince him to reject the Orange light in favor of saving the universe from Aya. Knowing that the Orange light is too powerful for them, Jordan returns the lantern to a joyful Larfleeze, who tries to reward them but, due to the Orange Light's influence, is unable to, prompting the three Lanterns to simply leave.

Video games

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  • The Orange Lantern Corps appear in DC Universe Online. In a Christmas-themed mission, Hal Jordan (heroes) and Sinestro (villains) inform the players that Larfleeze and his Orange Lanterns are stealing holiday stuff to keep to themselves. The players had to recover the stolen goods while fighting Orange Lanterns and Orange Lantern Behemoths. Some of the stolen presents actually contain Orange Lantern booby traps that vary from being stunned, being trapped in an Orange Lantern snowglobe construct, being turned into an Orange Lantern Snowman and can even force any players near one of the booby traps to do the Snoopy dance from the Charlie Brown Christmas special. In the investigation Oaths of Light (where all the Oaths for the seven other Lantern Corps are found), the investigation for the Orange Lantern Corps is from Book of Greed Page MCMXCVIII is "Mine" said seven times. He will also have a large role in the newest downloadable content pack for DCUO, War of the Light Part II. This content pack will also feature Glomulus and the Orange Lantern Corps.

References

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  1. ^ "DC Comics: 10 Most Powerful Energy Rings, Ranked". CBR. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ^ "What Are The Different Lantern Corps, And What Do They Want?". io9. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. ^ Green Lantern Vol. 4 #25. DC Comics.
  4. ^ a b Green Lantern Vol. 4 #28. DC Comics.
  5. ^ Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1. DC Comics.
  6. ^ Green Lantern: Agent Orange #1. DC Comics.
  7. ^ a b Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #2. DC Comics.
  8. ^ a b c Green Lantern Vol. 4. #39. DC Comics.
  9. ^ a b c d e Green Lantern Vol. 4 #40. DC Comics
  10. ^ a b c Green Lantern Vol. 4 #41. DC Comics.
  11. ^ a b c Green Lantern Vol. 4 #42. DC Comics.
  12. ^ a b Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1. DC Comics.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Green Lantern Vol. 4 #45. DC Comics.
  14. ^ Green Lantern Vol. 4 #47. DC Comics.
  15. ^ Green Lantern Vol. 4 #48. DC Comics.
  16. ^ Blackest Night #6. DC Comics.
  17. ^ Green Lantern Vol. 4 #50. DC Comics.
  18. ^ Blackest Night #8. DC Comics
  19. ^ a b Green Lantern Vol. 4 #56. DC Comics.
  20. ^ a b Green Lantern Vol. 4 #57. DC Comics.
  21. ^ a b Green Lantern Vol. 4 #64. DC Comics.
  22. ^ a b Green Lantern: New Guardians #3. DC Comics.
  23. ^ a b Green Lantern: New Guardians #4. DC Comics.
  24. ^ a b c Green Lantern: New Guardians #5. DC Comics.
  25. ^ a b c Green Lantern: New Guardians #11. DC Comics.
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  28. ^ "HBO Max's 'Green Lantern': 6 non-Green Lantern Corps the show could feature, ranked by how cool and powerful they are". meaww.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  29. ^ "10 Things Green Lantern Fans Need To Know About Larfleeze". CBR. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  30. ^ Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #3 (1987)
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  33. ^ Green Lantern #23.1. DC Comics.
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