GREEN LANTERN OFVULCAN
GREEN LANTERN OF
HOMEWORLD: VulcanSECTOR: unknown, possibly 2814 (see note below)
FIRST APPEARANCE:
GREEN LANTERN 2nd series # 90
(August-September, 1976)
"Those Who Worship Evil's Might!"
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Male humanoid, black hair, pointed ears
KNOWN RELATIVES: none
HISTORY:
Very little is known of the Green Lantern of Vulcan. He was present on Oa when the Guardians of the Universe distributed improved power rings. The rings were now more powerful, apparantly with enhanced interaction with a Green Lantern's willpower. Also added was an emergency beacon and tracking system which could interact with other power rings.
As the Green Lanterns were departing from Oa, the Vulcan Green Lantern speculated on other improvements the Guardians had made over the years. Hal Jordan replied that while the Corps was quite different in the past, it was nothing he concerned himself with. The Vulcan gave his fellow Corpsman the "Live Long and Prosper" hand sign, and flew off.
A short time later, Jordan would discover the error of ignoring the past.
[GL2 # 90]
The Green Lantern of Vulcan was seen once more, defending Oa from a hostile alien race. The attackers had slipped past Oa's defenses through the actions of Ffa'rzz, the Mocker.
[GL2 # 97]
OATH: unknown
CREATIVE TEAM:
KNOWN APPEARANCES:
'mouse note -
Due to interest on the board, I made this special listing. All things considered, it might have been easier for me to just ignore the GL of Vulcan. :)
First off, it appears Mike Grell is (or at least was) a fan of Star Trek. Besides the Vulcan GL, the space craft in the story resembled a Klingon battlecruiser. The Vulcan GL was most likely an in-joke, combining the DC Universe and Star Trek.
I thought it might be interesting to show how there *could* be a Vulcan in the Corps. While the GL may not have *actually* been from Vulcan, he may have been from a Vulcan colony world, created sometime after the Vulcan-Romulan schism, some two thousand years ago. He appears to have mannerisms similar to that of Mr. Spock, which suggests he follows the teachings of Surak. This possibility allows him to be an active GL, with his own sector, but would have to be outside of our galaxy. In Star Trek, no Vulcans have travelled outside of our galaxy.
If the planet Vulcan was indeed his homeworld, it is in the Milky Way galaxy, Space Sector 2814. Earth and Vulcan are located in the Alpha Quadrant of the Milky Way. At the time of the story, Hal Jordan had John Stewart as his alternate. Hal also had his ring's power diminished for a time by the Guardians. Since 2814 is known to be an extremely busy sector, a Vulcan GL may have been active to help out Hal, which would explain how Hal knew him.
Another oddity to note, GL2 # 92 involved a space phenomena known as "The Silver Twist". The twist would travel randomly throughout the universe. Anyone entering this ribbon of energy would be transported into an alternate universe (or "Elseworlds") which appeared to be designed by the traveler's thoughts. Each time it was entered, there would be a different universe. In GL2 # 92's story, Hal, Green Arrrow, and Sinestro were sent to a "Robin Hood" world. In the 23rd and 24th Century was it renamed "The Nexus"? =/\=
