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Over the yearsGreen Lanternhas faced dozens of villains all across the DC Universe . As one of the large superhero icons , the various Emerald Knights have taken on some of the most hefty and most ominous threats across the multiverse .
But only a few villains can stand out as the serious foes Green Lantern has ever face . The Corps might routinely halt criminals throughout the 3600 space sectors that make up the DCU , but only a fistful have vexedthe various Green Lanternsand earned a spot among the zep ’s greatest enemy . say on to discover the 10 best villains in the entire Green Lantern enfranchisement .
10Major Force Did Major Damage to Green Lantern’s Life
Created by: Cary Bates, Greg Weisman, and Pat Broderick
Kyle Rayner was select to become the new Green Lantern solely by coincidence after Hal Jordan decimated the Corps in the classic “ Emerald Twilight ” plot line . Though a mighty weight had been placed on his shoulders , Kyle prove to the occasion and became the Green Lantern the world need . alas , his conclusion to become a hero brought Green Lantern into showdown with the nefarious Major Force .
Major Force is the villain who infamously killed Kyle ’s girl Alexandra DeWittand stuffed her remains in a refrigerator ( ultimately becoming the namesake of the ‘ fridging ’ trope ) . Kyle was so torn apart by heartbreak that he actually stress killing his nemesis . Major Force tormented Kyle and other Green Lanterns in the years after Alexandra ’s death . Though he ’s not Green Lantern ’s most recurring foe , he injure Kyle in a way that few villains ever have .
9Thaaros is a Maniac Who Seized Control of the Corps
Created by: Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Daniel Sampere
Lord Premier Thaaros is a somewhat Modern additionto the Green Lantern mythos . During the Dawn of DC era , the Guardians of the Universe mysteriously disappeared and control of the Corps was handed over to the United Planets . Thaaros leads the United Planets and rent percentage point in directing the Corps . However , he instituted sweeping changes to the Corps such as quarantining Sector 2814 and reassigning the Green Lanterns of Earth .
Unbeknownst to the Green Lanterns , Thaaros was scheming to take control of the Emotional Spectrum . He secretly ordered the death of various Central Power Batteries and created a detail of ‘ United Planets Lanterns ’ who could rein in other spark . At the same metre , he slow replaced the United Planets Council with phallus of Thaaros ’ configuration - shifting backwash . Now Thaaroshas the United Planets and the intact Green Lantern Corps under his control .
8Star Sapphire is the One Villain Green Lantern Loves
Created by: John Broome and Gil Kane
Like Green Lantern , Star Sapphire is an alter ego that has belonged to various people . Star Sapphires wield the Violet Light of Love and are in the main lead by the Zamarons who believe that sexual love is a military group that can save the universe . The Zamarons ' first and most notable Star Sapphire was Hal Jordan ’s on - again / off - again love interest , Carol Ferris . During her earliest day as Star Sapphire , Carol would drop off her mind and fight Green Lantern as an enemy .
However , the Zamarons changed their approach shot and gave their warrior more self-direction . In doing so , Carol used her big businessman as a Star Sapphire to aid Hal on numerous adventures , admit carry through the DC Universe during “ Blackest Night ” . Though Carol swear to herself that her life as Star Sapphire was behind her , she embrace the great power of honey to aid Green Lantern once again .
7Olgrun Wants to Possess DC’s Strongest Green Lantern
Created by: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Riccardo Federici, and Will Conrad
Olgrun is a powerful god of the First World who lead brainsick and destroy everything around him , including his girl . However , though Olgrun was removed from the world of the living , his office let on through when ancient Maltusian explorer desecrated his crypt . Olgrun call on these Explorer into the first wave of his Radiant Dead , a appal army that assimilated everything that came into contact with it . The Radiant Dead waited for aperfect vessel to claim and found one in Green Lantern John Stewart .
Though John had recede from the Corps , he was still more powerful than ever thanks to absorbing a Godstorm . The Radiant Dead and their leader , the Revenant Queen came after John and come to him hard , despairing to claim Green Lantern ’s body and give Olgrun the most powerful form to return inso that the Old God can pick up where he left off .
6Krona Fundamentally Changed the DC Universe
Long before the Green Lantern Corps was ever created , the so - holler ‘ frantic Guardian ’ Krona was making fuss for the DC Universe . Krona was a Maltusian scientist who was obsess with the root of the population . So much so that he create a twist to see the moment of creation , only for it to explode and create the multiverse . Krona was ostracize for his actions , and he becamea powerful and recurring threat to his former friend , the Guardians of the Universe .
Krona ’s insane quests have menace the DC Universe and even the Marvel Universe ( as determine in JLA / Avengers ) . Krona has even brought war to Oa and the Guardians of the Universe by using the Emotional Spectrum ’s entity to possess his former allies . Krona ’s liveliness has seemingly been defeated for good , but this Green Lantern villain has been shown to survive anything discombobulate at him .
5Larfleeze is the Greediest Being Green Lantern’s Ever Encountered
Created by: Geoff Johns and Phillip Tan
Green Lantern ’s light might be the most well - have intercourse part of the Emotional Spectrum , but Hal and his friends saw just what other repulsion were connected to the other lights . Deep in the Vega System , Larfleeze of Okaara protects the DC Universe ’s sole Orange Lantern Power Battery . Fueled by voracious avaritia , Larfleeze is filled with an interminable desire to take as much as he possibly can .
Though often presented as comic relief , the truth behind Larfleeze is quite terrific . In his heyday , Larfleeze would belt down anyone he believe was trying to slip his Power Battery , then copy their image to ‘ steal ’ their identity operator and have them join his Corps as construct ghosts . To make things even sorry , Larfleeze ’s demeanor is all because of the Orange Light of Greed . Under its sway , this Green Lantern villain ca n’t help but be driven to possess everything he sees .
4Black Hand Helped Usher in a Zombie Wave
Black Hand is a classic Green Lantern foe that dates back to the hoagie ’s Silver Age days . However , the villain was given a major redevelopment that turned him into one of the creepiest spoilt guys in the entire DC Universe . William Hand grew up obsessed with the dead and dying and is in reality the strong-arm shape of death . After years of bedevilment among the living , Black Hand finally found his calling serve as Nekron ’s connection to the land of the life .
Black Hand was instrumental to the “ Blackest Night ” event and he helped usher the zombie Book of Revelation in by killing himself , allow Nekron to make his move . However , Hand was eventually brought back to life , thoughhe still possess enhance Black Lantern power and evolve the power to raise the all in all on his own .
3Nekron is Death Incarnate
Created by: Mike W. Barr, Len Wein, and Joe Staton
Black Hand may have been a central name during “ Blackest Night ” , but behind it all was the Lord of Undying , Nekron . Nekron is a being that represents the absence of life . To convey the DC Universe back to its most stable and peaceful state , Nekron form the Black Lantern Corps and charge out thousands of pack across the universe of discourse and reanimated dead bodies to do as his warrior . Old friends , family , and classicheroes and villains were forcefully inducted into the Black Lantern Corps to process on Nekron ’s behalf .
Nekron ’s program in the end give way , but his display of power was unsettling . Even worse , a being like Nekron ca n’t be kill . To this solar day he wait in his domain , ready to worm his way back into the DC Universe and snuff out Green Lantern ’s light for serious .
2Parallax Corrupted an Iconic Green Lantern
Created by: Ron Marz, Darryl Banks, Geoff Johns, Ethan Van Sciver
Parallax was the name that Hal Jordan exact after he turned to the dark side and became a scoundrel in the wake of ruin the Green Lantern Corps . But years later it was divulge that the Emerald Knight was n’t actually responsible for the attack at all . When Hal was sorrow the loss of Coast City , Sinestro had Hal possess by the entity of fear , Parallax . Hal was the vessel , butParallax was the heinous spirit run Green Lantern ’s consistency .
Just as Ion is the ultimate embodiment of self-command , Parallax embodies fear . He ’s taken ownership of other hoagie such as Kyle Rayner and the Flash . Whenever he takes control of someone else , his malevolent tone and office change by reversal whatever poor soul he ’s attached himself tointo one of the most terrific and powerful villains in the DC Universe .
1Sinestro is Hal Jordan’s Mentor, Foe, and Friend
Few people in the DC Universe know Hal Jordan as well as Thaal Sinestro . Sinestro was Hal ’s wise man when he first joined the Corps and they really formulate a little bond . But that Julian Bond was shattered when Hal chance on Sinestro was keeping his sector in occupation through authoritarianism . Hal got Sinestro booted from the Corps , and the Korugarian never got over it . Ever since he was ram to leave behind , Sinestro has locomote after Green Lantern again and again more than any of Hal ’s other foe .
And yet , despite the defective blood between the two , the friendship they once had is still there . Depending on the place , Sinestro is just as likely to team up with Hal Jordan as he is to taste and kill him . Sinestro ca n’t always be trusted , but even Green Lantern can see specter of the grinder his mentor once was .
