Emotional Entity
The Life Entity
The embodiment of life itself — the white light that began everything.
The story
Before the spectrum, before the Corps, before emotion had colors — there was life. The Life Entity is the first living thing, the spark from which all living things descend, and the white light is its radiance. Every other entity is, in a sense, its child.
The Entity slept hidden on Earth for eons, buried where life began. Nekron and the Black Lanterns sought it above all else: to kill the embodiment of life would be to unmake living things everywhere. Its defenders — the White Lanterns, chosen in the Blackest Night's final hour — carried the white light not as conquerors but as vessels.
It does not speak in words. It does not need to. It is the reason there is anyone to speak at all.
Known hosts & seekers
Key issues
- Blackest Night #7 (2010) — first appearance
- Blackest Night (2009–10) — the final battle
White-ring resurrection sequence in Blackest Night #8 (2010). Pencils by Ivan Reis, colors by Alex Sinclair; page inker unconfirmed. Artwork source & details.
Artwork credits (3 images)
Credits refer to the illustrations shown here. Open a record for sources, adaptations and unresolved details. Some artwork and source pages contain story spoilers.
- Life Entity — Blackest Night #8 (2010), white-ring resurrection spread. Ivan Reis (pencils); Alex Sinclair (colors).
- Kyle Rayner — Green Lantern (2023) #33 / legacy #600 (2026), David Nakayama variant cover, cropped detail. David Nakayama (cover art and colors).
- Hal Jordan — Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #45 (2018), Tyler Kirkham variant cover, cropped detail. Tyler Kirkham (cover pencils and inks); Arif Prianto (cover colors).