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The Spectrum Mobilizes

One by one, the other lights step out of myth.

The Spectrum Mobilizes

The modern age

The story

For eons the emotional spectrum was theory — the Guardians' buried knowledge, myths the Corps didn't discuss. Then, one by one, the other lights stepped out of legend and into the open.

Rage on Ysmault. Avarice on Okaara. Hope on Odym. Compassion on Nok. Love on Zamaron. Each with its own Corps, its own oath, its own claim on the universe.

The Guardians saw it coming. They tried to bury the prophecy, police the other lights, even destroy them. It didn't work. The War of Light was never a single battle — it's the condition the universe lives in now.

Key figures

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #14 (2017), main cover crop. Rafa Sandoval (cover pencils); Jordi Tarragona (cover inks); Tomeu Morey (cover colors). Artwork source & details.

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