Villains
Every light casts a shadow. These are the beings who nearly snuffed the Lanterns out — destroyers of universes, the first ring-bearer gone mad, and the Guardian who broke reality itself.
The Anti-Monitor
The destroyer of universes — the Crisis made flesh.
Volthoom, the First Lantern
The first being to wield a power ring — and the reason the Guardians fear their own history.
Krona
The renegade Guardian whose curiosity shattered the universe into a multiverse.
Black Hand
William Hand — the first Black Lantern, death's herald.
Mongul
The warlord of Warworld — tyrant, Sinestro Corps enforcer, and Bzzd's killer.
Nekron
The Lord of the Unliving — death itself, and the architect of the Blackest Night.
Evil Star
The immortal tyrant of the Starband — who murdered his own world of 2.5 billion.
Artwork credits (7 images)
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- Anti Monitor — Artist credit unconfirmed.
- Volthoom — Artist credit unconfirmed.
- Krona — Green Lantern Corps (2025) #8, final story page (2025). Fernando Pasarin (pencils); Oclair Albert (inks); Arif Prianto (colors).
- Black Hand — Blackest Night #0 (2009), closing story page, first panel. Ivan Reis (interior pencils).
- Mongul — Artist credit unconfirmed.
- Nekron — Blackest Night #5 (2009), main cover. Alex Sinclair (cover artist (publisher credit)); Ivan Reis (cover artist (publisher credit)); Oclair Albert (cover artist (publisher credit)).
- Evil Star — Green Lantern (1960) #37 (1965), photograph of the printed cover. Gil Kane (cover artist (publisher credit)); Murphy Anderson (cover artist (publisher credit)).