| Villain |
First appearance |
Description |
| Vandal Savage |
Green Lantern #10 (Winter, 1943/44) |
Vandar Adg, an immortal Cro-Magnon altered by the rays of a fallen meteor. Vandal Savage has manipulated human history behind the scenes for centuries and has been an enemy of Alan Scott, the Justice Society, the Justice League, Secret Six, and many others. |
| The Gambler |
Green Lantern vol. 1, #12 (Summer, 1944) |
Steven Sharpe III, a gentleman thief, master of disguise, and expert knife-thrower who battled the Golden Age Green Lantern. Sharpe committed suicide after losing all his money to a corrupt casino. He was succeeded as the Gambler by his grandson, Steven Sharpe V. |
| Solomon Grundy |
All-American Comics #61 (October 1944) |
Formerly Cyrus Gold, a Gotham City merchant murdered and thrown into Slaughter Swamp, where he was transformed into an undead zombie-like creature. Grundy was initially an enemy of the Golden Age Green Lantern and the Justice Society, but has both battled and aided various heroes during his multiple resurrections. |
| Sportsmaster |
All-American Comics #85 (May 1947) |
Lawrence "Crusher" Crock was a former professional athlete who turned to a life of crime using various sports-themed paraphernalia. An enemy of the Golden Age Green Lantern, Sportsmaster later retired and married fellow villain, the Tigress. |
| Harlequin |
All-American Comics #89 (September 1947) |
Molly Mayne, secretary of Golden Age Green Lantern Alan Scott, developed a crush on the hero and sought to gain his attention as a costumed criminal. She used hallucinatory goggles provided by the Manhunters, but she was more likely to help Alan and the Justice Society than oppose them. Eventually reforming, Molly later married Alan and the two remain together to this day. |
| The Icicle |
All-American Comics #90 (Oct. 1947) |
Dr. Joar Mahkent, a scientist who created a powerful "ice-gun" capable of freezing the moisture in the air, was a foe of the Golden Age Green Lantern. He was slain by Krona during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. His son Cameron Mahkent, born a cryokinetic after exposure to his father's weapon, has become the second Icicle. |
| Villain |
First appearance |
Description |
| Hector Hammond |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #5 (March-April, 1961) |
A powerful psychic criminal with a grotesque, enormous head. Hammond used a crashed meteor with unknown elements to advance his mind 100,000 years - giving him immense mental powers. Enemy of Hal Jordan, Hammond is obsessed with the Green Lantern and likes to live vicariously through his memories. After years of exposure to the meteor's radiation, Hammond is dependent on it for energy; without it he remains motionless, although he retains his formidable mental powers. |
| Sinestro |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #7 (August 1961) |
The archenemy of the Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. A former Green Lantern and mentor to Hal Jordan. When it was discovered that he had enslaved his home planet through fear, the Guardians exiled him to the planet Qward in the antimatter universe. He later returned, wielding a yellow, Qwardian power ring which was powered by fear. |
| Sonar |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #14 (July 1962) |
Bito Wladon, Master of Sound and former ruler of Modora. He wanted Modora, a very small county which hardly any one knows about; to be recognized, so be became a villain for that reason. An enemy of Hal Jordan, Wladon's son later became the second Sonar and battled Kyle Rayner with cybernetic implants. |
| Star Sapphire |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #16 (October, 1962) |
Carol Ferris, Hal Jordan's girlfriend, unknowingly became one of his deadliest enemies. The Zamaron race of alien amazon women sought a new queen and chose Ferris due to an uncanny likeness to their last queen. With the Sapphire gem on her forehead Ferris was under the Zamarons control. They touted female dominance, and so directed Ferris to kill the man she cherished most: Green Lantern. Ferris proved unable to do this, so for many years the gem kept her unaware of her Sapphire identity. The Zamarons later revealed they were the female counterparts to the Guardians of the Universe. Recently Ferris learned the Sapphire gem is a parasitic entity that has possessed women throughout the galaxy, especially those close to Green Lanterns. One example is Deborah Darnell, who was Star Sapphire in the 1970s, tormenting both Captain Comet and Green Lantern. Ferris revealed it was Jordan's brief affair with Darnell that drew the attention of the Sapphire to her, and the same fate has befallen his current love interest, Jillian "Cowgirl" Pearlman. |
| Doctor Polaris |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #21 (June 1962) |
Dr. Neal Emerson, a scientist whose experiments granted his magnetic powers and unleashed a violent split personality (a "negative" to his normal "positive" persona). Enemy of both Hal Jordan and modern Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, Polaris was killed by the Human Bomb during the Infinite Crisis. |
| Tattooed Man |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #23 (September 1963) |
Abel Tarrant, a former Coast City sailor with a set of tattoos created from mysterious chemicals. The Tattooed Man was able to animate these designs and unleash them upon his enemies. He was apparently killed by the Mirror Master and Jewelee during a Suicide Squad mission. |
| The Shark |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #24 (October 1963) |
Karshon, a tiger shark mutated by nuclear waste into a humanoid monstrosity. Despite his heightened intelligence, he is still motivated by his bloodthirsty instincts. |
| Myrwhydden |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #26 (December 1963) |
Myrwhydden was an alien magician who ruled the weird world within Green Lantern's power ring. The mage often drew Green Lantern into the ring to terrorize him. |
| Black Hand |
Green Lantern vol. 2 #29 (June 1964) |
William Hand, a criminal inventor whose greatest creation was a device that drained power from Green Lantern rings. After losing his hand in battle with Hal Jordan, Black Hand has since gone mad and had his powers increased, allowing him to absorb human lifeforce. |
| The Headmen |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #36 (Aril 1965) |
The Headmen were the sinister rulers of Garon. They utilized a Cerebro-ray to mentally enslave their entire planet. One woman, Onu Murtu, was unaffected by its rays and escaped to Earth. She sought out Hal Jordan, hoping that Jordan could contact Green Lantern - not knowing they were one and the same. Green Lantern helped fend off the Headmen, whereupon Onu elected to return to Garon undercover, to build a rebellion. She left Green Lantern a note for Hal Jordan, stating that while she had fallen in love with him, she had to return home. Later, Green Lantern visited Garon and helped Onu liberate her people from the Headmen once and for all. |
| Evil Star |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #37 (June 1965) |
Twisted scientist of the planet Auron whose immortality experiments killed all life on his home world, Evil Star possesses the powerful "starband," which draws power from the stars themselves, and a legion of minion creatures called starlings. |
| Goldface |
Green Lantern #38 (July 1965) |
Keith Kenyon, a criminal whose skin was turned to gold by an elixir of his own devising. Goldface later reformed and became an honest union commissioner in Central City. |
| Krona |
Green Lantern vol. 2 # 40 (October 1965) |
A renegade Oan scientist, Krona defied his brother Guardians by peering back to the beginning of time, an act which created the Multiverse and led indirectly to the Crisis on Infinite Earths. |
| Major Disaster |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #43 (March 1966) |
Paul Booker, a crook with an invention that created earthquakes, shockwaves, and natural disasters. He later bargained his soul to the demon Neron for probability-altering powers. However, Booker came to regret this lifestyle and reformed, becoming a member of the Justice League. He was killed by Superboy-Prime during the Infinite Crisis. |
| The Controllers |
Adventure Comics #357 (June 1967) |
An off-shoot of the Guardians of the Universe with a more proactive approach, the Controllers seek to pre-emotively eliminate threats to the universe, rather than react to them. To this end, they have employed the Darkstars Corps and created pawns such as the villainous Effigy. |
| Manhunters |
1st Issue Special #5 (August 1975) |
A race of robots, designed by the Guardians of the Universe, as a first attempt at an interstellar police force. Over time, they began to like hunting targets more than seeking justice. They rebelled against the Guardians, and were defeated. The remaining Manhunters hid throughout the galaxy. Their mission is to destroy the Guardians and their replacements, the Green Lantern Corps. |
| Nekron |
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #1 (May 1981) |
Lord of the unliving |
| Replikon |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #108 (September 1978) |
Xum (Andre in human form) is a sentient shapeshifing alien that can mimic the appearance and abilities of others, most often the Justice League of America. Replikon lived on a planet between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter until it broke apart, destroying his entire race. He came to Earth to radically alter its atmosphere to make it suitable for his offspring. |
| Villain |
First appearance |
Description |
| Bolphunga the Unrelenting |
Green Lantern vol. 2, #188 (May 1985) |
An alien who fought against Mogo and Guy Gardner. |
| Major Force |
Captain Atom vol. 3, #12 (February 1988) |
Clifford Zmeck was transformed into a quantum-powered super-soldier in an experiment similar to that which created Captain Atom. Major Force is a brutal murderer responsible for the death of Kyle Rayner's girlfriend, Alex DeWitt. |
| Tattooed Man II |
Skin Graft: The Adventures of a Tattooed Man #1 (July 1993) |
John Oakes, a former cellmate of Abel Tarrant who learned the art of mystical skin graft, allowing him to open gateways and absorb people into the tattoos on his body. |
| Parallax |
Green Lantern vol. 3, #50 (March 1994) |
A fear-inducing demon who once merged with Hal Jordan when he entered the battery of Oa. |
| Grayven |
Green Lantern vol. 3, #74 (June 1996) |
Illegitimate son of Darkseid, Grayven seeks to one day usurp his father's throne. He is an enemy of Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. |
| Fatality |
Green Lantern vol. 3 #83 (February 1997) |
Yrra Cynril, last survivor of the planet Xanshi, which Green Lantern John Stewart failed to save in a moment of arrogance. Since then, Cynril trained with the Warlords of Okaara in order to wage a vendetta against all Green Lanterns. She bears special hatred for John Stewart and Kyle Rayner. |
| Effigy |
Green Lantern vol. 3 #110 (March 1999) |
Martyn Van Wyck was once an aimless drifter until he was abducted by the Controllers and turned into a super-powered being capable of manipulating fire. Rebelling against his masters, Effigy became an enemy of Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. |
| Nero |
Green Lantern vol. 3, #132 (January 2001) |
Alex Nero, a disturbed mental patient with highly developed artistic skills. Nero was given a yellow power ring by the Weaponers of Qward, similar to that of Sinestro, and became a dark opposite of Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. |
| Amon Sur |
Green Lantern vol. 3, #162 (June 2003) |
The son of Abin Sur. Driven by his jealousy of Hal Jordan, whom his father had given his Green Lantern power ring, instead of to his son, Amon became a powerful interstellar criminal, and for a time, was the leader of the Black Circle Syndicate. He is currently a member of the Sinestro Corps. |
| Tattooed Man III |
Green Lantern vol. 4, #9 (April 2006) |
Mark Richards, a former US Marine turned hit man who tattoos the sins of his victims onto their bodies. |
| Sinestro Corps |
Green Lantern vol. 4, #10 (May 2006) |
After Hal Jordan's resurrection and the reorganization of the Green Lantern Corps, Sinestro organized his own corps, with himself as their leader. Members wield a yellow power ring, like Sinestro's, and must be able to invoke fear in their enemies. |
| Arkillo |
Green Lantern vol. 4, #10 (May 2006) |
Drill sergeant of the Sinestro Corps, the monstrous Arkillo consumes the weaker recruits of his organization. |
| Ranx the Sentient City |
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2 (1986) |
A city prophesized to destroy Mogo and introduced in current continuity in Green Lantern Corps #5 (Dec 2006). |
| Bedovian |
2007 |
The resident sharpshooter and sniper of the Sinestro Corps, a hermit crab-like creature who lies in wait for his victims within his shell. |
| Despotellis |
Green Lantern Corps #10 (May 2007) |
A sentient virus and member of the Sinestro Corps, Despotellis is responsible for the death of Kyle Rayner's mother, Maura, as part of Sinestro's revenge against the Green Lantern. |
| Lyssa Drak |
Green Lantern vol. 4, #18 (May 2007) |
Member of the Sinestro Corps and keeper of the Book of Parallax, that organization's most cherished text. |
| Karu-Sil |
Green Lantern vol. 4, #19 (May 2007) |
Member of the Sinestro Corps, Karu-Sil is a feral alien who was raised by a pack of wolf-like creatures on her home world. After their deaths and her recruitment to the Corps, she used her power ring to create copies of her pack. |
