“ | You're killing any sense of individual thought. And you're converting the organic essence of individual beings into husks of your own creation. You're doing away with souls. And souls are what make life so wonderful. | „ |
~ Volthoom to the Guardians |
Summary
Volthoom, also known as the First Lantern, was a human scientist from Earth 15 in the year 3079. When his planet was about to be destroyed by Pulsar, Volthoom was given the Travel Lantern by his mother so that he could travel through time and space, and even the multiverse to find a way to prevent the destruction of their planet.
Volthoom used the lantern to travel to countless Earths until he reached Earth 0, also known as Maltus, home planet of the Guardians of Oa. Using his knowledge of the Emotional Spectrum and the Guardian's intellect, they created the Great Heart and the first lantern ring, which Volthoom used to become a force of security and order.
However, he couldn't handle its power and eventually lost his mind. In order to stop Volthoom, the Guardians destroyed his travel lantern and with the help of the first seven Green Lanterns, sealed Volthoom inside the Chamber of Shadows where he remained for ten billion years until the Guardians took him out in order to use his powers to create the Third Army.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 2-C | 2-C
Key: New 52 | Rebirth
Name: Volthoom, The First Lantern
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male
Age: 10 Billion of Years Old (Has been imprisoned in the Chamber of Shadows for billions of years[1], and stated it had been for 10 billion years[2])
Classification: The First Lantern
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2, and 3; Survived being sealed within the Chamber of Shadows for billions of years without nourishment and remained conscious[1]), Telepathy (His cries to be set free from his prison could be heard by Black Hand, Sinestro, and Hal Jordan[1]), Reality Warping (The Guardians called him a reality-bending monster[3], Tomar-ra stated Voltoom could unravel reality and change Lantern history[4], while looking into the past of Ganthet's mind, he could use his power to alter reality and effect the timeline[5], altered multiple events of Guy Gardner's past and stated that if it is what he wants, it happens[6]), Absorption (Absorbed the energy that was taken from him that created the Third Army [5], can absorb emotions to recharge himself[5]), Teleportation (Wished all the Green Lanterns back to their homes[5], and has shown teleportion[7]), Energy Manipulation (Used his energy to move and hold one of the Guardians[5]), Clairvoyance (Saw into Ganthet's mind and all the events he had been through[5]), Alternate Future Display (Showed Ganthet alternative futures[5], and trapped multiple Green Lanterns in a series of alternative futures and was absorbing their emotions[8]), Empathic Manipulation (Has power over the emotional spectrum[9], gave the Guardians the ability to feel emotions[10]), Statistics Amplification (Can feed off the emotions[5] and pain of others to charge himself[9]), Breath Attack (Shown here[10]), Regeneration (At least High-Low; After having a large drill pierce his body, he was shown fine seconds later[11], regenerated from having his neck broken by Atrocitus in moments[10], Mid-Godly overtime; Even after having the Emotional Spectrum removed from his body and being killed by Nekron[10], Volthoom asked Nekron to destroy his soul but the latter couldn't truly kill him due to his connection to the Emotional Spectrum being so profound he eventually return to the living world[2]), Immortality (Types 1, 3, and 8; Volthoom cannot be destroy due to being the very light of creation that started the universe and if he is extinguished everything will share the same fate[9]. Even after having the Emotional Spectrum removed from his body and being killed by Nekron, Volthoom still could not truly die and Nekron stated he was beyond his reach due to his connection with the Emotional Spectrum being so profound[2]), Time Manipulation (Reversed time in his battle with Sinestro to the moment before he stopped him from destroying his home world[11]), Size Manipulation (Incresed his size, becoming a giant[10]), Non-Physical Interaction (Could interact with and destroy Krona, who at the time had no body and was an electric echo[12]), Light Generation (Can generate extremely bright light[12]), Electricity Manipulation (Can generate electricity from his hands[7]), Creation (Can create constructs that become real[10]) Intangibility (Phased his hand through a Guardian and knocked him unconscious[13]), Mind Manipulation and Possession (Using the technique he learned from the Guardian Rami, Volthoom removed Rami's consciousness from his body and took possession of it[14]), Should have the same powers and resistance granted by the various Lantern Power Rings due to his direct connection to the Emotional Spectrum.
All previous powers and abilities, Regeneration (Low-Godly; The First Lantern ring regenerated his original body from his consciousness that was inside the Guardian, Rami[15]), Power Nullification (His ring polarized against a Green Lanterns light, allowing him to walk through the construct without issue[15]), Empathic Manipulation (His ring can give intense doses of pure infiltrated Emotional Spectrum energy that was enough to overload and destroy a Green Lantern ring[15]). Resistances to Gravity Manipulation (Superior to other lanterns who can reach the Chamber of Shadows[15], which is hidden inside a black hole[3]), possibly Fire Manipulation, Extreme Heat, Radiation Manipulation and likely more (The First Lantern Ring is superior to all others which includes the Phantom Ring, which Rami stated he tried destroying the ring 5,612 ways, which include but not limited to having crushed it with twelve black holes, throwing it in the fires of Apokolips, Kryptonite, NTH metal, and zeta beams but nothing worked[16])
Time Travel and Dimensional Travel (Traveled through time and space[5] using his Travel Lantern which could travel across the multiverse[2])
Attack Potency: Low Multiverse level (Is the very light that started the universe and was stated to be able to remake the universe however he wishes[9], and when using Hal Jordan as a link to the past, he could remake the entire universe[10]. Deflected an attack from White Lantern Kyle Rayner and stated his power posed no danger to him[17]. Even after Sinestro gained control of Parallax and harmed Volthoom, the latter easily broke his grip and stated he was nothing to him[10], it required Black Lantern Hal Jordan to remove the Emotional Spectrum from his body and raise Nekron to kill him[10]) | Low Multiverse level (Regained possession of the First Lantern ring and his lantern[15] which should make him at least as powerful as he was before losing them)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Superior to other New 52 Lanterns such as Saint Walker, who stated a trip halfway across the galaxy would take him weeks[18]. Reacted to and blocked an attack from White Lantern Kyle Rayner[17]) | Massively FTL+ (At least as fast as before, superior to Rebirth Lanterns such as Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, who traveled to the edge of the known universe in three days[15])
Lifting Strength: Unknown (Restrained White Lantern Kyle Rayner[17]) | Unknown
Striking Strength: Low Multiverse level | Low Multiverse level
Durability: Low Multiverse level (A combined attack from countless Lanterns did nothing to him[10], and survived an assault from Parallax Sinestro[10]) | Low Multiverse level (At least as durable as before)
Stamina: Superhuman (Survived and remained conscious for billions of years inside the Chamber of Shadows without any form of nourishment[1])
Range: Universal (His telepathy could reach Earth from the Chamber of Shadows[1], which is stated to be hidden inside a black hole[3] at the edge of the known universe. Repeatedly stated[9] and shown capable of remaking the entire universe with his power), Multiversal with Travel Lantern (Formally) (The Travel Lantern could travel through space, time, and the multiverse[2])
Standard Equipment: Travel Lantern (Formally), First Lantern Ring (Formally), The Great Heart/Lantern (Formally) | First Lantern Ring, The Great Heart/Lantern
Intelligence: Above Average (Was originally a scientist on his world[2], however, he became insane. Nevertheless, Volthoom is highly manipulative, using his powers to bring out a person's worst emotions and absorb them, and has tricked the likes of Sinestro.)
Weaknesses: He is insane, and extremely overconfident due to his abilities.
Notes:
- Atrocitus breaking Volthoom's neck is considered an outlier and Volthoom seemed uncaring at the time, and easily blasted him away seconds later. Volthoom also survived a combined attack from countless Lanterns including Atrocious without a scratch and withstood an attack from an enraged Sinestro without harm.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Green Lantern Annual Vol. 5 #1, August 29 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Green Lanterns Vol 1 #18, March 1 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Green Lantern Vol. 5 #14, November 7 2012
- ↑ Green Lantern Vol. 5 #16, January 23 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Green Lantern Vol. 5 #17, February 20 2013
- ↑ Green Lantern Corps Vol 3 #17, February 20 2013
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Red Lanterns Vol 1 #18, March 27 2013
- ↑ Green Lanterns Vol 1 #17, April 10 2013
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Green Lantern Vol. 5 #18, March 6 2013
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 Green Lantern Vol. 5 #20, May 22 2013
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Green Lantern Vol. 5 #19, April 3 2013
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Red Lanterns Vol 1 #17, February 27 2013
- ↑ Green Lanterns Vol. 1 #10, November 2 2016
- ↑ Green Lanterns Vol. 1 #14, November 2 2016
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 Green Lanterns Vol. 1 #25, June 21 2017
- ↑ Green Lanterns Vol 1 #8, March 1 2017
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Green Lantern: New Guardians Vol. 1 #17, February 20 2013
- ↑ Green Lantern: New Guardians Vol. 1 #18, March 20 2013
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