Who Is Ganthet? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Ganthet is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 521 comic issue appearances. Once a Guardian of the Universe, Ganthet was exiled from Oa along with Sayd, a fellow Oan. They went on to found the Blue Lantern Corps, the heralds of Hope. Ganthet inducted himself into the Green Lantern Corps to aid in the fight for the Blackest Night.

Who is Ganthet?

Origin Maltus, home planet of the Maltusians, a race so old, theirs was the apex of civilization when the first signs of life began appearing across planets of the universe. The blue skinned humanoids of Maltus were the immortal beings responsible for creating the scientific utopia that defined their planet. Eons of evolution and scientific discovery had gifted the Maltusian people with powerful telepathic and cosmic powers. The paradise the Guardians created seemed as though it would last forever, until the greedy ambitions of their finest scientist lead to its utter ruin. The Maltusian Krona , obsessed with gaining knowledge at any cost, had created a time machine against the wishes and warnings of his fellow Maltusians. Krona used his machine to gain the knowledge of creation itself, traveling back in Ganthet With Green Lantern's Ring time to witness the Big Bang, and the origins of the Maltusian race, something that had long been a taboo amongst his people. In his hubris, Krona unleashed an explosion of anti-matter, erasing 1 billion years from the time-stream. The backlash of the devastation wrought by the explosion unleashed a new threat unto the cosmos.

Key facts

Ganthet is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "With This Ring...!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 521 recorded issue appearances, Ganthet ranks among the most featured characters in comics.