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Filmation Character
Guardians of the Universe
Guardians of the Universe
Information
AKA: Guardians
Species: Maltusian
Oan
Homeworld: Oa (current)
Maltus (former)
Universe: Earth-1A
Earth-One
You may be looking for the Controllers.
You may be looking for the Timeless Ones.

The Guardians of the Universe are the operating authority of the Green Lantern Corps, whose headquarters is the Oan Citadel, located on the Oan homeworld.

The guardians originated on the planet Maltus, but they left their Maltusian brothers behind on Maltus and founed the Green Lantern Corps on the planet Oa.

Background Information[]

In the parallel-universe of Earth-One, the Maltusians were scientists and thinkers, experimenting on the worlds around them. They were possibly the first intelligent life forms in the Universe. At this time they were tall greyish blue humanoids with black hair.

In a pivotal moment, billions of years ago, a Maltusian named Krona used time-bending technology to observe the beginning of the Universe. His interference with nature somehow retroactively became the spark to ignite the ‘flaw’, thus creating an anti-matter counterpart to the universe, as well as splintering the single universe into a multiverse consisting of an infinite number of parallel universes, each with duplicates of all stars and planets except for what would eventually be known as the planet Oa. This unique planet has no duplicate in the multiverse. It is only duplicated in the antimatter universe as the planet Qward.

Feeling responsible for this, the evolved Maltusians relocated to the planet Oa (at "the center of the Universe") and became the Guardians. Their goal was simple: combat evil and create an orderly universe. And they acted quickly on that goal. They created robotic Manhunters to patrol the Universe. The Manhunters rebelled, believing they were superior to the Guardians and should be in control, and were exiled.[1] After the failed experiment with the Manhunters, the Guardians invented another way of opposing evil in the universe -- the Green Lantern Corps, an interstellar police force.


Oan Physiology[]

Oans are small in stature, just like their Earth relatives known as the Leprechauns. Their skin is also quite inhuman in color, usually ranging from a light pink to a dark blue. Their hair is also always white. They also have a wide variety of abilities unique to their species:


Maltusian Species[]

Oans: formerly Maltusians (Aps and Zamars), who migrated to the planet Oa after biological experiments and global war.

  • The Guardians of the Universe: males who stayed on Oa after the races split
  • The Zamarons (formerly from the region of Zamar on Maltus): females who left their Oan mates and became settled on the planet Zamaron
  • The Controllers: those who left the planet Oa to pursue science and technological advancement. They colonized a binary star system

Other Maltusian Races[]

  • Aps: blue-skinned male scientists at one time who populated the polar city of Ap on Maltus
  • Zamars: white-skinned women who were indigenous to the Zamar region on Maltus
  • The Timeless Ones: possibly those who stayed on Maltus
  • Psions: The Psions originated on Maltus, the result of Maltusian experimentation on a local species of lizard. Left behind to fend for themselves as the Maltusians made their way to the stars, they evolved into an advanced society utilizing the abandoned technology of their creators. They began walking upright, and surgically removed their tails to better emulate their creators and separate themselves from the animals of Maltus. In turn, the Psions left Maltus in pursuit of their creators, believing they would take their place at their side. Not finding a refuge on Oa with their creators, they colonize another planet.[2]


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Equipment[]


Transportation[]

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Appearances[]

From the Filmation Series: DC Superheroes as part of The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1967 to 1968):

  • Evil is as Evil Does


Notes[]

  • The Guardians of the Universe first appeared in Green Lantern, Vol. 2 #1 (August 1960).[3]
  • They were created by John Broome and Gil Kane.


References[]

  1. As revealed in Justice League of America, #141 (April, 1977).
  2. The 'Psions' were first revealed in a non-credited appearance in The Witching Hour, #13 (March 1971). They were also seen in the Superman (TV series), episode: The Last Time I Saw Earth (1988).
  3. Go to DC Database for more on Green Lantern, Vol. 2 #1 (August, 1960).
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