Green Lanterns, Issue #18 is the story of Volthoom, the First Lantern. 10 billion years earlier, he is born on an alternate Earth. When that Earth faces extinction, he is given the Travel Lantern by his mother; he escapes. Traveling from Earth to Earth, from world to world, he teaches people how to use the emotional spectrum. Some regrow dead plants, some make music with it. Finally. on Earth-0, the planet Maltus, he meets the Maltusians, who are brilliant scientists. They become the Guardians of the Universe under Volthoom's guidance.
The story of Volthoom is pretty neat. Of course, we know now that Rami creates the Phantom Ring and tries for billions of years to destroy it. We also know that Volthoom destroys Rami and takes his place as holder of the Phantom Ring and guide to Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, the two Green Lanterns of Earth. I've always liked the Green Lantern stories because they're so grandiose, about the universe being in trouble rather than the Earth or even just a city being in trouble. This is a classic Green Lantern story in that vein.
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