CLASSIC COMICS : Tales Of The Green Lantern Corps Vol 1 #1 - 3

"Men of Oa - you who now call yourselves Guardians of the Universe - I know you are watching me, so heed my words well. I am coming for you, Guardians - coming to destroy you and your precious universe - and there is nothing you or your simpering Green Lanterns can do to stop me!!!"  
- Krona

Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Vol 1 #1
May, 1981
Executive Editor: Joe Orlando
Cover Artists: Brian Bolland
Writers: Mike W. Barr, Len Wein
Pencilers: Joe Staton
Inkers: Frank McLaughlin
Colourists: Anthony Tollin
Letterers: John Costanza
Editors: Dick Giordano


Appearing in "Challenge!"
Featured Characters: Green Lantern Corps
Abin Sur (flashback only)
Apros
Arisia (First appearance)
Arkkis Chummuck
Brokk (First appearance)
Charlie Vicker
Chaselon
Eddore
Gk'd (First appearance)
 Hal Jordan  (flashback and main story)
Katma Tui
K'ryssma
Larvox
Malet Dasim
Medphyll
NautKeLoi
Skryd (First appearance)
Spak-Drom (Only appearance; dies)
Stel
Tomar-Re
Xax
Supporting Characters:
Guardians of the Universe
Villains: Krona  (flashback and main story)
Tylot (First appearance)
Other Characters:
Alan Scott (flashback only) (Cameo)
Carol Ferris (flashback only) (Cameo)
Green Arrow (flashback only) (Cameo)
Hector Hammond (flashback only) (Cameo)
Rori Dag (flashback only)
Shark (flashback only) (Cameo)
Sinestro (flashback only) (Cameo)
Tom Kalmaku (flashback only) (Cameo)
Locations: Oa
Oan Citadel
Central Power Battery of Oa (Destroyed in this issue)
Items: Green Lantern Rings
Green Lantern Power Battery
Vehicles: Flight simulator (flashback only)

Synopsis for "Challenge!"
The Guardians of the Universe call together all 3,600 members of the Green Lantern Corps for a special emergency meeting on Oa. They warn the GL Corps of the coming of one of their oldest, most dangerous enemies -- Krona. Krona interferes with the assembly, causing the Central Power Battery to explode. Several Green Lanterns are killed in the explosion, and the others scramble to put out the fires caused by the ensuing green energy inferno.

Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Vol 1 #2

June, 1981

Executive Editor: Joe Orlando

Cover Artists: Brian Bolland

Writers: Mike W. Barr, Len Wein

Pencilers: Joe Staton

Inkers: Frank McLaughlin

Colourists: Anthony Tollin

Letterers: Ben Oda

Editors: Dick Giordano

Appearing in "Defeat!"

Featured Characters: Green Lantern Corps

Apros

Arisia

Arkkis Chummuck

Eddore

Galius Zed (First appearance)

Hal Jordan

Katma Tui

K'ryssma

M'Dahna (First appearance)

Stel (Destroyed in this issue)

Tomar-Re

Xax

Supporting Characters: Guardians of the Universe

Villains: Nekron  (First appearance)

Krona

Other Characters: Tylot

Locations: Oa

Land of the Unliving

Items: Green Lantern Rings

Green Lantern Power Battery

Synopsis for "Defeat!"

The Green Lanterns deduce that Krona intends to revert the universe to its Primal Atom state, destroying Oa, and have to fight Krona’s army to try to get to him. 

"Do you hear me - I'm a Green Lantern!! I swore an oath to protect this woebegone universe, and I won't turn my back on it now! So go on - go back to your home worlds if you must. Meet death on your knees if that's the way you want it. But I remember a saying we used to have in the Corps - "Once a Green Lantern, always a Green Lantern." So I'm going to use what little time my Power Ring has left, and I'm going to finish Krona - even if I have to do it alone!"  

- Hal Jordan 

Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Vol 1 #3

July, 1981

Executive Editor: Joe Orlando

Cover Artists: Brian Bolland

Writers: Mike W. Barr, Len Wein

Pencilers: Joe Staton

Inkers: Frank McLaughlin

Colourists: Anthony Tollin

Letterers: Ben Oda

Editors: Dick Giordano

Appearing in "Triumph!"

Featured Characters: Green Lantern Corps

Apros

Arisia

Arkkis Chummuck

Eddore

Galius Zed

Hal Jordan 

Katma Tui

K'ryssma

Tomar-Re

Tylot (Joins Team) (Dies in this issue)

Supporting Characters: Guardians of the Universe

Villains: Krona 

Nekron 

Other Characters: Abin Sur (as an illusion only)

Carol Ferris

Eve Doremus (as an illusion only)

Guy Gardner 

Jack Jordan (as an illusion only)

Jim Jordan (as an illusion only)

John Stewart 

Tom Kalmaku

Locations: California

Los Angeles

Ferris Aircraft

Maryland

Baltimore

Oa

Oan Citadel

Land of the Unliving

Items: Green Lantern Rings

Green Lantern Power Battery

Synopsis for "Triumph!"

Green Lantern of Earth leads his fellow Corps members in a last-ditch battle against Krona, to keep him from allowing Nekron passage into Earth’s dimension.