ADAM	BIOGRAPHY
	Created by Elliot S. Maggin and Franchesco

Adam; Art by Franchesco

PERSONAL DATA

Occupation: Green Lantern
Homeworld: Unknown
Space Sector: 1055
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: As Adam dies, he is reborn as his son. There have been 4,714 previous Adams recorded
Group Affiliation(s): Green Lantern Corps
Sector Partner: Unknown
Gender: Male
Eyes: Purple, white at birth
Hair: Purple
First Appearance: Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #5 (Summer 1993): "Adam This Time"
Creators: Elliot S. Maggin and Franchesco

HISTORY

The story of Adam was read in the Book of Oa by K'ryssma and a group of Mosaic Children. It was a tale of rebirth which K'ryssma took to heart.

The Green Lantern known as Adam is an example of one of the more unusual species to wield a power ring. Adam's entire race consists of one individual: himself.

Eons ago, the Guardians of the Universe came upon a species composed of only one soul, potentially sentient, but hobbled by lack of communication from one generation to the next... For, in order for a son to live, his father had to die. So instinctive was the will for the race to live on, a father always died. But any accumulated knowledge was lost. Ergo, the Guardians bestowed upon one newly reborn a ring of power devised to chronicle the experiences of each member... so successive generations could experience growth from one to the next. This brought to the race a kind of civilization... a greater will. And each descendent inherited the battery and ring of power. For, by bestowing upon one they bestowed it upon all members of this cyclic race. The ring and battery guarded Adam's death and rebirth. Each time, Adam would die and be reborn in a volcano on his homeworld.

Little else is known of the previous Adams. The 4696th Adam had seen the Anzarat Photons, a race of sentient light wave patterns, in his sector. The photons had crossed his sector searching for foodstuffs. Unfortunately, they found none, and died.

Eighteen generations later, the 4714th Adam was mistakenly believed a threat by the Photons, and was killed by them. The power ring preserved Adam's memories for the next generation, his son.

The power ring and battery had a systematic "teaching" for each successive Adam:

You are something called alive in a place called the universe. You are the latest descendant of a race nearly as old as life itself. You are called Adam. Your father was called Adam... - Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #5

It is not known how long each Adam lives, whether it is based on chronological means, seasonal to his home planet, or cellular decay.

Adam was one of the scores of Green Lanterns freed by Guy Gardner from an interstellar slave ring. His adventures as a former Green Lantern have yet to be reported.

At some point, Adam was brought back into the Green Lantern Corps. He was last seen battling the Sinestro Corps on Earth. Adam had been destroyed by the Anti-Monitor. As of this writing, his newest incarnation has not reported back to Oa. - Green Lantern Vol. 4 #25

POWERS AND WEAPONS

As a Green Lantern, Adam possessed a power ring and power battery.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Adam in chronological order click here

GLCWP NOTE

Most of the text for Adam's history was lifted straight out of the comic. You can call me lazy at best, a plaigarist at worst, the story text explained Adam's history better than I ever could.

Adam is one of the best reasons the Corps and the Guardians shouldn't have been destroyed... Why did the Guardians show such an interest in Adam? Was there some evolutionary point he was to reach? Or was it just the Guardians kindness to another species?

A great story by Elliot S. Maggin, to say the least...