Not just during the
events of The War of the
Green Lanterns when ex-Guardian Krona forcibly made the other
Guardians into the hosts for the Spectrum Entities but far prior when they planned
on using Manhunters--uh, also originally with Krona, who pioneered a power
"gauntlet" of sorts--instead of the Green Lantern Corps.
The Guardians are
the best and worst thing for the Corps. On one hand, they know everything and
have the universe's best interest in mind. But they've been really crappy when
it comes to using common sense or doing anything but hiding behind the skirt of
the Green Lantern Corps.
The Guardians remind me of all those old cop movies from the 70s
and 80s where the police chief would slap the wrists of whomever, but applaud
them when they got the job done. You have to wonder what they were thinking
when they got upset with Hal Jordan at the end of The War of the Green
Lanterns; Jordan overpowered Krona, the same Krona that killed the
Guardians and the entirety of the Corps before, and they do the whole police
chief act on him. That's not a new thing for Hal.
