the Central Battery and their Rings, the Lanterns were able to destroy the majority of the Manhunters, although the surviving Manhunters still pose a significant threat. In other media Television The Manhunters appear in the Justice League episode "In Blackest Night" voiced by James Remar. Like their comic counterparts, they predate the Green Lantern Corps. According to the Guardians, "they couldn't understand the subtle gradations between good and evil" and as such, they are reprogrammed for performing other tasks such as hunting and guarding. After this demotion, the Manhunters secretly plot their revenge against the Guardians. Green Lantern John Stewart is later brought to trial on the planet Ajuris 5 for accidentally destroying Ajuris 4. Unknown to everyone else, the planet's destruction was faked by the Manhunters with the help of Kanjar Ro, as part of their plan to overthrow the Oans and take the Corps' power source. Their gambit draws five Guardians and several Green Lanterns away from Oa, leaving the planet's defenses weakened enough to allow the Manhunters to attack. The Justice League clears John's name and helps the Corps defeat the Manhunters in Oa. However, the lead Manhunter manages to absorb the power of the Central Battery, which makes him become a giant energy being. Reciting the Green Lantern oath, John absorbs the battery's power, and by extension the Manhunter, into his ring. He then expels the evil of the Manhunter and restores the Central Battery. This is based on the comics story "No Man Escapes The Manhunters", from Justice League of America #140-141 (1977). The Manhunters appear in the Green Lantern: The Animated Series, voiced by Josh Keaton. They are seen as illustrations in the episode "Reckoning", in walls of glass that detail the history of the Red Lantern Corps, and are noted to have slaughtered Atrocitus' race, leading to his transformation into the first Red Lantern. In the episode "Regime Change", Hal Jordan presents this information to the Guardians, initially believing it to be a lie. However the Guardians shamefully reveal they were indeed responsible for the creation of the Manhunters, and that the machines had massacred a number of innocent planets due to their inability to interact with emotional beings. The second half of the first season shows the Manhunters are being rebuilt to act as the Anti-Monitor's foot soldiers. According to both the Guardians and the Manhunters themselves, the cause for the destruction