▁story ▁was ▁still ▁in ▁continu ity ), ▁a ▁later ▁T ales ▁of ▁the ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁Corps ▁story ▁was ▁published ▁that ▁brought ▁Scott ▁even ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁Corps ' ▁ranks , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁Alan ▁Scott ▁was ▁pred ated ▁as ▁Earth ' s ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁by ▁a ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁named ▁Y al an ▁G ur , ▁a ▁resident ▁of ▁China . ▁Not ▁only ▁had ▁the ▁Corps ' ▁now - famil iar ▁green , ▁black ▁and ▁white ▁uniform ▁mot if ▁not ▁yet ▁been ▁adopted , ▁but ▁Y al an ▁G ur ▁alter ed ▁the ▁basic ▁red ▁uniform ▁to ▁more ▁closely ▁res emble ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁cl othing ▁worn ▁by ▁his ▁coun tr ymen . ▁Power ▁ultimately ▁cor rupted ▁this ▁early ▁Green ▁Lan tern , ▁as ▁he ▁attempted ▁to ▁rule ▁over ▁man kind , ▁which ▁forced ▁the ▁Guard ians ▁to ▁cause ▁his ▁ring ▁to ▁manifest ▁a ▁weak ness ▁to ▁wood , ▁the ▁material ▁from ▁which ▁most ▁Earth ▁weapons ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁were ▁fashion ed . ▁This ▁allowed ▁the ▁Chinese ▁pe as ants ▁to ▁ultimately ▁defeat ▁their ▁cor rupted ▁" ch ampion ". ▁His ▁ring ▁and ▁lan tern ▁were ▁burn ed ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁during ▁this ▁process ▁that ▁the ▁" int elligence " ▁inhab iting ▁the ▁ring ▁and ▁the ▁lan tern ▁and ▁linking ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁Guard ians ▁was ▁dam aged . ▁Over ▁time , ▁when ▁it ▁had ▁occasion ▁to ▁manifest ▁itself , ▁this ▁" int elligence " ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁myst ical ▁' Star heart ' ▁of ▁f able .