RetroInspection - First Lensman - pt 1

Comic book afficionados have all heard of the Green Lanterns and the Green Lantern Corps. Created in 1959 by John Broome and Gil Kane from an earlier magical iteration, the modern idea of Green Lantern was published in 1959 with the introduction of Hal Jordan. Essentially, the new Green Lanterns were a police force created by an ancient and powerful race of beings from the planet Oa. Their main weapon in combating crime and evil were the power rings gifted to the Lanterns by the Oans.
Did you know that this was not the first time an ancient, god-like race of beings uplifted lesser beings into their service?
Published in 1948, Triplanetary, written by E.E. “Doc” Smith, recounts the story of the Arisians, another god-like race of ancient beings who created the Galactic Patrol to stave off the growing evil of their arch enemies. This Galactic Patrol, as written in the First Lensman, was captained by the Lensman—people of various interplanetary races gifted a Lens that granted them superpowers.
Is this the real origin of the modern Green Lanterns?
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