Vidar was a member of the Green Lantern Corps in the 30th century, who was dispatched along with two other Corps members to prevent the Time Institute of Earth-One from using their equipment to observe events at the dawn of time, as this would caus irrepairable harm to the Multiverse. Previously, a renegade member of the Maltus race named Krona had done the same thing, and unleashed chaos. With this in mind, members of his fellow race, the Guardians of the Universe, tasked the three Corps Lanterns to intervene.
This led to a confrontation between them and the three founding members from Earth's Legion of Super-Heroes. After coming to a resolution between both parties to prevent viewing this critical period in time, the Green Lantern named Vidar secretly used the Time Institute's equipment to attempting viewing this ancient event, despite the Guardian's objections. After the Legion defeated Vidar, he was banished from the Corps. In turn, the Green Lanterns were no longer permitted to visit Earth
However, Vidar's exposure to the power battery and power ring that all Green Lantern's possessed gave him mental powers, which he would later use to become the malevolent mastermind known as Universo, a perpetual foe of the Legion for years to come. He would himself be thwarted in his schemes by his son Rond who later became a Green Lantern himself.
Raakj was from the 31st century, himself also a scientist with a criminal disposition. As the Wizard of Odds, Raakj using time traveling technology. Initially rejected by his generations scientific community, he sought fortune and fame in the 20th century using knowledge of the stock market and games to win millions of dollars. Alas, such fortune was worthless in his time, so he brought Green Lantern of Earth-Two and Doiby Dickles to the moon to aid him in a scheme to procure radium from that satellite which he bring back to his time.
Instead, Raakj stole a moonstone from a subterranean race warring with fellow inhabitants of the moon, a moonstone that controlled man's minds for five minutes. Returning to his 31st century, his brief grab for power was thwarted by the Lantern who pursued him. After nearly losing his true love, Raakj forfeited the moonstone and surrendered to Green Lantern. Raakj reformed due to the affection of his true love.
While counterparts Vidar and Raakj used cosmic radiation for evil, tormenting the Green Lanterns of their time, Vidar’s son Rond was a force for good, as no doubt would the offspring of the now-repentant Raakj have been!
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