
Larfleeze decided to hire a group of smugglers known as the Star Rovers to help him find the criminals who robbed him. Larfleeze questioned Stargrave about what happened but was informed that his new servant had been knocked unconscious for the duration of the robbery.

Larfleeze and Stargrave investigating the robberyĪfter learning that what he had heard was a false alarm he travelled back to Okaara and found out he had been robbed. While Stargrave was writing the book Larfleeze learnt of reports that an Orange Lantern had been seen out side the Vega System, this infuriated him as he believed he had the sole right to the orange light of Avarice. He kidnapped a alien man named Pulsar Stargrave to become his butler and write the text for him. On his travels Larfleeze learnt about the Book of Oa, a text in the possession of the Guardians, this made Larfleeze jealous as he wanted his own book about him. Larfleeze began traversing his system killing people he found, he would store the essence of these people in his ring and release them as hard light constructs to fight for him, in this way he gathered an army of loyal warriors he called his Orange Lantern Corps and took up the name Agent Orange. Over a span of two billion years the manhunters were eradicated and the Guardians took up a new fighting force called the Green Lantern Corps, this corps used rings in the same manor as Larfleeze but instead of using avarice as their power, they used willpower. Larfleeze decided that he should own everything in existence, however he was restricted to the Vega System where Okaara lay by the Guadians of the Universe who were capable of defeating him if necessary. The lantern then gifted him with a ring which would allow him to bend the orange light to his will, and could be charged by the lantern that was in fact a battery for the ring provided Larfleeze uttered the Orange Lantern oath. This lantern filled Larfleeze's mind with uncontrollable greed and jealousy telling him that the light could be his, prompting Larfleeze to slaughter the rest of his group so that the lantern could be his. Larfleeze and his fellow thieves travelled to the temple where they found an orange lantern, which told Larfleeze it was the essence of avarice itself. The map belonged to a Guardian of the Universe named Krona, and led to a temple on a planet called Okaara. Larfleeze and his fellow thieves were able to escape the Manhunters and among their loot they found a map. Larfleeze became a master thief, however when he stole an object of importance he was hunted by the Manhunters, a group of robotic policemen who had gone rogue from their creators- the Guardians of the Universe. He then started a prison riot and stole a transport to escape the asteroid. One night he snuck into the dead wagon (where all the corpses were kept) and was thrown into the crematorium pot, however due to his physiology Larfleeze was able to survive the fires. Eventually Bronkia died in slavery prompting Larfleeze to find a way to escape captivity. While in slavery Larfleeze was forced to mate with a woman named Bronkia, the pair had many children who were sold into slavery.

When Larfleeze was fully grown a race of galactic conquerors called the Lakadians invaded his world, forcing him and many of his race into slavery. Larfleeze was often attacked on by his sixteen remaining siblings, who detested him due to the treatment he received because of his young age. Larfleeze was born into a poor family of farmers on the planet Sh'pilkuzz, his parents didn't want him due to his ugly appearance but were forced to keep him as they were only allowed to sell six children legally, which they had already done.
