Green Lantern V created by Ron Marz.
"...I think my life just got a lot more complicated" - Kyle Rayner upon receiving the GL ring. Green Lantern (third series) #50.
Personal Details
Overview
Before? Before there had been a Corps 3,600 strong, including the legendary Hal Jordan. But now? There is only one!
Kyle Rayner’s life was dramatically transformed one night when he has handed the last Green Lantern Ring by Ganthet (last of the Guardians of the Universe). At that time Ganthet was weak after battling Parallax and only had enough energy to pass on the ring to a random owner before leaving this reality of heal. It could have been anybody that received that ring, but it wasn’t. It was Kyle Rayner - freelance artist - that received the ring and his life would never be the same.
Kyle has grown both in stature within the metahuman community and also as a person, he is on longer the total rookie of the Justice League, he is instead the first of a new generation of heroes including his Conner Hawke (Green Arrow II) and Curt Falconer (Aztek). Still awed by the icons that he finds himself in contact with, Rayner is more imaginative, less bound by tradition that any Oan powered Green Lantern ever.
Background
"The man known as Green Lantern before you was named Hal Jordan. He inherited his ring from a dying alien, Abin Sur, a member of the Green Lantern Corps."
"The corps was the peacekeeping tool of the Guardians of the Universe, incredibly old beings who promoted an orderly rational cosmos. The 3,600 members of the Corps came from almost as many worlds. They each were armed with a ring of power and given a sector of space to protect. Except for weakness against anything yellow and the need to be recharged every 24 hours, the rings were only limited by the bearer's will."
"But every thing has changed... ... I knew Hal Jordan, I fought at his side. The Guardians never had a more noble or fearless servant. I was never a member of the Corps -- My power is derived from a different source even so..."
"You know about the destruction of Coast City. It was once Hal Jordan's home. I saw how ever-whelmed he was by grief. It seems he tried to resurrect Coast City, rebelling against the Guardians, but he needed more power."
"The Guardians sent Hal's fellow Corps members against him. Many died. Ultimately Hal absorbed the Central Power Battery on the planet Oa. The Guardians perished with it. But apparently preserved a lone ring -- the one you now wear."
Alter Ego: Kyle Rayner
Occupation: Freelance illustrator
Known Relatives: Aaron Rayner (father), Maura Rayner (mother), Zachary Rayner (uncle, deceased).
Group Affiliation: Justice League of America (current), formally the New Titans.
Base of Operations: New York, USA.
First Appearance: (as Kyle Rayner) GREEN LANTERN (second series) #48 (February, 1994), (as GL) GREEN LANTERN (second series) #50 (April, 1994)
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 150 lb.
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Black
The Guardians of the Universe were gone, the Green Lantern Corps destroyed, the Rings powerless. All at the hands of former GL Hal Jordan who angered by the Guardians appearing lack of humanity decided to take the entirety of their emerald power for himself so that he might rebuild Coast City and bring back to life it's seven million inhabitants. All this was unknown to small time graphic illustrator Kyle Rayner as he exited the back of a LA night club to be confronted by the diminutive form of Ganthet - the last of the Guardians.
In that instant Kyle's life was transformed as Ganthet gave him the last functioning Green Lantern Ring before disappearing. It took Kyle's girlfriend, a local photographer to identify the connection in the uniform that the ring generated and that worn by the heroes known as Green Lantern. Kyle had to begin to learn how to use the ring and was thrown head long into a confrontation with the supervillain Ohm that caused him to under go a crash course in self tuition in the abilities of the Green Lantern ring. After the battle Kyle decided to change from the traditional GL costume to one of his own design to differentiate him from the previous wielders of the ring.
Things started to snowball quickly for the rookie GL when he had his first encounter with another superhero in the form of Superman whom he helped to defeat the alien warlord Mongul and he gained his first insight into the history behind the ring. Shortly afterwards a shadowy government agency used Major Force to try and capture/kill Kyle so they could gain his ring after they had come into ownership of a piece of glowing green material of extraterresital origins. Major Force killed Alexandra DeWitt, Kyle's girlfriend and left her body in the fridge, in the ensuing battle Kyle found that his ring had literally run out of energy. When the Major confronted Kyle with the green material it morphed into a traditional; power battery and Kyle found that he could recharge his ring and defeat Major Force.
Mere hours after Alex's death as Kyle tried to come to terms with her death he was visited by Alan Scott, the original Golden Age Green Lantern who explained to him the legacy of the Corps, the fall of Hal Jordan and the destruction of the Guardians of the Universe. It was then that Kyle was pulled into the crisis known as Zero Hour.
In was during the Zero Hour that Kyle first met Hal Jordan as the villain Parallax. They battled each other at the dawn of time with the result that when the universe was restarted both were thrown back into normal existence on Oa. Hal tried to absorb new emerald power from the very soil of Oa and Kyle was forced to destroy the planet rather than let Hal have access to more energy. On his was back to Earth Kyle encountered the New Titans and Darkstar Donna Troy (the former Wonder Girl). He adventured with them and eventually he started a relationship with Donna and became a member of the Titans.
Kyle soon had the chance to come face to face with Ganthet again when the Guardian tracked him down and tested him and chose that Kyle was unworthy to wield the ring. Right in the middle of the discussion Parallax appeared and demanded that Ganthet give him the ring. Kyle and Hal broke out into a "Battle Royal" that forced Ganthet to gather together former Justice Leaguers to put a stop to Hal. In the end it was Kyle's unending determination that forced Hal to admit that there was not going back, he could never be Green Lantern again.
The following weeks made Kyle look more into what it was to be a superhero and a Green Lantern. It forced a rocky time on his relationship with Donna but Kyle gained valuable advice from Darkstar John Stewart and set off to gain further advice from Batman, Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman. He also teamed up with Donna, John, the rest of the Darkstars and Adam Strange to defeat the bastard son of Darkseid , Garyven. Afterwards Kyle started a friendship with the second Green Arrow, mirroring an old tradition. Things started to level off for him as he gained more respect with the Superhero community when he joined the Justice League and helped persuade Hal to save the Earth during the Final Night.
Kyle had to face the supervillian Fatality, a woman whose world was destroyed due to an accident when John Stewart was Green Lantern. She has hated GL's ever since and sought to track down and kill all former and current GL's. After her defeat Kyle had to deal with the appearance of Jade in his apartment. Her brother Obsidian got into a battle with Kyle when Obsidian mistook his intention towards her as she is only staying there until she gets back on her feet. Recently Kyle has been reunited with his mother in California, while there he learned that Donna's young son and her ex-husband had been killed in a horrific car crash. He is now come to term with the death of Hal Jordan and is beginning to become more confortable in the role of Green Lantern. A further encounter with Grayven catapulted Kyle into the 30th century where he encountered the Legion of Superheroes.
Powers and Abilities
The Green Lantern Power Ring has rightly been called the most powerful weapon in the universe, yet it is far more than a simple weapon. Created by the now defunct Guardians of the Universe it was powered by their unique mental energies channelled via a large central power battery located on the planet Oa.
The Ring has the ability to shape a form of emerald energy to form physical constructs such as force bubbles, giant sized fists, body armour, etc. These forms are limited via the imagination and the will power of the user. The ring can also provide life support to the wear in hostile environments and any other persons the wielder chooses. The rings can propel the Lantern through space at many time the speed of light and have been observed opening up space warps in the past.
Another function of the ring to function as a database, language translator and communications device for the Green Lantern Corps. While primarily a scientific device the rings abilities are truly limited only by the mind of the wielder they have in the past been observed to produce effects that boarder on the verge of magic, these cases are normally dismissed by most observers. However now the last remaining ring is in the hands of Kyle Rayner, he tends to use the ring in a limited fashion producing complex forms to complete simple tasks. He lacks the tuition of a true member of the Green Lantern Corps and perhaps because of this he is pushing the abilities of the ring to new lengths and into new areas.
All the original power rings wielded by the GLC had to be charged from miniature power batteries once every 24 hours, the Guardians also placed an impurity into the energy supply so that the rings energies would not effect anything yellow. The reason for this was to stop the Lanterns becoming all powerful. The sole existing ring belongs to Kyle Rayner and does not possess the yellow impurity also his battery is formed from a fragment if the original main battery and is the rings sole power source. Recently it was revealed that the last surviving Guardian is able to create more rings (he offered one to Hal Jordan who turned him down realising that you can never turn back) so perhaps the Green Lantern Corps is not gone forever.
Recommened Reading
Green Lantern - Uncommon - Darryl Banks/Wade Von Grawbadger
Goin' Ballistic - Common - Darryl Banks/Wade Von Grawbadger
Allies
Alan Scott/Sentinel - The original Green Lantern from the Golden Age. It was he who first introduced Kyle to the tradition and legacy that had went before him.
Donna Troy - Kyle’s girlfriend and the original Wonder Girl. Her former husband and her son were recently killed in a horrific car crash causing a distancing between Kyle and Donna.
Conner Hawke/Green Arrow II - The son of the Oliver Queen (the original Green Arrow). Conner has spent many years secluded in a monastery and is still often appalled by the injustice that he sees in the modern world.
Ganthet - The last of the Guardians of the Universe. His current whereabouts and activities are unknown after the death of Hal Jordan.
Guy Gardner/Warrior - The former Green Lantern and owner of the Warriors Bar. He has come to accept Kyle as the last remaining Green Lantern. Alan Scott, John Stewart, Guy and Kyle meet at Warriors regularly for a social drink.
Jade - Daughter of Alan Scott and a former member of the Infinity Inc team. Formally an actress she had recently turned to being a photographer and is staying with Kyle until she finds a place of her own.
John Stewart - Former Darkstar and Green Lantern. He was critical injured in the battle with Garvyn and was healed by Hal Jordan. Recently he manifested the ability to launch an emerald energy black to save Kyle, as of yet he cannot been able to duplicate the ability.
Major Enemies
Doctor Light I - The original Doctor Light battled the Justice League and it’s members individually and failed at almost every turn. He soul his soul to the demon Neron and as such has tried battling the new Green Lantern. Recently he turned up as a member of Lex Luthor’s "Injustice Gang".
Fatality - The soul survivor of a world that John Stewart failed to save. She blamed all Green Lanterns for the destruction and set out to kill them all. After the destruction of the GLC her task became far easier as she murdered the powerless GL’s. She seemingly killed battling Kyle aboard her space craft.
Garyven - The illegitimate son of Darkseid. He tried to prove himself to his father by marshalling an amarda and leaving a trail of destruction across the Galaxy. He was stopped by the combined forces of the Darkstars, Adam Strange and Kyle Rayner.
Major Force - The psychotic Major was created by the same project that created Captain Atom. He killed Kyle’s previous girlfriend and hid her remains in the fridge. He was killed by Warrior in the revenge for the murder of Arisia.
Parallax - Hal Jordan, for Green Lantern and hero. He gave his life defending the Earth against the Sun Eater.
Sonar - A former European supervillain that has battled the JLE before. He gained radical new sonic abilities from the demon Neron in exchange for his soul.
Overpower Cards
Energy: 7 Fighting: 3 Strength: 4 Intellect: 4
Gotcha! - Uncommon - Darryl Banks/Wade Von Grawbadger
Let's Get Medieval - Very Rare - Darryl Banks/Wade Von Grawbadger
Power of Imagination - Very Rare - Darryl Banks/Wade Von Grawbadger
...This is a Gun - Uncommon - Darryl Banks/Wade Von Grawbadger
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