Who Do You Think Of When You Think "Green Lantern"?

[90'sCartoonMan]

Now, I'm not asking who you think SHOULD be Green Lantern, I'm asking who the first person is that comes to your mind when you hear the name "Green Lantern". (somewhat inspired by this thread (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=128804&highlight=Green+Lantern))

When I first started reading DC, Kyle Rayner was the Green Lantern in his book and in JLA. But times change.

Kyle was still the Green Lantern of his title, but John Stewart became the Green Lantern on the Justice League show and in the Justice League comics (no longer confined to a wheelchair). Also around the same time, Alan Scott stopped calling himself Sentinel and started calling himself Green Lantern again.

To make matters worse, Hal Jordan returns and is given his own Green Lantern title (after Kyle's ends). I figured that between Green Lantern: Rebirth and Infinite Crisis, the Green Lantern herd would be culled, but it's one year later, and Hal, Alan, Kyle, John, and even Guy are all still around.

I used to picture Kyle, but now he's going by Ion, so when I hear the name "Green Lantern", it could pop up in my mind as anybody! It seems like Alan Scott's given the most attention these days (being in Checkmate and being focused on in the current JSA and JSA: Classified arcs), but the title is still Hal's.

Who do the rest of you picture? Alan? Hal? Kilowog?!

[shaxper]

I think anyone born before the mid-1980s is going to say Hal. For two and a half of DC's most memorable decades, he was the only Green Lantern, plus he was a key member of the early Justice League cartoon and the later (better remembered and longer-running) Challenge of the Superfriends. I grew up with Hal in the '80s, watching him on Saturday morning Cartoons and playing with his Super Powers action figure. No amount of exposure for Rayner, Gardner, Stewart, or even Killowag could ever change that.

I think that, even for younger fans now, it's pretty much understood that Hal was the famous Green Lantern, the big one in the broader view of the DCU. That's why Rayner is Ion now, Scott is off with Checkmate, and Gardner and Stewart are off doing other things for the Corps. Hal needs to be the GL of Earth (and its surrounding sector). In fact, if you look at the five volumes of GL that have been published thus far, the majority of them were Hal's titles:

Vol. 1 - Alan Scott
Vol. 2 - Hal Jordan
Vol. 3 - Hal Jordan (most of the run) / John Stewart
Vol. 4 - Guy Gardner / Hal Jordan / Kyle Raner (most of the run)
Vol. 5 - Hal Jordan

[Kid Quick Foots]

as much as i DONT like him, i think of Hal Jordan.

[Patient Boy]

Right now? John. Because JLU kicked ass in so many ways.

[shaunyc56]

Right now? John. Because JLU kicked ass in so many ways.


I've liked all the GLs except HAL for different feasons. For me though the JLU cartoon was the best interpretation of GL, so John Stewart all the way.

[The Mirrorball Man]

I think of Hal Jordan, and more specifically I think of Hal Jordan drawn by Gil Kane. It's the first image that springs to my mind. I loved that stuff when I was a kid.

Right now, I'm not a big fan of good old Harold, though. As a character, I think Kyle Rayner has surpassed him. Well, that's not the point of this thread, so I'll shut up. :)

[Your Imaginary Pal]

HAL JORDAN

that's mainly thanks to the Super Friends cartoon and the Neil Adams covers that are so Iconinc.

I can't really think of alan scott, that puffy red shirt is something I want to forget.

[CaptainAwesome]

I think of Hal as Green Lantern. He was the first that I saw on reruns of Superfriends, so he is GL to me.

The rest I pretty much think of by name. I think of Guy as Guy Gardener, not green lantern. Same goes for Kyle, Jon and Alan. Unless someone specifies who they are talking about I automatically assume Hal.

[Ontir]

Hal Jordan... & then Allen Scott.

[Jack]

Moooooooooooooogoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

[David Atkins]

Kyle Rayner.

He was the first Green Lantern that hooked me into regularly buying his solo series. I actually subscribed.

I plan on following Ion closely, though so far I've only actually been able to get my hands on issue #2.

[DDM]

Hal Jordan

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[phantom1592]

Hal Jordan is always Green Lantern to me. The rest i use their proper names.

[Young Avenger]

Kyle Rayner

[Steven F.]

Kyle Rayner

[Kara Zor El]

Hal Jordan because I gre up on him and he was a superhero with red hair and that made him stand out a bit. I always had a thing for red hair. After that I think of Scott. I like them all though and I think it's good that the Green Lantern position has changed over the years. It has a real sense of a job rather than a persausion that way.

[Lorendiac]

Who pops into my head first? Hal Jordan.

Mainly because of my fond memories of the first long story arc written by Gerard Jones when Hal got his own title again, back around 1990. Prior to that time I had never paid much attention to Hal, although I knew who he was.

When Kyle replaced Hal a few years later, I took it for granted that it was all a big fat False Alarm as a publicity stunt. Just like killing off Superman for awhile, or putting Batman in a wheelchair so Jean Paul Valley could fill in for a year. I dropped the GL title because I found Kyle, as written by Marz, to be rather boring, and I figured in a year or two everything would go back to normal. I'm not sure how long it took before I finally realized that Kyle had been seriously intended to take over as the new Green Lantern on a "permanent" basis, unlike Jean Paul Valley or the various "Reign of the Supermen" substitutes. I guess I still don't think of him as being "Green Lantern" in my heart. Not the Green Lantern, I don't. I think of him as "that guy who tried to fill Hal Jordan's shoes, and who happens to be a Green Lantern."

[Haunt]

Jon Stewart from the cartoons. he fits the Lantern Corps better, imo.

[Buried Alien]

Hal Jordan

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[PastePotPete]

Jordan.

One of my first comics was a Hal Jordan Green Lantern comic.

[Canadian]

Hal Jordan.

[spaz]

Kyle to me is the Green Lantern. Grew up with Hal but I preferred reading about Kyle's adventures. Shame they had to shuffle Kyle to the sidelines. Hope he gets a regular series after ION.

[Red Berens]

Hal Jordan and Alan Scott

[Guts/Batman]

Alan Scott

[Violently Apathetic]

Guy Gardner...yeah, that's what happens when 'JLI' is your first DC comic.

[K'Nort]

Hal.

Although I really like Kyle.

[Gargus]

I think killowog.

But honestly when I think of green lantern the first thing that comes to mind is "big green boxing glove"

[Flawless P]

I usually think Hal, but sometime i see Kyle just because I read a novel about him.
It depends.

[Alan2099]

I think Kyle in his classic really big green mask costume, even though he wasn't the first GL I knew. I'd read about Hal and Guy before that, but they never intrested me.

[Jake Lockley]

I think anyone born before the mid-1980s is going to say Hal.

Exactly. Hal was the GL I grew up with, so it's him who comes to mind.

[Captain]

Hal Jordan, and I agree that it is pretty much going to go by age or point when you read comics.

After Hal I would say Alan, and I especially enjoyed many of his old stories as well.

[90'sCartoonMan]

But honestly when I think of green lantern the first thing that comes to mind is "big green boxing glove"

Funny, that's what I think of when I think Green Arrow.

It's interesting that a lot of you have been influenced by Superfriends and Justice League/Unlimited. Maybe there's something to seeing a character animated and move around that sticks with you.

[astronato]

Hal

and then Alan...

Alan is great but he's the mystical-ish Lantern and I prefer the sci fi Lantern stuff. And that was created around Hal. I like Guy and Kilowog and the gang but all the other guys are ancillary to Hal in my opinion.

I've given a few copies of the new GL book to my friends kids and they love it. So hopefully there will be some new Hal fans coming to a comic book store sometime in the future.

[Sizzle]

Hal Boredom, though I prefer Kyle. I like Guy a lot, at least when he's more of a loose canon then a jerk. John from the JLU is the best interpretation I think.

[PFunk]

John Stewart

[Gozwald73]

Hal Boredom, though I prefer Kyle. I like Guy a lot, at least when he's more of a loose canon then a jerk. John from the JLU is the best interpretation I think.

yup, I agree. Although I grew up with Hal (yawn) Jordan, he is not GL for me. In fact, when I think of 'GL', I don't think of an individual - I do think about all the ones I like (being everyone except Hal). However, if I had to specify which one comes to mind FIRST, this would probably be G'nort because he made me laugh the most.
:p

[Dr. Banner]

When I think of Green Lantern I just yawn. That happens when I think of most DC "characters".

[Pól Rua]

Alan Scott (because I'm a huge Earth-2 mark)
then, John Stewart (because of the way he's been done in the Animated series).

[Lady Obie]

Hal Jordan, then Alan Scott :)

Though Alan is my fave GL, Hal is the GL character I have known of the longest because of seeing him in the 70's Superfriends cartoons when I was younger :D

[Josh]

Hal Jordan because I gre up on him and he was a superhero with red hair and that made him stand out a bit. I always had a thing for red hair. After that I think of Scott. I like them all though and I think it's good that the Green Lantern position has changed over the years. It has a real sense of a job rather than a persausion that way.Hal Jordan with red hair would definitely stand out inasmuch as Hal Jordan has brown hair.

I think of Hal Jordan from the Super Friends.

[Mainline]

Honestly, none of them. I see either the ring or a construct first, then the entire Corps and have to consciously pick a Lantern to think about for one to come to mind. If I'm reading "GL" and it's not specified which, I honestly just imagine a generic GL with the ring/powers. But I've never been a big GL reader.

I've read maybe 25 issues of Kyle's run, Hal's "Showcase Presents" stuff, seen John and Kyle in JLA and in the animated series (S:TAS/JLU) but was first introduced to Alan as a child... the only one that I'm unfamiliar with is Guy but his reputation preceeds him and NEVER comes to mind when I think of GLs.

Hearing "Green Lantern" to me is like hearing "American Army"... I imagine someone in digital camo with an issue M16 and a bunch of gear, but no specific individual comes to mind first.

[Citizen V]

There is only one,and its Hal.He`s been the main Lantern for decades,i can imagine why,being the reason no one else was needed for so long.

The next one i would think of after Hal,would by Kyle.Mainly due to the fact that in the 1990`s Kyle took Hal`s spot as Green Lantern.

[phantom1592]

There is only one,and its Hal.He`s been the main Lantern for decades,i can imagine why,being the reason no one else was needed for so long.

The next one i would think of after Hal,would by Kyle.Mainly due to the fact that in the 1990`s Kyle took Hal`s spot as Green Lantern.


The other thing is that Hal and Kyle were really the only ones to use the name Green Lantern. Other than alan, but he's not Corps.

John, Guy, Kilowog, Gnort all the others don't bother with a secret ID. John Stewart is just... John Stewart.

[Typo Lad]

Oddly enough, Killowog.

What that says about me, I don't know.

[Patient Boy]

Funny, that's what I think of when I think Green Arrow.

It's interesting that a lot of you have been influenced by Superfriends and Justice League/Unlimited. Maybe there's something to seeing a character animated and move around that sticks with you.

I'd thought it would've been between Hal (who was the first GL I'd ever seen) and Kyle(because I started collecting seriously in the mid-90s and I was a big fan of Morrison's run on JLA).

But the reason John Stewart stuck with me was because of Phil Lamarr's excellent voice work, not so much seeing the character moving. It's like how I hear Kevin Conroy's voice when I read Batman's speech, Lamarr's voice seems to fit John so well it's how I expect him to talk.

I can't quite attach a voice to Kyle or Hal (it certainly isn't Kevin Smith) in the same way.

And heck, who doesn't like Kilowog?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Kyle to me will always be the Green Lantern I grew up with. He stumbled and fell at times. But he always managed to pull it out. Hal is ok I suppose. But he's not the guy I perfer reading about.

[shaunyc56]

Funny, that's what I think of when I think Green Arrow.

It's interesting that a lot of you have been influenced by Superfriends and Justice League/Unlimited. Maybe there's something to seeing a character animated and move around that sticks with you.


It's not just that. I was never a big Green lantern fan. But the John Stewart interpretation of that character was so strong. He was really done well in all the episodes he appeared in. Especially the one w/ the Manhunters.

[Babylon23]

For me, Green Lantern is Hal Jordan as drawn by Gil Kane, and Alan Scott as drawn by Jerry Ordway back in his All-Star Squadron days. These are the only 2 characters I refer to as Green Lantern. Everybody else gets called by their actual names.

[Trusty Mutsi]

Hal Jordan, mainly because I'm reading the Showcase Presents: Green Lantern book.

[dupersuper]

I love Kilowog and the corps...love Gerard Jones, justice league, and JLU John Stewart...Kyle I loved in Morisons' JLA...G'nort made me smile...Alan Scott has tradition...but the first 1 to come to mind would be Hal. As many have said, he's just the 1 I grew up with. The Super Friends, super powers action figures, GL/GA, satelite JLA, Gerard Jones title in the 90's...he's pretty firmly embedded in my little mind.

[Void]

Gerard Jones ruined hal jordan for me. The first 50 or so issues of v3 bored the hell outta me. Every woman hal met came onto him, which isn't a horrible thing but jones wouldn't let hal choose one. But mostly it was completely uninteresting.

I enjoyed hal as parallax he was a badass villain. I like kyle cause was the next iteration of a major hero. In his prime hal was the best, but that was a long time ago.

[phantom1592]

Gerard Jones ruined hal jordan for me. The first 50 or so issues of v3 bored the hell outta me. Every woman hal met came onto him, which isn't a horrible thing but jones wouldn't let hal choose one. But mostly it was completely uninteresting.



Two of my all time favorite GL issues were #25 when he fought Guy for the ring, and #..... 46 I think, When he fought Mongul in engine city. GREAT issues.


For me the definitive Hal artist will always be MD Bright. LOVE the way he drew Hal's Face. Gil Kane despite being classic, just didn't look right to me. His face was too.... Long or something.

[Gargus]

Funny, that's what I think of when I think Green Arrow.

It's interesting that a lot of you have been influenced by Superfriends and Justice League/Unlimited. Maybe there's something to seeing a character animated and move around that sticks with you.

Green arrow? Not sure IM getting the reference. But then again I never liked him so I didnt read him.

By big green boxing glove I think of the old GL I read when I was a kid when he would use the ring as a boxing glove to punch out guys. Before now when they do giant guns, drills, mech armor and stuff.

[phantom1592]

Green arrow? Not sure IM getting the reference. But then again I never liked him so I didnt read him.

By big green boxing glove I think of the old GL I read when I was a kid when he would use the ring as a boxing glove to punch out guys. Before now when they do giant guns, drills, mech armor and stuff.

Green Arrow had a "Boxing Glove Arrow" Which was ..... a boxing glove.... on.. ummm.... an arrow. He would then shoot it (regardless of physics and aerodynamics) with pinpoint accuracy. As such it became a running joke that has lasted decades.

[Brack360]

I think of Kyle Raynor.

[*hardcoregeek*]

i think of kyle rayner or sometimes hal jordan

[Gargus]

Green Arrow had a "Boxing Glove Arrow" Which was ..... a boxing glove.... on.. ummm.... an arrow. He would then shoot it (regardless of physics and aerodynamics) with pinpoint accuracy. As such it became a running joke that has lasted decades.


Ah ok. Now that I think of it I seem to remember something in a early JLA issue where his son was trying out for the JLA or something and he had one of his dads old boxing gloves on a stick.

I didnt know that was a ongoing thing though.

[Citizen V]

The only non-human Green Lantern i think of when i hear "Green Lantern" mentioned would be Kilowog.

[Void]

Two of my all time favorite GL issues were #25 when he fought Guy for the ring, and #..... 46 I think, When he fought Mongul in engine city. GREAT issues.

I'll have to reread those issues. What do hal fans think of Jones' run?

[Bored at 3:00AM]

Hal Jordan is the Green Lantern, in a lot of ways, and the character which all others will be compared to, but the concept is far greater than one guy at this point.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

I'll have to reread those issues. What do hal fans think of Jones' run?

Even Jones himself doesn't view his run on GL that fondly. He felt he never really got to do Hal the way he wanted to, due to his two editors during his run, Andy Hefler & Kevin Dooley, who both had their own ideas who the character was and what his stories should be like.

As a result, Gerard Jones's Green Lantern stories are wildly inconsistent in tone and characterization...and quality. There's some great bits here and there, but overall, there's a lot of stuff that either doesn't work or goes nowhere.

There's some wonderful stuff in there, though. The XMas issue, in particular, is a great Brothers Jordan story with some cool Gene Ha art.

[Super Buddies Forever]

Honestly, I like them all. Alan Scott, Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, and Kyle Rayner. It's rather nice now to basically be able to read about any one of these guys in a monthly title (be it GL, GL Corps, Ion, or JSA). If nothing else, it spares us from the perpetual whining we GL fans are known for when our favorite Lantern steps out of the spotlight for five minutes.

Ironically, I think Jordan is so beloved because he went psycho and took a decade off. Parallax was the best thing to happen to him. It made people appreciate the character and breathed new life into him (by killing him, naturally). Meanwhile, the Kyle character was 180 degrees different from Jordan and therefore addicted an entirely different kind of fan to the GL mythos. While the bitterness still remains in many fans' mouths, Emerald Twilight was probably the best thing to ever happen to Green Lantern.

[EZMOHR]

I think of Hal Jordan first. Yet out of every Green Lantern we've had.....Kyle, John, Guy, Kilowag, Jade, Alan, Tomar-Re, Sinestro, all of them...Hal is the one I'm the least interested in. Too me, Green Lantern mythos should not be just about One Character, it should be about the corps. Just me though.

[phantom1592]

Ironically, I think Jordan is so beloved because he went psycho and took a decade off. Parallax was the best thing to happen to him. It made people appreciate the character and breathed new life into him (by killing him, naturally).


As a loyal follower of Hal as GL for years prior to Twilight, I respectfully disagree.

[redlantern2051]

Hal Jordan all the way. Although I did like Kyle.

[MazingMan728]

When I think Green Lantern I think of Hal Jordan. My favorite is Alan Scott and I have no problems with any other Lanterns except for John Stewart. I like the Mosaic series but I have not liked him elsewhere; I even like Gnort better than John. Maybe it's how he is written elsewhere as he hasn't had enough room to develope elsewhere. I don't know, but at least I don't say "kill him" as I have seen a lot of posters do with characters that they don't like. Instead I'll say "find him the right writter".

[EZMOHR]

As a loyal follower of Hal as GL for years prior to Twilight, I respectfully disagree.


I think with Hal, once the people lost what they had, they finally realized what they had. I think to some extent, the tarnishing of Saint Hal did breath life into his character. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

[aukevin]

I think Kyle, then Hal, then John, then Guy.

Kyle and Guy are my favorite Lanterns.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

I think with Hal, once the people lost what they had, they finally realized what they had. I think to some extent, the tarnishing of Saint Hal did breath life into his character. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I don't think Hal was ever a saint, but I agree with you that Emerald Twilight actually helped people take notice of just how badly Hal Jordan had been bungled creatively for a lot of years prior to Parallax. I mean, they had Neil Gaiman writing Hal Jordan, his favorite superhero, and they refused to publish it for a decade. Yet Peter David's abysmal Hal Jordan stories are a-okay, along with James Owlsey/Preist's wank-fest over Denny O'Neil's wishy washy Hal from the 70s. Ugh.

So, yeah, Hal fans should be thanking Emerald Twilight for shining a spotlight on just how badly DC was mucking up some of its characters at the time. The early to mid-nineties were a particularly wretched time for the DCU, outside of a few bright spots like Waid's Flash.

[EZMOHR]

I don't think Hal was ever a saint, but I agree with you that Emerald Twilight actually helped people take notice of just how badly Hal Jordan had been bungled creatively for a lot of years prior to Parallax. I mean, they had Neil Gaiman writing Hal Jordan, his favorite superhero, and they refused to publish it for a decade. Yet Peter David's abysmal Hal Jordan stories are a-okay, along with James Owlsey/Preist's wank-fest over Denny O'Neil's wishy washy Hal from the 70s. Ugh.

So, yeah, Hal fans should be thanking Emerald Twilight for shining a spotlight on just how badly DC was mucking up some of its characters at the time. The early to mid-nineties were a particularly wretched time for the DCU, outside of a few bright spots like Waid's Flash.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

[Babylon23]

I don't think Hal was ever a saint, but I agree with you that Emerald Twilight actually helped people take notice of just how badly Hal Jordan had been bungled creatively for a lot of years prior to Parallax. I mean, they had Neil Gaiman writing Hal Jordan, his favorite superhero, and they refused to publish it for a decade. Yet Peter David's abysmal Hal Jordan stories are a-okay, along with James Owlsey/Preist's wank-fest over Denny O'Neil's wishy washy Hal from the 70s. Ugh.

So, yeah, Hal fans should be thanking Emerald Twilight for shining a spotlight on just how badly DC was mucking up some of its characters at the time. The early to mid-nineties were a particularly wretched time for the DCU, outside of a few bright spots like Waid's Flash.

I'm a huge GL fan, and I have to agree with you here. DC had really botched things with Hal in the 90's. While I despised the whole Parallax/Emerald Twilight storyline, I think it benefitted Hal greatly.

[Sean Whitmore]

Yet Peter David's abysmal Hal Jordan stories are a-okay, along with James Owlsey/Preist's wank-fest over Denny O'Neil's wishy washy Hal from the 70s. Ugh.


It's funny, I've only come to realize recently that my first exposure to Hal was the one of the least "Hal-like" incarnations he went through (not counting Parallax, natch). Gray streaks in his hair, unshaven, wandering the countryside trying to find himself...he was kind of like the elder statesman of the DCU while the JSA were all still in Limbo, when he should have been Bruce's age.

And to this day, I like that Hal (though I've never read the PAD or Owlsey stories you mention), but I can't find myself upset over re-Silver Ageing him, since that's basically how he's supposed to be.


SEAN

[Christopher O]

Hal Jordan is who I think of first, but John in JL/JLU is, by far, my favorite Green Lantern.

[Deadpooligan]

Hal Jordan by far. I also think of how much I despise GL's in the DC Animated Universe because they all rip off of him.

Kyle Rayner stole his backstory in the Superman: The Animated Series.

John Stewart was put in the JLU just so the show could have more racial diversity. His personality (square-jawed by the book hero) is basically Hal if he were black. He's not even an architect, but former MILITARY (just like Hal) and fights Hal's major enemies (Sinestro and Star Sapphire).

Props to all the Corps members in the comics though.

I have to say, my top 5 Lanterns ever have to be:

Zero-Hour Parallax Jordan
Kingdom Come Alan Scott
Post-Rebirth Hal Jordan
Ion Rayner (first time)
and Batman for two pages in the new Green Lantern series #9.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

It's funny, I've only come to realize recently that my first exposure to Hal was the one of the least "Hal-like" incarnations he went through (not counting Parallax, natch). Gray streaks in his hair, unshaven, wandering the countryside trying to find himself...he was kind of like the elder statesman of the DCU while the JSA were all still in Limbo, when he should have been Bruce's age.

And to this day, I like that Hal (though I've never read the PAD or Owlsey stories you mention), but I can't find myself upset over re-Silver Ageing him, since that's basically how he's supposed to be.

The grizzled middle-aged veteran Hal Jordan from the Road Back worked given what had come before because Hal's life really had turned to complete crap at that time and the only war Hal could have possibly been a veteran of at that point was Vietnam, which would place Hal well into his forties. However, in the larger context of the character, it doesn't seem to fit very well without the Yellow Fear Monster.

I would like to see some more stories exploring a middle aged Hal somewhere down the line. It worked pretty well for Captain Kirk in Wrath of Khan.

[Winged Victory]

For me, Green Lantern is Hal Jordan as drawn by Gil Kane, and Alan Scott as drawn by Jerry Ordway back in his All-Star Squadron days. These are the only 2 characters I refer to as Green Lantern. Everybody else gets called by their actual names.

Hal Jordan, as drawn by Neal Adams and then by Irv Novick, but I've got to throw Abin Sur into the mix. I think of him before Guy, John Stewart, Kilowog, Arisia, Katma-Tui, Tomar Re, etc.

[Pól Rua]

Oddly enough, Killowog.

What that says about me, I don't know.

That you're a big poozer?

[KnockBlock]

Hal Jordan is the one that comes to my mind the most.

[Erebus]

When I first got into comics, Kyle was the leading man. I liked him, but once I started reading the old Hal Jordan stories, and then Emerald Twillight, Hal is now the definitive GL for me.

[Christopher O]

John Stewart was put in the JLU just so the show could have more racial diversity. His personality (square-jawed by the book hero) is basically Hal if he were black. He's not even an architect, but former MILITARY (just like Hal) and fights Hal's major enemies (Sinestro and Star Sapphire).
I'm going to disagree. John in JLU seems to have it together more than Hal. He also seems less impulsive and egotistical.

[Tennoarashi]

I'm going to disagree. John in JLU seems to have it together more than Hal. He also seems less impulsive and egotistical.
Agreed. While the initial intent of putting John in because he's black is... yeah, the character does appear to have it together far more than Hal did.

That being said - I have to go with Hal, because he was the first superhero I ever saw. I don't really like Hal, but he's... Hal. And I'm not even that old of a fan, I think.

[nuclearman]

Hal Jordan because he was the first... when I think of green lantern my mind is also drawn to the old superfriends where Hal Jordan and Superman were considered the most powerful...

[Paul Newell]

Hal Jordan wasn't the first, though.

[Agentum]

Against my will i think about Hal Jordan, but i like alla the other ones better.

[MythicBrawn]

There are entirely too many Green Lanterns for sector 2814. I thought a new one was chosen when one of them died. I think it should have stayed John Stewart or Kyle Rayner. Guy should have remained a Vulder-whatever and stayed gone. Hal should have stayed dead and not became the Spectre. Now, they have three people with rings and Kyle running around as Ion. How long before he returns as a Green Lantern? One of the Guardians needs to go corporate on sector 2814 and do some downsizing.

[TinMan]

Either Hal Jordan or Kyle Rayner. When I first got hooked on GL in the mid/late 90's Kyle was GL, so I remember him the best, but Hal is the classic GL by my standards. So when I hear "Green Lantern" those are the first two I immediately think of.

I REALLY like the new direction of the GL's though, you got 2 GL's per sector now, so we can have Hal and John on Earth, then we got Guy working as the "trouble shooter" for the Corps and Kyle is now Ion and doesn't require a ring. Personally I think they are handling the concept of the Green Lantern Corps extremely well now.

[Zenith23]

There are entirely too many Green Lanterns for sector 2814. I thought a new one was chosen when one of them died. I think it should have stayed John Stewart or Kyle Rayner. Guy should have remained a Vulder-whatever and stayed gone. Hal should have stayed dead and not became the Spectre. Now, they have three people with rings and Kyle running around as Ion. How long before he returns as a Green Lantern? One of the Guardians needs to go corporate on sector 2814 and do some downsizing.

Earth seems to have a Green Lantern for every continent. Personally it seems stupid, it waters down the whole concept and makes becoming a Green Lantern feel like gaining your Bronze Swimming Certificate.
Hal Jordan should be the sector Green Lantern and no one else. The things DC have inflicted upon the poor bstard make wish there was a new international statute : Crimes against Hal Jordan.

[Kintales]

Hal Jordan is the definitely the one that comes to mind first 'cause he's the one i grew up with (Superfriends, Neal Adams art and all).

But if Hal stayed dead long enuff either Kyle or John Stewart would be the next to come to mind as i got back into comics reading Morrison's JLA and the JLU cartoons portrays GL rather nicely.

[geordiesteve]

I tend to think Hal Jordan first, because that's who I grew up reading, even though I read some when Kyle was wearing the ring. Still think they should have left Jordan as evil or dead, just not the spectre, get someone new in to wear the ring if Kyle is off playing Ion in the galaxies.

Personally, my favourite is still Guy Gardner, the most entertaining GL around.

[We R. Venom]

I think Kyle Rayner. Always have, since he was the first lantern I ever knew. And he is my favorite. Always will be, even if he doesnt have a ring.

[Cicero]

I'm a fan of Hal and Kyle, but the first person I think of in reference to the name 'Green Lantern' is Katma Tui, probably because of the number of times I've read Once A Green Lantern, Always A Green Lantern. :cool:

[jeanpaulB.]

i have been ruined by JLU. they did a lot with John Stewart. He's da lantern to me.

[Darkhawk1980]

I think of Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner equally and how much everyone likes to discuss each character's right to the name Green Lantern. Then I think of how cool it would be if John Stewart actually was the current GL because I am overwhelmed by caucasion superheroes.
Alan Scott is Golden Age. He's around for the copyright. RESPECT.
The Corps is great.
Ion is gonna be cool.

[Lonewalker]

Alan Scott. You say Green Lantern and he's the one I think of first.

Alan Effing Scott.

[pauwoo]

The first name that comes to mind for me is Hal, but he was Green Lantern when i first started reading comics. Just like if someone asks me who the Flash is i would say Barry Allen.

[Jolly Mon]

When I was a kid, I got a costume jewelry ring from a second-hand store (Goodwill, or some such). It was adjustable (as all fine jewelry is) and had a purple/blue striped "stone". Being a straight, American boy in the sixties, this was a bit unusual, but my parents went along with it. What they didn't know, was that this ugly-ass ring allowed me to become Green Lantern, hero of the backyard. And I wasn't Alan Scott (never heard of him, then) and the others either didn't exist yet or I was oblivious to them. I was Hal Jordan. Wish I still had that ring....

[justcrash]

I grew up with Hal, but Kyle is who I think of now.

[Static-Pulse]

Do self-insertion, fanfic Gary Stu's count?

[reta666]

I will always think of Hal jordan, even though i grew up with kyle, i just didnt think he was green lantern, i started to read hals solo book, and got hooked. hes just green lantern, after him john because of JLU

[Lonewalker]

I said it once and I'll say it again: Alan Scott.

[tjarvis]

Kyle Raynor

[justanotherfan89]

Kyle Rayner. JLA was the first DC comic I read and Kyle was awesome cause he was just a regular guy who stumbled upon the ring. Hal Jordan seems alright from what I've read in Green Lantern: Rebirth (the whole him and Batman hating each other is sweet), but I grew up with the sense that Kyle is the true Green Lantern.

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Defintely Hal Jordan as drawn by Neil Adams and Mike Grell. They were gritty Green Lanterns.

[Modi]

JLU John stewart (not his comic counterpart), bottom line is i like DC's tv shows a lot more then their comis books.

John stewart whent through a lot of things in the show (shayera's betrayal and stuff) but always came out stronger.

[Infectious Lass]

Hal Jordan. I might be a teenager, but I know greatness when I see it. Kyle's great but Hal is much better looking and has nice hair.
Alan Scott has my respect as I love the cover of Green Lantern 1#. They should bring back the burning logo! It would look so cool...

[RiotCntrl]

I'm only 21 years old so Kyle Rayner is the GreenLantern that I grew up with so he is the First Hero that comes to my mind. Also I've always loved the Constructs that he comes up with way more than any of the others his personality and history makes it to where a Writer can literally have anything come into the panel and I think that makes him a far more versitale charecter than any of the other Lanterns.

For example, A writer couldn't get away with John or Hal creating a Giant mech.

[chriskenny]

I was only 13 when Kyle Rayner took over as GL but he never really resonated with me. Hal Jordan springs to my mind because his costume was more iconic. Kyle always had this ugly, Image-y costume.

Chris

[The Shadow]

I was reading some DC in the 80's but really started collecting GL when Kyle took over. Whenever I read any stories with Hal I found them boring and not very memorable.

So Kyle was a breath of (needed) fresh air.

That being said when I think of GL I think Alan Scott. The first and the one all others were moulded after!

[OrangeCoke]

The first thing I thought of after reading this thread question was ...
H.E.A.T

I don't know much about this fan group. Just know they wanted Hal back and decided acting like a team was better than acting alone.

At first I thought they were taking things too far, but then came to think of them as fans that are doers and not just the type that vents on message boards. They actually wrote letters to DC and got their message across to online comic fans.


Second thing I thought of was Hal.

Credit Neal Adams for that.

[noh-varr]

I think of the old Hal Jordan comics when I was a kid and also think of Kyle in the JLA making me love the idea of Green Lantern once again.

[phantom1592]

I was only 13 when Kyle Rayner took over as GL but he never really resonated with me. Hal Jordan springs to my mind because his costume was more iconic. Kyle always had this ugly, Image-y costume.

Chris


Good point. What has he had 2 green lantern costumes and 2 Ion costumes and they all suck. What I do enjoy is when even in the comics people mock his costumes. I think it was wally who came up with the "crabface mask" Joke and Ollie dubbed his latest the Gay Biker costume.


Hal just got an update, but it was VERY minor. Some poses you don't even notice. Always loved Hal's outfit.

Kind of liked Johns Mosaic suit too. It was Unique to him..... but still maintained enough classic touches to know where he was going with it.

Kyle just chucked the whole design and started over.

[The Shadow]

The first thing I thought of after reading this thread question was ...
H.E.A.T

I don't know much about this fan group. Just know they wanted Hal back and decided acting like a team was better than acting alone.

At first I thought they were taking things too far, but then came to think of them as fans that are doers and not just the type that vents on message boards. They actually wrote letters to DC and got their message across to online comic fans.
But it wasn't an effective message and really had no impact.

DC brought Hal back because Winick had run Kyle into the ground and they wanted to increase GL sales.

It had nothing to do with HEAT. In fact I always laughed at them. They got so militant about a comic book character. It was (and still is) funny.

Second thing I thought of was Hal.

Credit Neal Adams for that.
DAMN if Neal didn't draw some awesome GL issues.

[OrangeCoke]

It had nothing to do with HEAT. In fact I always laughed at them. They got so militant about a comic book character. It was (and still is) funny.


DAMN if Neal didn't draw some awesome GL issues.



I didn't know they were militants. I wasn't reading DC when they were posting. I notice one of their sigs at a Marvel site and became aware that Hal had his active fans, that gave out comics to children's hospitals.

Now, you got me wondering if I should buy some Neal Adams GL trades. I think of Neal's Hal only because of an old DC Origin book cover and that one giant Neal Adams Green Lantern decal that I should had bought at K-Mart when I had the chance.

[phantom1592]

Yeah, I don't think HEAT gets any credit. I heard they got really over the top. Making threats agains Ron Marz and stuff that was just stupid. Sad too, since I REALLY wanted Hal back and I would get lumped in with the crazies:rolleyes:


I think the reason that Hal is back right now :D is that Geoff Johns likes all things Silver age and he now has the influence needed to get what he wants.

I'm ok with that :D

[The Shadow]

I didn't know they were militants. I wasn't reading DC when they were posting. I notice one of their sigs at a Marvel site and became aware that Hal had his active fans, that gave out comics to children's hospitals.
OK maybe militants is the wrong word... overzealous fans might be more accurate! LOL

Now, you got me wondering if I should buy some Neal Adams GL trades.
Worth. Every. Penny.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

Yeah, I don't think HEAT gets any credit. I heard they got really over the top. Making threats agains Ron Marz and stuff that was just stupid. Sad too, since I REALLY wanted Hal back and I would get lumped in with the crazies:rolleyes:

When did HEAT make threats against Ron Marz? There was a wacko that sent a death threat to Dooley & Marz, but he wasn't part of HEAT as far as I know. HEAT even went so far as to change their acronym to distance themselves from this kind of idiocy.

While I was never involved with HEAT in any way, shape or form, from all reports the only thing they can be accused of is really, really liking Hal & the GLCorps and wanting to see them back in the regular comics. In addition, they donated comics to children's hospitals and raised money to send John Broome to conventions.

You may not like being lumped in with them, but you've got to give them credit for their various acts of charity. I don't see any of the other groups of overzealous fanboys doing anything like that to forward their cause. All I hear is bitching and moaning and petitions.

[phantom1592]

When did HEAT make threats against Ron Marz? There was a wacko that sent a death threat to Dooley & Marz, but he wasn't part of HEAT as far as I know. HEAT even went so far as to change their acronym to distance themselves from this kind of idiocy.

While I was never involved with HEAT in any way, shape or form, from all reports the only thing they can be accused of is really, really liking Hal & the GLCorps and wanting to see them back in the regular comics. In addition, they donated comics to children's hospitals and raised money to send John Broome to conventions.

You may not like being lumped in with them, but you've got to give them credit for their various acts of charity. I don't see any of the other groups of overzealous fanboys doing anything like that to forward their cause. All I hear is bitching and moaning and petitions.

I heard about it in an interview with Marz LONG LONG ago. The rants were so bad that people were writing to DC to get him fired or something. In its hey day any overzealous fan got lumped in with HEAT. As for the charities, I had never actually heard about that. That was pretty cool. Don't know how they could bear to part with Hal books when there wasnt' a chance of getting any more at the time. They're better than I was. Those Hal books were treasures to me! :) I guess it's true when Bad deeds are reported louder than the good deeds.


I signed a lot of HEATs petitions but I had no contact with the organization at all. I supported their goals, but didn't want to get lumped in with fanatics.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

I guess it's true when Bad deeds are reported louder than the good deeds.

Well, it's one thing for bad deeds to be reported louder than good deeds. It's another thing altogether for these guys to be blamed for bad deeds they had nothing to do with while their good deeds are completely ignored.

It's a very rare thing to to comics fans organize themselves to do charitible works in order to promote whatever gripe they have, it annoys me the hell out of me that not only has no one followed their example, but they are considered the posterboys for Fanboys Gone Wild.

[phantom1592]

Well, it's one thing for bad deeds to be reported louder than good deeds. It's another thing altogether for these guys to be blamed for bad deeds they had nothing to do with while their good deeds are completely ignored.

It's a very rare thing to to comics fans organize themselves to do charitible works in order to promote whatever gripe they have, it annoys me the hell out of me that not only has no one followed their example, but they are considered the posterboys for Fanboys Gone Wild.


Defiently sucks. I never heard anything about the charity. What did HEAT stand for anyways? I remember they changed it, but I don't remember what they were.

[king_ghidra]

Hal Jordan for me.

Luckily i dropped out of comics in the years when they made him go mad, blow up the universe and die (or whatever).

I really like JS in the JL cartoon, but Hal will always be GL to me.

[sabongero]

I stopped reading comic books in the early 1990s.

I just recently started this past June. And what really drew me in was Green Lantern Rebirth.

So when you say Green Lantern it is Hal Jordan.

I know there are others. Kyle Rainer, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, etc. But I have to go with Hal Jordan.

[Ronnigon]

Green Lantern's power is dazzling and awe-inspiring, what with the creating objects and light rays and all that. It's primarily a visually mesmerizing power.

For that reason, it's always made sense to me that the character who best fits that sort of theme, should be someone visually charismatic as well.

The only character who fits that bill is Hal Jordan. He is the best looking and most visually charismatic in the costume, what with his GQ brown hair and all. There's a certain balance in the white gloves and the black and the emerald green.

And so, yes, let's just cut the crap that has always surrounded Hal Jordan's real appeal, and finally call a spade a spade here. For reasons due to his looks, Hal Jordan has always filled that homo-erotic Tab Hunter surfer boy niche... the one that everybody is uncomfortable admitting that they find irresistably attractive. That's always been his real appeal.

Hal Jordan's niche is to be one of those rugged-androgynous-pretty-boy archetypes that unfuriate women, and guys are strangely obsessed with as an "eternal enemy" or as "their coolest buddy". Everybody's obsessed with him, and he's always distant and unattainable... because he's out constantly wrapped up in his own neurotic need to "find himself".

Hal Jordan's appeal has always been that unspoken gay thing. No doubt in my mind, whatsoever.

[Smarty Jones]

IMO, Green Lantern = Hal Jordan.

Guy Gardner, John Stewart and Kyle Rayner are variations of the Silver Age concept of Green Lantern -- which was validated by the fact Jordan had a very vocal fanbase afer his conversion to Parallax, dying in "Final Night" and becoming The Spectre that led to his resurrection.

Alan Scott comes in second, because he's the Golden Age version of the Green Lantern. But the most common concept of the Green Lantern mythos is tied to Jordan.

[NenaBoneta]

John Stawrt and Hal Jordan

[caats19]

hal then kyle

[MrSuslov]

I think anyone born before the mid-1980s is going to say Hal. For two and a half of DC's most memorable decades, he was the only Green Lantern, plus he was a key member of the early Justice League cartoon and the later (better remembered and longer-running) Challenge of the Superfriends. I grew up with Hal in the '80s, watching him on Saturday morning Cartoons and playing with his Super Powers action figure. No amount of exposure for Rayner, Gardner, Stewart, or even Killowag could ever change that.
Yeah, that essentially sums it up in a nutshell for me, although I never read the books or had a Green Lantern action figure. Hal Jordan "...at the Hall of Justice" or something like that. Guy Gardner's second because I remember from years past wondering why Green Lantern had a haircut that didn't match what I saw on TV. Even so, I'm like several other posters who call everyone but Jordan by their given names.

All these other men/creatures who've been Lanterns just don't register. 'course, that makes sense since I'm not a fan of the Lanterns as a whole. I've debated following Guy Gardner since I enjoyed him in the second Superbuddies TPB and some Justice League back issues, but I haven't any idea if that "attitude" has been carried over to wherever he is now.

[BPlante]

well since the first time i saw GL was on superfriends and Hal was the one on that series...i always think of Hal.

[DWEarhart]

Hal was the first I ever encountered, and I always had fun with his Super Powers action figure.

Alan Scott
Kyle Rayner
Guy Gardner

[phantom1592]

Too bad this wasn't a poll.

I'd be interested in what the totals are up to. I'm pretty sure Hal is up front, but I lost track of 2-?. The responses are pretty varied.

[curefreak]

i would have to say hal jordan for once cause i grew up on him and two he had a great costume and three he is when they choose to open up the green lantern corps mythos.

[OdinSon1]

From 1995-2005 I only read one DC arc, and that was the 'Hush' arc in Batman by the Loeb/Lee team. Then Rebirth came out, and I haven't missed an issue of that or Hal's new GL series. Hal is Green Lantern IMO.

[Void]

I came on board with volume 3 and was completely soured on hal jordan by jones' run. I was drawn back in once he became paralax. Kyle's artistic abilities really suited the gl mythos imo. His construncts are usually more elaborate and interesting than hal's. Not necassarily better, but prettier.

Considering DC's lack of memorable villlains I was hoping paralax was here to stay.

[titanfan]

I've never been a huge GL fan, so I've always been able to take 'Green Lantern' in context and know instantly which one they were referring to.

When Kyle was GL, I thought of him, now that Hal is back, I think of him. When I talk to my little cousin, I know he's talking about John Stewart, etc. Other heroes such as "Flash", I need to sometimes go over my mental translation matrix to figure out which one they're talking about, but I don't usually have that problem with GL.

[Kyle_Ion]

I am a huge fan of Green Lantern, but I must admit that I didn't read the GL Series until they turned Hal into a parallax and Kyle had to go in to save the day. I read GL book that Kyle has been in, so I have to say that when I think of Green Lantern, Kyle comes into my mind.

[Armless Penguin]

Too bad this wasn't a poll.

I'd be interested in what the totals are up to. I'm pretty sure Hal is up front, but I lost track of 2-?. The responses are pretty varied.

Well, I tried to go through and calculate the votes, but I got to page three and just plain lost interest. For what it's worth, Hal was leading by a sizable amount at that point.

[Lonewalker]

There's a post about this already, but it isn't in the form of a poll. Thus my inclination (first topic I make as well).

Now, I'm not asking who you think SHOULD be Green Lantern, I'm asking who the first person is that comes to your mind when you hear the name "Green Lantern". (somewhat inspired by this thread )

When I first started reading DC, Kyle Rayner was the Green Lantern in his book and in JLA. But times change.

Kyle was still the Green Lantern of his title, but John Stewart became the Green Lantern on the Justice League show and in the Justice League comics (no longer confined to a wheelchair). Also around the same time, Alan Scott stopped calling himself Sentinel and started calling himself Green Lantern again.

To make matters worse, Hal Jordan returns and is given his own Green Lantern title (after Kyle's ends). I figured that between Green Lantern: Rebirth and Infinite Crisis, the Green Lantern herd would be culled, but it's one year later, and Hal, Alan, Kyle, John, and even Guy are all still around.

I used to picture Kyle, but now he's going by Ion, so when I hear the name "Green Lantern", it could pop up in my mind as anybody! It seems like Alan Scott's given the most attention these days (being in Checkmate and being focused on in the current JSA and JSA: Classified arcs), but the title is still Hal's.

Who do the rest of you picture? Alan? Hal? Kilowog?!

Original post. (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=130667)

Choices will be the earth GLs, but there's always the "Other" option. Just name the GL after voting.

[Lonewalker]

Okay... I just screwed up...

I was trying to make a poll and apparently I don't know how to.

Well, if anyone can make it for me... I can't edit it to fit a poll.

[Armless Penguin]

Aw, the first time is a little hard for everyone. :D

On a side note, Kyle.

[Lonewalker]

Aw, the first time is a little hard for everyone. :D

On a side note, Kyle.
Yea... I have experience with forums, but apparently not that much. :p

Fixed.

[Lonewalker]

Thanks for the merge, Paul. :)

[BeastieRunner]

I think of the Power Ring but I voted for Kyle. Whoops. :rolleyes:

[Paul Newell]

Thanks for the merge, Paul. :)
No worries. :)

[Paul Newell]

I think of the Power Ring but I voted for Kyle. Whoops. :rolleyes:
"The Power Ring"? Do you mean "Power Ring" the Crime Syndicate member?

[BeastieRunner]

No, that's the name of the ring a Green Lantern wields.

[Patience]

I grew up with Kyle, but to be honest its weird for this one. I think I'm too much of a GL fangirl. I mean, I know each of the GLs MUCH better by their civillian names. When I was growing up, Kyle was Kyle in JLA and his own book. Hal was always Hal, John was John, Alan Alan, Guy was forever Guy.

I'd have to say, right now I picture Hal, but I'm going to refer to him as Hal if I brought it up myself. A few years ago, I'd think fo Kyle, that's who they were referring to, but I'd call him Kyle. I still call him Kyle.

[Oke-Doke]

John Stewart, in my mind is the premiere emerald hero in DC, granted I have yet to see Green Lantern in the comics.

[Lonewalker]

Just to clear it out: it's Hal and not Hall. A mistake from my part. :p

[amirab]

Kyle Rayner

[Jeff-E]

Kyle, I never cared one way or the other about the GL's before him. After Kyle came around I actually broke away from Marvel and started reading DC.

[curefreak]

Kyle, I never cared one way or the other about the GL's before him. After Kyle came around I actually broke away from Marvel and started reading DC.
what was it about kyle that you liked so much?

[Damo]

I think of the Corps.

But I'll vote for Kyle, because (and this never makes sense to me) Hal fans have always seemed to be much quicker to dismiss the importance of other key Lanterns than Kyle fans. I know, I know, but that's the way it always looks to me.

[saintsaucey]

Hal Jordan,with out a doubt. HE's the one they will do in the movie. they got to. though i would like to see them all done eventually. I do own the Guy Gardner action figure though. only one I bought out of the set.

[disco stu]

Has to be Kyle for me, he was just starting his run as a GL when i first got into comics, and iv been a fan since.

[Phantom Druid]

I think of Hal, though I do like Guy the best. And Kyle is a cool Irish dude :cool:

[Jeff-E]

what was it about kyle that you liked so much?

He had imagination, and creativity with the ring. Hal, was always boring to me. He's been built up to be a Superman-level hero, who (to me, don't be mad anyone please, I do collect the GL series) had no imagination, he was just unbeatable. Kyle would make dragons, and giant suits of cool looking armor, like something out of a japaname' on acid. Hal usually made big green boxing gloves, that and Kyle's series didn't seem as cheezy when he got off Earth, Hal had a corp member who was a squirell in a bow tie, that turned me off from the series right away. Guy was also awesome to me. I always thought he should have been the most powerful GL. He's just that really loud obnoxious guy who really believes he is that cool, like Howie from Big Brother. He's Guy Garner he's that cool, and that good, it doesn't matter what anyone says because to him he knows he is the sh!t. He always struck me as having unshakeable willpower.

[curefreak]

He had imagination, and creativity with the ring. Hal, was always boring to me. He's been built up to be a Superman-level hero, who (to me, don't be mad anyone please, I do collect the GL series) had no imagination, he was just unbeatable. Kyle would make dragons, and giant suits of cool looking armor, like something out of a japaname' on acid. Hal usually made big green boxing gloves, that and Kyle's series didn't seem as cheezy when he got off Earth, Hal had a corp member who was a squirell in a bow tie, that turned me off from the series right away. Guy was also awesome to me. I always thought he should have been the most powerful GL. He's just that really loud obnoxious guy who really believes he is that cool, like Howie from Big Brother. He's Guy Garner he's that cool, and that good, it doesn't matter what anyone says because to him he knows he is the sh!t. He always struck me as having unshakeable willpower.
well obviously were not gonna see eye to eye on guy(it wasnt supposed to rhyme but it did)

[Jeff-E]

well obviously were not gonna see eye to eye on guy(it wasnt supposed to rhyme but it did)

Not many do see Guy the way I do, he's just an arrogant a$$ and I can't help but love him for it.

[curefreak]

Not many do see Guy the way I do, he's just an arrogant a$$ and I can't help but love him for it.
at least youre not blind to his faults.

[Susan Beneville]

When I think "Green Lantern", I think of Hal Jordan because he is the template of the modern Green Lantern. He's the one I grew up with, the one to whom all others are compared, and the one who keeps threading through the stories. When I was a kid, I always preferred Green Arrow in their stories together because Hal was so one-dimensional.

In many ways, the other GLs are reflections of what Hal isn't:

Kyle - imaginative, emotional, uncertain
John - reflective, compassionate, internal
Guy - a (wonderful) crass thug, brutally honest
Kilowog - a gregarious people person, a leader
Jade - intuitive, feminine, impulsive
Alan - wise and wary

Now, after all that Hal has been through, he's back, and he's still the same-old Hal. But, he is also still THE Green Lantern.

[dazzler_slave]

Hal Jordan is always Green Lantern to me. The rest i use their proper names.
That's the perfect way of describing it! Except for me, when someone says Green Lantern, I always think of Kyle Rayner. Alan Scott, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner and John Stewart I always think of them by their names first.

[Ontir]

I often think of the enigmatic Asian woman with the Green Lantern, from the Tangent Universe!

[phantom1592]

That's the perfect way of describing it! Except for me, when someone says Green Lantern, I always think of Kyle Rayner. Alan Scott, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner and John Stewart I always think of them by their names first.


I just wish they would stop doing it around civilians :rolleyes: Hal still at least PRETENDs that he has a secret ID.