I hadn't considered Sidney Poitier, but that totally makes sense to me

Ion


Kyle Rayner as Ion, from Green Lantern 3 #145 (February 2002). Art by Dale Eaglesham.




Green Lantern 3, #145




Kyle as Ion


For a brief period, Rayner achieved godhood as Ion after absorbing the energy Hal Jordan had left in Earth's Sun during "The Final Night" storyline, which had merged and grown with energies released after Oblivion's defeat. With his new powers, Rayner could bend time, space and reality, allowing himself, for example, to be in many places at once. The drawback of being one with everything was that Rayner could no longer sleep or separate himself from the overwhelming responsibilities these abilities imposed upon him. Rather than sacrifice his humanity, Rayner abandoned omnipotence, bleeding off the vast power, recharging the Central Power Battery on the Guardians' home planet and headquarters, Oa, and helping to create a new group of Guardians in the process.


Before he purged all of the power, though, he modified his ring and conjured a new Corps uniform to reflect his new maturity. Once again limited only by his willpower and imagination, Rayner's ring could still affect yellow and would always harbor a lifeline of power without a time limit on its power, is keyed directly to him, and would always return to him, though it still required charging to reach full power.


After the brutal gay bashing of his young assistant and friend Terry Berg, Rayner went on a lengthy self-imposed exile into space. Before leaving, he placed John Stewart, recently recovered from his paraplegia and given a new power ring, into his spot in the Justice League. On his return, he discovered that Jade had begun seeing someone new and was doing so in his own apartment. He left New York and spent some time trying once again to find his place on Earth and ended up staying with his mother for a brief time.



The above information in italic is from Wikipedia and I did not know this at all.


I was having Lunch with a friend of mine today and he gave me the scoop about him and pretty much that his power level is greater than his previous stint as Green Lantern. He and I talked briefly about him and I was hoping that I will learn more about it on a later date.


Anyway, I learned something new and he became Ion in 2002. I did not read any of the Green Lantern books at that time and all this is completely new to me.


I wanted to share this with you today.

Locations, Titans, Justice League, and Etc


At first Kyle took possession of the ring very lightly. His girlfriend, Alexandra DeWitt, encouraged him to be more responsible, create his own version of the Green Lantern uniform, and helped him train for his new role as a superhero, but she was later murdered and stuffed in a refrigerator by the supervillain Major Force.




Alexandra DeWitt




Major Force


The guilt over this event drove Rayner to take his role more seriously, and as a result he strove to be the best Green Lantern he could be in honoring of Alex's memory. Rayner then moved to New York City since Los Angeles reminded him of Alex and he needed a fresh start. It was an excellent idea to the start and I was pleased by this event.


After relocating to New York City, Rayner joined the superhero group the Titans for a brief time, during which he dated Donna Troy, but eventually became a member of the Justice League (JLA). He initially clashed with the Flash (Wally West) early in his career. West had worked with Jordan since childhood and had reservations about Kyle as the new Green Lantern, but he eventually became one of Rayner's best friends and biggest supporters and rightfully so.




Wally West and Kyle Rayner


Surprisingly, another of Kyle's biggest supporters amongst the League was Batman, who often treated him with more respect than he showed certain other League members (including his predecessors as Green Lantern—Jordan, Gardner, and Stewart), most likely due to the fact that Kyle was willing to learn from others where other Lanterns focused on their rings and pre-existing skills.


Rayner also entered a romantic relationship with Jade and formed friendships with the Golden Age Green Lantern (Jade's father, Alan Scott), Green Arrow (Connor Hawke), Arsenal (Roy Harper), Warrior (Guy Gardner), and John Stewart (who at the time was a former Green Lantern).


During his superhero career Rayner accumulated a rogues gallery that included characters from his predecessors' pasts such as Dr. Polaris and Dr. Light.




With Doctor Polaris here.

I'm moving onto Alan Scott sometimes next week and wrap up with Abin Sur and eventually Hal Jordan to close out these reviews once and forever.

Alan Scott's First Story









Alan Scott's Sidekick

Doiby Dickles





He was fun, entertaining, full of enthusiasm, and helped Alan Scott whatever he can; those were my Grandfather's words when he described Doiby. I'll never, ever forget this.


Alan's Scott's Ring





Alan Scott's Lamp of Power and Oath





"And I shall shed my light over dark evil,

For the dark things cannot stand the light;

The light of...THE GREEN LANTERN!"



Alan Scott's Mask





That's one of my favorite Comic Book Covers -- the cool thing about this cover is Doiby Dickles name on bottom of Alan's face and mask.


More coming ...

Alan Scott as Sentinel








The YouTube here does a good job exampain to every member here in SSI the understanding of how of Alan Scott came to play.

Great write up on Alan Scott @mechagodzilla. The Golden Age Green Lantern is my favorite JSA hero. He must have been color blind with his costume color choices! Although I did like his GA costume I liked his updated costume as Sentinel. I know Superman, Batman & Wonder Woman are considered DC's Trinity but for me the JSA trinity is Flash (Jay), Green Lantern (Alan) & Hawkman (Carter).