Meet GREEN LANTERN | Kyle Rayner | 90's Lantern

There have been many Green Lanterns ovet the years and in the 90s that meant Kyle Rayner. This lantern was the last of the corps and filled the shoes of Hal Jordan. See DC comics artist lantern here om Casually Comics.
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[@GenerationWest]

Kyle Rayner, the lantern to be forever associated with refrigerators.

[@redrhino4157]

That’s messed up 😂

[@juanjosenamnuntavarez7553]

appalling

[@Tamlinearthly]

Maytag: What's inside matters.

[@helltronical5756]

God dammit it, I should not be laughing

[@Jacobflamecaster]

It was me Kyle I WAS THE REFRIGERATOR

[@kingofthebis1068]

Kyle Rayner uses an icebox to store his food now for obvious reasons.

[@daelen.cclark]

Linguini Is that canon?

[@Nerdyshitaddict]

Linguiniiiiii!!!!!!!

[@valletas]

I like to think he just orders food to avoid anything ice related

[@stevesunn2564]

I was a fan of Kyle. Actually he's my favorite GL. He is underrated. Not only did he learn how to do it himself, but he also rebuilt the GL Corp. He grew as a person and you got to watch him grow. Not to mention that he was Ion, and the White Lantern.

[@JennySparkz]

PREACH BROTHER!!!

[@coolusernameftw7055]

💯👌

[@xxxvvvxxx4736]

Hal Jordan sucks Kyle Rayner is awesome

[@ericmiller93]

And one of the Omega Men.

[@Solitaire001]

I have a theory that Ganthet's choice of Kyle to be a Green Lantern was not just the decision that he would have to do. In "Infinite Crisis" they revealed that had "Crisis on Infinite Earths" not happened Kyle would have been the Green Lantern of Earth-Eight. Since the Guardians have multiversal awareness it is likely that Ganthet was aware of Kyle as the Earth-Eight Green Lantern, it is likely that is the reason that he chose Kyle to receive the ring.

[@emanym]

Now, I know why Gail Simon was so angry about the fridge. They killed a perfectly good love interest character.

[@KittSpiken]

Yeah, she was a good character. That's why Gail's grievance mongering is particularly unjust.

[@manis1551]

I'm a huge Kyle Rayner fan. I love how imaginative his constructs was as he was an talented artist which meant he had an artistic mind. Kyle was the reason why I became so interested in the GL mythology and most of Kyle Ryner stories in the 90's were fun to read (I've only read like 60% of his run so far). He's my favourite GL.

[@jpboursaw4469]

I don't recall it exactly, but if you get the chance, there is a story where he meets a younger version of Hal (who was stuck in the future for a bit) for the first time, and they end up in a life-swap montage of some kind. I just remember it being really good as there were several interesting conflicts. The decisions made highlighted how mature Kyle had to become in a short time.

[@manis1551]

@@jpboursaw4469 I've heard about that story but I haven't read it yet. I will defintely check it out, thanks for the recommendation.

[@tigerbread78]

@@manis1551 I THINK it starts in Green Lantern #100 (1998) the arc really made the reader miss the old days when the corps was around, now that's good story telling

[@Zothos3]

@@tigerbread78 yes. First Kyle went to the future and they wanted to send him back (issue 98, read it to know who "they" are) but he "overshoot" and ended up meeting Hal while he was fighting the "renegade Lantern" Sinestro. Then he was sent back to his time by the Guardians. But because of Sinestro, Hal was travelling with Kyle. Very good stories (except of the Kalibak part). Nice to see how Kyle, who was constant fighting Hal alias Parallax, was enjoying the Corps and the young version of Hal Jordan. And then he had to show some balls and be a man while fighting all kinds of enemies and problems. Later of, at the end, we fans enjoyed a story with a strong Hal and and enthusiastic but "maning Up" Kyle, who become Friends. And Kyle, again, seems to get to know Hal Jordan a lot better. Up to a point when he almost could understand how Hal could snap and kill the Corps. But honestly, who could understand that? 🙂

[@akitoakito]

A good story is the origin of the white lantern.

[@mr.honeycomb]

When you're a freelance artist, you really have to self-promote as much as possible.

[@kcaz1984]

I like Kyle because he had creative constructs.

[@minaverry]

Of course he had. He's a freelance artist you know.

[@mmmcgee1211]

Same, you could tell that he must have been fun to draw.

[@ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96]

LOL LMAO

[@kingofthebis1068]

Green is not a creative color

[@Saturndragonfly]

Yep, he was an artist (graphic designer).

[@stevegeorge6880]

Randomly in any given situation, I may jump up and ask why Hal Jordan did this.

[@Solitaire001]

If you are referring to why Jordan destroyed the Green Lantern Corps, killed Kilowog and Sinestro, and all of the Guardians but one, Jordan was possessed by a being named Parallax that was the entity of fear. He influenced Jordan's actions, and led him to do the things he did. Eventually, with the help of The Spectre, Jordan was able to excise Parallax from himself. Although the truth about what happened to him is known, many still blame Jordan for the actions he took when he was possessed by Parallax, much like Jean-Luc Picard is still blamed by some for what he did when he was assimulated by The Borg.

[@eversuperman]

I love how Sasha goes over topics that aren't "mainstream" right now, like Kyle Rayner. My favorite Lantern who, like Wally West, gets screwed over because Geoff Johns wants to bring back the silver age.

[@Bolsonaro_em_Haia]

Oh, believe me, there are readers that will never accept Kyle. I should know. His first few years of stories seemed to be specifically written to piss off readers.

[@chilliciouspatrioticmeatlover]

He's an okay Green Lantern. I love GUY GARDNER. Best green lantern EVER

[@stevesunn2564]

I agree! Wally was also amazballs!

[@JennySparkz]

@@chilliciouspatrioticmeatlover Love Guy too!!. His Costume under John Byrne was awesome!

[@oldmangeek3007]

I agree 👍

[@timogul]

Kyle will always be the best GL. He wasn't great in that issue, he was like early Peter Parker, before "the Ben incident." He really came into his own under Morrison in JLA, where he was the everyman out of his depth. Robbie Reyes is playing that role in Jason Aaron's current JLA run over at Marvel.

[@JennySparkz]

Also his rivalry with Wally West was pure fun.

[@PatrickDunning]

@@JennySparkz I always liked when Kyle, Wally, and Conner got to bounce off each other. Such a different dynamic than Half, Barry, and Ollie. Shame that they all got pushed aside to bring back the Silver Age again.

[@zemox2534]

I know what you mean. Connor Hawk is barely mentioned in the comics and in Arrow tv show he is not the son of Oliver but instead, he is the son of Diggle.

[@77gregorymoey]

I mean, Hal, Barry and Ollie had their time, should move forward with Kyle, Wally and Connor..so as with Damian and Jon now. Comics should have a timeline just like real life. Let our grandparents and parents have Bruce, Clark, Alan - Hal, Jay- Barry, Ollie. Let us have Damian, Jon, Kyle, Wally, Connor. Let the generation after us have new names.

[@archer1949]

Kyle was my GL growing up. I miss Jade, too. An entire video could be done on Kyle’s doomed romances.

[@Junya01]

Lew Archer 1949 Imagine absorbing your ex in the middle of a space war with her DAD also being there... talk about awkward :\

[@TheUncannyCthulhu]

I love Kyle, I started reading him when I went to art school, so I related, and god damn, that costume....

[@katherinealvarez9216]

Oh yeah, Kyle is the one who likes to use the ring to fight villains with teddy bears wailing on them.

[@thomaswagner9875]

Reminds me of Beebo in Legends of Tomorrow

[@wolfgang6442]

@@thomaswagner9875 That godamn teddy monster is what fucked up part 5 of crisis smfh😡

[@Solitaire001]

Kyle once said (paraphrased IIRC) that he was the most dangerous guy in the Universe: A manga nut with a power ring.

[@ster9k]

It’s been a long time since I read GL #51. Looking back on it now, the “fridging” of Alex 5 issues later is so tragic as she is what makes Kyle a hero in those first few stories. Despite what certain former publishers may think, not every hero needs a tragic backstory. Guy Gardner was and always will be my GL but I appreciated each Lantern for what they bring to the table. I’m so glad that the DCAU fleshed out John Stewart and made him a much more rounded character.

[@Alefiend]

Freelance artist and CrossFit enthusiast. If he was also a vegan, he'd be too busy talking about this stuff to have time to be GL.

[@batman369able]

Kyle Rayner was actually the original choice for the DCAU GL and debuted in Superman TAS. He had a brief appearance and was referenced a few times in the JL series.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

I will never not hear this man without a valley girl accent, thanks Sasha

[@karridian]

Kyle is my favourite Green Lantern. Even as a kid I could never get into ace test pilot Hal Jordan. Kyle was introduced when I was in university and I could relate much more to him as a character than I ever could to Hal (or John or Guy for that matter). I never liked the clamshell mask though, I much preferred his post-Ion outfit that had a more traditional-style GL mask.

[@hurdyb1]

Still my Green Lantern. I never cared for the charcater until Kyle came into the picture. Kyle is the reason I love Green Lantern comics. My fav!

[@mookieman71]

I really did like Kyle Rayner as an up and coming Green Lantern. Just hope they don't make him turn insane for a short story arc.

[@steveqhanson6835]

I miss Jade too. Favorite legacy character.

[@pascalcwilson]

My Green Lantern is John Stewart he’s an architect so he knows constructs and art and was a vet. He’s got the best portfolio and personality out of all the Lanterns.

[@JS-hw8ve]

I like John. He's amazing... but DC keeps screwing him over. They've been doing it since the Cosmic Odyssey story back in the 80s. I like Kyle better, but only because I hated him and got to see him grow and develop... I missed the part where DC screwed him over too, just like John.

[@foldabotZ]

That’s an aspect of John everyone seems to forget, that he was also an architect aside from being a marine(?) I also never knew he was one because the DCAU(my first exposure to him) never made mention and emphasized more his military background.

[@geneksenzakovic6091]

Loved John, also loved Kyle, they were allowed to make mistakes. With few exceptions Hal rarely had faults. Cosmic Odyssey is a story of a man who failed though his own hubris. Mosaic was the beginning of his redemption.

[@NUCLEARDASH]

Love john, but the best portfólio out of the humans lanterns is between kyle and hal

[@bsabruzzo]

I think I figured out why the Green Lantern movie with Ryan Reynolds didn't work. They kept trying to make a Hal Jordan character with Kyle Rayner's personality. Instead of being the straight-edged, confident pilot that was a social misfit, they made him the wise-cracking jerk who didn't care about the rules. Maybe they wanted a Hal Jordan who pushed the limit and had an issue for authority, but that could work either way.

[@LordDarque]

You need to cover the fridging. The event that started the phrase.

[@JennySparkz]

That whole "fridging" thing was the defining moment that showed me that even "professionals" can be idiots in their own fields. The really sad thing was I remember being able to right off the bat name 10 male charachters that had died to further the plot of the the story or motivate the protagonist.

[@arseniczirconium9098]

@@JennySparkz Exactly what I wanted to say! Here, take a like.

[@tykross]

​@Robin Gilliver Basically, when you "fridge" a character, it means killing them for the sake of advancing another character's story arc, wich it's generally considered as lazy writing (and sexists i guess? Love interests in particular are recurring victims of this trope) . Kyle Rayner's girlfriend was LITERALLY put on a fridge after she was murdered, hence the term "Fridging" gaining popularity to describe the trope .

[@ShockWithoutFear]

I REALLY love Kyle, started reading through the Green Lantern mythos a year or so ago and didn't know about him or the refrigerator stuff until reading it but his genuine growth as a character up until the Geoff Johns run is some of my favourite storytelling ever honestly!

[@ChaosMechanica]

Despite being in my thirties now and being really young for Hal, I was actually quite attached to Hal because of Superfriends reruns and skimming through my uncle's comics. But Kyle quickly took over that place in my heart (same with Wally and Barry). Read most of Kyle's run growing up, saw all of his appearances in JLA and crossovers, and then his entire run as an adult. I loved Kyle. Perfect GL for me, a burgeoning artist who loved seeing what imaginative stuff Kyle would create. He also really grew up and went through numerous arcs that matured him and made him think about the good he could do with his ring beyond punching bad guys. I think post-Ion it made sense to past the torch because he had run through some major character development and power creep. But going back to Hal felt like it was just to satiate the nostalgic people, including Geoff Johns, instead of doing something new and exciting. It's added to the continued arrested development of Silver Age characters who aren't allowed to leave their status quo for too long (how many times has Hal grown just to go back to being a womanizer rebel leader in a Corps run by continously authoritarian Guardians who also start to mature and then reset to vaguely evil with a new story arc?).

[@kwydjebo]

I was just finishing High School when Kyle showed up, and was never a really big Lantern fan before (I was mainly Marvel since my high school income required me to make hard choices on where my limited cash went)but I really enjoyed his early run (minus the fridge) as he starts off so cocky, and had a certain amount of "Peter Parker woes" and comes to realize how difficult being a hero is, and the legacy he has to uphold (particularly affter he meets up with Guy Gardner and Alan Scott), including the arc where he seeks out other heroes to learn how to become the best he can (I've always enjoyed the "Learning how to be hero arcs in comic characters). So yeah, Kyle is "My" green lantern (Although Stewart got the Dini-verse love, but Kyle did get a few cameos).

[@El_Keck]

Kyle was my first green lantern, I have a soft spot for him in my heart

[@bobbretz5052]

F.Y.I.: Kyle was in the Superman: The Animate Series episode "In Brightest Day..."

[@ShadowWingTronix]

He was also with a series of Green Lanterns in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Return" as a GL in training. And I just checked: he also showed up or was mentioned in the regular Justice League show.

[@josedarocha2949]

My favorite Green Lantern, always having fun while saving the day making space ships and dinosaurs, sad today people are too critical for to keep him using sumo fighters and other cartoony forms...

[@kingdomcomesuperman3669]

Yes my 2nd favourite Green Lantern, he has some of the best constructs and I missed his old costume from the 90s. Wish him and Jade were still a thing. Funnily enough those aviator glasses are pretty popular now and are known as the vintage design.

[@tkillcoin]

I think it's the subtle green tint on the "gold" rims that is particularly of interest.

[@trowa9960]

I miss the Kyle/Jade days. Jade was someone who got screwed over by the New 52

[@Awestefeld6612]

@@trowa9960 Jade was retconned out of existence to make Alan Scott gay.

[@jazzmyn5804]

Just when I was getting used to her Kyle voice she comes in with the Ohm voice 😂

[@tigerbread78]

Kyle is my Green Lantern, and is totally underrated

[@kemmdog4444]

I started reading Green Lantern with Emerald Twilight.When i first picked it I thought “Oh let’s see how Hal is doing.” “Oh dear”.So I have been with Kyle from the beginning and have enjoyed him since.

[@jmguinn7029]

I loved Kyle because he wasn't Hal. I didn't hate Hal but, everyone was up Hals ass at the time. I enjoyed Kyle's storylines and Darryl Banks art. I loved Hals descent into madness killing all lanterns after Mongul and Cyborg Superman blew Hals city to smithereens.... Good stuff..goodstuff

[@Luke-fu5co]

Not gonna lie... I look at Kyles outfit and my brain is like "Ben 10?" So, which lantern is next?! Place your bets folks

[@cosmoniums5990]

I had that same exact thought upon seeing him

[@starsiegeplayer]

Interesting. I wonder if Ben 10 creator was a fan of the design.

[@SpinbringerTarmane]

Totally missed that "Will yourself out of the situation" there. Maybe that should've been Kyle's first mission. The Search for Puns. Also, it's always time for Booster Gold. And we need a follow up to figure out how he got his rep for being a disaster whenever someone else enters the picture.

[@andrebrynkus2055]

After seeing those glasses I can't help but think of him recreating the I'm Still Standing music video to show that he's still around in the DCU. But seriously I'm a Kyle fan. In high school I had a friend that lent me most of his run from his first issue (like this one here) to some point years later. At the beginning he didn't know that he had to be a hero but he tried and got better. If he was self serving he could have just become a criminal immediately so he clearly was a good guy. Too bad he's never gotten as much of a spotlight again - always supporting or a duo.

[@SammyKitty92]

UGH this made me really like Alex until I realized.... the fridge.

[@Satyr000]

He should have went total 90's and warn jncos with his costume.

[@needhamcomics6370]

I grew up with Kyle as my GL. I liked that he was an artist like me, bet you didn't know he was. And he had the coolest constructs like mecha armor, making giant construction workers to catch a falling thing, bubbles, jack in the boxes, stare cases, etc. I also liked that he seemed like a person and that he had this monumental task of protecting everyone since the other GLs were dead.

[@billyadesola3995]

I have a really soft spot for Kyle. I'm definitely a part of the "he's super underappreciated" squad. He's a favourite of mine.

[@crazylegs5k]

I too randomly think of Green Lantern on the couch almost daily lol. Kyle has always been my favorite. Read every issue of his original run

[@ericcorbin7807]

I was born in 1993, so Kyle Rayner was THE Green Lantern for me growing up. And as an artist, I really relate to him. I also miss Jade...

[@CreativaArtly]

I grew up on John Stewart’s John Lantern too. Him and Hawkgirl were so cute.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

My top favorite GL suits are Alan's and Kyle's. Kyle is a true Emerald Gladiator.

[@nightcrawler195]

Kyle Rayner is the best Lantern imo. I've loved Kyle since the beginning, he was my first Lantern to read and he has stayed in my heart since his introduction. Kyle deserves better than he receives. Even Elseworlds and AUs kill him off most the time.

[@horriblegelatinousblob2196]

Kyle’s costume is my favorite. Recently started this run of GL the other day cuz I haven’t read a lot of Kyle. He immediately became my favorite.

[@athenahitchin7738]

The way Kyle started out his comic as a "artist barely able to pay rent" make me think we are starting the Green Lantern take on Rent.

[@paultapner2769]

In the same way your Doctor Who is the one you start with, Kyle is my GL. I got into DC 1995 and was so pleased to find this issue in Jan 97 at a long gone but nice little shop called Floppy Tongue comics, in Salisbury, England. Being English I wouldn't know American accents, so I never imagined him with one. But your voice for him does make sense. I'd honestly forgotten how he behaved in this issue. It was the start of a heroic journey though. I thought that Hals Emerald Attack Team, the campaign to bring him back, was something I read about in wizard magazine, and that all involved had long since gotten over it. Then in 2003 I got onto the internet.... I dropped the Geoff Johns Hal run after ten issues, because I was so sore it wasn't Kyle in the lead anymore. His Ion series got scaled back to a twelve parter and then he was left in limbo for a bit. The Kyle story legacy, in the green lantern 80th anniversary special, is a great reminder of his times. When it was just him. doing the best he could. Mind you ever since Jessica Cruz she's become my favourite, as someone who has to go through what she does to be brave is more interesting than those to whom it comes naturally. But I'll always have those days when it was just Kyle... Never mind Jade though, I liked him with Soranik Natu. Wonder if they'll ever get back to that?

[@sonicguyver7445]

I liked Kyle. He felt more real in a way. He suddenly had this amazing power foisted on him and while he wants to be a hero, he gets a big head over it. And with no Guardians or Corps to oversee him, he has free reign. It also helped that being a *free-lance artist* gave him the imagination to do so much with his constructs. Half the fun was seeing what insane stuff he would come up with. Making the Justice League into the seven dwarves because he resented being stuck with digging to expand the moon base. He found fun ways to use his constructs, way more than green boxing gloves and giant tweezers. And I liked the costume update, at least the parts he made look metallic.

[@leon501]

Kyle is by far my fav Green Lantern, I like the fact that for a while they managed to do justice to all 4 but they've generally screwed them all for the sake of Hal

[@amylutece8533]

I like Kyle, He is actually my green lantern I connect with him and his stories the most. For a short time Hal was my favorite but as soon as I started to dive deeper I connected with Kyle more. I'm relatively young compared to comic history so I came into comics long after all the major green lantern lines had been done. The comic that actually pulled me into the whole medium was blackest knight issue 0 on free comic book day when I was like 10 years old or something, then once I discovered all the stuff with Hal being parallax and such it changed the way I saw him, then the whole Kyle Rainbow lantern thing happened and I thought it was really cool the way his arc turned out now he's my favorite.

[@lindsaycutter2834]

Idk why but Sasha’s voice for “Ohm” bounce from earbud to earbud for me, lol! Definitely added to the experience can’t lie.

[@HankChinaski27]

Kyle's glasses are like the glasses of a guy who has solely entertained himself with Reality Bites and Mallrats for the last 20 years. I loved Kyle, but I also came into his story just as Hal was transitioning back in. I wasn't a DC guy until the mid 2000s. I am completely on board for all of it. Even Ion. I felt him evolving into the white lantern allowed Hal to move into that space while not decreasing his relevance or importance in the DCU. I've dropped the Green Lantern books in recent years so I have no clue where Kyle is now, but the part I read I enjoyed. It was certainly a wild ride.

[@StatusClick]

"I like the Green Lantern Mythos" That's when I instantly hit the like button. Kyle Rayner is my GL. He is my Fav, always has been, always will be. So much so, Almost all of my MMO characters have Rayner as their name when it's available. I would like to see your take on more GL stuff, like Oa, the Corp, The Guardians. ooo... Parallax, you can then go into the other Entities like Ion and the like.

[@derektitov6667]

I'm a huge GL and have most of the comics from Silver Age to present. Kyle is my favourite DC Universe character period. He got me back into comics as a teenager when I picked up Issue #151 (In Brightest Day - Jim Lee Cover) and I've collected nearly every appearance of his since. He's the most relatable for me and I really liked the camaraderie he brought to the GL characters in his run. Guy, John, and Alan all hanging out at Warrior's. Very cool. Also, he never gets the credit he deserves. The man singlehandedly re-ignited the central power battery and re-created the Guardians. Not to mention resurrecting Hal's dead dusty butt. Greatest GL. (in my opinion of course, they all have their strengths and bring something to the table)

[@dmisfit79]

Kyle was my favorite GL, I followed his entire run through the 90s!

[@Emarldknight2]

Kyle Rayner is hands down my favorite Green Lantern and the voice you used for him is fitting, to a point, but after his on-again/off-again girlfriend is stuffed into a fridge he changes becoming a real hero. I'd like to see you use that in one of his later comics, like when Superman tells him he's too damn powerful.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Kyle actually does show up in Superman TAS, but he's given Hal's backstory.

[@geneksenzakovic6091]

One of my favorite scenes ever is when Kyle creates a pirate ship complete with crew to fight an alien armada. Hal would have made a boxing glove.

[@YTLawnGnome]

Kyle is my favorite and I think Ron Marz did a fantastic job developing him. I really enjoy Circle of Fire.

[@orinrayner]

The first comic I ever read was Marvel vs DC and Kyle was the Green Lantern of that book. That book was my introduction to both comic companies. He was the Green Lantern I first read and kept up with. Even to me, Hal was a "tragic villain" more than a present character. I kept up with Kyle even after he was eventually pushed into the background. He had a pretty cool temporary comeback in Omega Men, but not much else. He's still my favorite.

[@cdswint]

Kyle’s always been my favorite Green Lantern, though I do like all of them. I wish they would give him his own title again. They just don’t seem to know what to do with him these days

[@DrPluton]

I didn’t read DC comics until the 2000s. I went backwards and started with 1986’s Man of Steel miniseries. I mostly read Superman comics, but I liked Kyle when I encountered him in JLA. I later read all of his comic book arc and enjoyed it. His character development was good to read.

[@VictoriaDeMinico]

I'm a Kyle fan myself. I grew up with Hal, read stories of Jon, Guy, Alan, etc, and yet a lot of the older comics struggled to find identities for their heroes. Characters like Superman, Hal's Green Lantern, Barry Allen's Flash could be stand in's for each other in a lot of issue, saving someone because that's what heroes do and being late to meet up with Lois/Carol/Iris with a joke about their other identity. As comic's progressed, the characters needed to stand out from each other more. Superman doubled down on the boy scout bit, Batman became darker, and Barry was replaced with Wally for a more 'learning the ropes' bit. Hal struggled to find an identity in this, being the one hero to actually show signs of aging (Reed Richard hairstreaks lol) and literally having several story arcs or him traveling the world trying to find himself/purpose/meaning/etc. So when they when Hal went evil, I liked the controversial story. It was a sort of pre-Injustice, Hal having lost everything and trying to fix things. He killed a bunch of people with the understanding he was going to remake the world and bring everyone back, doing evil now to do good in the long run. And Kyle was a breath of fresh air. Instead of your typical bubbles for travel and fists for attacks, Kyle was making replica space ships from popular shows, Kaiju monsters, an army of ninja's. He not only COULD create anything, he actually did. Seeing Kyle's interactions with Wally were great, them both trying to love up to the legacies of those who came before. Then you had moments with Kyle getting advise from Guy, Jon, and Alan at Warrior's bar were a nice tip of the hat as well, and the concept of the bar was something I loved as well. Perhaps even more controversial, I don't hate the infamous fridge scene. Killing a character off for shock value or to raise the body count is something I generally don't like. And yet this worked for me as it played off Kyle and Alex making classic comic book mistakes, and expecting it to work. Major Force only finds Alex as she keeps being seen with him, getting photo's of him, etc, and the villains pick up on this. How do people like Peter Parker and Lois Lane get away with their names being attached to heroes all the times? How does Lois and Jimmy and whatever family Peter has at the moment (oy) realistically survive all the crazy stuff they go through, EVERY TIME? Plot armor. Without that, all the spider sense and super vision in the world can't save you (Again, see Injustice). You end up dead like poor Alex. It may been handled poorly, yet reading it when it came out, it felt like a bold move to kill off a superhero love interest as while not impossible by that time, it was not common place either, and having it be something THAT horrible made the comic feel darker. Hal had just killed thousands of Lanterns on and off panel and the scope of it made it hard to feel real until you see someone like Kilowog go down. Yet Alex's death had real weight, and real consequences. For me, the most unforgivable part of the fridge incident was how they beat the point to death, with Major Force coming back to murder another woman and leaving HER in a fridge, or later having 'Sane' Hal put Major force himself in construct fridge as some kind of karmic punishment, etc. But I digress, and this is long. Anywho, love the channel, and again, I am a Kyle fan. Don't know where to find the glasses, sorry ;)

[@brycevincent8874]

I really enjoyed Kyle's more creative constructs in later issues.

[@diebesgrab]

Green Lantern was my favorite DC hero growing up in the 90s, and Kyle was my favorite Green Lantern. I also haven’t read any GL since then (other than the Star Trek crossover), so yeah, Kyle’s my GL. Back then, I thought his costume was awesome, and dug the artist/imagination/ring connection. Also despite only ever owning 4 GL comics back then, I had the one where Hal went crazy and the one where Alex got fridged. The 90s was a decade, let me tell you.

[@paulellington1505]

I started off as a Hal Jordan/ Guy Garner fan but Kyle eventually won my vote as the GL of the 90s and 2,000s. I liked his trials and tribulations to become and grow as the White Lantern. Kyle wasn't a bad guy or character he just got lost in the history of and expansion of the GL Corps overall. I would have loved to see a Hard Traveling Heroes kind of story between him and John Stewart in the setting of being an intergalactic police force. I think that would have been a better way to establish Kyle as an individual and not just a cookie cutter Green Lantern with a new costume. Just my opinion. Great video Sasha.

[@Konaruhi]

Sasha, Kyle's sunglasses look like those flip-up sunglasses that were popular in the 90's. You can find a pair nearly identical to Kyle's by googling "FLIP-CO Green/Gold Flip-Up Sunglasses by Giant Vintage". Please like so Sasha can see this and get herself a pair of those rad sunglasses! Also congrats on the baby Sasha!

[@DIEGhostfish]

1:04 Kyle WAS the first lantern in the DCAU though he was in Superman TAS. Also Hal showed up in some reality confusion scene.

[@richardknownasdick]

I read the Green Lantern books from 1971 thru 2015, and I for one was happy to see the mythos move on to a new hero. And frankly for those who remember, GL, the Flash, Hawkman and Aquaman all needed a fresh start.

[@WillowRedDog]

Technically, my Green Lantern is Alan Scott, but Kyle was a close second. He was introduced just as I started getting back into comics after a long absence, and very much me back into being a GL fan. While I liked him with Jade, you forgot to mention his time with Donna Troy (who was a Darkstar at the time), which being a fan of her, also worked quite well for me. I also liked Kyle’s friendship with Wally West.

[@AdamYJ]

I started reading comics during the “graying hair” Hal days. But Kyle became my favorite.

[@chrisstevens5155]

I started reading comics, on a lark, cause one day in the grocery store i say the "Return of Superman" comic. The one where he comes back from the dead. Read it, which led into the reign of the supermen. This where it all started for me. I was, 10, give or take a year. Once i finally got caught up with the whole Superman dying, coming back, etc etc, i started branching out into more comic, around about the same time this very issue dropped, and i figured it was a good jumping on point, and to this day, Kyle is green lantern to me. I was, not happen when he was backseated for some old guy i knew as a villan.

[@samanthaperez6292]

I actually really like his costume! I liked that it really did set him apart from Hal and Jon's look. The lantern I grew up with was Jon Stewart because of Justice League Unlimited and for that I also have a soft spot for him, but Kyle is the Lantern that got me wanting to learn more about the core because i didnt know him know much about him and how he came to be the sole green lantern.

[@Red_Wright1357]

I like that Kyle is an artist. His constructs could be awesome. Maybe make him a bit of a pop culture geek and artist, so his constructs could be based on comic books, video games, movies, and reference dialogues from said media during combat.

[@rorylumley4727]

Kyle rayner's coustume doesn't have enough green for me.

[@mcbatmaniac2291]

The best GL of them all :’) (Even tho they are all amazing in my opinion)

[@waynecannon4232]

I love Kyle so much. After Stewart he was my first exposure to Green Lantern, oddly in a novel called Green Lantern: Hero’s Quest by Denny Oneil. Teenage me really related to the way he was portrayed in that book.

[@soysaucefool]

I ran across this channel a few months back, and at first I was like, ehhh, not my type of comic channel. Slowly it has infiltrated my watching to where it maybe in my top 3 favorite comic channels

[@dragonwatter]

kyle rayners was my first green lantern, Specifically the version in the The New Adventures of Superman cartoon.that version was one of my favorites. i like that he was an artist instead of something that had to do will the military. Sasha not sure if it was your Kyle voice or kyle's dialogue but in his first comic he seamed liked a creao,

[@jimhaverlock9784]

I am LIVING for your Kyle Rayner voice.

[@beepadas]

Man kyle was really something. He doesn't command respect like John, he's not sympathetic instantly like hal, yet he's growing on me.

[@ViccVegaa023]

The 90's was an interesting time. Because of Image comics sucess and how much self promotion those guys did, at Image's height of popularity, at that point in time, it was now cool (and lucrative) to be a Comics Artist. So now you had all these 20 something guys at Cons and everywhere else in NYC actively trying to get hired by Image, Marvel or DC. So I've always seen Kyle as struggling Artist and Manga fan as a self insert for a certain segment of the then current fandom or even the creators themselves.

[@g-man8031]

I never cared for Green Lantern as a character. I randomly picked up an issue of this series back in the mid-90s (issue #63) from a spinner rack from Krogers and liked the Kyle Rayner version of the character and became hooked on GL.

[@jpboursaw4469]

So many things to cover. I too hear specific character voices when reading. One ring to reboot them all! (couldn't resist that one) The suit was great. It needed to be distinct, just as Hal's needed to be distinct from Alan Scott. It even looked like it was made by a Graphic Designer. Like the glasses (that you'd have to special order from Foster Grant), Design work was a semi-big deal in the 90's. Being a visual person is also how Batman disabled Kyle in the JLA storyline Tower Of Bable. He was given a post-hypnotic suggestion that he was blind. It was reinforced by his ring. All Kyle had to do was will himself to see again. This was re-worked into the DCAU movie Justice League: Doom. Suprise, Kyle was replaced with Hal again. DCAU doesn't want to deal with dead Alex like Marvel doesn't want to deal with dead Gwen Stacy. Sure it happened in Amazing Spiderman 2, and look how well that went. Story gravitas vs. fan outrage. Yay.......?

[@DIEGhostfish]

4:28 I'm honestly a huge sucker for 90s mecha/cyborg enemies with giant manes of wire/cable hair.

[@crow5401]

I’m reading 90s Young Justice right now which has some cameos from Kyle so it’s nice to know where he came from, thanks for this vid Sasha!

[@danieldishon688]

I liked him. I liked that he had a special nitch in the Green Lantern mythos as the one who became the Ion how the whole Free Lance artist thing could play into imaginative constructs. He made a giant human head that could suck up the ocean through a giant straw once! And he felt relatable like Nightwing, and second generation hero picking up the Torch from the last, but unlike with Dick who always had Bruce their to guide him, Kyle at best had Ganthet, and no Hal to help him along his way. And yeah, I really like that his motivations are nothing more than he's just a big dreamer that came across a big opportunity. His first issue relationship is a little unconvincing

[@MendoFilm]

Yes i love that kyle is an artist and got creative with his power!

[@hiwrenhere]

Kyle Rayner's costume is instantly recognizable as badass!

[@ultimate_lance]

Kyle had the best costumes

[@danielschmidt7806]

I remember the T and A in this series was pretty over the top. It was like the Silk Stalkings of comic books. If you know; you know.

[@PerilPress]

I would LOVE videos on The Terrifics and the 2004-2006 Plastic Man series by Kyle Baker with fill in issues by the SUPER AWESOME Scott Morse.

[@comic_mistakes]

Love that Kyle's voice fluctuates from californian to lumpy space princess

[@juanjosenamnuntavarez7553]

i love Kyle, one of the best green lantern, his time on Jla was wonderful to read.

[@diegodreossi1458]

I like Kyle, he been diferent of Hal is a great thing. His recent stories shown a great person who been through a lot and over all. His creative constructs are cool , his costumes too. I honestly think he should have been the main character of Johns' run. Comics has to move forward. And for the universe he is important, he was the last Green Lantern, he rebuild the Corps.

[@frozenlightfilms]

Though I am much older than you and grew up devouring comics, I must say, you are really well informed or do some seriously solid research. Your comics chats are always fun and informative. Yay Sasha!!

[@JennySparkz]

Silver Age or Golden? Also, Yay Sasha indeed :)

[@frozenlightfilms]

@@JennySparkz Silver and bronze age, Though I did get to read some golden age comics reprints thanks to the "100 page spectaculars" DC published in the 70s.

[@ohgoditshimrun1346]

My first experience with Kyle was in Morrison / Porter / Dell's run of JLA. "Working the ring was like giving up cigarettes. He feels like a four packs a day man." Jamming with the Beatles, indeed.