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Green Lantern: New Guardians #20 *Preview/Spoilers*
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Enjoyed this issue. I guess it reminded me a bit of some of the old v3 issues that would see Kyle flying around reflecting on things (I think specifically there was an issue with Alan I'm thinking of). It didn't really add much to events, but at least did feel like a proper epilogue with Kyle reflecting on each of the characters he's teamed up with in the book.
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This reminds me a lot of Ion 1.0, and that ended with him giving up the power because he concluded one person shouldn't be that powerful.
So I guess I can officially call it that Kyle is no longer half hispanic seeing as how his father is still a mechanic in this reality and not some CIA agent.
I also liked that they at least acknowledged that the white light is very similar to the indigo light.
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Each of the White Lanterns were different. First Sinestro was deathless. Then Deadman had to "live life". Then each of the Brightest Day White Lanterns got a temporary power-up if they did their jobs and decided right. Now we get the First Lantern, who could turn back time and change the timeline. Then Kyle, who just switched in-between the different colors' powers as needed, he couldn't even resurrect anyone like Deadman.
Nobody on the GL writing staff is willing to nail down just what a White Lantern can and cannot do. They're letting Kyle keep his ring white now, even though they hint in GL#20 that one day Kyle will "run out". But I am hugely dissatisfied.
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I said this in another thread, but shouldn't they simply change the title to White Lantern? What's the Green for in Green Lantern New Guardians? Not changing the title only makes it look like Kyle's tenure with the ring is going to be a short term one.
I guess Kyle's dad really isn't a Hispanic secret agent in this world? This guy looked completely different. It actually makes Kyle seem a lot more human than the old history, which I always found to be really trite.
Not a good issue by any means. Better than what they've been doing lately, but not anywhere near good enough. 2 stars.
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They probably don't want to change the title since the Templar Guardians are supposed to be play a major role in the book, thus "New Guardians."
I still think the resurrection power of the white might be tied to the entity itself more. The entity brought everyone back in Blackest Night and he gave Deadman the only white ring to wield during Brightest Day. Unless the powers or skill set does depend on the make up of the individual bearer, which would be interesting though frustrating."My mind is deluged with thoughts of Heaven and Hell,
Crime and Punishment, Damnation and Redemption. Hal
Jordan... And The Spectre.
I'm dead, yet I live. I have no identity. Yet I know
who I am. And once again I've been given power enough
to change the world. This time, Lord...
Let me be worthy."
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I think the Indigo ring can only briefly tap into other emotions and channel them. If you mastered the entire spectrum, like Kyle did, then you could use any or all of the emotions whenever you felt them on your own. I assume you meant along these lines, not the more basic differences like teleporting and forcing its bearer to feel compassion if he/she didn't already."My mind is deluged with thoughts of Heaven and Hell,
Crime and Punishment, Damnation and Redemption. Hal
Jordan... And The Spectre.
I'm dead, yet I live. I have no identity. Yet I know
who I am. And once again I've been given power enough
to change the world. This time, Lord...
Let me be worthy."
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