Kyle Rayner: The Green Lantern Appreciation 2022

[K7P5V]

I'm not one of those, but my true love goes for Kyle & Donna. Great old times when Donna was a recognizable character with her sweetness intact and connections to others.

Glad to hear it. Personally, either one is fine with me.

[Frontier]

Well, at least Donna didn't cheat on him...I think.

[married guy]

Well, at least Donna didn't cheat on him...I think.

No she didn't.
They broke up soon after the death of her son.

And for the record, I HATED that bit. (Was it Ben Raab?)
Jenni cheated because Kyle was gone in space for too long. REALLY??
Ticked me off then, ticks me off now.

[SebastianS]

No she didn't.
They broke up soon after the death of her son.

And for the record, I HATED that bit. (Was it Ben Raab?)
Jenni cheated because Kyle was gone in space for too long. REALLY??
Ticked me off then, ticks me off now.

Yeah. I seem to recall reading back then that the Editorial order was to have Kyle cut all ties to Earth (and his supporting cast) in preparation for what would later be Rebirth. Hence why just a few issues later, Major Force would kill off Kyle's mother (which was hastily rewritten due to poor reception).

[dornwolf]

I found it odd with the chance of rebooting but keeping the GL histories intact they didn’t undo Alexandra’s death.

[D.Z]

Oh and Connor Hawke was restored.

[LAWtoyoto 432]

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Kyle Rayner's version Midnight Album cover and its tracks.

[Timber Wolf-By-Night]

I found it odd with the chance of rebooting but keeping the GL histories intact they didn’t undo Alexandra’s death.

Why would they? Alex DeWitt by herself is an unimportant character in DC's eyes. Her only relevance lay in her relationship with Kyle, and how her death affected him as a young, novice super-hero. Her creator, Ron Marz, actually admitted that she was created specifically to die so as to move Kyle's story forward. I mean, yeah, literally the example that "Women in Refrigerators is named after. But as far as DC's concerned, there is no pressing reason why she needs to ever be brought back from the dead. She's just not that important.

[Stanlos]

No she didn't.
They broke up soon after the death of her son.

And for the record, I HATED that bit. (Was it Ben Raab?)
Jenni cheated because Kyle was gone in space for too long. REALLY??
Ticked me off then, ticks me off now.

I liked Kyle and Donna together and I felt their drifting apart was handled organically. But then it was Ron Marz--he isn't perfect, but his track record is better than most.

[K7P5V]

Season's Greetings!

[Proto Man]

It's a bit of an old discussion, but Jade cheating on Kyle seems to have been done out of utility to me more than anything. It seemed to serve just to get Kyle from point A to point B, which was to have him single before Geoff Johns took over Green Lantern. Some things were done just to get some pieces in place that Johns or Tomasi wanted before they brought back Hal Jordan and the Corps, like the resurrection of Kilowog, Oa being brought back, and so on. It seems to me that they also wanted the Green Lanterns single, as John's girlfriend at the time, Merayn, also left him. I guess they didn't feel like dealing with baggage, threads, characters or status quos from other people's stories.

I think Jade was a more interesting girlfriend to read about with Kyle than Soranik Natu. But I believe the pre-Rebirth era was considerably better for Kyle in general than the post-Rebirth era.

[Frontier]

It's a bit of an old discussion, but Jade cheating on Kyle seems to have been done out of utility to me more than anything. It seemed to serve just to get Kyle from point A to point B, which was to have him single before Geoff Johns took over Green Lantern. Some things were done just to get some pieces in place that Johns or Tomasi wanted before they brought back Hal Jordan and the Corps, like the resurrection of Kilowog, Oa being brought back, and so on. It seems to me that they also wanted the Green Lanterns single, as John's girlfriend at the time, Merayn, also left him. I guess they didn't feel like dealing with baggage, threads, characters or status quos from other people's stories.

I think Jade was a more interesting girlfriend to read about with Kyle than Soranik Natu. But I believe the pre-Rebirth era was considerably better for Kyle in general than the post-Rebirth era.

Hmm...I'm not sure if they needed them single but I feel like Jade's death came up a few times in Johns' run. And obviously when she came back in Brightest Day.

[bat22]

The Alley Rat has been one serious, serial "sleeper" in getting ahead.

Sleeps with the next best thing to Wonder Woman herself.
Sleeps with the daughter of the first Green Lantern.
Sleeps with the daughter of Sinestro.
Sleeps with the classic lady love of Hal Jordan.

Hasn't he figured out that the lady's credit is not sexually transmitted?

[Frontier]

The Alley Rat has been one serious, serial "sleeper" in getting ahead.

Sleeps with the next best thing to Wonder Woman herself.
Sleeps with the daughter of the first Green Lantern.
Sleeps with the daughter of Sinestro.
Sleeps with the classic lady love of Hal Jordan.

Hasn't he figured out that the lady's credit is not sexually transmitted?

Dang, when you put it all out there .

Not that I think Kyle's doing it for the "credit" but something about him just appeals to women...

[dreyga2000]

What Kyle Rayner been up to lately??

I fell off comics a couple years back. Around the time Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern corps ended. Soranik went full heel and Kyle was basically just one of the guys.

Is he still a regular in GL. Have they made him some special GL? Or is he chilling in limbo?