why isn't there a teen lantern?

[Incognito]

Since Green Lantern Corps (and the rest of the coloured corps in their own ways) are an intergalactic police force, there can't be a teenage lantern because for human age standards the youngest you could be to become a lantern (cop) is 18. Edit: Green Lantern is also referred as an intergalactic military force so I think there could be a teenage lantern (16 at the minimum) but I think the Guardians would not want a child to be in cosmic danger.

[Anthony Shaw]

Does Wally West count?

[Trey Strain]

I'm seeing still more reasons in this thread to reboot the property and lose some issues from the past.

[GreenLanternRanger]

I'm seeing still more reasons in this thread to reboot the property and lose some issues from the past.

Good thing you don't work for DC.

[Green Goblin of Sector 2814]

Good thing you don't work for DC.

Yup. Sure is.

[byrd156]

Good thing you don't work for DC.

A liking system really needs to be added to the forums.

[Samm]

A liking system really needs to be added to the forums.

I would end up with a bunch of dislikes haha


Anyway does Bunker count? Yeah he's purple but he has similar powers to a GL

[CaptCleghorn]

Do the Mosiac kids count? The ones John gave rings to in his series?

And if took a race like the Orcans were (like Robin Williams' Mork) where the beings aged backwards, that could be very fun to play with in terms of what the apparent age of a Lantern is.

[SiegePerilous02]

The only teenage character that needs to be featured in GL should by Kyro, a useless blue boy from Venus who did nothing except get captured and ride Hal's ass:

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A quote that best sums up Kyro from internet God Seababy: "Kairo didn't care. He never got his own flying saucer or invisible jetski or any type of weapon. You know how he travelled? He actually had to ride Green Lantern's ass through space. Of all the heroes in the universe, Green Lantern's the only one that can make a motorcycle with his mind. Kairo should have been the last sidekick that needed to resort to a piggyback ride. And when they got to other planets, Green Lantern didn't make him a green boomerang. Kairo had to pick a fight with nothing but a vacant smile. Hey, atomic monster. Try a taste of Kairo's innocent sense of well being!

I don't know how Green Lantern recruited him. Kairo was probably selling candy bars door-to-door, and after Green Lantern bought 12 cases, he received the bonus prize, "Spend a day/the rest of your life with Kairo!"

[Dr. Skeleton]

He wasn't a teen though. It was the adult Titans team.

Wasn't Kyle 19 when he became GL?

[silly]

would kyle still work if he was part of the titans?

[byrd156]

would kyle still work if he was part of the titans?

No Kyle would break because he's a part of a team that isn't the JL.

(That's sarcasm)

[Lightning Rider]

Hehe, I remember that great Kid Lantern story.

I wonder how being a teenager affects qualifications for great willpower and the ability to overcome great fear. On one hand, teenagers are often full of passion, energy, and think themselves invincible. On the other, they haven't fully formed their sense of self, and are susceptible to influence and vulnerable in their insecurities.

Isn't the Green Lantern in Batman Beyond a teenager?
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Good point. I don't know the character's background, but he always struck me as either an alien or a child monk. Not a typical teenager but an ultra-disciplined meditative wise one.

[Sirzechs]

I'm seeing still more reasons in this thread to reboot the property and lose some issues from the past.

Yes because rebooting comics gets rid of the past for good.

[GDC3]

And yet, Guy Gardner somehow got picked...

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

Haha, good point.