To me, 2 are the features of DC in the 90s: (i) Embrace of the Legacy, and a (ii) truly interconnected Universe.
On one hand, you had dozen of new heroes following in the footsteps of very well known heroes (Kyle, Wally, Jean-Paul, Superboy, Steel, etc), on the other, it felt extremely interconnected (GL and the Titans, Azrael and Robin, Batman, or Catwoman, Superboy and Superman, Steel and Superman, or Warrior, etc). You would see heroes popping out in each other's titles almost monthly.
On top of that, big events were for the most part, contained to the pages of the event book (Zero Hour, Underworld Unleashed, The Final Night, etc).
It is extremely, extremely difficult to reconcile Hal in his early 30s with, well, pretty much everything. I mean, even if he became a Captain in the Air Force by the age of 22 (and that is a HUGE if), he was probably Green Lantern for around 8 to 10 years by the time of Zero Hour (that's in the early 90s). Given that Zero Hour retconned Superman as first showing up 10 years ago at that time, and (I would say) GL shortly after, by 1995, I would give Hal 30 years old then (which would further reinforce the idea that going grey so early was off).
However, we have 25 years since Zero Hour, and all things considered, even if comic time is different from real-time, there is no way he is younger than 35 by now. I personally would say he is probably 36 or more.
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Okay can someone explain what's going on lol. ?
Kyle and big bro kyle
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Those two really feel like a genuine and caring dynamic with each other.
Kyle as the mighty morphine power rangers
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JSA members had slow aging at times. And the limbo thing.
I'm a huge fan of Kyle Rayner as green lantern, I didn't get into green lantern series until the Issue that the guardian Ganthet changed everything for Kyle Rayner and gave him the green lantern ring and he became "The Torchbearer" the only green lantern for awhile. I liked that he got with Donna Troy until they were not together and he moved on with Jade, I liked Jade. That is when she returned home and cheated on Kyle and hurt him, though it was also his fault to I believe for staying out in space. The Ion series was interesting, I would have liked to seen the series last longer than it did with Kyle as Ion. When Kyle ran into Donna again as Ion I kind of hoped that they would reconcile and get back together, but that is just wishful thinking. Kyle is cursed with relationships that don't end well it seems for whatever reasons, be nice to see someone stick with him and not just up and leave.
I didn't read the corps series that Kyle was in, the next series with Kyle that I read was Green Lantern: New Guardians series with all the other lanterns in it. In that series he became the white lantern and created the white lantern corps, I liked him as the white lantern and hoped he'd stay as a white lantern. During the Green Lantern: New Guardian series and the Green Lantern/new gods crossover event godhead event, a new romantic relationship was forming.
The new romantic relationship that was forming that no one even liked from what I could tell looking it up, except for probably only me was Carol and Kyle. I liked the relationship I have to admit even though it came out of no where from what I could see and my thinking till the series/event ended. At the end Carol and Kyle go home together and wonder how long did that relationship last or is it still ongoing.
That series the new guardians was in 2011 to 2015 so now I'm trying to catch up with what kyle's been doing after the new guardian series and if he's with anyone now, does he have a new series or if not I hope DC gives him another series. Also been trying to catch up with what's been going on with DC in general now
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