Can anyone point me to a good source of GL backstory?
Hmm. You may be better off just asking here. The GL Wars get... UGLY.
DCU Guide (covers through Parallax.)
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
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P.M. Marc - Oct 26, 2004 5:10:43 pm PDT #6236 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Thomash - Oct 26, 2004 5:23:04 pm PDT #6237 of 10000
I have a plan.
More on Hal
That pretty much sums it up, in a National Geographic/Cliff Notes kind of way. Hal Jordan was considered by many to be the standard by which a Green Lantern (and hero) was defined. So his fall was taken espeically hard by many in the DCU.
Also, Guy Gardner was a veeeery intersting GL as well.
Sean K - Oct 26, 2004 5:30:33 pm PDT #6238 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I loved the early '90s JLA when Guy Gardner got all up in Batman's face, challenging him to go mano a mano. Bats calmly ignored Guy's flagrant display of testosterone, until Guy made the (incredibly stupid) mistake of saying "I'll even take the ring off," and took off the ring.
The second the ring was off Guy's finger, Bats dropped him with one punch.
Guy woke up half a day later, went looking for the ring under a desk, and accidentally stood up while under there, whacking his head again.
When he woke up, he was a nice guy. This lasted for quite a while, until he got whacked in the head again when Lobo popped into the JLA headquarters through a boom tube, and when he woke up again, he was back to his old jerkass self.
Funny, funny shit.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 26, 2004 5:48:33 pm PDT #6239 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think they went overboard with Guy's new disposition. When Captain Marvel is getting annoyed with how saccharine a character has become, the joke's gone on too long.
Sean K - Oct 26, 2004 5:52:46 pm PDT #6240 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I think they went overboard with Guy's new disposition.
Yeah, the joke went on a little too long. Really, the funniest part of it was how quickly Bats laid him out after the ring came off.
P.M. Marc - Oct 26, 2004 5:55:31 pm PDT #6241 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Guy made a better-looking chick than a dude. That's all I have to say about him.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 26, 2004 5:58:10 pm PDT #6242 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I must have missed that story. J'onn and Dr. Fate are the only League members I can recall switching genders.
Thomash - Oct 26, 2004 5:59:47 pm PDT #6243 of 10000
I have a plan.
I think P.M. was making a comment on his hair. (Page boy-bowl cut)
P.M. Marc - Oct 26, 2004 6:01:15 pm PDT #6244 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
J'onn and Dr. Fate are the only League members I can recall switching genders.
DC needs more gender swapping. Damn it.
Specifically, Bart totally needs to be a girl for a few weeks.
Holli - Oct 26, 2004 6:21:36 pm PDT #6245 of 10000
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Specifically, Bart totally needs to be a girl for a few weeks.
Oh my god he SO DOES.
I think it would be entertaining if it happepend to Tim, too, just to see his brain break.