#char: Kyle Rayner

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Zero Hour (1994) #0 [and Zero Hour in general]

Let’s continue my Zero Hour first reading. After skipping some filler tie-in issues, I reached the finale. Again, funny numbering gimmick with a 0 issue. I think Marvel also had something similar with their -1 issues back then. Oh, the 90s!

Hal Jordan Parallax reveals his master plan: “I’m gonna erase the universe so hard, I’m gonna create a new one where everything is right and everyone is happy™”. Classic case of a hero reacting to tragedy the readers are supposed to know about the Emerald Twilight story arc, but I’m LARPing as a snot-eating 10yo in 1994 who just started reading comics and doesn’t have enough attention span to know the lore with absurd amounts of cope and a plan that sounds extremely good on paper, but that other heroes must oppose because morality yadda yadda yadda. Looking at you, Injusticeverse.

Shout-out to my man Danger, a D-lister that was brought to the final fight fOr a ReAsOn. I’m gonna be honest, I skipped his tie-in because I couldn’t give a fuck about who he was. I usually like me some B/C/D/Z listers, but I also don’t give a fuck about DC’s Titans and his book was apparently tied to that whole mess so I was like “meh, next”. I mean, this young dude is a nobody right....?

*one trip to a comics wiki later*

Oh...

Ahem, moving on. The Spectre shows up looking for REVENGE after all of the JSA folks get ultra aged up or straight up deleted from existence, even though they had previously asked him for help and he was like “nah that’s human bullshit, I ain’t movin’ any finger”. Good job, asshole.

So yeah, remember our D-lister? Turns out his power (which is absorbing energy and making explosions) is specifically needed to counter Parallax’s new Big Bang. So our heroes’ plan is...to recreate the universe exactly as it was. So basically Parallax’s plan but done by them because fuck you Parallax, you don’t get to play God. Except...it doesn’t come out exactly as it was, because there’s “““subtle changes”““. In a meta way, this event was supposed to be a soft reboot to fix some of the fuckery that Crisis on Infinite Earths (a big event I haven’t read yet out of fear) caused. Was it accomplished? According to Comic Pop’s Back Issues video on this event... it kind of wasn’t. Sidenote, I highly recommend that channel’s Back Issues series, after reading an event it’s fun to watch a recap that adds background bits for the uncultured (like me) even if I sometimes feel the critique of the host is too harsh.

A not-Killing-Joke’d Batgirl from another timeline who temporarily sided with Parallax because she was doing her best “I want to be a real boy” Pinocchio impersonation got killed in the heat of the moment, so the other normal-powered hero in the room (Green Arrow) gets pissed at his former bestie. After this whole event he ragequits btw and apparently a common joke is that many readers think that should be the standard reaction to the whole thing.

Parallax is seemingly killed but it’s comics so he’ll be fine, trust the process. If I recall correctly, Hal gets to be the new Spectre for a while [*Vietnam flashbacks of Identity Crisis*]. I forgot to mention that the current Green Lantern of the time Kyle Rayner and Wally West were also “killed off”. Again, they’ll be fine. I just didn’t care enough to read a wiki and find out how they come back. But that bit brings us to this “oh yeah, that happened” moment:

Power Girl was pregnant and gave birth to a baby with the help of Wonder Woman who conveniently decided to play midwife instead of stepping up to the threath. Bue hey, guess who also was sort of born in the aftermath of this event? That’s right, I was! So surely that means that baby is a very important char-

Whoops, nevermind.

FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE WHOLE EVENT:

“7/10 it was alright” - IGN.

The contrarian in me doesn’t hate it like most nerds out there do, but it’s certainly not the greatest event ever written. Granted I went in without knowledge of a lot of stuff, like how was I supposed to make sense of what was happening in the Hawkman tie-in issue aka the whole “let’s try to solve the problem of having multiple origins for this character by literally merging them all into one�� thing? How could I know what CoIE fuckery needed to be fixed if I don’t know the big impact of CoIE besides Supergirl being killed off (this fact is cultural osmosis at this point)? Did it matter to me in the long run? Not really, because it’s not like I feel compelled to keep reading DC continuity and make sense of it for the time being. The art was good, the colors were pretty, the Parallax suit was rad, the pose Ollie made at the end was Jojo-esque and dramatic, Batman fucking off from the final fight via being killed was good.

Now, the tie-ins. Some of them were fun, some of them were a drag to read because I had no idea of background info for most of them. Almost all of the Superman tie-ins were fun to read with the exception of Steel because I was tired of wiki-hunting when I reached his issue, shout out to the alternate Jor-El and Lara, the Alpha Centurion and the “Superman tries to save the Kents during the chronal rift” stories (Superman vol. 2 #93, Adventures of Superman #516, Action Comics #703 respectively). The Legion of Superheroes and adjacent issues were extremely confusing to me as a casual but oddly engaging. I had no idea what was happening but it was sort of fun. It revived my itch to read LoSH comics even if I’m still feeling overwhelmed at the mere thought of going further with that task. Oh yeah, the silent Green Arrow issue was a lot of fun! (Green Arrow vol. 2 #90).

The characters introduced were a mixed bag. On one hand we have Bart Allen aka Impulse, who was created in the prequel to this event and was sort of interesting. But then the chronal rift time erasure bullshit happens and since he’s from the 30th century he basically does nothing of importance... Alpha Centurion, as I mentioned, was a fun read in his Adventures issue but in the core event he was... a convenient minion. Thriumph? Thriump was an annoying character, one of those “oh yeah he was totally there in the beggining of the big team but the big name characters just don’t remember tee hee!”. Don’t worry though, he would later die of a cold. Or something like that. Extant felt edgy throughout most of the core issues and the tie-ins, he really had that Madara Uchiha endgame villain energy...until he was revealed to be just a pawn that was just rebelling. And then he fucks off. Shout-out to this specific goofy panel:

Tie-in issues skipped: Anima #7, Batman: Shadow of the Bat #31, Damage #6, Robin vol. 2 #10, Showcase ‘94 #10, Steel #8, Team Titans #24 (yeah, this team got erased from existence and I just couldn’t care), The Darkstars #24. Also skipped: all of the Zero Month aftermath gimmick #0/soft reboot issues.

New Year’s resolution when it comes to DC? I’ll get around reading the 70s Green Arrow and Green Lantern book. Ever since I found some academic paper on it that mentioned the words environmentalism and malthusian I was like “ok wtf I have to read this”.

Tytyty for reading my blog.

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KYLE RAYNER IN GREEN LANTERN (1990) #52

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BEGINAGAIN + SCREENSHOTS OF DESPAIR (4/?)

@kxtepryde @stxrsfires @brxghtestday @glxrious-purpose @mistressxfmagnetism @rxdqueens @twentyninetynines @sovietavenger

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Carol Ferris: Hal, I almost forgot that that suit did nothing for your ass.

Hal Jordan: No one asked you to look, Carol.

Kyle Rayner: I think you look great, Captain. As far as I’m concerned, that’s the Corps' ass.

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how much can we really trust the green lanterns now that we know what they're capable of? it seems like just a matter of time before oblivion 2.0!

Public opinion really is a fickle thing. You know what I think? (I know you want to, which is why you’re sliding into my DMs, you naughty little gray faced civilian.) I think the Green Lanterns finally have the right idea. Enforcing interplanetary laws, ‘keeping the peace’, fighting space monsters – who wants a life like that when you can have power, am I right? Of course I’m right, I’m me. They see what they’re capable of and one of them finally had the balls to deviate from the straight and narrow. I, for one, think he’s finally interesting. The Daily Bugle agrees – just look at how much they’re in the headlines now! Try getting that notoriety from helping old ladies cross the street.

— I Always Hit The Mark, Benjamin ‘Dex’ Poindexter, Bullseye

@brxghtestday @hxghbxll @anxietylanterncruz @impulselantern

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Captain Comet

“The machines were clever! Their mistake was in not realizing that the essence of humanity is not something you can weigh or duplicate!” - Captain Comet

Real Name: Adam Blake

Aliases:

Comet

Gender: Male

Height: 6′ 2″

Weight: 190 lbs (86 kg)

Eyes: Hazel

Hair: Brown

Powers:

Mutant Physiology

Abilites:

Music

Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)

Equipment:

Atmospheric Pressure Suit

Cometeer

Omni-Blaster

Stun Pistol

Universe: 

Earth-One

New Earth

Citizenship: American

Parents:

John Blake; father

Martha Blake; mother

Marital Status: Single

First Appearance: Strange Adventures #9 (June, 1951)

Last Appearance: R.E.B.E.L.S. Vol 2 #28 (July, 2011)

Powers

Mutant Physiology: Captain Comet is the pinnacle of human evolution. He has evolved mental functions and physiology.

Teleportation: Captain Comet can now teleport instantly to anywhere in the universe. However, Comet must rest for five minutes after teleporting a short distance, and for one hour after teleporting a greater distance.

Superhuman Strength

Invulnerability

Toxic Immunity

Superhuman Stamina

Clairvoyance: Captain Comet's brain also contains evolved sensory centers enabling him to "see" events outside of his range of sight, or even, in a limited way, see the future. If he focuses on clairvoyance he can see up to a 100,000 years into the future.

Telepathy: A gift that enables him to read people's minds, communicate with his thoughts, and control minds.

Mind Control

Telekinesis: An ability that enables him to use his thoughts to move, lift, and manipulate objects.

Telekinetic Matter Alteration: The ability to alter matter without having any physical contact with it.

Telekinetic Flight: The ability to mentally lift himself upwards to fly at high-speed; in the space he can travel in interplanetary speed.

Telekinetic Force-Fields: He can create barriers of psychic force to deflect most physical attacks, and his telekinetic shields can be used to simultaneously protect himself from the vacuum of space, while surrounding himself with an aura of oxygen to breathe.

Psionic Energy Bursts: He can fire bursts of psionic energy that strike a target with concussive impact or energy of various forms, such as electricity or fire.

Sense of Strength: Allows Captain Comet to know a target's powers, weaknesses and skills, or to gauge how difficult a task will be.

Vibro-Sense: An ability which allows him to read the emotions of others.

Enhanced Intellect: Captain Comet possesses a comprehensive intellect well in advance of that of the average human.

Eidetic Memory: He has a photographic memory, and is a prodigy with the ability to master any skill upon his first attempt.

Abilities

Music: He can learn to play a musical instrument at first glance.

Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): He is also a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant.

Equipment

Atmospheric Pressure Suit

Cometeer

Omni-Blaster: Captain Comet was armed with a weapon known as the Omni-Blaster, which could literally have any effect on his target, but it will also have the same effect on Captain Comet.

Stun Pistol

Origin

In 1931, John and Martha Blake gave birth to a son named Adam. Moments after his birth, a comet streaked across the Midwestern sky. John jokingly commented that the comet represented a sign of good fortune, but had little foreknowledge of how truthful his statement would come to be. Although the Blakes were unaware of it at the time, the comet had emitted low-level waves of radiation, which triggered multi-genetic cell growth in Adam Blake's body. As such, Adam began to develop incredible mental attributes.

By the time he was four years old, Adam demonstrated acute powers of observation. On one occasion he mentally located his mother's missing wedding band beneath a pile of discarded wood.

By the time he was eight, Adam's intelligence developed even further – he possessed a photographic memory and was able to memorize and comprehend all of the information that he had read from an entire volume of encyclopedias.

His mental skills continued to sharpen well into his teenage years, and he developed expert talents in nearly everything he attempted. He could perform a Mozart concerto on a clarinet without ever having picked up the instrument before.

Adam's physical prowess did not begin to develop until his college years, however. Although his body's development matured at a slower rate than his mind, he excelled in nearly every athletic event, notably football. He was virtually indestructible, and his superhuman stamina prevented him from ever tiring. At this time, Adam's mental acuity evolved even further. He began to demonstrate mild telepathic and telekinetic capabilities and once used these powers to save the life of a fellow college student named Betty.

Adam grew concerned over his seemingly limitless abilities and confided in a science professor named Emery Zackro. Zackro was a scientific genius who had secretly developed the world's first one-man space rocket. He tested Adam's talents at length and deduced that Adam was a mutant, born with physical and mental capabilities 100,000 years ahead of his time. He offered Adam a position as an assistant working in the science hall, and Adam aided Zackro in finding a means by which to harness deposits of gold from sunlight.

One evening, enemy agents, who had learned of Zackro's work, broke into the science hall in an effort to steal the solar reducer technology. Adam fought with the men and used his telekinetic abilities to deflect the bullets fired from their guns. Zackro eventually returned to the lab, and realized that he must forever safeguard Adam's talents from the world, lest unscrupulous enterprising men should attempt to exploit Adam for their own ends.

Adam could not keep his abilities safely hidden for long. In 1951, a global catastrophe took place, which forced Adam to reveal himself to the public. A space-faring alien race known as the Astur had traveled to Earth in the hopes of terra-forming the planet, making it inhabitable for their kind. They stationed their mother ship on the far side of the moon and delivered several large spinning tops to the planet's surface. The Astur could not survive in an oxygen-rich environment, so they used the tops to siphon away the planet's oxygen.

Calling himself Captain Comet for the very first time, Adam donned a space suit and oxygen tank and intercepted one of the tops. He ripped into the side of it and discovered that the machines were operated via remote control. He borrowed Professor Zackro's spaceship, the Cometeer, and traveled to the far side of Earth's moon where he discovered the Astur mother ship. On board the ship, Adam encountered a solitary alien pilot, named Harun. The rest of the Astur crew slept in suspended animation, awaiting the day when they could live again on an airless planet. Like Adam, Harun possessed an advanced intellect and the two decided to settle their differences through a contest of strategy. Adam ultimately won their mental duel, but Harun was determined to defeat him regardless. He attempted to revive his brethren only to discover that the entire crew had died in suspended animation several years ago. Driven to despair, Harun abandoned his plan for global conquest and took his own life by jettisoning himself out of the ship's airlock. Captain Comet found the remote controls operating the lethal tops and reversed the controls, returning all of the stolen oxygen to the planet.

Captain Comet returned to Earth and reported that the planet was now safe from the alien threat. Reports of his deeds reached every major newspaper and radio program across the globe and Captain Comet became an international hero.

Using the advanced scientific tools at his command, Captain Comet pledged himself towards aiding humanity, but was cautious to keep the truth about his mutant heritage a secret from the general populace.

Infinite Crisis & One Year Later

Recently, Captain Comet has been intrinsically involved in the galactic conflict known as the Rann-Thanagar War. He helped Kyle Rayner and Adam Strange against the invasion of Rann by Onimarr Synn.

During the year after the events of Infinite Crisis Captain Comet was tortured and killed by Lady Styx, which forced him to eject his consciousness from his body. Several months afterwards, Comet's psyche came into contact with the Weird's soul, which caused the two of them to create new bodies, each possessing some of the other's memories.

Captain Comet created a new younger body for himself with all the memories and mental abilities of his previous body. Captain Comet then teleported home and set off to locate his former body. He created a modified costume for himself and went by the name Comet, dropping the "Captain" title from his moniker.

Investigating, he discovered that the Church of Eternal Light had enslaved a group of Aurakles, using their abilities to grow brainwashed cloned telepaths from the charred remainders of his former body. Although the clones had his former strength, they were psychically weaker, so Comet was able to destroy his corpse, sabotage the factory and flee. This branded him as a fugitive, and he was only able to continue his battles and avoid arrest due to his friendship with the police chief.

R.E.B.E.L.S.

With Starro the Conqueror attempting to take over the universe, Captain Comet was once again allied with Vril Dox to stop him. After Starro was stopped, Comet stayed on Vril's new team and started a romance with the newly-arrived Starfire.

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alt!

Send me “alt!” and I’ll introduce you to a character I’ve rped in the past, want to play in the future or are currently playing somewhere else!

Apresento pra vocês: Roderick Rayner Troy.

Ele foi outro char que criei pro newworldorder.

Aqui tem a bio dele completa

Ele é filho da maravilhosa Donna Troy (Wonder Girl) e do Kyle Rayner (Green Lantern).

 Não posso falar dele sem citar a irmã gêmea dele: Dorothy Troy. E ela é char da @capituwrites.

A história dos dois é bem complicadinha de resumir, mas vou tentar. Quando eles tinham poucos meses de vida, o Dark Angel fez uma aparição e apagou da memória de todos a existência da Donna. Apenas a Diana, o Wally e a Hippolyta que ficaram de fora disso. Com isso, levaram o Rod e a Dory pra Themyscira e tentaram reverter a situação. 

Themyscira, uma ilha só vive mulheres como todos nós fomos apresentados pelo filme maravilhoso da Wonder Woman, Rod foi “expulso” quando tinha quatro anos, porque ele não podia permanecer lá. Então foi enviado pra New York pra morar com o pai e foi criado longe da irmã.

Rod sofreu bastante quando era mais novo pela distância da irmã e pelo fato dele ter nascido com as habilidades da mãe e ser super desastrado e distraído. Kyle não fazia ideia de como ajuda-lo e ele precisou da mãe pra treina-lo.  

Ele e a Dory compartem um physic link que vai muito além do que a gente costuma ouvir dizer que os gêmeos compartem, eles de fato compartilham sentimentos, sonhos e pensamentos. Então essa foi a única ligação deles por uns bons anos, foi só quando eles tinham dezenove anos que a Dory saiu de Themyscira e se mudou pra New York. E a dinâmica deles é muito bacana justamente por conta do physic link e do fato dela desconhecer as coisas do mundo humano, então ele tem que mostrar tudo pra ela e com isso eles formam os Wonder Twins, trabalham como heróis juntos.

Outra coisa bacana sobre ele é o fato de que ele divide apartamento com a Dory e mais duas “primas”, uma recém chegada de Themyscira e filha da Dianna e a outra que foi criada com ele e é filha da Cassie. 

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"Sorry about the mess."

Star Wars Starters

Status: Accepting!

@untamedtempest

❝ No, it’s fine...wasn’t one of my best works anyway...❞

The Fourth Law of Superhero Physics stated that for every titanic clash of powers, a half-dozen skyscrapers would be leveled to the ground in COLLATERAL DAMAGE.  Fortuitously for the Lantern and the Mistress of the Elements, the picturesque skyline of New York was spared, with the only casualty of their encounter with parademons being...Kyle Rayner’s SKETCHBOOK.

Despite giving the mutant verbal assurances to the contrary, DISAPPOINTMENT had grayed his enthusiasm over their victory.  He picked up the charred remains of a weeks work, sighing forlornly to himself before turning towards Storm who probably was unaware that the humble park artist she was now speaking to was also the Green Lantern who fought by her side only a minute or so ago.

❝ If anything I should be thanking you and the Green Lantern....you guys were AWESOME!❞  

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Man, I don’t have a clue what’s going on, but I had to tell somebody.

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‘Cause you can’t resist me.

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Dance with me.

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Thanks. That means a lot coming from you.

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If Lanterns aren't allowed to take care of each other, even those that don't want it, then the Corps has no meaning for me.

— @brxghtestday

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Simon Baz: Of course I care about all the Lanterns equally.

Kyle Rayner: We were attacked while you were away.

Simon Baz: Oh my god! Is Jessica all right?