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« on: August 09, 2012, 07:56:14 PM »
Here's your Guy..



Sure, the Nineties were often an odd time to be a DC fan, characters were, killed off, changed identities and sometimes even gender (more on that later) and the status quo could change overnight as an editor decided a character needed a boost.

Created by John Broome and Gil Kane in Green Lantern #59 (March 1968).
Guy Gardner was always second fiddle.

Passed over for Hal Jordan as Earth's first Green Lantern due to simple proximity to the dying alien Abin Sur, when Guy finally got his turn at GL status, he got thrust into the Phantom Zone, became Brain Damaged and when he finally escaped, he fell into a coma and Hal stole his girl...classy Hal..classy.

The resulting brain damage gave Guy a split personality, he became the butt of everyone's jokes, the asshole you loved to hate..and this happened.



The Eighties may have brought Gardner to prominence..but at what cost?

Life didn't get much better come the new decade.

Taking his place as Earth's primo GL, Guy spent his time kicking ass and taking names, whilst Hal Jordan spent his time driving a truck, growing his temples white and finding himself.

After his bout of soul-searching, Hal once again decided to be THE Green Lantern.
Guy taking umbrage, challenged Hal to a fist fight..and well, let's just say, for this fan *the fix was in*.

Humiliated, Guy slunk off to find fortune as a non-powered hero.
Sadly, this didn't work out to well, so, with Lobo's assistance, Guy invaded Qward with the intent to steal Sinestro's Qwardian ring for his own.

Successful in his quest, Guy used the power ring to battle crime and remind the world just why he was "America's Number One"..all went well until a little thing called Zero Hour.



The now insane Green Lantern Hal Jordan destroyed Oa's central power battery, with the source of their emerald energy gone, thousands of GL's were left for dead and, more importantly, Guy's ring, which relied on leeching power from other GL's was now useless.

Never one to be deterred, Guy hit up his old JLI buddy Blue Beetle for something to even the odds.



This suit didn't last long when he again went up against Parallax, saved only by the sudden reactivation of his yellow ring, Guy fought hard but was ultimately bested by the cosmic level Hal.

Hurt and barely alive, Guy found himself back on Earth and ready to relinquish his life as a hero..

Enter Beau Smith and Mitch Byrd.

Teaming up with renowned adventurer "Buck" Wargo and his team, Guy ventured in deep into the Amazon Jungle in search of the legendary "Warrior Water".

After a long fight with a treacherous member of the team, Guy drank the fabled liquid which activated long dormant alien genes, giving Guy the powers of the Vuldarian Race, the greatest warriors ever to hit the DCU.



Returning to New York, Guy set up the Superhero themed (and much cooler than Planet Krypton Wink) Warriors bar and picked up his life where he left off, as the DCU's toughest hero.

Now powerful enough to fight Superman (due to his powers going out of whack), Guy enlisted the help of Wildcat, Buck, a time displaced Lady Blackhawk and Lead of the Metal Men to help keep Warriors from getting too destroyed, not that that did any good when Lobo was in town.

Keeping true to his GL roots, a team up with then sole Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, proved that Guy was the Warrior the DCU needed.

Up against the villainous Major Force, a psychopathic killer, who had recently killed Kyle's girlfriend and Guy's brother, Guy made the decision to execute the criminal to avoid further bloodshed.

Later issues saw Guy come to terms with his Vuldarian heritage, facing the demonic Vuldarian Dementor, a product of forced breeding.

Killed during Our Worlds at War, Guy wouldn't be kept down, pulling a con on both Superman and foe Kancer in order to return to his rightful place as true ass kicker of the DCU.

Notable Issues:

Guy Gardner:Warrior #28 (Death of Major Force)
Guy Gardner: Warrior#29 (Best issue ever...trust me)
Action Comics #789 - Warrior #30 (Superman fight)
Guy Gardner: Warrior #41 (Guy Gardner - Superfriend??)
Guy Gardner Warrior #42 (Gal Gardner)



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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2012, 08:00:34 PM »
I loved Warrior! The 90s really did give lots of characters chances to show they aren't one note jokes, but can be some real great characters.
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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2012, 08:03:37 PM »
I loved Guy as Warrior.
Dixon's run was good, but when Beau Smith took over, it was brilliant.

Warriors was classic, Guy was an ass kicker and the supporting cast were superb.

Issue #29 is hands down one of my favourite DC Comics ever published.
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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2012, 08:35:51 PM »
I'd buy the fuck out of a Warrior.

But man, what a crazy direction to take the character laugh
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2012, 09:20:51 PM »
Actually, the Red Guy Gardner Warrior is the one I want second.  The next Guy I want is yellow Ringed Guy with the leather jacket, from the Death of Superman era...
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« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2012, 10:43:27 PM »
Yeah, any pug-nosed roughian in cowboy boots always gets me moist  slobber Lust  Thumb's Up.

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« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2012, 10:56:12 PM »
As weird a direction as I thought the whole alien DNA thing was, Beau Smith fits Guy's character like a glove. Seriously, there is no one who gets Guy like Beau.
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« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2012, 11:14:43 AM »
Yes.
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« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2012, 03:40:41 PM »
No. HELL no.

The 90s Guy Gardner was an abortion that needs to NEVER come back in any form of nostalgia. Guy works best as a Green Lantern, and right now, right NOW is the very best he's ever been.

Guy's Vulcrapian era was an embarrassment for GL fans. He suddenly had alian DNA that what, made him look like Tatanka? And he could grow bazookas on his shoulders? Turn his hands into knives? What 10 year old came up with THAT lame power? Guy looked like a fucking mort in that gettup. And the other looks he blew through after losing his ring in GL #25 weren't much better. Pretty much everything that happened to him from vol 3 #25 until Rebirth is best left in the past or cut right out of continuity like a cancer. I mean really...Gal Gardner?
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« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2012, 03:48:13 PM »
I'll take Warrior over any of the crap with fucking Rainbow Lanterns.

And Warrior was a damn good book.
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« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2012, 03:57:40 PM »
Quote from: JSayonara on August 10, 2012, 03:48:13 PM
I'll take Warrior over any of the crap with fucking Rainbow Lanterns.

And Warrior was a damn good book.

eeeehhhh, nah.   Tongue

As bad as all the gay little rainbow brite lantern stuff is, it just makes Guy look that more awesome now. He's one of the things the GL books have going right at the moment, surrounded by crap. Tomasi gets him better than anyone ever has, and I loved Englehart's take on him. So I pretty much have all the awesome Guy Gardner figures I need. And fuck that Red Lantern Guy figure btw.
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« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2012, 04:00:27 PM »
I DO have the pocket heroes DCD Guy of him in the jeans and cowboy boots. I can imagine how hideous that would look as a 7" figure!
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« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2012, 04:03:58 PM »
Mind you, I see no reason that another Guy should be on the top of the "Must Make from the 90s list," and I get your point Dave, but part of me is partial and nostalgic to all that Bloodwynd, Guy-in-Black Leather Jacket with Yellow Ring, General Glory era.

Just no SCORN.  I saw him on another thread and threw up in my mouth.  Rip a ram's head off a wild animal toy and smash it on a Superman figure's body if you must. SCORN should be crushed under the wheels of the pickup truck by sodomizing rednecks, then his lifeless corpse should be sodomized repeatedly by said rednecks, then his meat should be ground into chili and fed to pigs.  His skull should be used as a chip and dipper, and his pelt should be used by Apache Chief as an assrag.

And that's too good for Scorn, honestly.  
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« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2012, 04:14:38 PM »
For those thinking.."I don't want any of this shit from the Nineties in my sub".

Just remember that what you are getting are two crappy Rainbow Lanterns from 2007ish with Johns' stink all over them, which they couldn't sell at retail, so they're palming off on us.

And we still don't know the fate of Flushpoint Plastic-man..and we all know Mattel don't quit once they have a figure done.

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« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2012, 04:38:56 PM »
Quote from: JSayonara on August 10, 2012, 04:14:38 PM
For those thinking.."I don't want any of this shit from the Nineties in my sub".

Just remember that what you are getting are two crappy Rainbow Lanterns from 2007ish with Johns' stink all over them, which they couldn't sell at retail, so they're palming off on us.

No arguement from me on THAT one. It's pretty bad when I have a roomful of Green Lantern shit, and two rainbow lanterns are part of what's making me NOT sign up for the sub. The rainbow spectrum is a cancer on the GL mythos and needs to go away.

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