Green Lanterns of the 'Modern Age'
From Coast City, California
Green Lantern during the latter half of the 20th Century, in roughly the same generation as Jade, Obsidian, and Infinity Inc, and Robert Queen, during his work with IO.
So technically he’s Pre-Modern Age
Coast City gets destroyed by Monarch, after which he disappears into deep space.
He returns in the modern age, possessed by Parallax and slaughtering the Guardians and a good chunk of the Corp.
The damage he does leaves the Green Lantern Rings vulnerable to being overtaken by other emotions, leading to a recruitment drive by Sinestro and his Qwardian allies, amongst other factions…
Following his death at the hands of his fellow Lanterns, Sinestro, and the League, he would find himself as the new host of the Spectre.
From Midway City, Michigan (Which takes the place of Detroit), an architect who gained his ring holding off a damaged Manhunter while he was consulting with Ferris Air.
The first “Modern” Green Lantern, and a founding member of the Justice League.
Had a brief Space-Vegas marriage to Katma Tui, though they would eventually settle into a more platonic relationship, and have a romance with Hawkwoman, Kendra Munoz-Sauners.
Following Hal’s rampage, John would be appointed to the position of Guardian, overseeing the GLC during the War of Light and the resulting treaty to form the Mosaic.
Would later override his Lantern Ring with compassion, becoming an Indigo Lantern when the First Lantern escapes.
Loves the alien tech he encounters, wants to take stuff apart to see how it works, reverse engineer alien tech and how it can be modified, how it works with human technology.
Very thorough and blueprint-y construct style, which makes him a little slow by lantern standards but makes his constructs incredibly durable.
Was a social worker before a TBI, is very mad about it.
Opened a bar in Bludhaven, Warriors, and even made some association with Dick Grayson.
Tapped as a back up Lantern by John when he went off world due to their willpower. The other leaguers really questioned John’s judgement on that one.
Still proved their mettle, but gave up the ring surprisingly easy once John was back.
Would still be tapped as a GL and JL reserve, but lose his rings and both arms during the Emerald Twilight.
Would later get metamorphic prosthetics originally belonging to the Vuldarii, a civilization that harnessed the Emotional Lights in a much more raw, untamed form.
Became the Warrior and served with the JLI, harnessing their emotions to power the prosthetics.
Their use of the Emotional spectrum now is flame-like, fast and destructive, but actual Light based constructs have little lasting power.
Kylie Rayner-The White Lantern
Given a GL Ring by a dying Ganthet during Emerald Twilight.
Would spend her career fighting the Controllers, their Effigies, The Third Army, The First Lantern, etc..
Alex DeWitt doesn’t die, but they eventually break up.
Also has a very intense relationship with Soranik Natu, who herself would become the Yellow Lantern representative of the Mosaic.
Ascends to become The White Lantern during Crisis, becoming a guardian of E136’s dimensional barriers.
Her construct style has a sketchy quality to it, and tends to evolve through different “drafts”
Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz-Emerald and Opal
Okay, these two aren’t Green Lanterns per say, but connected to the Emotional Light and Darklands, like Jade & Obsidian (20th century Infinity Inc. heroes, here)
The ring of Volthoom (native to E136 here, a GL ring high jacked by the ancient rogue Emerald Knight, Volthoom of Mars) finds a host in the traumatized Jessica Cruz, sewing chaos as Limelight.
Eventually Jessica gains control of the ring, though it tries to blow itself up.
I explain how that goes (and how Simon enters the story) here.
Simon walks out of the explosion connected to the Light, capable of GL style hard light constructs and healing.
Jessica leaves connected to the Darklands, allowing her to manipulate her shadow like a GL ring, travel through shadows, and see visions.
They fall in with Infinity Inc. at first, but join the JL soon enough, before getting married.
Recruited after John’s appointment to Guardianhood, dispatched to Far Sector for a while.
Is recalled to Earth to help teach Stephanie, and ends up as the JL's main Lantern.
Stephanie Brown-Emerald Knight
Spoiler. Robin. Batgirl. Dead. Arkham Knight.
Stephanie actually gets a Red Lantern Ring around Crisis, though overrides it through sheer force of will.
Is partnered with Jo Mullein, and thus the secondary Lantern of the JL, which would see her working with two of her exes.
Keli Quintela-Teen Lantern
Somehow engineered a connection to the Emotional Spectrum similar to Lantetn Power Batteries.
Descendant of Golden Age GL Kim Tran
Newest Green Lantern as of yet.
Uses a multi colored Spectrum Ring.
