Or - “Why No Character Is Unsalvageable…”

For a long time, the conventional wisdom at DC seemed to state that there were two brands of characters: the funny and the dramatic. During the bleak time that was comics in the 1990’s, it became necessary to traumatize the funny ones so they, too, could be dark and gritty. Thus did we see Booster Gold lose an arm, Blue Beetle have a series of heart attacks, and Guy Gardner become an mighty morphin’ gun-totin’ alien. With 2003’s Green Lantern: Rebirth miniseries, we’ve finally seen both characterizations amalgated into one: the salacious, rude, mercilessly funny Rambo Guy and the dedicated, angry, powerful Guy together make for such a potent combination that he has become a key supporting character in GL’s book, and the anchor of Green Lantern Corps. Which is part of the reason this issue disappointed me…

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