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I quite like Kyle being a GL again, as I like the “4 Musketeers” concept Geoff Johns has brought to the Earth GLs. Its great seeing them as a team. I was resistant to Kyle stopping being Ion, just because Ron Marz had turned it into a great concept, and also because it means that Kyle’s been bounced around a bit. Heck, I was initially not keen on him becoming Ion again, largely because I thought he’d settled in nicely teaming with Guy in the GLC mini and saw it as an unnecessary change. Above all, I’m hoping the change back is going to be something that sticks for a good while.

From Sodam’s glowing chest emblem I’m going to take that as Kyle hosting the Ion whale ever since his first stint as Ion, although I’m wondering if Sodam also having a ring does indicate that just hosting Ion doesn’t necessarily boost the host’s power levels (other than boosting their willpower, which would in turn boost their ability with a GL ring).

Sodam’s costume looks awful, but I’ve only just now realised where I’ve seen his chest emblem before. Its the one used by Kyle in the JLU 2-parter “The Return”.

Yup, we fans do get a bit protective

Actually, the fans that scare me, are the ones who are going on about Kyle being shafted since Hal came back. From where I’m sitting:

Kyle was one of the main heroes in Rebirth. He was the one who discovered Parallax was back and rescued Jordan’s body. He also fought Sinestro with Ollie and (later) Hal, despite having to fight of Parallax’s influence.

He then got joint-lead in the GLC Recharge miniseries.

Then became a principle player in the Rann-Thanagar War miniseries and special.

From that he got his own 12 month maxi-series.

Which led straight into the Sinestro Corps event. Again, a major player (albeit evil and possessed for a large chunk of it), and has 2 one-shots he’s starring in.

Then he’s in Countdown every week, and the Search For Ray Palmer Specials.

Finally, joint-lead in the GLC ongoing.

Not bad for a character who’s been shafted

My only real complaint is the uncertainty brought in by changing his powers and identity. Now he’s back as a GL it looks like he’ll stay that way. And hopefully this costume will stick as well, just to provide some consistency.

And then hopefully they can turn their attention to John, who is probably the one GL who *was* shafted by Hal coming back

Ganthet’s an interesting one. I can see him becoming more of a rogue element (I wonder what the other Guardians will think of him giving Kyle a ring). The Guardians for the most part seem to be ploughing on with their own agenda, losing sight of the bigger picture (notice that Ganthet twigged fairly quickly that the Sinestro Corps would head to Earth, not Oa). We still don’t know what Ganthet was trying to tell Salaak in the Sinestro Corps special. I love his character, so the idea of him being a rogue Guardian, sorting out their messes, and occassionally helping out the Earth GLs I like a lot.

An obvious answer would be for him to found one of the new Lantern Corps (blue or whatever), but I’d rather see him doing his own thing for a while.