Green Lantern (Guy Gardner) (New 52)

*"Well, being a civilian's way messier than ringslingin'. Having a normal life isn't all it's cracked up to be."*

## **Summary**

**Guy Gardner**, known as one of the many **Green Lanterns** from Earth, is a popular character in the New 52 continuity of DC Comics. Initially portrayed as an aggressive and often arrogant individual, Gardner evolves into a more nuanced character over time. His deep sense of duty, fierce loyalty, and underlying kindness make him an unconventional but effective Green Lantern and leader. Regarding his abilities, Guy Gardner wields a Green Lantern Power Ring, an advanced piece of alien technology that allows the user to create energy constructs limited only by their willpower and imagination. In addition, Gardner, during the "Red Lanterns" storyline, becomes the leader of the Red Lantern Corps, where he is able to wield a Red Power Ring fueled by rage. This introduces a new dynamic to his character, forcing him to constantly struggle with his own anger. Guy Gardner interacts with numerous characters within the DC Universe. As a Green Lantern, he works closely with Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Kyle Rayner. He also holds a rivalry-turned-friendship with Batman, reflecting his combative personality and his ability to earn respect. During his tenure as a Red Lantern, he develops an antagonistic relationship with Atrocitus, the founder of the Red Lantern Corps. Within the New 52 continuity, Gardner's character arc primarily revolves around his shifting allegiances between the Green Lantern and Red Lantern Corps. During the "Rise of the Third Army" and "Wrath of the First Lantern" story arcs, he becomes a pivotal character, displaying his capacity for leadership and his willingness to make personal sacrifices for the greater good. Through these experiences, Gardner's character matures, although he never fully loses his brash and defiant personality.

## Green Lantern

### **Output:**

#### Physical Strength

* Cracks the skull of a Keeper with a headbutt
* Tackles OMAC to the ground.
* Knocks out John Stewart with a punch.
* Tackles an Alpha Lantern and almost manages to rip their core out.

#### Energy Blasts

* Blasts and beats the alien that was killing his squadron of Green Lanterns despite being a rookie.
* Guy and John concentrate their blasts to knock out some Keepers, people that also wield willpower and are resistant to the power of the rings.
* Blasts away OMAC.
* Guy's ring and Booster's blasters controlled by another meta take out August General, OMAC, Godiva, and Batman, then each other.
* Guy Gardner, Booster Gold, August General in Iron, and OMAC stun and throw a meta into the air.
* Guy and John are able to somewhat match an Alpha Lantern in a clash, although they get pinned to a wall after losing.

#### Constructs

* Tears into Peraxxus' ship with a drill.
* Blasts Perasxxus with a rocket launcher.
* Restrains Peraxxus with cuffs.
* Creates drones that use beams to deconstruct the Signal Men remains that were destroying the nearby area.
* Punches a murderer with a football player.
* Guy Gardner & John Stewart fight off an army of Keepers, who are resistant to Green Power Rings.
* Helps stabilize the collapsing Eiffel Tower.
* Creates a suit of armor, using it to knock around OMAC.
* Destroys a giant monster construct with a construct of himself.
* Partially restrains a meta who throws OMAC over himself.
* Guy Gardner, John Stewart, and Kilowog, along with dozens of other Lanterns, bring the gigantic Sinestro Corps battery to Oa and place it somewhere to be buried. Guy just deciding to slam it with a hammer and leave it mostly buried.
* Guy and John create a Lantern Symbol to ram the Alphas into a wall, the attack itself, and them crashing into the Sciencells of Oa after the construct shatters, damages the windows and walls of the Sciencells.
* Guy and John create some tweezers to attack the Alpha Lantern strangling them.

### **Defense:**

#### Blunt

* Tanks getting beaten into the ground by an alien that was killing other Green Lanterns with ease.
* Tanks a whack to the back of the head from Peraxxus.
* Tanks hits from Peraxxus in their next fight.
* Tanks hits from OMAC with minimal damage.
* Tanks hits from OMAC with an energy suit.
* Tanks a punch from John.

#### Energy

* Tanks having his own rocket launcher construct blast thrown back at him, then being blasted with energy beams from Peraxxus' eyes.
* Tanks getting blasted by Peraxxus.
* Takes getting blasted by Peraxxus again.
* Tanks being caught in a blast that blows up part of the U.N. and the stand they were in.
* Survives but is knocked out by Booster Gold being forced to blast him.
* Tanks having his own energy blast hitting him with feedback.
* Tanks being part of the group blasted back by the Alpha Lanterns.
* Tanks getting shocked by the Ring Foundry on Oa.
* Tanks getting blasted by an Alpha.

#### Constructs

* Blocks Rankorr trying to bust a man's skull with a headstone by creating a shield around the man.
* Blocks punches and Napalm Breath from Rankorr with a spiked shield.
* Blocks flamethrowers with a steel wall.
* Creates armor around John Stewart and the other Lanterns he is rescuing.
* Contains the blast of an exploding Firestorm with a box, another Firestorm at one point blowing up a stadium in a self-destruct.
* Blocks heat vision from an alien.

### **Speed:**

#### Combat

* Before becoming Green Lantern, he drove his motorcycle into a group of thugs trying to kill his cop brother, saving him.
* Keeps up with Peraxxus in combat.
* Dodges a hardlight beam from a meta.

#### Travel

* When first getting the ring, he surprises himself with how it carries himself and his brother to the hospital almost instantly.

### **Misc:**

#### Green Power Ring

* Can telekinetically grab people.
* Can sustain himself in space, then sealing a hole he made in Peraxxus' ship with a sealant construct.
* Creates thrusters on the shield Booster Gold uses to allow him to take the JLI away from the blast of a Signal Man.
* Creates thrusters on the JLI jet and a rock the team is hiding in to get in and board Peraxxus' ship, also the ring is capable of mapping out the area and the ship's tech.
* Steers Peraxxus' ship as it is falling towards Earth to hit the Signal Man and destroy it.
* Creates a holographic diagram of the universe to explain how Green Lanterns are alotted.
* Guy, John, and a bunch of other Lanterns block a wormhole that is trying to teleport a bunch of people and the environment from a planet.
* Creates functioning cameras as constructs.
* Creates some transport beds to take victims of a bombing at the U.N..
* Can create suits of armor.
* The ring can play footage like a projector.
* Creates a tsunami of energy to flood a military base.
* His ring visually displays everything he is recounting to Salaak.
* Creates construct decoys of himself and John for the Alpha Lanterns to follow.

#### Intelligence

* When fighting an alien race that can also use willpower, making their rings less effective, he plans to and successfully pulls off invading their planet and using some captured Yellow Lanterns as fear bombs.