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Lanterns Finally Explains Why Guy Gardner Became Earth’s Green Lantern
John turns down the Green Lantern Corps after collateral damage in Rushville leaves Earth without a protector, setting up Guy Gardner’s rise.
- Lanterns Episode 5 reveals that Abin Sur was murdered, not killed in an accident. The alien fugitive Zoe Macon killed Sur after he brought her to Earth to shield her from the Guardians.
- Sur broke protocol by bringing the fugitive Manhunter to Earth to protect her; Macon killed him to prevent him from revealing her existence to the Guardians and the Green Lantern Corps.
- John Stewart tracks down Macon in Rushville using sniper skills to defeat the Manhunter after she destroys half the town. Stewart recovers the power ring from his mentor, Hal Jordan, who is sidelined by injuries.
- Telling the Guardian he feels "hollow," Stewart formally rejects the Green Lantern Corps, leaving Earth without a protector. This decision clears the path for Guy Gardner to assume the mantle.
- Stewart is destined to become the Green Lantern in Man of Tomorrow, the upcoming sequel to Superman. The road back to the Corps remains fraught as he must unlearn his rigid military training.
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Lanterns Finally Explains Why Guy Gardner Became Earth’s Green Lantern
Photo Credits: HBO Lanterns just answered the one question DC fans have been asking since Peacemaker and Superman. Episode 5 finally reveals why Guy Gardner wears the ring instead of John Stewart. How Guy Gardner became Earth’s only Green Lantern explained by Lanterns Lanterns episode 5 finally explains how Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion) became Earth’s Green Lantern. The episode reveals John Stewart rejected the ring after killing the Manhunter. T…
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