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2. Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)

(aka Ion, aka The White Lantern, aka The Omega Lantern)

Kyle is a replacement who not only lives up to the example set by his predecessor, he actively surpasses him.

Hal Jordan is a good character, but Kyle Rayner is even better. When Hal became possessed by an alien space fear bug and went on a crazy murder spree, it was Kyle who took up the reigns and carried on. He faced some hardships early on, but he eventually became THE Green Lantern for many people (including myself).

The dude served on Grant Morrison’s JLA. That’s a badge of honor if ever I’ve seen one. Once Hal Jordan came back, it seems that DC couldn’t really figure out what to do with Kyle, so they made him Ion and then the White Lantern.

However, he was used in a fantastic way again in Tom King and Barnaby Bagenda’s amazing maxi-series Omega Men, in which he had to fight to save himself from the dangerous characters of the titular team, the regime they battled, and the horrible aftermath inherent in revenge.