Guy Gardner (character)
Guy Gardner | |
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Vuldarian hybrid | |
Place of origin | Earth |
Team affiliations | Green Lantern Corps Justice League Darkstars Justice League International Baltimore Police Department |
Partnerships | Hal Jordan John Stewart Kyle Rayner Kilowog |
Notable aliases | Green Lantern Warrior Red Lantern |
Abilities |
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Guy Gardner, one of the characters known as
Matthew Settle played the character in the television pilot Justice League of America. Nathan Fillion will portray the character set in the DC Universe, beginning with Superman (2025).
Publication history
Guy Gardner was created by
Staton's design for Guy Gardner was based on the character Major Ronald Merrick from the TV series The Jewel in the Crown, as Staton saw Merrick's entitlement and resentment as a parallel to Guy Gardner.[3] Gardner's later blue costume, introduced in the first issue of the character's first ongoing series (cover dated October 1992), was also designed by Staton.[3] During this series, retitled Guy Gardner: Warrior with issue #17, Guy Gardner is gradually evolved into a more vulnerable and heroic character; Beau Smith, who wrote the series for most of its run, was concerned that leaving him as an angry jerk would make the character stagnant and one-note.[3]
Fictional character biography
Early life
Guy is raised in Baltimore by his parents, Roland and Peggy Gardner. His father, Roland, is an abusive alcoholic who beats Guy every day. Some of Guy's injuries are visible such as bruises, cuts and bumps but others are invisible and are emotionally inflicted. Guy works hard in school to try to win his father's approval, but Roland instead lavishes attention and compliments upon Guy's older brother, Mace. Guy's only escape at this time is General Glory comic books, going so far as to model his bowl haircut on Glory's sidekick, Ernie.[4]
During his mid-teens, Guy becomes a juvenile delinquent. He constantly defies authority. Later, he is straightened out by his older brother, now a police officer. He eventually goes to college, supporting himself, and earning bachelor's degrees in education and psychology from the University of Michigan, where he also plays football until he suffers a career-ending injury. The injury deeply affects Guy.
After college, Guy works as a
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Guy is now an ex-police officer and middle child of a family with a long tradition of membership in the Baltimore Police Department going back to 1860. He is the second human to earn a Green Lantern ring, after coming to the rescue of his older brother Gerard, who had become pinned down during a police shootout with a street gang.[6]
In this version, Guy has a strained relationship with his father, Ebenezer Gardner, a decorated cop forced into disability after taking a bullet in the line of duty for issues related to the unexplained incident which got Guy kicked off the police force.
Green Lantern Corps
The Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814, an alien named Abin Sur from the planet Ungara, crash-lands on Earth after being mortally wounded. As Sur dies, his power ring seeks and finds two potential successors: Guy Gardner and Hal Jordan. Jordan is nearer to the crash, so he is chosen over Gardner.[9] In the same story, the Guardian supercomputers predict Guy would have perished early in his career if he had been chosen first. In the later Booster Gold series it is shown that a time traveling Booster convinces Gardner to visit his dying father, thus ensuring that Jordan would be the candidate in closest proximity. Gardner is relegated to backup status should anything happen to Jordan.[10]
When Jordan becomes aware of Gardner's status as his backup, he sets up a chance meeting, and the two become friends. Though Gardner is originally naive to Jordan's secret identity, he eventually assists Jordan during his adventures.[volume & issue needed] He is later partnered with Jordan after completing his training under Kilowog.[6]
During an earthquake, Gardner is hit by a bus while attempting to rescue one of his students. During his recovery, the Guardians recruit John Stewart to be Jordan's new "backup".[11]
Some time later, during a period where Gardner is performing his duties as a backup Green Lantern, Hal Jordan's power battery, the source of the ring's energy, explodes in Gardner's face due to damage done to it by the Crumbler and traps him in the Phantom Zone.[12] Jordan and Kari Limbo, Gardner's girlfriend at the time, both believe him to be dead, and the two develop a romantic relationship that ultimately culminates in a marriage proposal.[13] Gardner is able to interrupt the wedding by contacting Limbo telepathically.[14] By then, however, Gardner's bus accident, the power battery explosion, his assimilation into the zone, and the subsequent torture at the hands of General Zod and other residents of the Phantom Zone had affected his mind. When Gardner is released from the Phantom Zone, he is diagnosed with brain damage and is comatose for a number of years.[15]
During the
Gardner's brain damage manifests itself in the form of an arrogant, violent, unstable, and often childish new personality.[3] Gardner believes himself to be the last "true" Green Lantern, superior to all the others, particularly Jordan. Five of the renegade Guardians are slain by a wave of antimatter, and the sixth eventually reconcile with the rest of the Guardians. In the meantime, Gardner succeeds in his task of recruiting powerful villains. Both Hal Jordan and John Stewart prevent Gardner from completing his mission, which would have ultimately destroyed the universe.
Following the Crisis, the Guardians, along with the
As a consequence of the Corps executing Sinestro, the majority of the Corps loses their power rings; Gardner is one of the few remaining active Green Lanterns. After the defeat and death of the "Mad Guardian", the Guardians return and assign Gardner to be the official Green Lantern of Sector 2814 while Jordan is assigned to recruit new Corps members.
Justice League International
Soon after obtaining his freedom from Maltus, Gardner becomes a founding member of the Justice League International after the original JLA disbands in the 1986-87 storyline "Legends". In his time with the JLI, Gardner resents Batman's leadership of the group, going so far as to challenge the Dark Knight to a fist fight. In a notorious panel, Batman downs Guy with one punch after Guy takes off his ring. The other members leave him lying on the floor. When Guy wakes up, he bangs his head on a console and knocks himself out. When he comes to, his personality has changed to kind and gentle.[17] Until he hits his head again at a later point, Guy is kind, sweet, boyishly innocent, and a perfect gentleman to the female members of the group. Guy's run in JLI is full of constant personality shifts and endless arguing between team members. This leads to a fight with Lobo,[18][19] the sucker-punching of Blue Beetle during a boxing match,[20] and finally him quitting the team after being "belittled" by Superman.[21]
Gardner is romantically involved with his fellow Leaguer
The relationship with Ice is revisited in the 2021-2023
Guy Gardner: Reborn
After completing his assignment of recruiting new Corps members, Jordan returns to Earth to reclaim his title as Green Lantern of Sector 2814. Gardner's response is to challenge Jordan to a fight where the loser would quit the Corps. Gardner loses and surrenders his ring. After some failed run-ins with Goldface and
Gardner's own comic series begins with him using the yellow ring and a modified costume similar to his Green Lantern costume but from street clothes. The yellow ring does not use a battery to recharge. It needs to be used against the rings of Green Lanterns so it can absorb their residual energy to restore its power. Gardner discovers this by accident when Kilowog fights him.
Guy Gardner returns to Earth to pick a fight with Superman but eventually rejoins the Justice League and helps battle the monster
In the
Guy Gardner: Warrior
By this time, the power of Guy's ring begins to fluctuate due to the meddling of the villain
After the destruction of his hometown, a grief-stricken and power-hungry Hal Jordan destroys the Green Lantern Corps. Ganthet first comes to Guy Gardner to offer him the last Green Lantern power ring. When Gardner refuses, Ganthet decides to entrust it to Kyle Rayner.[26]
After Guy starts having visions of Oa's destruction and his power starts to mysteriously increase, he leads a group of heroes to Oa to find out what happened to the Corps. Guy and his team are ambushed and quickly defeated by Parallax. Guy manages to trick Hal into thinking that he is dead by simulating a ring powered construct of himself that was impaled by an energy pike. Guy uses the element of surprise and manages to evenly match Hal in a fight for a few minutes. Eventually Hal gains the upper hand, defeats Gardner and destroys his ring. Parallax then punches out one of Gardner's eyes and sends him and his team back to Earth. Guy awakes in the hospital after spending three weeks in a coma. Deprived again of his power ring, he is forced to find an alternate means of acquiring power.
Guy joins up with the
Gardner opens a superhero theme bar called Warriors, as both a source of income and a base between his adventures..
His early days as Warrior see him struggling with his newfound powers. He has difficulty changing his body into any weapon, and his transformations often cause him pain. After a breakdown that leads to a confrontation with Superman and
During the time that Gardner fights against Dementor, he learns that his enemy is also a product of Vuldarian breeding. Dementor's father raped a Vuldarian woman. Dementor is sent to Hell, where he reveals that he is the one responsible for Gardner's constant personality shifts (in a sense, explaining why his personality changed drastically over the years). However, this new direction only lasts for 30 issues of Guy Gardner: Warrior (which crosses over in the Way of the Warrior with
Over the course of the series, Gardner makes peace with a great deal of his past. On one Christmas, the Spectre, on behalf of the Phantom Stranger, makes it possible for Guy to communicate with his deceased father, who apologizes for the abuse, both physical and mental, he placed upon Guy, his brother Mace, and their mother. He reveals how proud he is of all the accomplishments Guy achieved as a man and the pair reconcile. Afterward, Guy gives his condolences to Ice's mother over their shared loss of her daughter and she provides him an ice sculpture to remind him of her daughter. A celebration held at Warriors for the holiday sees Guy cross paths with an inebriated Fire. The pair shares a kiss after expressing how much they miss Ice.[30] It is suggested they sleep together after this.
After the Warrior series is canceled, Gardner continues to appear in the DC Universe; most notably as a recurring character in the Green Lantern series during Kyle Rayner's run and a reserve member of the JLA. He seems to be killed during the
Return to the Corps
During the 2005
In the 2005–2006 miniseries Green Lantern Corps: Recharge (written by Dave Gibbons), the Guardians assign Gardner to be one of the Corps' three main instructors, along with Kilowog and Kyle Rayner. The trio is responsible for the training of the new Corps, to which the Guardians intend to name 7,200 members. Gardner is not at all appreciative of his new role. When he complains to the Guardians, they tell him that success in training new recruits could lead to him being given a new position.
Gardner plays a significant role in defeating the Spider Guild attack on Oa. Discovering that trainee Soranik Natu has disappeared into the forbidden Vega star system, which the Guardians' pact with the Psions of Vega forbids Green Lanterns from entering, Gardner and Kyle Rayner led a rescue mission in direct violation of Oan policy. Once there, the Lanterns discover the Spider Guild nest and determine that its next target is the Oan sun. Returning just as the attack commences, Gardner gathers the frightened trainee Green Lanterns and rallies them with a speech that impresses even his longtime rival, Hal Jordan. Gardner's performance in repelling the attack results in his promotion to Lantern #1 of the Green Lantern Honor Guard, a position of authority over other Lanterns. In this new role, Gardner is expected to "think outside the box" and "do the jobs other Lanterns cannot", a function well-suited to his irascible personality.
"Infinite Crisis" and "One Year Later"
In his new role as Lantern #1, Guy leads the Corps in the defense of Oa against Superboy-Prime, creating a wall of energy to slow the rampaging teen and calling a "Code 54", authorizing the use of extreme force. Guy supervises the final capture and imprisonment of Superboy-Prime, locking him in a red Sun-Eater provided by Donna Troy and organizing a constant watch of fifty Lanterns to keep him imprisoned.[34]
Guy spends the entire "missing year" following
According to Green Lantern writer Geoff Johns in a 2006 Newsarama interview, Prime would not be escaping under Guy's watch: "Not at all. That's ridiculous. Anyone who's read Guy Gardner for the last two years in Green Lantern or in Green Lantern Corps knows that he's a much better, stronger character than that. And even in the old Giffen stuff, he would probably break some rules, taunt the other heroes, and drink a beer or two, but he would not be that much of an idiot. He was never that much of an idiot, and certainly not with what I'm doing with him, or with what Dave Gibbons is doing with him in Corps. He has his moments, and he's a really fun character, but he's definitely not going to be a moron. His role is not DCU Moron. His role is DCU Shitkicker".[39]
The Corpse
Guy is briefly part of the Corps'
"Sinestro Corps War"
In the "
Return of Ice
Within the aftermath of the Sinestro Corps War, Guy is finally reunited with former girlfriend
"Blackest Night"
In the "Blackest Night" storyline, Guy and Kyle Rayner are opposed to the Guardians' decision to execute all Sinestro Corps members and all other prisoners and attempt unsuccessfully to convince the Alpha Lanterns and the Guardians themselves to stay away from the dark path on which they are headed, and are reassigned to Earth.[48] They later try to return to Oa, and fail to repel an invasion of a swarm of black rings to Oa's Lantern crypt, where the corpses of fallen Lanterns are reanimated as Black Lanterns.[49][50] In the ensuing conflict, Guy is forced to crush the body of the insectoid Bzzd, but is then impaled through the leg by Ke'Haan.[51]
After Kyle is killed in the explosion of
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors
After the events of Blackest Night, Guy Gardner stars in the monthly series Emerald Warriors, written by Peter Tomasi.[56] While searching for a cure for his Red Lantern rage,[57] it is revealed that Guy entered into an alliance with Red Lantern leader Atrocitus. This briefly alienates Guy from Kilowog and Arisia.[58]
In the "
The New 52
Gardner, John Stewart, and an elite Green Lantern Strike Team star in a relaunched Green Lantern Corps series, which debuted in September 2011 as part of DC's The New 52 relaunch. This series debuted with author Peter J. Tomasi and art by Fernando Pasarin and Scott Hanna.[63] Guy is also shown on the cover for the new Justice League International series that was released that same month, written by Dan Jurgens and with art by Aaron Lopresti.[64] Initially, Guy appears to be the one Earth Green Lantern that the Guardians still appear to rely on, what with Hal having been expelled after War of the Green Lanterns, Kyle being expelled due to his alliance with the other ring-wielders, and John being put on trial for killing another Lantern. However, the Guardians really plan to undermine all four Earth Lanterns by sabotaging Guy's career after building it up, ensuring a precipitous fall.[65]
This plan begins when the Guardians promote Guy to the role of 'Sentinel Lantern' and entrust him with guarding a group of ambassadors travelling to a planet for a crucial conference. They subsequently release Guy's old enemy Xar from the Science cells and create the impression that he is going after Guy's family on Earth. They predicted that Guy would abandon his duty and return to Earth while Xar attacks the ambassadors.[66] With the rest of his team having been absorbed by the Third Army, Guy escapes only through his strength of will, averting the Third Army's attempt to 'recruit' him. With Xar having killed the ambassadors, the Guardians order Guy to resign from the Corps to redeem the damage he has done.[67]
Feeling depressed after a phone conversation with his family, during which his father dismisses superheroes as overly reliant on their powers, Guy attempts to spend the night fighting crime with only his natural skills. This backfires when he interrupts a police sting operation, culminating in him being arrested by his sister.
After the villainous First Lantern is destroyed and the unemotional Guardians are killed off by Sinestro, Guy and Kilowog locate where Salaak was imprisoned by the Guardians and free him. Guy is angered when he discovers Salaak's surveillance footage of Xar being released by the Guardians. Salaak helps him locate Xar's whereabouts, and discovers that Xar is located on Earth and preparing to kill off Guy's family. Guy manages to speed up with Saint Walker's willing assistance to arrive in time to blast Xar to be incinerated, and reunites with his family.[71]
Following the event, Guy is placed in the cast of the Red Lanterns series where he is sent by Hal Jordan to join the Red Lanterns undercover. He defeats Atrocitus and takes command of the group. It is revealed that part of his decision to join with the Red Lanterns is feeling as if he has never fit in as a Green Lantern.[72] As a Red Lantern Gardner manages to keep his rage in check, successfully leading most of the Red Lanterns; Atrocitus leads a splinter group and allows new Red rings to cause murderous justice-based rampages to continue. After joining with the Green Lanterns to defeat the cosmic terrorist Relic, Hal promises to give the Red Lanterns a sector for them to watch over, unwittingly this sector becomes Sector 2814, where Earth resides, giving guardianship of Earth to the Red Lantern Corps.[73]
Guy also tries to reunite with Ice but she has undergone several personal revelations of her own and needs time apart; Guy promises to give her just that.[74]
Powers and abilities
Power rings
Guy Gardner is trained to use a Green Lantern power ring, which is only limited by the user's willpower. He later acquires Sinestro's Qwardian power ring, which is later revealed to be based on the bearer's control of fear. This early version of a yellow ring is powered by absorbing plasma radiation expelled from a Green Lantern ring. It seems to make Guy more invulnerable than a normal Green Lantern. He uses both for basic Lantern abilities including constructs, flight, and energy projection, though it also causes him some difficulty on occasion. For example, if he asks it a question he will get an answer in Qwardian, which he does not speak. In Green Lantern: Rebirth #6 it is mentioned that Guy Gardner's ring is constantly sparking with energy, as if unable to contain the power of his will. Following Kyle Rayner's apparent death, Guy's rage causes a red power ring to latch onto him, bestowing on him the ability to generate napalm like flames that will burn even in space. Unlike most Red Lanterns, Guy retains his intelligence, and, like Hal Jordan when he was under the thrall of a red ring, Guy is able to shape the red flames into solid constructs. Unlike Hal, Guy's green ring remains active, allowing him to combine the two lights and obliterate the Black Lanterns. Guy is also the first male character seen to wield a love-powered Star Sapphire ring, wearing it in conjunction with the Red Lantern ring (he states that the result feels like he has blood and sugar in his mouth). During the events of the Green Lanterns: The Lost Army, Guy creates a new uniform using both his green and red rings. Later during the final battle, the Power Converters used by Lightsmiths convert Guy's Red Lantern Ring to a Green Lantern ring, thus ending his connection to the Red Lantern Corps.[75] Lastly A Blue Lantern Ring comes to Guy.
Vuldarian powers
Guy's Vuldarian powers include limited shapeshifting abilities which allow him to create weapons out of his body like blades and energy guns, shielding, armor or equipment which he has total control over. At first, these transformations cause him pain and he is unable to shrink from his 7-foot height. He maintains super strength, stamina, and durability around Superman's strata, the power of flight, capable of surviving in outer space unassisted, accelerated healing, and has access to the memories of deceased Vuldarians (touted as the most dangerous warriors in the history of the universe).[76] Trained by the Vuldarian Cardone, Gardner becomes highly skilled in using his abilities and practices extensively in the martial arts. During the return of Parallax, he suffers a metahuman power discharge and his Vuldarian abilities go into recession. Coincidentally, when he awakes, he is near Hal Jordan's power ring, which has the ability to duplicate itself. Gardner once more has a power ring, and following the return of the Guardians of the Universe, he is once again a Green Lantern.
Green Lantern (Tangent Comics)
Guy becomes the caretaker of a mystical artifact that survives the events of the 2005 "Infinite Crisis" storyline, after it is discovered on New Earth by Kyle Rayner. It has the power to temporarily awaken the dead and has also served as a dimensional gateway. The Guardians eventually use the artifact for a ritual to merge the willpower entity Ion with Sodam Yat during the Sinestro Corps War.
Rogues gallery
- Atrocitus: Last survivor of the Five Inversions and of the massacre executed by the Manhunters on their corrupted mission. He is the creator of the Red Lantern power battery. He was formerly the only Red Lantern that had complete control over himself (unlike the other feral members of the Red Lantern Corps) and also led the Corps until the induction of Guy Gardner, who removed Atrocitus' red power ring and took the leadership from him.
- Black Serpent: Anthony Serpente is a modern-day pirate whose crew came into conflict with Warrior and Black Serpent later joined Martika's coalition against Gardner.
- Bolphunga the Unrelenting: Working as a bounty hunter, Bolphunga crossed swords with Gardner and after his defeat sought the Green Lantern during his vacation.
- Dementor: Failed attempt at a Vuldarian/Terran hybrid that became Warrior's nemesis. Met his demise as part of Martika's group of Gardner rogues.
- Enforcer: A clone of Guy Gardner that began using the name 'Joe Gardner' and had a power glove based on Sinestro's Neron. Was a member of Martika's Guy Gardner Revenge Squad.
- General Zod: Tortured Gardner for amusement while he was trapped in the Phantom Zone.
- Kancer: Created from a cancerous growth in Superman, Kancer was trapped in the Gorge of Hell taking Guy's place as its ruler.
- Major Force: A sociopath that came into conflict with several Green Lanterns, Force tried to kill Gardner's mother (instead murdering her neighbor by accident) and slew Arisia as part of Martika's group of enemies that faced Gardner.
- Martika: Able to entrance men, the seductress targeted Guy but when she was not able to dominate him sought to break him down with a group of his worst enemies. She seemingly dies after her group fails to kill Warrior.
- Militia and Honey: Guy's brother, Mace Gardner, and his girlfriend, Militia were turned into cyborgs by the Quorum and became mercenaries. Believed killed by Major Force when Martika's team fought Warrior but returned to face the Outsiders.
- Mudakka: A shaman that reined in Dementor's madness.
- The Quorum: A secret organization within the US government with malevolent motives, some of their agents included Militia, Major Force, and Sledge. They were briefly led by Martika before her demise. They would later form the Blood Pack in an attempt to engineer a metahuman army.
- Ranx the Sentient City: A living city in space prophesied to destroy Mogo the Living Planet at the cost of its own life. It came into conflict with the Green Lantern Corps when Guy Gardner sickened the city, humiliating it and gaining its eternal ire.
- Sledge: Created by the Quorum, Sledge was a superpowered soldier that went rogue and fought Warrior and Neron in exchange for his soul. He would later join Martika's affiliation of Gardner villains. Believed to have died as part of the Suicide Squad; he appeared later as part of the Society.
- The Tormocks: The alien race that threatened the Vuldarians; they largely died out under the leadership of Bronkk when they came into conflict with Warrior, Justice League America, Hawkman, Lobo, and Probert as part of the Way of the Warrior event. Notable Tormock agents include Empress Karine (Bronkk's sister), Slabb, Slarm, Wep-Tex, Treach, and Lupus. Their forces include the flying Shrike-Fighters, Leechuns, Kraggz drones, the living planet Terra-Sphere, and the living black hole Black Vortexer.
Other versions
- Guy is also a member of the Green Lantern Marine Corps in Superman: Red Son.[77]
- The 1996 Legends Of The Dead Earth indicates Guy's Vuldarian heritage has granted him an extended lifespan. He is shown having outlived the planet Earth itself, having established a long dynasty of heroic descendants and doing what he loves best, running a bar.[78]
- In hacker, using the codename "Detective Chimp".
- In the alternate timeline of the Tarot card and teleports there. After listening to Gardner and having a drink, she teleports away.[79]
- In the distant future, the Book of Oa says that Guy will become a veteran Green Lantern and depicts him in an alien motorcycle club where he is telling his past stories.[80]
- In the possible future of Futures End, Guy Gardner became a Blue Lantern, having tried several other Lantern Corps Power Rings to determine which is best to get rid of the Red Lanterns. After defeating and purifying Red King Jack/Rankoor, Guy purifies Bleez, restoring her to normal and destroying all the Red Power Rings, effectively putting an end to the Red Lantern Corps.
In other media
Television
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern appears in Justice League of America, portrayed by Matthew Settle. This version possesses Kyle Rayner's mask and Hal Jordan's personality.
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Duck Dodgers episode "The Green Loontern".
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by James Arnold Taylor.[81] This version is a founding member of Justice League International.
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern appears in Young Justice, voiced by Troy Baker. This version speaks with a Maryland accent and is initially an associate of the Justice League who both Hal Jordan and John Stewart do not want among their ranks. Despite this, Gardner eventually joins the League in the second season.
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern appears in Green Lantern: The Animated Series, voiced by Diedrich Bader. This version was chosen to replace Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern of Sector 2814 while he was away in space. Upon Jordan's return to Earth, the two initially clash before reconciling and becoming friends. Gardner is later chosen to join the Green Lantern Corps' Honor Guard.[citation needed]
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern was going to appear in an untitled Green Lantern series, portrayed by Lanterns.[83] James Gunn revealed that Nathan Fillion will reprise his role as Guy Gardner from Superman in the series.[84]
Film
- In an early script for Green Lantern (2011), Gardner was set to make a cameo appearance as a football player and potential candidate of Abin Sur's power ring before it went to Hal Jordan. However, the scene was cut from the final version.[citation needed]
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern and his Bizarro League counterpart, Greenzarro, appear in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League, voiced again by Diedrich Bader.
- The Red Son incarnation of Guy Gardner appears in Superman: Red Son, voiced by Travis Willingham.
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Justice League Dark: Apokolips War as a defender of Oa before he is killed by Darkseid.
- Guy Gardner will appear in the DC Universe film Superman, portrayed by Nathan Fillion.[85]
Video games
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame, voiced again by James Arnold Taylor.
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern appears as a boss in DC Universe Online, voiced by Joey Hood.
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern appears as a downloadable playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
Merchandise
- Guy Gardner as a Green and Red Lantern received figures in the DC Direct toy line.
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern received figures in Mattel's "DC Universe Infinite Heroes" toy line.
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern received a figure in the DC Universe Classics line.
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern received a figure in Mattel's "DC Retro-Action Super-Heroes" toy line.
Miscellaneous
- Guy Gardner appears in Justice League Unlimited #32.[86]
- Guy Gardner appears in Green Lantern: Movie Prequel: Hal Jordan #1 as a potential candidate of Abin Sur's power ring before it chooses Hal Jordan.[87]
- Guy Gardner / Green Lantern appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic. While investigating Kyle Rayner's disappearance, Gardner and Ganthet confront Superman upon learning of his growing tyranny. Ganthet returns to Oa with Hal Jordan, though Gardner stays behind to watch over Earth before leaving upon learning Superman allied himself with the Sinestro Corps. Over the course of the next seven months, Gardner builds an army of Green Lanterns to combat Superman and returns to reason with him, but a war breaks out. Gardner later confronts Jordan over him allying with Superman and being manipulated by Sinestro. Sometime later, Jordan confronts Gardner, believing he killed John Stewart. In the ensuing fight, Jordan kills Gardner and later becomes a Yellow Lantern.
- Guy Gardner's spirit appears in the Injustice 2 prequel comic, haunting Hal Jordan until he reassumes his Green Lantern powers.
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External links
- Green Lantern (Guy Gardner) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Guy Gardner at the DC Database
- The Ultimate Guy Gardner Page
- The Book of OA