Green Lantern II (Update Design 2)

Did a reworking of John Stewart's Green Lantern design for my Elseworld Universe.

In this Elseworld Universe the Lantern Corps is officially known as the Galactic Guardsmen Corps and the names “Green Lantern” and “the Green Lantern Corps” were coined by and are used only by Earth’s media and populace due to the lantern like insignia of the Corps on their uniforms and the glowing emerald energy generated by Guardsmen in battle mode and learning there is more than the one “Green Lantern” besides the Guardsman that operated on Earth.

In this Elseworld universe Galactic Guardsmen do not use power rings but rather their insignia badges are power energy cores that operate much in the same manner as regular continuity power rings allowing Guardsmen to wield the same emerald willpower controlled energy but with a charge limit of 72 Earth hours rather than the 24 of regular comics continuity. Guardsmen uniforms are individualized energy power suits generated by the insignia badges by will and recharge of the energy core is similar as in normal continuity by way of a power battery linked through a larger central power battery and by placing the badge/core to the battery for recharge.



John Stewart in this Elseworld Universe is a former Army Staff Sergeant who served in the Special Forces Division, who becomes disillusioned with military service after becoming involved in an incident with the power hungry and sadistic commanding officer of his unit, Captain Guy Gardner, whose orders and disregard for safety during a training mission leads to the deaths of two squad members directly under Stewart’s command as well as several other members of his platoon.

John’s first hand testimony in the court martial hearing against Gardner leads to the officer’s dismissal from the military and imprisonment, but Stewart himself becomes frustrated with military service due to individuals like Gardener being allowed to rise in the ranks and thrive.

After leaving the military Stewart returns to his home in Coast City, where he acquires a job as an electronics technician for a local tech development company. One summer’s evening while attending his parents’ home for a family cookout, John and the rest of the Stewart family are surprised by the sudden arrival of the metahuman champion known as the Green Lantern.

Green Lantern in his civilian identity as Hal Jordan, is a long-standing family friend to the Stewarts’ going back to the days when John’s father Alvin (who is this Elseworld's equivalent of Tom Kalmaku of normal continuity and one of the few individuals who knew of Jordan’s dual identity in this Elseworld) worked alongside Jordan at Ferris Aircraft. Jordan’s arrival at the Stewarts’ home is to recruit John into the ranks of the Galactic Guardsmen Corps, the intergalactic peacekeeping force that Jordan as Green Lantern is a member of, to aid them in what will turn out to be their final conflict with their arch nemesis, the would be galactic conqueror, Sinestro. Sinestro has gained control and leadership over the original android enforcers used by the Guardians of the Universe, (the founders of the Galactic Guardsmen Corps) the Manhunters and transformed them into his personal “Anti-Guardsmen Corps” army. Jordan as the high-ranking Guardsman Prime of the Guardsmen Corps wants John because of his integrity and military experience that will be an asset to the ranks of the Guardsmen Corps during the battle. Looking to regain some of the excitement and purpose he has missed since leaving the military, John readily agrees and after being granted a Guardsmen Insignia Power Badge and given a quick tutorial on its use and abilities, he finds himself at the heart of intergalactic space along side the rest of the Galactic Guardsmen Corps confronting Sinestro and the Manhunters.

John Stewart’s military experience and integrity indeed play a vital role in the defeat of Sinestro and the Manhunters, but the Corps does not achieve this victory without exacting a high price. Hal Jordan sacrifices himself in order to stop Sinestro’s last-ditch doomsday gambit that he attempts at his defeat: overloading his anti-matter Power Suit and the power cores of the Manhunters to destroy the Guardians and the Corps.

John Stewart is recognized by the Guardians of the Universe, for his strengths and is made a permanent member in the Corps and made the Guardsman of galactic sector 2814 which Jordan was responsible for protecting prior to his being promoted to Guardsman Prime. John Stewart has also gone to uphold and successfully continue Jordan’s legacy on Earth as the Green Lantern.