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Trey Strain · 03-13-2015, 03:57 AM

Let's use this thread to ask our fellow posters for information.

I'll kick it off. Who was the character who was like a cicada in that he was buried for some number of years before coming out?

Andrew NDB · 03-13-2015, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Spy Smasher

Let's use this thread to ask our fellow posters for information.

I'll kick it off. Who was the character who was like a cicada in that he was buried for some number of years before coming out?

Dave Cormier? I was at his coming out party.

Big Daddy Dave Skywalker · 03-13-2015, 11:40 AM

Andrew rolled out the shag carpet for me. There was dancing and frolicking. It was beautiful.

Rotten2thecorps · 03-13-2015, 04:05 PM

I am not sure. Wasn't black hand actually burried? I remember Stel being put in a kinda glass coffin,same with Sinestro,other then that I would guess Nekron.I think I remember a image of him poping out of the Ground,with flesh and what not dripping off him. I wanna say that was like a Green Lantern Corps special or something.

I am guessing not who you were looking for though.

Space Cop · 03-13-2015, 04:08 PM

No, he's talking about a GL that was literally a bug (like a locust). I can picture him real clearly but I can't remember the name.

Sylent_Asassin · 03-13-2015, 04:13 PM

Xax?

Trey Strain · 03-13-2015, 05:13 PM

I think it's the character who at the end of one story was rubbing against Hal like a cat, and Hal was laughing because it tickled. I don't think he looked like an insect.

Trey Strain · 03-13-2015, 05:36 PM

I'm not even sure that he was a Green Lantern.

Space Cop · 03-13-2015, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Spy Smasher

I think it's the character who at the end of one story was rubbing against Hal like a cat, and Hal was laughing because it tickled. I don't think he looked like an insect.

Sorry to mislead. I'll ponder it some more.

Trey Strain · 03-13-2015, 06:57 PM

Damn, maybe I imagined it.

Mister Ed · 03-13-2015, 07:13 PM

I thought I remember Hal thinking Itty tickled at some point. Itty also was buried and resurfaced, but not for years (and he was kind of a nasty blob or something when he resurfaced, before taking his final form).

Trey Strain · 03-13-2015, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Mister Ed

I thought I remember Hal thinking Itty tickled at some point. Itty also was buried and resurfaced, but not for years (and he was kind of a nasty blob or something when he resurfaced, before taking his final form).

You're right, it was Itty!

Space Cop · 03-13-2015, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mister Ed

I thought I remember Hal thinking Itty tickled at some point. Itty also was buried and resurfaced, but not for years (and he was kind of a nasty blob or something when he resurfaced, before taking his final form).

I didn't even think of Itty, but that's right. He had a sort of hibernation and metamorphosis.

Trey Strain · 03-13-2015, 07:28 PM

Anyway he'd make a good sidekick for someone, like the "little helper" character in the Gyro Gearloose comics by Carl Barks, as long as you didn't overuse him. Hmmm....

Sylent_Asassin · 03-13-2015, 08:06 PM

The recall you guys have on some of this stuff is uncanny. I used to think that I was the king of trivial GL knowledge until I signed up for this forum.

Trey Strain · 03-13-2015, 08:09 PM

Mods, can we get a sticky on this thread? I'm sure other people will have similar questions.

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sundrop · 05-10-2015, 09:26 PM

What issue had a new GL introduced (gets a ring) and killed in the same issue?

There are probably more than one here, but I'm thinking Vol2...

Big Daddy Dave Skywalker · 05-10-2015, 10:50 PM

There have been plenty. Yron for example, who got the ring after Stel died, but gave his life so that Stel could return and truly save the day. Anything more specific you remember?

Trey Strain · 10-12-2015, 06:10 PM

Does anyone know how many Green Lanterns Geoff Johns killed off? He killed few if any that he created, but the carnage he inflicted on Lanterns who other writers created must have been large.

Mister Ed · 10-12-2015, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Foghorn Lantern

Does anyone know how many Green Lanterns Geoff Johns killed off? He killed few if any that he created, but the carnage he inflicted on Lanterns who other writers created must have been large.

I do seem to recall him bringing back some that other writers had killed (like Marz). Would we subtract those from the total? Or is that a totally separate question?

Trey Strain · 10-12-2015, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mister Ed

I do seem to recall him bringing back some that other writers had killed (like Marz). Would we subtract those from the total? Or is that a totally separate question?

You could make a note of those to balance it out as much as possible.

Mister Ed · 10-12-2015, 06:26 PM

I'm actually curious to figure out the exact answer to this, now. Unfortunately I don't have the time to make a systematic survey of all the stuff Johns has ever written with GLs in it (I'm assuming that we are counting anything he wrote, not just the GL title, so long as a GL died? Because I recall some dying in events he penned).

I hope somebody else does, though.

Trey Strain · 10-12-2015, 06:28 PM

Yes. All the GLs. I believe the total might be a lot higher than is generally thought.

Maybe people should just start posting the names of the ones they can think of and we could total them later.

Mister Ed · 10-12-2015, 06:35 PM

We'll have to be careful, though. Sometimes GLs died during Geoff's tenure on GL, but in other books he didn't write. It is sometimes hard to recall which ones those were.

Unless we just want to blame him for all of it, under the assumption that he was controlling all things GL behind the scenes...I'm not sure I'm prepared to believe that he micromanaged other titles quite that much, though, to dictate specific GLs to die.

03-13-2015, 03:57 AM	#1
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Rotten2thecorps Alpha-Lantern Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Qward Posts: 2,542	I am not sure. Wasn't black hand actually burried? I remember Stel being put in a kinda glass coffin,same with Sinestro,other then that I would guess Nekron.I think I remember a image of him poping out of the Ground,with flesh and what not dripping off him. I wanna say that was like a Green Lantern Corps special or something. I am guessing not who you were looking for though. __________________ Take life with a Grain of salt and a shot of tequila!

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Space Cop The Dandy Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The Third State Posts: 26,876 Blog Entries: 2	No, he's talking about a GL that was literally a bug (like a locust). I can picture him real clearly but I can't remember the name. __________________ Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. —John Lennon

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Sylent_Asassin Black Lantern Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern California Valley Posts: 16,418 Blog Entries: 35	Xax? __________________

03-13-2015, 05:13 PM	#7
Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 10,764	I think it's the character who at the end of one story was rubbing against Hal like a cat, and Hal was laughing because it tickled. I don't think he looked like an insect.

03-13-2015, 05:36 PM	#8
Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 10,764	I'm not even sure that he was a Green Lantern.

03-13-2015, 06:57 PM	#10
Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 10,764	Damn, maybe I imagined it.

03-13-2015, 07:13 PM	#11
Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 14,744	I thought I remember Hal thinking Itty tickled at some point. Itty also was buried and resurfaced, but not for years (and he was kind of a nasty blob or something when he resurfaced, before taking his final form). __________________

03-13-2015, 07:28 PM	#14
Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 10,764	Anyway he'd make a good sidekick for someone, like the "little helper" character in the Gyro Gearloose comics by Carl Barks, as long as you didn't overuse him. Hmmm....

03-13-2015, 08:06 PM	#15
Sylent_Asassin Black Lantern Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern California Valley Posts: 16,418 Blog Entries: 35	The recall you guys have on some of this stuff is uncanny. I used to think that I was the king of trivial GL knowledge until I signed up for this forum. __________________

03-13-2015, 08:09 PM	#16
Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 10,764	Mods, can we get a sticky on this thread? I'm sure other people will have similar questions.

05-10-2015, 09:26 PM	#18
sundrop Fatality's Blacksmith Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 162	What issue had a new GL introduced (gets a ring) and killed in the same issue? There are probably more than one here, but I'm thinking Vol2...

05-10-2015, 10:50 PM	#19
Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: At Toshi Station picking up some power converters Posts: 16,520	There have been plenty. Yron for example, who got the ring after Stel died, but gave his life so that Stel could return and truly save the day. Anything more specific you remember? __________________

10-12-2015, 06:10 PM	#20
Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 10,764	Does anyone know how many Green Lanterns Geoff Johns killed off? He killed few if any that he created, but the carnage he inflicted on Lanterns who other writers created must have been large.

10-12-2015, 06:26 PM	#23
Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 14,744	I'm actually curious to figure out the exact answer to this, now. Unfortunately I don't have the time to make a systematic survey of all the stuff Johns has ever written with GLs in it (I'm assuming that we are counting anything he wrote, not just the GL title, so long as a GL died? Because I recall some dying in events he penned). I hope somebody else does, though. __________________

10-12-2015, 06:28 PM	#24
Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 10,764	Yes. All the GLs. I believe the total might be a lot higher than is generally thought. Maybe people should just start posting the names of the ones they can think of and we could total them later.

10-12-2015, 06:35 PM	#25
Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 14,744	We'll have to be careful, though. Sometimes GLs died during Geoff's tenure on GL, but in other books he didn't write. It is sometimes hard to recall which ones those were. Unless we just want to blame him for all of it, under the assumption that he was controlling all things GL behind the scenes...I'm not sure I'm prepared to believe that he micromanaged other titles quite that much, though, to dictate specific GLs to die. __________________

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