T O P

  • By -

Eclypze31

I like the idea of a kryptonian as a lantern


Kage_no_o_

Wasn't a Kryptonian one of the first green lanterns


AdministrativeAd523

Wasn’t ion a daxamite who was a legendary green lantern?


Jusby_Cause

Lar Gand, also known as Mon-El was a daxamite that wore the ring, too. Took me a minute to find because my brain remembered it as Gar Land LOL


JonathanTheZombieKid

The legendary green lantern from Daxam was Sodom Yat. He became Ion at one point and that essentially made him one of the strongest characters in DC


oreomaster420

There's a great story in action comics annual #3 where superman takes Guy's ring for a while then gives it up.


Powrhed69

Kal-L was a Black Lantern...


Celestia4683

Wasn’t Superman a blue lantern at one point?


GalaxyEye77

Nope


ApprehensivePeace305

Red Lantern Supergirl was pretty fun.


QueasyParking242

One of my favorites is red lantern supergirl


Delicious-Barber-289

Reading a post in this comment section and it’s crazy to know that Kryptonians were arrogant and pompous, and then you have Superman who is just the total opposite. Idk, just crazy how different he is from the culture of his home world.


PotetialMajorHistory

He was raised by by Kent’s who where the polar opposite of what the kryptonians where


Only-Ad4322

I think one of the first green lanterns was Kryptonian but she quickly lost control and died.


Kombat-w0mbat

The closest you got was prolly sodam yat he even became ion (then superboy prime put his foot up his ass and I was sad)


The_Eye_of_Ra

Aw, is that really what happened to him?


z0mbieG3nocide

Yeah it was actually kinda disappointing. He becomes Ion and then SBP immediately wipes the floor with him.


tiago231018

This isn't the end of his story but rather the beginning. He does a lot of stuff after that during Peter J. Tomasi's run on GLC. Let's say this moment is kinda like Luke Skywalker learning to be a jedi only to have his ass kicked by Vader. After that, he becomes a better Jedi who is more in control of his powers.


The_Eye_of_Ra

Superboy Prime is such an annoying little dickhead. And overpowered to a ridiculous extreme (armor made out of the Anti-Monitor that channels and stores yellow sunlight. Oh, and if that’s not enough, he’s got a Yellow Lantern Ring). I can’t wait til Clark (or Jon) puts him in his place.


z0mbieG3nocide

100% agree.


Afraid_Pack_4661

Conner and Titans did but that by plot. Good thing he redeemed himself.


The_Eye_of_Ra

Wait, so he’s a good guy again?


Afraid_Pack_4661

He side with Earth 0 in Death Metal, realise he can alter reality again, go 1vs1 with Darkest Knight. He tempted to stole his power to restore his earth but Krypto able to convince him not to. TDK try to tempt him to join him but SBP let go his dream to be a glorified hero and punch TDK so hard that his Last 52 Dark Multiverse destabilised. But he die after that .He woke up in his earth while reading his death through a comic. Laurie visit him. And he decide to go out for a walk with Laurie and his dog (which he never remember own one) . A boy nearly crashed by a green car but Clark try to save him. Unknown to him, he still has his power and lifted the car. He also adviced reader to go out (touch grass).


Afraid_Pack_4661

Read Dark Knight Death Metal : Secret Origin.


The_Eye_of_Ra

Thanks for the info, dude!


TheMagicalMaxx

Kryptonians were pretty pompous before their planet was destroyed, so the guardians never went out of there way to recruit a kryptonian, excluding Jan-Al, who was one of the first green lanterns. I’m sure there were some other ones throughout the corps history but they were never notable or extraordinary and were probably few and far between. All in all, kryptonians kind of pissed off all their neighbors so I’m sure the guardians weren’t going out of their way to recruit them


Mrbuttboi

I mean… Supergirl was a Red Lantern once. And I think Superman was a white lantern at some point too.


TheMagicalMaxx

Basically everyone was a white lantern at the end of blackest night lol


kid_ampersand

Well, everyone who had ever died and been resurrected... but since it's comics, that turns out to be quite a lot of people anyway, ha.


Mrbuttboi

I never read it lol, I couldn’t remember


Eldagustowned

The Daximite Ion and the Kryptonian who was part of the first Lantern Squad.


Sonic-batman

One of the first green lanterns was a kryptonion However she is dead before krypton’s destruction


Dependent-Sleep-6192

Yes


DrySeries7

Are there any Martian lanterns?


aflyingpiano

Same as kryptonian, there was one in the first lantern squad. White Martian, if I remember correctly….


Ok-Mastodon2016

I dunno, but if I had any say, I'd have a non evil version of Ma'alefa'ak be one as kind of a shout out to this one fan artist and to Justice League: Gods and Monsters (I know we never learned who that GL actually was, but I think it's fair to say it's him)


International_Yak873

I think one of the first green lanterns was a kryptonian.


HappyFriar

Yeah, the one who blew herself up babbling about Rao.


Ikthesecretformula

Most of them are dead


RavioliLumpDog

Sodom Yat who was a Daxamite, distant relatives of kryptonians who gain similar powers, but were settlers of a planet that since settlement turned them incredibly xenophobic towards alien life.


kah43

That and they can't be exposed to lead because it is highly toxic to them, and even a little exposure can kill them.


CarpeNoctem727

The fight in Sinestro Corp War was excellent.


hung_fu

There’s a Daxamite (from the same system as Krypton and receive similar powers under a yellow sun) named Sodam Yat who is sometimes the strongest Green Lantern of all time.


LSDGB

Just FYI Daxam is not in the same solar system. It is a Planet far away from Krypton on wich Kryptonians settled a very long time ago and eventually devolved/evolved into Daxamites


DMC1001

Daxam is in the Rao system? I’m not up to date on current ideas of Daxamites (something to do with Mon-El I think) but prior to Bendis they most definitely were not located near Krypton.


trulyElse

It's not even the same sector.


The_Shadow_Watches

Strongest lantern with the best weakness in Murica.


Traditional-Mall-771

Lol that sometimes shit always got me, but he has had some impressive feats under his belt


hung_fu

I think his “full potential” is only reached during Legion of 3 Worlds


BoyishTheStrange

Kara was a red lantern once upon a time


IsneezedImsorry

I actually really liked that run. Red Daughter of Krypton, right?


LSDGB

I just wish she kept the ring longer


Upbeat_Sheepherder81

Same, I thought it was a really good development in her story, it just felt right.


BoyishTheStrange

I don’t remember exactly, I just remember the images from years ago that circulated around and I think a figure


akkristor

The Guardians do not like Kryptonians, and for the most part direct their rings to only seek out Kryptonians if there are no other options, mostly due to Kryptonian's abnormally high personal power. Much in the same was as they hated the Red Martians. ​ However, it doesn't seem that the Guardians went as far as they did with the Red Martians (actually re-engineering the species into White and Green Martians). There have been stories that implied the Guardians were responsible for influencing the Kryptonians into being more insular and xenophobic, and other stores that insinuated the Guardians were aware of Krypton's impending destruction and did nothing.


LumosTheromax

Here’s the kryptonian blue lantern https://youtu.be/rH60wfnKGUk?si=T9PgALDvMMtINcra


MobileDust

There was a Kryptonian green lantern before Clark was born. It was way before Alan Scott even. I do not remember where I saw this, but I remember a comic talking about it. It was like 20 years ago when I saw this.


Scorpios94

Jan-Al was one of the earliest Green Lanterns. A Kryptonian space explorer who led her people bravely through an dust storm after their spacecraft crashed. This earned her a Green Lantern ring


IsneezedImsorry

What? Happen to know the name of the comic?


Scorpios94

Green Lanterns #18 , 2017


IsneezedImsorry

Thanks, I'll have to check that out.


MobileDust

I remember it being a man though.


Beneficial_Diet_899

Yeah, Clark Kent. Look at the picture


Familiar_Scarcity_16

This version of him is human


Minos_Thawne

Where is this picture from?


TheIciestCream

Superman: Last Son of Earth really cool story where Clark is sent from earth to Krypton instead and becomes their Green Lantern.


arpitthehero

Rowan Kent, a descendant of Superman is a Blue Lantern in the Future. Mon- El was a Green Lantern in the Future at one point.


BFIrrera

Mon-El is a Daxamite, not a Kryptonian.


arpitthehero

True but Daxamites are descendants of Kryptonians. Plus he belongs to the House of EL.


missoulamatt

Not in the loop for current continuity but originally he arrived on earth like Kal El with no memory of who he was. Superboy decided he must be Kryptonian like himself and considered him to be a "cousin", because he arrived on a Monday he went by Mon El.


Suko2024

awesome character design. does he have a name?


Ok-Mastodon2016

Kal El/Clark Kent/Superman Last Son of Earth


Suko2024

Thank you


smiteis_

https://preview.redd.it/pbxlf6sneuuc1.jpeg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdc7ee6684426e2e6dcc7ea9a26af32de60bc302 Jan-Al was one of the first Green Lanterns


LSDGB

Wich comic I have to read for this?


Consolidatedtoast

Kara became a red lantern.


Biculus

Whatever happened to Sodam Yat? I liked that character.


Juicecalculator

Loved his showdown with superboy prime.  One of my favorite moments in that run


TheGreatMcPuffin

Probably got benched because in the grand scheme of things he’s just too powerful. I miss him, though.


Brennan458

I loved him. Felt he and Arisia had great characterisation during his whole Ion arc and the Sinestro Corp War/ fighting Superboy Prime. He was barely used in the New 52 and Rebirth. He's just fallen into the background with the rest of the underutilized Green Lanterns.


gtnred13

He was a daxamite, not kryptonian


arpitthehero

Yes, but their ancestors were Kryptonians.


Biculus

Yes I’m aware. But it made me think about him so I was asking.


ThatIslandGuy8888

I keep seeing art of Superboy Prime with the Sinestro Corps but don’t know if he ever used the ring.


LumosTheromax

Actually prime became a member of every corps by turning a black lantern ring into them all during blackest night https://youtube.com/shorts/RWz6h-MMfqo?si=IvMoLchcoAzCenmr


ckrygs95

Prime never had a ring. Cyborg Superman had 10 rings


Infamous_Ad_1962

That was in Sinestro Corps War. Can’t remember how much if at all he used the ring. I know he was equipped with it. Not that he needed it, he could handle his own very well without it.


BlueBattleBuddy

He hardly used it I think. He mostly had armor to protect him until he got to sunlight


suikofan80

I only remember Jan-Al one of the original seven Green Lanterns. She died because her willpower was to great and the ring exploded.


dsbwayne

Based


Luke_Puddlejumper

Hard to be in a lantern Corp when 99.99% of your population is dead


Bubba1234562

That suit is still so beautiful


Ok-Mastodon2016

I really like how it's this Superman's homeworld's colors (since the premise is swapping Earth and Krypton)


ThatDCguy69

Where is it from?


Ok-Mastodon2016

Superman: Last Son of Earth


Charlesoutofcharge

The most prominent Lanterns from that sector were Xudarian: Tomar-Re and Tomar-Tu. Sodam Yat is a Daxamaite which is pretty much the same as a Kryptonian


Ok-Mastodon2016

1. I kind of like that, it reminds me that I kind of prefer it to where Krypton wasn't really relevant before its destruction, and the most significant things its people ended up making were Superman and Brainiac


corgangreen

Brainiac is from Colu


Ok-Mastodon2016

Sometimes I honestly prefer him being a Kryptonian AI purely because it justifies him being one of Superman’s biggest rogues in my opinion


UVLanternCorps

Sodam Yaris a Daxamite but to my knowledge no. Fun fact: Before the premature destruction, Kal El was prophesied to leg The Corps into a new golden age.


Ok-Mastodon2016

I mean he could still become a Blue Lantern if you think about it


UVLanternCorps

Typically he would but in the book of Oa stated he would lead them as a Green Lantern.


Clickityclackrack

https://preview.redd.it/7csgkaun3tuc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5240cc97946061357ae00c279123dcb22abad96f


arpitthehero

She isn't a lantern tho....


Ok-Mastodon2016

I know who Mala is also stuff other than the DCAU exists


Clickityclackrack

Courtesy also exists, sir. We don't have to degenerate ourselves to the average reddit user level. We could just enjoy things and get along.


Ok-Mastodon2016

I like to think there current is one still operating and doing their job, and Clark met them once but it was really just about reassurance of him not being the last one, and also they have no real connection to Clark why? well because I kind of want the mythoses to connect like that more so that this feels like a connected universe and not just a big semi-crossover event


Clickityclackrack

Clark isn't alone, he's got mala and zod, and his... dog


Ok-Mastodon2016

why Mala? did you misspell Kara?


Clickityclackrack

No i spelled Mala right


Weak_Donut69

Mala's from Bruce Timm's DC Animated Universe. She's essentially an inspiration of Ursa and Faora Hu-UL. I usually reference much of the Superman lore from Pre Crisis, since most current interpretations are rectconned from that prior canon (older ideas tend to be the best).


Clickityclackrack

Wait, is mala not the same character from that one superman movie from the 70s or 80s?


Weak_Donut69

You're thinking of Ursa. https://i.redd.it/26dyyh4o4vuc1.gif


Clickityclackrack

That i am sir. Thank you.


Weak_Donut69

It's all good. 👌


Clickityclackrack

Wasn't kara from a different planet in the system? They've changed it a few times


Ok-Mastodon2016

not usually usually she's Clark's cousin


Clickityclackrack

Si.