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Kyle Rayner

 

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Main article: Kyle Rayner

 

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Kyle Rayner was a struggling freelance artist when he was approached by the last Guardian of the Universe, Ganthet, to become a new Green Lantern with the last power ring.

 

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Ganthet's reasons for choosing Rayner remained a secret for quite some time.

 

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Despite not being cut from the same cloth of bravery and fearlessness as Hal Jordan — or perhaps because of that — Rayner proved to be popular with readers and his fellow characters.

 

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Having continually proven himself on his own and with the JLA, he became known amongst the Oans as "The Torch Bearer".

 

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He was responsible for the rebirth of the Guardians and the re-ignition of the Central Power Battery, essentially restoring all that Jordan had destroyed as Parallax.

 

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Rayner later began operating as the Green Lantern known as Ion.

 

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Kyle Rayner was chosen to wield the last ring because he knew fear, and Parallax had been released from the Central Power Battery.

 

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Ganthet knew this and chose Kyle because his experiences dealing with fear enabled him to resist Parallax.

 

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Because Parallax is fear, and yellow, none of the other Green Lanterns, including Hal, could harm Parallax and, therefore, came under his control.

 

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Kyle taught them to feel and overcome fear so they could defeat Parallax and incarcerate him in the Central Power Battery once again.

 

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Kyle became Ion, who is later revealed to be the manifestation of willpower in the same way Parallax is fear.

 

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During the Sinestro Corps War between the Green Lantern Corps and the Sinestro Corps, Ion was imprisoned while Parallax possesses Kyle.

 

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In Green Lantern #24 Parallax consumes Hal Jordan.

 

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Hal Jordan entered into Kyle's prison, and with his help Kyle finally escaped Parallax.

 

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Afterward, Ganthet and Sayd trapped Parallax in the Lanterns of the four Green Lanterns of Earth. Ganthet asked Kyle to give up his right to be Ion and become a Green Lantern again.

 

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Kyle accepted, and Ganthet gave Kyle a power ring. Kyle was outfitted with a new costume including a mask that looks like the one from his first uniform.