For 30 years, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner has been a white knight in green light

The Guardians initially chose Kyle Rayner as a Green Lantern out of desperation, but he eventually became one of their greatest saviours. — Photos: DC Comics

After the Crisis On Infinite Earths event (in 1985), the DC Universe was a bold place, with the company having no qualms whatsoever in changing the status quo and or even the identity of any of their characters, even the ones fans considered “untouchable”.

It started with Wally West replacing the “dead” Barry Allen in Crisis #12. Then came the unimaginable in 1987, when Superman was killed off and “substituted” by four other Supermen; followed by Wonder Woman being replaced with Artemis.