An unnecessary and repetitive fridging, and a bad guy that's killed off for like the ninth time
already! If there was a "The End" drinking game that'd be at least two shots, but Guy would probably approve. From 1996,
Guy Gardner: Warrior #44, "A Warrior's Passing, pt. 2: The Last Stand" Written by Beau Smith, pencils by Mitch Byrd, inks by Dan Davis.
Despite having a better, non-bowl haircut, Guy was in bad shape here, against Major Force, who had been killed by Guy before. Major Force was working for Martika: I don't know her deal, but he shakes her control anyway, and MF had killed Arisia the previous issue. (Like a lot of Green Lanterns, she would return, but I couldn't say how. Major Force gained infamy for killing Kyle Rayner's girlfriend Alex, who may be the only person whose name we knew that he killed that stayed dead!)
Turning his hands into buzzsaws, Major Force chews up Guy's guts, then kills Martika for good measure. Bleeding out, Guy realizes an organ they hadn't been able to figure out in his x-rays is a back-up heart, and pulls himself together. He blows a hole through MF, then shoves a grenade in his mouth, reasoning that MF had his Vuldarian DNA and could probably regenerate if he didn't. It's an empty victory, even if Guy says his fight will go on.
Then, two epilogues: the first, Parallax shows up to say good bye at Arisia's funeral, with art by Tom Grummett. Then, a jokey Joe Staton page, with Guy fuming over his cancellation. And Phil Jimenez gives a final page, of last call at Guy's bar.
Pretty sure Guy will get another shot at a series when the new Superman movie comes out; but also pretty sure he's going to be rolled back from abrasive-but-charming to complete, possibly somewhat murdery, jerkhole. Maybe don't take him all the way back, DC?
2 comments:
I remember that issue where Guy killed him but then he came back after this & Kyle cut off his head & stranded it in space. Don’t think he’s appeared since Rebirth & the reboot after that one, right?
I definitely have mixed feelings about Guy being rolled back to his classic asshole characterization but it’s definitely happening anyways whether we like it or not. It remains to be seen just how much & to what extent he’ll be regressed in the comics. Definitely don’t care for the new movie version because the bowl cut definitely doesn’t translate well in the real world. At least not this version, because it looks so obviously like a wig.
He’ll definitely fit Trump’s America though.
Ugh, Major Force. That's one of those characters I don't want to see defeated, I just want him to go away. I didn't know he could change his form. I thought he was just Captain Atom, but a Psycho Instead of a Government Tool. I'm guessing it was one of the perks of having some of Guy's DNA?
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