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Star Trek/Green Lantern is the name of two American comic book limited featuring a crossover of characters from the Green Lantern and Star Trek franchises.

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120-491: The first series, Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War, was released between July and December 2015. The second series, Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds, was released during December 2016 and May 2017. The Star Trek characters include the Enterprise crew, depicted as they are in the J. J. Abrams trilogy. In an alternate DC universe, the last Guardian, Ganthet , exercises his power to take one each of

240-609: A power ring to save the other lanterns. The comic received mostly positive reviews. This Star Trek article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This DC Comics –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ganthet Ganthet is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, who first appeared in 1992 in Larry Niven and John Byrne 's graphic novel Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale ( ISBN   1-56389-026-7 ). He

360-559: A Canadian superhero team that had been introduced "merely to survive a fight with the X-Men." The series proved initially very popular, with its first issue selling over half a million copies, and the following issues selling between 400,000 and 500,000 issues each month. However, Byrne has said the title "was never much fun" and that he considered the characters two-dimensional. One of Alpha Flight's characters, Northstar , eventually became Marvel's first openly gay superhero. Though Byrne from

480-481: A Star Sapphire. After the Blackest Night is over, Ganthet is seen plotting with Guy Gardner and Atrocitus a new, universe-saving plan against a new, hidden foe. To further advance his new cause, Ganthet renounces his Guardian status, requesting his fellow Oans to fill in the permanent post of Green Lantern of Sector 0, forging his own lantern and power ring in the process. Notably, his new Power Battery lacks

600-531: A Starfleet base. Khan kills and steals Atrocitus' ring and becomes a red lantern Sinestro reaches Planet Oa and frees the yellow light entity from the Green Power Battery. Khan forms his new Augments having escaped Starfleet custody and arrives at the Klingon planet to conquer it. The U.S.S Enterprise and GLs try to stop Khan and Sinestro, but the lanterns have lost their power. James Kirk gets

720-634: A continuum removed from the Marvel Universe proper, called the New Universe . In 1987, the New Universe line saw a revamp under new Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco , and Byrne took over writing and art breakdowns on the line's flagship title, Star Brand (renamed The Star Brand during Byrne's term on the book). Byrne's run started with issue #11 and continued until the series' cancellation eight issues later upon Marvel's discontinuation of

840-458: A crucial role in resurrecting Hal Jordan, who was revealed to be possessed by the fear entity Parallax during Green Lantern: Rebirth . Following the return of Hal Jordan, all the Guardians are aged to adulthood and are just as cold and manipulative as before. The only change is that there are now female Guardians as well as male. Ganthet, of course still retains a sense of individuality amongst

960-608: A desire of having his own Guardian over Ganthet's protests. Ganthet and Sayd later arrive at Coast City with the Lanterns to aid Earth's heroes. They also try to free the Guardians from the Black Central Battery. Failing that, Ganthet duplicates Hal Jordan's ring and places it on his own finger, inducting himself into the Green Lantern Corps. He and Sayd also duplicate the other Lantern Rings, allowing

1080-621: A fan-fiction comic book exploring how he would've continued the story of the X-Men after " The Dark Phoenix Saga ". The series, written and pencilled by Byrne and published on his website, has 32 issues as of December 2022. Over the years, Byrne has gained a reputation as a controversial figure within the community of comic book pros and fans. He has himself noted that "as the people who have figured me out have said, I just don't suffer fools gladly." Gail Simone , who worked with Byrne on The All New Atom in 2006, described Byrne as "very opinionated;

1200-409: A feature some of these have in common is to have characters who actually age during the course of the series, which is uncommon for characters in ongoing comics. In early 2003, Byrne spent ten weeks as a guest penciler on the syndicated newspaper strip Funky Winkerbean . Byrne did this as a favor for Winkerbean' s creator, Tom Batiuk , who was recovering from foot surgery. He would later become

1320-449: A great deal during their time together, but it is time for Kyle to 'leave the nest' and make his own way. Following the Green Lantern Corps disappearance with nobody protecting the universe, Ganthet and Sayd are happy on an unknown planet elsewhere, but the former sensed the spectrum of green light. Their exile has ended when a Green Power ring arrive on the planet Nok, asking them to find Hal Jordan . Ganthet and Sayd realized Hal's life

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1440-443: A lot of artists are opinionated, and I'm okay with that. Actually, I think John Byrne is brilliant and his forceful personality is part of that." In 1981, Jack Kirby began speaking publicly about his belief that he had been deprived of fair credit and money while creating the majority of Marvel's top characters. Byrne wrote an editorial declaring himself "proud" to be a "company man", and arguing that all creators should "live within

1560-467: A love-hate relationship with her artist/writer by criticizing his storylines, drawing style, character development, etc. Byrne left the book after writing and drawing the first eight issues. Byrne was asked for input on writer Dwayne McDuffie 's She-Hulk: Ceremony limited series, and according to Byrne, most of his objections to the story and notations of errors were ignored, and his editor, Bobbie Chase , "was rewriting my stuff to bring it into line with"

1680-645: A number of changes during his tenure: The Thing was temporarily replaced as a member of the quartet by the She-Hulk , while the Thing had adventures in his own comic (#1–22 also written by Byrne), and the Thing's longtime girlfriend Alicia Masters left him for his teammate the Human Torch ; the Invisible Girl was developed into the most powerful member with the heightened control of her refined powers and

1800-675: A return as a guest inker on Adventures of Superman Annual #2 (cover) and Superman #50 in 1990. He would return doing a Superman Elseworlds story as a writer and artist in Action Comics Annual #6 in 1994. In 2004 Superman: True Brit , an Elseworlds story, was a collaboration with former Monty Python member John Cleese and Kim Johnson, with art by Byrne and inker Mark Farmer. Byrne returned to draw Superman in Action Comics #827–835, working with writer Gail Simone , from 2005 to 2006. Byrne spent about two years on

1920-421: A secret government experiment. Byrne said, "I thought I would see what I could do with superheroes in the 'real world' " and "[e]xplore the impact their existence would have." Byrne's other Dark Horse titles were Babe , and Danger Unlimited , an all-age readers book about a team of heroes in the future fighting an alien occupation of Earth. The Next Men lasted until issue 30 in 1994, when Byrne ended

2040-417: A series of trade paperbacks that collected the first series. The original storyline that had a cliffhanger ending in 1995 was continued. In later years, Byrne has worked on titles for Marvel, DC, and other publishers, including the 1992 prestige format graphic novel Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale with science fiction author Larry Niven at DC. In 1989, Byrne wrote Batman #433–435 (May–July 1989) and in

2160-688: A short story called Dark Asylum' ... which languished in a flat file somewhere until it was used as filler in Giant-Size Dracula #5 [(June 1975)], long after the first Rog story." The story was plotted by Tony Isabella and written by David Anthony Kraft . After the Rog-2000 story, Byrne went on to work on the Charlton books Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch , Space: 1999 , and Emergency! , and co-created with writer Joe Gill

2280-670: A two-page story by writer Al Hewetson in Skywald Publications ' black-and-white horror magazine Nightmare #20 (Aug. 1974). He then began freelancing for Charlton Comics , making his color-comics debut with the E-Man backup feature " Rog-2000 ", starring a robot character he'd created in the mid-1970s that colleagues Roger Stern and Bob Layton named and began using for spot illustrations in their fanzine CPL ( Contemporary Pictorial Literature ). A Rog-2000 story written by Stern, with art by Byrne and Layton, had gotten

2400-452: A wealthy business owner in addition to a scientific genius with a deadly vendetta against the superhero. Byrne did away with the childhood/teenage career as Superboy ; in his revamped history, Clark Kent does not put on a costume and become a super-hero until adulthood. This approach to Kent's path to becoming Superman was later used in the TV series Lois & Clark and Smallville , and in

2520-586: Is Warth, an elephant-like alien from Sector Two. According to Saint Walker, Warth will select another candidate from a different sector of space and the process will continue from there. Later, Ganthet reveals to the Blue Lantern Corps that he and Sayd are planning to create an alliance to those who wield the indigo power of compassion along with Oa. However, Ganthet, Sayd, and the Blue Lanterns find themselves being attacked by Agent Orange as

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2640-591: Is also Sayd's husband. Ganthet is one of the Guardians of the Universe , but much less stern and 'by-the-book' than most of his colleagues. He shows a human-like personality by displaying empathy, kindness, and concern for individuals, rather than thinking only of the Green Lantern Corps . In DC crossover limited series such as Kingdom Come , this particular Guardian is presented as being part of

2760-685: Is anathema to him". The origin and early career of Byrne's version of Superman debuted in the six-issue miniseries The Man of Steel (July–Sept. 1986), the first issue of which was marketed with two different covers illustrated by Byrne, the first use of variant covers by the American comics industry. DC Executive Editor Dick Giordano had been looking for a writer to restart the Superman continuity from scratch, and began talking with Byrne in May 1985 to discuss what Byrne would do with Superman if offered

2880-469: Is forced to admit to his fellow Lanterns that a short time ago that formed into a tapestry of future events, and that, having learned that Atrocitus had the same thing happen to him, he and Guy entered into their alliance. With Krona having returned Parallax to the Green Lantern power battery and infecting the other six remaining Guardians with the other emotional entities, Ganthet, Kilowog, and

3000-410: Is in peril so they summoned Kyle Rayner to save his life. They used their power and Kyle's white ring to open a doorway to Emerald Space in the afterlife and manages to bring Hal back to the realm of the living. Ganthet encouraged Hal about harnessing the green light of pure willpower and the need of forging a new Green ring. He told Hal that the Green Lantern Corps has returned while they arrived at

3120-469: Is later discovered by the USS Enterprise and taken aboard for examination. John Byrne (comics) John Lindley Byrne ( / b ɜːr n / ; born July 6, 1950) is a British-born American comic book writer of superhero comics . Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major superheroes; with noted work on Marvel Comics 's X-Men and Fantastic Four . Byrne also facilitated

3240-507: Is notable for featuring the first gay superhero. While there, he published his first comic book, ACA Comix #1, featuring "The Death's Head Knight". Byrne left the college in 1973 without graduating. Before finding success with comic books, Byrne spent three years designing billboards for an advertisement company. He broke into comics with a "Fan Art Gallery" piece in Marvel's promotional publication FOOM in early 1974 and by illustrating

3360-488: Is on board the Enterprise, and not long after, Carol Ferris (Star Sapphire) and an injured Saint Walker arrive. Meanwhile, Sinestro, Larfleeze, and Atrocitus have also survived, and contact their respective color rings' new owners. A battle ensues, and it is discovered that three other Green Lanterns -- John Stewart , Guy Gardner , and Kilowog , have survived the death of their universe, but what no one has counted on

3480-460: Is responsible for the mishap of the universe being 'born old'. When Dawly's family is brought before the Guardians, Ganthet shields Jordan's mind, allowing him to retain his memory of one of the biggest secrets of the Guardians. After the destruction of Coast City during the " Reign of the Supermen " storyline, Ganthet becomes the last of the Guardians after Hal Jordan is driven insane and kills

3600-399: Is that Nekron has also made his way to the new universe, and is determined to slaughter it as he did his own, and starts by restoring the destroyed planet Vulcan, and making Black Lanterns out of the populace. Ultimately, Nekron is defeated by combining the ring energies. Sinestro , Atrocitus , and Larfleeze escape. The Green Lanterns, as well as Star Sapphire and Saint Walker, either join

3720-445: Is time to replace the Green Lantern Corps with the "Third Army". Although the ' New Guardians ' go their separate ways when it is revealed that Sayd brought them together by drawing rings from weaker wielders to Kyle Rayner due to his connection to Ganthet, Kyle is apparently still trying to recruit other ring-wielders together in an attempt to rescue Ganthet and restore him to what he was, even as Ganthet himself states that he considers

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3840-544: Is to Claremont and Byrne what the ' Galactus Trilogy ' is to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. It is a landmark in Marvel history, showcasing its creators' work at the height of their abilities." Byrne has repeatedly compared his working relationship with Claremont to Gilbert and Sullivan , and has said that they were "almost constantly at war over who the characters were." Byrne created the characters Alpha Flight , Proteus , and Kitty Pryde /Shadowcat during his run on The X-Men . A new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by Mystique ,

3960-447: Is trying to use a time machine to change history. In the early era of the planet Oa , a scientist named Krona had attempted to use a device to see the beginning of time, and in using his time machine, 'bled' the universe of a billion years of its potential duration. Dawly is going to use another time machine to thrust Krona to the end of time, to prevent his following through with that plan; however, in battling Dawly, he learns that Dawly

4080-525: Is unmasked, that Superman would vibrate his face via his super speed in order to blur his image to photographers, and having Kent keep a weight training set around to explain how the human and presumably weaker Kent could have a frame as massive as Superman's. Byrne described Superman as becoming a "Super Republican ", seeking to incorporate renewed interest in American patriotism during the presidency of Ronald Reagan . Byrne's Superman felt that his deepest roots were on Earth and that his home planet of "Krypton

4200-588: The Sinestro Corps oath, recite the Classic Green Lantern Oath and depart to confront Sinestro's Corps. Ganthet and Sayd also explain to the four about the emotional spectrum created at the start of the universe that is separated into seven colors: green ( willpower ), yellow ( fear ), violet ( love ), red ( rage ), indigo ( compassion ), orange ( greed ), and blue ( hope ), each representing different forms of emotion, with green being

4320-564: The Vietnam War (while maintaining a Southeast Asia setting), and linking Wong-Chu , the man who captured Tony Stark, to the Mandarin. In the early 1990s, Byrne began creating a series of original, creator-owned works for publisher Dark Horse Comics . This was during a general trend in the industry for established creators working for Marvel and DC to bring their original works to other publishers or create their own companies to publish

4440-751: The Zamarons to Oa to help raise them with him. When the Martian Manhunter reverted to the 'Burning Martian' identity that the Guardians of the Universe had locked away long ago and attacked the Justice League, Ganthet teleported John Stewart to safety and treated his injuries when the rest of the League teleported to the Fortress of Solitude to escape the Burning's initial attack. Ganthet

4560-571: The post-apocalyptic science-fiction series Doomsday + 1 . Byrne additionally drew a cover for the supernatural anthology The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves #54 (Dec. 1975). Byrne said he broke into Marvel comics after writer Chris Claremont ...saw [his Charlton] work and began agitating for [him] to draw something he had written. When [artist] Pat Broderick missed a deadline on the ' Iron Fist ' series in Marvel Premiere , [production manager] John Verpoorten fired him and offered

4680-490: The prestige format graphic novel , Superman: The Earth Stealers and three separate four-issue miniseries: The World of Krypton , The World of Metropolis , and The World of Smallville . He supplied the cover art for the March 14, 1988, issue of Time magazine and an interior spread featuring Superman, where his pencils were inked by Ordway. After his initial run on the Superman titles from 1986 to 1988, Byrne would make

4800-678: The 1986 relaunch of DC Comics 's Superman franchise with the limited series The Man of Steel , the first issue of which featured the comics' first variant cover . Coming into the comics profession as a penciller , inker , letterer , and writer on his earliest work, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, for story arcs including " Dark Phoenix Saga " and " Days of Future Past ", and co-creating characters such as Kitty Pryde , Emma Frost , Sabretooth , Shadow King , and Rachel Summers . Byrne launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four , also serving as penciler and inker, and included She-Hulk onto

4920-422: The 2005 novel It's Superman by Tom De Haven . In the Superman mythos, Byrne wrote Clark Kent as having a more aggressive and extroverted personality than previously depicted, comparing him to Jimmy Breslin , and even making him a top high-school football player. Byrne came up with explanations for how Superman's disguise works, such as the public simply does not realize that he has a secret identity since he

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5040-535: The Blue Lantern Corps as a mistake that must be rectified. Ganthet's dismissive attitude towards his past remains even when Sayd is revealed to be accompanying Larfleeze's attack, although he appears to retain a degree of affection for Kyle, as he offers Kyle a chance to return to the Green Lantern Corps if he agrees to remain on Oa so that the consequences of his temporary period wielding the other six rings can be studied. However, hearing Sayd tell him that

5160-694: The Controllers were defeated, Ganthet announced that Sayd will return as the Guardians of the Universe including the Templar Guardians as new members for that will be their legacy. In the Star Trek/Green Lantern crossover series, Ganthet is killed by Nekron, who had killed all of the other Guardians and destroyed the six other Corps. He transports himself and the last power rings to the Star Trek universe, where his corpse

5280-603: The Demon , a five-issue arc of JLA Classified . He penciled an issue of Hawkman (vol. 4) #26 in May 2004. Superman: True Brit was a collaboration with former Monty Python member John Cleese and Kim Johnson, with art by Byrne and inker Mark Farmer . Byrne returned to draw Superman in Action Comics #827–835, working with writer Gail Simone , from 2005 to 2006. Afterward, Simone and Byrne reteamed to launch The All-New Atom series in 2006, with Byrne pencilling

5400-524: The Earth Lanterns had proven their superior ability to overcome fear and the division would prevent anyone from being able to release Parallax again. As Ganthet explains, he and Sayd were kicked out of the Guardians of the Universe. Ganthet's final act as Guardian is offering Kyle his power ring. He asks if Kyle is willing to downgrade himself to a normal Green Lantern, to which Kyle quickly accepts. The four men then take their lanterns and, upon hearing

5520-640: The Ganthet they knew will be gone forever if Kyle goes with him now, Kyle rejects Ganthet and escapes with the other ring-wielders, stating that, while he may consider Ganthet a father, he has to do things his way. It is later revealed that Ganthet told the other Guardians that during his time as a Green Lantern, he found the Corps, like the Manhunters, has serious flaws because of the disobedience of Green Lanterns like Hal Jordan or Sinestro, and announces that it

5640-635: The Guardians as having 'saved' him rather than the other way around. Ganthet arrives on Zamaron to attack Kyle. He nearly kills him with his blasts, while the Third Army invades the Zamaron homeworld, but the injured Kyle transforms into the White Lantern , having mastered the seven powers of the emotional spectrum due to his refusal to give up on Ganthet helping him master the violet power of love. When Ganthet witnesses Kyle being able to destroy

5760-579: The Guardians, believing that they should retain their emotions; Sayd is the only other Guardian who shares his mindset. During the Sinestro Corps War , Ganthet and Sayd are banished from the council for embracing emotions, discovering that they have romantic feelings for each other. Just as Parallax (freed from any hosts) attacks the Lanterns for freeing Kyle Rayner, Ganthet and Sayd arrive and draw Parallax into four separate lanterns (Hal, Guy, John , and Kyle's, respectively), reasoning that

5880-491: The Lanterns away. Despite the odds against them, the four Earth Lanterns were able to rescue Ganthet from Krona using the rings of the other six Corps: Hal wielding Sinestro's ring, Guy wielding Atrocitus's ring, John Indigo-1's ring, and Kyle wielding Saint Walker's ring, Ganthet later advising Hal and Guy to use Larfleeze and Carol's rings respectively to remove Parallax from the Central Power Battery to free

6000-732: The Marvel/DC intercompany crossover Darkseid vs. Galactus : The Hunger , which also featured the Jack Kirby creations the Silver Surfer and the New Gods . In 1996, another Marvel/DC intercompany crossover - Batman / Captain America , one shot homage to Golden Age versions of both heroes. He wrote and drew another of DC's signature series, the long-running Wonder Woman , from 1995 to 1998. During that time, he elevated

6120-406: The New Universe line. In 1989, after leaving Superman , Byrne returned to work on a number of titles for Marvel Comics. His work on West Coast Avengers (issues #42–57, soon renamed Avengers West Coast ) was contingent on his being allowed to do what he called "my Vision story". The Vision was a long-standing Marvel superhero and member of The Avengers , an android originally created by

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6240-548: The Quintessence, a group of gods who oversee their entire universe (or multiverse ), yet shows signs of focusing especially on Earth. He is often distinguished by tying his hair into a long ponytail, in contrast to the shorter, more unkempt hair of other male Guardians. In the Green Lantern: Secret Origin story, Ganthet (without ever revealing himself physically) asks Sinestro to investigate

6360-584: The Rings , and Star Trek: The Original Series as his greatest influences. Despite drawing comics as a youth, Byrne intended to have a career as a commercial artist . In 1970, Byrne enrolled at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary . He created the superhero parody Gay Guy for the college newspaper, which poked fun at the campus stereotype of homosexuality among art students. Gay Guy

6480-590: The Spheres and Angel vs Frankenstein II in 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively. In 2011, he worked on Jurassic Park : The Devils in the Desert , and Cold War (The Michael Swann Dossier) . He revived his Next Men series in 2010–2011, with the sequel series Aftermath . Other work for IDW includes the 2012 miniseries Trio and the 2013 miniseries The High Ways and Doomsday.1 . In 2018, Byrne began X-Men Elsewhen ,

6600-473: The Superman titles before leaving. His dissatisfaction stemmed from his perception that there was a lack of "conscious support" for him at DC. Furthering the rift between the company and the artist was the fact that the version of Superman which DC licensed for merchandising was contrary to Byrne's representation in the comic books. In 1986, Marvel began publication of a new line of superhero titles created by then-Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter , which took place in

6720-522: The Third Army, he becomes horrified and flees, while the group will apparently be able to stop the Guardians' threat. When the First Lantern Volthoom is freed as Ganthet and the Guardians of the Universe tried to use the Third Army to destroy the sentient beings, he imprisons the Guardians on the planet Maltus and restores their emotions to their original state. Ganthet comes to feel shame for his actions and for his battle with Kyle. In

6840-469: The attention of Charlton Comics editor Nicola Cuti , who extended Byrne an invitation. Written by Cuti, "Rog-2000" became one of several alternating backup features in the Charlton Comics superhero series E-Man , starting with the eight-page "That Was No Lady" in issue #6 (Jan. 1975). While that was Byrne's first published color-comics work, "My first professional comic book sale was to Marvel,

6960-408: The base of Mogo and reunited it. While the Green Lantern Corps are reinstated, Ganthet and Sayd assign Hal and Kyle to find Saint Walker . After they brought Saint Walker back to the base of the Green Lantern Corps, they called Kyle to test his White Lantern power which they believed could bring the resurrection of the Blue Lantern Corps. When Saint Walker attempted a psionic link to Kyle's power, he

7080-425: The beginning intended the character to be gay, Northstar's homosexuality was only hinted at during Byrne's tenure on the series. In 1983 Byrne co-wrote and penciled issues 1 and 2 of The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones , a two-part story arc titled "The Ikons of Ikammanen". The story involves archaeologist Edith Dunne, a former student-turned-enemy of Jones. Byrne wrote the first issue and Dennis O'Neil wrote

7200-423: The book for 25 issues, Byrne told editor Terry Kavanagh that he was starting to feel constrained on the book and thought having a different artist might inspire him to a fresh approach. Kavanagh suggested newcomer Jae Lee , and Byrne continued strictly as the writer of the book up through issue #32. Byrne later said he has great fondness for the title character and was unhappy that circumstances forced him to leave

7320-497: The book to [Byrne]. ... [Byrne] turned around the first script in time to meet the deadline, and so started getting more work from Marvel, until [he] was able to leave Charlton and focus entirely on the Marvel stuff." Byrne soon went on to draw series including The Champions (#12–15, 17 1977–78) and Marvel Team-Up (#53–55, 59–70, 75, 79, 100). Byrne first drew the X-Men in Marvel Team-Up #53. For many issues, he

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7440-446: The book. It was with very few exceptions, difficult, for me, anyway, to tell in the actual gestation of the book where one of us left off and the other began – because it involved one of us coming up with an idea and bouncing it off the other ..." The "Dark Phoenix Saga" in 1980 is one of the most notable stories in the title's history. Comics writers and historians Roy Thomas and Peter Sanderson observed that "'The Dark Phoenix Saga'

7560-486: The character mulled running for the office of President of the United States . Byrne's post- X-Men body of work at Marvel includes his five-year run on Fantastic Four (#232–295, July 1981 – October 1986), which is generally considered a "second golden age" for the title. Byrne said his goal was to "turn the clock back ... get back and see fresh what it was that made the book great at its inception". He made

7680-423: The character of " Number One ") started in March 2009; the final chapter of his Romulans story, a four-issue miniseries, Star Trek: Leonard McCoy , Frontier Doctor , set before Star Trek: The Motion Picture , and the second Assignment: Earth series. His work on Angel included Angel: Blood and Trenches (set during World War I); an Angel vs Frankenstein one-shot; and an Andy Hallett tribute, Angel: Music of

7800-618: The command of General Chang . The blue, indigo, and violet rings find new owners among the crew of the Enterprise ( Chekov , McCoy , and Uhura , respectively), while the yellow ring finds a new home with Chang. The red and orange rings head into space, eventually finding owners with the son of the leader of the Gorn Hegemony and the Praetor of the Romulan Empire, respectively. Hal Jordan arrives, wondering why Ganthet's body

7920-804: The crew of the Enterprise, or venture to the Earth of the Star Trek Kelvin universe. The last green lanterns are dying without a power battery. In response to a distress call from Blue Lantern Saint Walker , GL Hal Jordan , and the U.S.S Enterprise arrive and find a Manhunter but are confronted by Sinestro . Captain Kirk believes the Planet Oa might exist in the Star Trek reality but are attacked by Manhunters. Meanwhile John Stewart , Guy Gardner and Kilowog investigate an ambush by Atrocitus at

8040-448: The death of Abin Sur (through a non-official channel, bypassing protocol); this leads to Sinestro first meeting, on Earth, with Hal Jordan . The graphic novel Ganthet's Tale by John Byrne (expanded from a story by Larry Niven ) tells the story of Hal Jordan's first encounters with Ganthet. Jordan is asked to help him battle the renegade Guardian Dawlakispokpok (nicknamed "Dawly"), who

8160-555: The end of his time at Marvel, Byrne was hired by DC Comics to revamp its flagship character Superman . This was part of a company-wide restructuring of the history of the DC Universe and all of its characters following the limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths . Byrne's reworking of Superman in particular gained widespread media coverage outside the comic book industry, including articles in Time and The New York Times . At

8280-406: The final battle after Volthoom is destroyed by Hal Jordan and Nekron , the Guardians are freed but are executed by a Parallax-empowered Sinestro. He spares only Ganthet and reunites him with the still-living Sayd, citing his reasons as being that he knows what it is like to lose everything, but exiles them both from Oa. Ganthet and Sayd later observe Kyle. Ganthet reflects that he and Kyle have grown

8400-458: The final person to draw Funky Winkerbean , taking over illustration duties from artist Chuck Ayers for the strip's concluding week, ending on December 31, 2022. Most of his work in the first decade of the new millennium was for DC Comics : JLA (issues #94–99 in 2004, co-writing and illustrating the "Tenth Circle" story arc, reuniting with his Uncanny X-Men writer Chris Claremont and with Jerry Ordway as inker), Doom Patrol , Blood of

8520-561: The first three issues. For publisher IDW, Byrne worked on the superhero series FX #1–6, written by Wayne Osborne, starting with the March 2008 issue. His other projects for the publisher include stories for the Star Trek and Angel franchises. Byrne's Star Trek work included the final issue of the miniseries Star Trek: Alien Spotlight (February 2008); Star Trek: Assignment: Earth #1–5; Star Trek: Romulans #1–2, Star Trek: Crew (a Christopher Pike -era comic book focusing on

8640-480: The following year produced a 3-D graphic novel with 3-D effects by Ray Zone . He returned to the X-Men franchise at Marvel from 1991 to 1992, succeeding longtime writer Chris Claremont, who left after 17 years working on the various X-Men related titles. Byrne's return as the new writer was brief, as he only scripted Uncanny X-Men issues #281–285 and 288 with artist Whilce Portacio , and X-Men issues #4–5 with artist Jim Lee . In 1995, Byrne wrote and drew

8760-533: The four Earth-based Green Lanterns are the only ones even partly immune to Parallax's influence due to their prior experience under his influence, but he is still forced to take John and Kyle's rings when they are driven to attack each other. Unfortunately, when Ganthet takes their rings and his own, the three rings explode, destroying his hand, forcing John to bandage the amputated limb. With the other Green Lanterns searching for them, Ganthet orders John and Kyle to depart while he uses his own Guardian-based powers to draw

8880-424: The hardcover, black and white 'Annuals' that were being published over there at the time, and soon after found a copy of an Australian reprint called Super Comics that featured a story each of Superboy , Johnny Quick and Batman . The Batman story hooked me for life. A couple of years later my family emigrated to Canada (for the second time, no less!) and I discovered the vast array of American comics available at

9000-468: The humorous fourth wall-breaking series The Sensational She-Hulk . He also co-created the Marvel characters Scott Lang and James Rhodes . During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited , and was one of the founders of the Legend imprint at Dark Horse Comics . Revisiting X-Men as a writer, Byrne co-created Bishop and Omega Red . Byrne

9120-466: The job. With DC agreeing with 99% of the revision, Byrne was given the go-ahead for what became The Man of Steel . Comics historian Timothy Callahan argued that Superman in modern media has more in common with Byrne's portrayal of the character than those of Cary Bates , Elliot S. Maggin , Dennis O'Neil , Jerry Siegel , and Edmond Hamilton . Brian Cronin of Comic Book Resources suggested that, although Byrne made several changes, Byrne's Superman

9240-471: The most center balanced of the energies. The further at one end an energy color is, the wilder its power is to control. The energy ends up corrupting its user. Ganthet also reveals that in the coming future, each color will have its own forces like the Lantern Corps, and these forces will fight against the others in a battle across the universe that will lead into the event known as "The Blackest Night",

9360-661: The most prolific and influential comic book artists ever, Byrne and his X-Men collaborator Chris Claremont were entered into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2015. Byrne was born on July 6, 1950 in Walsall , Staffordshire , and raised in West Bromwich , also in Staffordshire, where he lived with his parents, Frank and Nelsie, and his maternal grandmother. He was an only child. His father

9480-430: The new shortage of Guardians, the other Guardians strip Ganthet of his emotions so that he will re-join their ranks. Kyle Rayner comes to Oa for help after something has turned him into a 'ring magnet', causing rings from the other six Corps to try and latch on to him. Kyle likens Ganthet's transformation to a lobotomy, though Ganthet himself disputes this because "my cognitive abilities are unimpaired". Kyle then compares

9600-656: The ordinary, rounder design, and looks much similar to the squared, older ones once wielded by the Manhunters and the Halla's . He was later forced to assist Hank Henshaw , who has learned from the hidden foe that Ganthet is apparently the key to Henshaw's permanent death. By threatening to make the Alpha Lanterns kill themselves if Ganthet does not cooperate, Henshaw made Ganthet operate several Alpha Lanterns to try and restore them to organic life-forms, believing that

9720-528: The other Green Lanterns from his influence. Ganthet was also able to help Guy master both of his rings by encouraging him to tap into something that he loved and something that he hated. Afterward, Ganthet is visited by Saint Walker, who restores his hand. His blue ring shows Ganthet an image of Sayd, revealing that he still misses her. Following the War of the Green Lanterns storyline, to compensate for

9840-446: The other six corps to gain temporary 'deputies' to fight alongside the seven already present until the rest of the Corps can arrive. As a result, Barry Allen becomes a Blue Lantern. Lex Luthor becomes an Orange Lantern. Scarecrow becomes a Sinestro Corps officer. Scientist Ray Palmer becomes an Indigo Tribesman . Mera becomes a Red Lantern, and Wonder Woman - after being freed from the influence of her Black Lantern ring- becomes

9960-408: The process to taking away Ganthet's soul, as he is now nothing more than another Guardian: a charge to which Ganthet does not respond. After Kyle is briefly overwhelmed by the other rings he wields, Kyle's green ring throws Ganthet aside when he attempts to remove it. As the other Lanterns attempt to help Kyle, Saint Walker appeals to Ganthet for help, but Ganthet simply throws Walker off, now regarding

10080-575: The process, once perfected, can be used to return him to a mortal body. During the process, some Alpha Lanterns perished. Ganthet experiences great grief at the death of these Green Lanterns, emotions he is not quite familiar with. Ganthet was rescued by a squad of Lanterns and Hank Henshaw's form and spirit were destroyed. Afterward, all the Alpha Lanterns have their free will restored as well, thanks to Ganthet. Sadly, they must keep their cyborg appearances. Ganthet brings up more blood, which transforms into Atrocitus' head, who reveals their alliance. Ganthet

10200-421: The recently restored Oa to recharge the Central Power Battery. By doing so, he created a new set of Guardians, this time as small children (both male and female), with the intent that Ganthet, as their "father figure", will look after them and teach them how to be better Guardians than their predecessors. After one of the children, Lianna, went missing and was later revealed to have aged prematurely, Ganthet invited

10320-571: The remaining power rings to another universe in order to escape Nekron , the embodiment of death (seen in the Blackest Night series), who has destroyed almost all life in the universe. In the Star Trek Kelvin Universe, the crew of the Enterprise discover the remains of Ganthet and the power rings on a rogue planet. They accidentally activate the power rings even as they come under attack by a squad of Klingon ships under

10440-461: The request of editor Mark Gruenwald , Byrne wrote and drew a new series in 1989, The Sensational She-Hulk (maintaining the 1985 graphic novel 's title). Gruenwald directed that it be significantly different from the character's previous series, The Savage She-Hulk . Byrne's take was comedic and the She-Hulk, who was aware she was in a comic book, regularly broke the fourth wall , developing

10560-442: The rest. As such, he becomes the last Guardian. Ganthet creates a new Green Lantern ring from Jordan's ring and goes to Earth. He appears before Kyle Rayner and hastily hands him the ring, muttering "You shall have to do". Guy Gardner later claimed that Ganthet first went to him, but he had turned down Ganthet's plan. During Rayner's first few months as Green Lantern , Ganthet is unsatisfied with Rayner, and attempts to take back

10680-481: The ring. Rayner eventually earns the respect of Ganthet by facing Parallax without his ring. Ganthet became part of the circle of gods, including (usually) Shazam , Zeus , Highfather , and Phantom Stranger , committed to observing the universe and counselling one another. When Rayner briefly became the godlike Ion , he possessed more power than Hal Jordan did as Parallax. Realizing that he could not continue as Ion without losing his humanity, Kyle travelled to

10800-490: The rules while they're around." Steve Gerber and Kirby lampooned Byrne's position in Destroyer Duck , drawing him as a character called Booster Cogburn, possessing no genitals, a removable spine, and existing only to serve as a cog in the mammoth corporation that owned him. Byrne later made a story in Action Comics #592–593 where Big Barda (who is based on Kirby's wife Roz) is brainwashed and almost forced to make

10920-434: The second, while Byrne penciled both issues with Terry Austin as the inker. In 1985, after issue #28 of Alpha Flight , Byrne swapped the series with Bill Mantlo , writer of The Incredible Hulk . According to Byrne, he discussed his ideas with editor-in-chief Jim Shooter ahead of time, but once Byrne was on the title, Shooter objected to them. Byrne wrote and drew issues #314–319. The final issue of Byrne's run featured

11040-571: The self-confident assertiveness to use it epitomized by her name change to the Invisible Woman ; and headquarters the Baxter Building was destroyed and replaced with Four Freedoms Plaza . Byrne has cited multiple reasons for leaving the series, including "internal office politics" and that "it simply started to get old". In 1983, while still at the helm of Fantastic Four , Byrne began to write and draw Alpha Flight , starring

11160-402: The series Spider-Man: Chapter One , Byrne retold some of Spider-Man 's earliest adventures, changing some key aspects. In late 1998, Byrne became writer of the flagship series The Amazing Spider-Man at the end of the series with issue #440, by which time Marvel had decided to relaunch the book. The "last" issue of The Amazing Spider-Man was #441 (November 1998), with Marvel re-initiating

11280-475: The series was rebooted with a new #1 as Jack Kirby's Fourth World . That ran 20 issues from 1997 to 1998. During his tenure on the New Gods , Byrne was writer of the four-issue miniseries crossover Genesis , a storyline published weekly by DC Comics in August 1997. The series was drawn by Ron Wagner and Joe Rubinstein . Byrne wrote a Wonder Woman prose novel, Wonder Woman: Gods and Goddesses (1997). In

11400-446: The series with a new volume 2, issue #1 (Jan. 1999) with Howard Mackie as writer and Byrne on pencils. Byrne penciled issues #1–18 (from 1999 to 2000) and wrote #13–14. In 1999, Byrne, working with artist Ron Garney , wrote the first seven issues of a new Hulk series, as well as the summer annual . From 1999 to 2001, Byrne returned to the X-Men to write and draw X-Men: The Hidden Years which ran for 22 issues. Byrne explained

11520-681: The series, The X-Men was promoted from a bimonthly to a monthly publication schedule as sales steadily increased—a trend that continued long after Byrne left. In the late 1970s, while serving as the regular penciller of X-Men , Byrne began penciling another superhero team title, The Avengers . Working for the most part with writer David Michelinie , he drew issues #164–166 and 181–191. Byrne and Michelinie co-created Scott Lang in Avengers #181 (March 1979). Byrne's nine-issue run of Captain America , issues #247–255 (July 1980 – March 1981), with writer Roger Stern , included issue #250, in which

11640-456: The series, intending to return "in no more than six months." Byrne says he "did not count on...the virtual collapse of the whole comic book industry, which seemed to occur at just the time I put Next Men on the shelf...In the present, very depressed marketplace, I don't feel Next Men would have much chance, so I leave the book hibernating until such time as the market improves." IDW Publishing revived John Byrne's Next Men in 2010 following

11760-552: The series. Byrne took over writing Iron Man for issues #258–277 (July 1990-Feb. 1992), drawn by John Romita Jr. and later by Paul Ryan . Byrne launched a second " Armor Wars " story arc, restored the Mandarin as a major Iron Man nemesis, and featured the 1950s " pre-superhero Marvel " monster Fin Fang Foom . During the course of his run, Byrne became the first writer to retcon Iron Man's origin, removing explicit ties to

11880-646: The story in Ceremony . Upon complaining to DeFalco, Byrne says he was fired from his series. He later returned to write and draw issues #31–50 under new editor Renée Witterstaetter . Byrne started a new series, Namor, the Sub-Mariner in April 1990. Byrne's take on the undersea antihero Namor cast him as the head of a surface company, Oracle, Inc., in order to help keep the ocean unpolluted, and had Namor involved in corporate intrigue. After writing and drawing

12000-494: The super-heroine to the status of a goddess who then ascended to Mount Olympus as the Goddess of Truth, and created Cassie Sandsmark , the new Wonder Girl . Byrne then spotlighted supporting characters such as Queen Hippolyta in their own adventures but restored the series' status quo in his last issue. He additionally took over New Gods vol. 4 at the end of 1996, as writer-artist of issues #12–15, continuing with it as

12120-621: The team while writing a solo series for The Thing . While working on X-Men , he created the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight , and later wrote and drew their own series. Moving to DC, Byrne established the modern origin for Superman in The Man of Steel before writing and drawing two monthly titles and various miniseries for the character. Byrne then returned to Marvel, introducing the Great Lakes Avengers , and wrote and drew

12240-647: The time, Byrne said, "I'm taking Superman back to the basics ... It's basically Siegel and Shuster 's Superman meets the Fleischer Superman in 1986." Byrne significantly reduced Superman's powers (though he was still one of the most powerful beings on Earth), eliminated the Fortress of Solitude and super-dog Krypto , and kept Jonathan and Martha Kent alive into Clark's adulthood to enjoy their adopted son's triumphs, as well as to provide him with support, grounding, and advice whenever he needed it. Byrne also used Marv Wolfman 's idea of making Lex Luthor

12360-484: The time. His first encounter with Marvel Comics was in 1962 with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby 's Fantastic Four #5. He later commented that "the book had an 'edge' like nothing DC was putting out at the time". Jack Kirby's work, in particular, had a strong influence on Byrne and he has worked with many of the characters Kirby created or co-created. Besides Kirby, Byrne was influenced by the naturalistic style of Neal Adams . Byrne has named comic books, The Lord of

12480-400: The title keep its Canadian character, Wolverine , and contributed a series of story elements to justify Wolverine's presence which eventually made the character among the most popular in Marvel's publishing history. With issue #114, Byrne began co-plotting the series as well as penciling. Claremont recounted that "at that point in time John and I were, in a very real sense, true collaborators on

12600-541: The title's cancellation by saying, "I was officially informed yesterday that, despite the fact that they are still profitable, several 'redundant' X-Titles are being axed." This disagreement factored in his decision to no longer work for Marvel Comics. Like X-Men: The Hidden Years , some other works of this period involved characters and events in time periods other than the present and, in some cases, considered "skipped over" ( Marvel: The Lost Generation ), or alternate timelines (DC's Superman & Batman: Generations );

12720-683: The villain Ultron constructed with the body of the original Human Torch . The Vision went on to join the team, marry his teammate the Scarlet Witch , and father two children by her. Byrne radically changed this, revealing that Immortus – who previously had revealed to the Avengers the synthezoid's origin – lied about the Vision's creation. The android Human Torch was found and joined the WCA. The Vision

12840-433: The villain seeks the powers they possess; Larfleeze desires anything he does not have. They were eventually rescued by Hal Jordan, accompanied by Carol Ferris , Sinestro, and Indigo Tribe member Indigo-1 . Ganthet and Sayd then seek Atrocitus and Larfleeze 's aid to recreate the "white light of creation" with their saviors. To get Larfleeze to cooperate with them, Sayd offers her servitude to Agent Orange, who expresses

12960-561: The wedding of Bruce Banner and Betty Ross. In early 1980, Byrne did his first work for DC Comics, penciling the first issue of The Untold Legend of the Batman miniseries . Byrne had always wanted to draw Batman , and had a three-month window of time during which he was not under contract to Marvel. Hearing about the Untold Legend series, Byrne contacted editor Paul Levitz to express interest. DC took him up on his offer, but it

13080-404: The works themselves (one prominent example is Image Comics ). A number of these creators, including Byrne, Frank Miller , Mike Mignola , and Art Adams , banded together to form the Legend imprint at Dark Horse. Byrne's first title for Dark Horse was Next Men , a work he considered darker and more realistic than his previous work. The Next Men were five young people who were the product of

13200-572: The worst of the hidden prophecies of the Book of Oa. At the end of the Sinestro Corps War , Ganthet and Sayd are currently living on the planet Odym. They harness the blue energy of hope and make plans to create another intergalactic police force to aid the Guardians and the Green Lantern Corps in their upcoming battle against "The Blackest Night". The first of the Blue Lanterns is an alien named Saint Bro'Dee Walker or Saint Walker. The second

13320-511: Was a town planner and his mother was a homemaker. While living in England, prior to his family emigrating to Canada when Byrne was 8, he was first exposed to comics, saying in 2005, [M]y 'journey into comics' began with [star] George Reeves ' [Adventures of] Superman series being shown on the BBC in England when I was about 6 years old. Not long after I started watching that series I saw one of

13440-606: Was disassembled and stripped of his emotions. The couple's twins were revealed to be pieces of the soul of the demon Mephisto. In addition to these changes, Byrne's run is remembered for the introduction of the Great Lakes Avengers , an eclectic group of new superheroes. During She-Hulk 's tenure with the Fantastic Four, she appeared in Marvel Graphic Novel #18 (Nov. 1985) in a story titled The Sensational She-Hulk , which Byrne wrote and illustrated. On

13560-550: Was introduced in the "Days of Future Past" storyline (#141–142, Jan.-Feb. 1981) in which a time-travelling Kitty Pryde tried to avert a dystopian future caused by the Brotherhood assassinating Presidential candidate Senator Robert Kelly . Byrne plotted the story because he wanted to depict the Sentinels as a genuine threat to the existence of the mutant race. Byrne left The X-Men with #143 (March 1981). During his tenure on

13680-508: Was later able to tell John the history of the Burning Martians and teach him a way to 'reroute' his mind to think in the first language of the universe so that he could rescue his teammates from Fernus in a hit-and-run attack (although the intensity of this method of thought meant that John could not use it for more than sixty seconds without burning his mind out), allowing them to come up with a plan to defeat Fernus. Ganthet played

13800-492: Was not until the second month of his three-month window that Byrne received the plot for the first issue. Byrne told Levitz that he would not be able to finish the project due to time constraints despite DC then allegedly offering Byrne double his Marvel pay rate, after initially saying they could not match his Marvel rate. Byrne penciled the first issue, which was inked by Jim Aparo after being intended for Terry Austin. This experience soured Byrne on DC for quite some time. Near

13920-644: Was paired with Claremont, with whom he teamed for issue #11 of the black-and-white Marvel magazine Marvel Preview featuring Star-Lord . The Star-Lord story was inked by Terry Austin and lettered by Tom Orzechowski , both of whom soon afterward teamed with Claremont and Byrne on Uncanny X-Men . Byrne joined Claremont beginning with X-Men #108 (Dec. 1977), which was later renamed The Uncanny X-Men with issue #114. Their work together, along with inker Terry Austin, on such classic story arcs as " Proteus ", " Dark Phoenix Saga ", and " Days of Future Past " would make them both fan favorites. Byrne insisted that

14040-494: Was prevented from doing so by an unknown presence, which caused Kyle's White Lantern power to shut down, leading to his return as a Green Lantern. Later, Ganthet and Sayd were attacked and kidnapped by the Controllers . They wanted to harvest Sayd's power to empower the Controllers, which horrified Ganthet. Four Green Lanterns of the Earth, however, were able to locate the Controllers' base at sector 3001 and attacked. After

14160-414: Was renamed The Adventures of Superman starting with issue #424 and was initially written by Marv Wolfman and drawn by Jerry Ordway , but the writing chores were taken over by Byrne after a year from issues #436–442 and 444. As 1988 marked the 50th anniversary year of Superman's creation, Byrne did more Superman-related projects while working on the core Superman monthly titles at the same time: he wrote

14280-483: Was still more similar to previous depictions of the character than he was not. Byrne penciled the six-issue DC Universe crossover miniseries Legends (Nov. 1986 – May 1987) during this time. He wrote and drew two monthly Superman titles with the hero's present-day adventures: a new Superman title beginning with issue #1 (January 1987) and Action Comics , in which, beginning with issue #584, Superman teamed up with other DC characters. The original Superman book

14400-518: Was the writer and artist of the Wonder Woman series for three years, during which he created the second Wonder Girl , Cassie Sandsmark . In addition, he co-created the DC character Amanda Waller . He scripted the first issues of Mike Mignola 's Hellboy series and produced several Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing . In 2010, Byrne revived Next Men to conclude the series. Hailed as one of

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