The Official DC Stupid Question Thread....

[TheCorpulent1]

No idea. I've wondered that same thing myself. I mean, I get how rage or fear might work--the Hulk would basically be the greatest Red Lantern ever and if the grim reaper got a yellow ring he'd be unstoppable because nothing's scarier than death. But hope? How do you gauge how much hope someone inspires? How do you correlate a level of power to how dead someone is? There are a lot of weird vagaries with the other corps that I suppose we'll just have to wait and see how they play out.

 

[WompuM]

How much hope someone inspires? Well apparently you gauge this by having a black dude run for president.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Obama should be the Ion of the Blue Lantern Corps.

 

[WompuM]

And his O symbol should be theirs as well. Can you imagine MLK as a blue lantern. sweet.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

No one would ever fight him... except the "White Lanterns" chapter of the Mississippi KKK.

 

[Ipodman]

RE: BATMAN
Is "Salvation Run" and "Gotham Underground" suppose to be connected? and are they in continuity with anything? (at least i know Salvation run leads to Final Crisis...)

 

[Bnightwing]

Yeah, I guess Kyle is more high-power than moderately powerful. But it's his lightsaber skills that are his real strength, hence the Battlemaster thing.

Yeah, rage is supposed to replace their blood or some nonsense. I don't get why being angry means their whole corps is super-gross, but I guess that's just me.

The Blue Lanterns have some hot costumes. I didn't realize their costumes were so cool.

Anyway, to answer bnightwing's question:

Red = rage
Orange = avarice (or greed, if you want to be less technical)
Yellow = fear (this is the Sinestro Corps)
Green = willpower (it's sort of like the GLs are supposed to be emotion-neutral and, indeed, that's exactly what the Guardians are trying to force them to be)
Blue = hope (nobody's really sure what that means, but the Blue Lanterns have shown that they can supercharge other corps' powers)
Indigo = compassion
Violet = love (this is the Star Sapphire Corps)
Black = death (the Black Lantern Corps of resurrected dead characters)

Thanks, I knew about the different colors but really didn't know how they came into factor and stuff, and is Hal part of the black corp?

Another stupid question is where can I find the Comic where Batman gets a GL ring?

 

[Bnightwing]

Got these from the hype somewhere just forgot where.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Those are pretty cool.

Thanks, I knew about the different colors but really didn't know how they came into factor and stuff, and is Hal part of the black corp?

Another stupid question is where can I find the Comic where Batman gets a GL ring?

Hal's not part of the Black Lantern Corps. As far as we know, only dead people are going to be Black Lanterns.

Batman gets a GL ring in an Elseworld story called In Darkest Knight. I know Batman appeared in the main continuity with Hal in GL #9, but I didn't read it so I don't know if he got to use a GL ring.

 

[Manic]

I'd heard that Hal was offered a blue ring. Any truth to that?

Also, when is a trade of the Sinestro Corps War coming out? I want in on The Blackest Night when it comes.

 

[CBG]

I'd heard that Hal was offered a blue ring. Any truth to that?

Red Lantern.

Also, when is a trade of the Sinestro Corps War coming out? I want in on The Blackest Night when it comes.

The 3 volumes (1, 2, & Tales) come out in April and June, in softcover.

Already out in hardcover.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I don't know if Hal was offered a blue ring, but the Blue Lanterns are totally hot for his junk.

 

[Manic]

There isn't a Blue Lantern selected for Hal/John/Kyle's sector yet, is there? Because I hope they create a new character rather than retool an old one. I don't want to see an old favorite get turned into Hal/John/Kyle's personal assistant.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Actually, I don't even know how territory works with the other corps. The GLs are the only ones with all of space divided up into neat little sectors, as far as I know.

 

[Manic]

Yeah, but I heard that the Blue Lanterns were founded by a couple of Oans who wanted to make their own corps to help the GLs. I'd assumed they'd just use the same sector assignments.

 

[Green Lantern]

and the Sinestro Corps rings seem to seek out the same sectors.

 

[Hush]

Hal was told by gantet he was to be the the leader of all the Blue Lanterns. So then he got angry around a bunch of Red Lanterns and went red.

 

[Bnightwing]

I have already sent 'TheCorpulent1' a PM involving this but I was wondering some suggestions involving what comics to get because I have some money to spare. I like classic stories and good art and of course a good story line! I am open to DC and Marvel and maybe any other company even though this is a DC comic forum. Below is what I have as of now so tell me your guys honest suggestions and what is a bad decision and such. Thanks if any help! I mean ANYTHING!

• Watchmen softback
• The Long Halloween (not in good condition) softback
• Dark Victory softback
• Haunted knight softback
• Arkham Asylum softback
• Knight Fall 1,2,3 softback
• All star batman one hardback
• Batman Chronicles 1,2 softback
• Justice 3 Hardback (Alex Ross)
• Best of Alan Moore

 

[Hush]

All Star Batman and Robin is kinda bad, actually it just is. The Artwork is awesome, but that is lee for you. I would recommend Superman for all seasons. But the guys here prolly have mroe than I but thats my Rec.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

Have you already read All-Star Batman? I'm so sorry...you might as well Sharpie over the dialogue in that bad boy. on the other hand, All-Star Superman is fantastic.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, but I heard that the Blue Lanterns were founded by a couple of Oans who wanted to make their own corps to help the GLs. I'd assumed they'd just use the same sector assignments.

Yeah, I guess. Everyone who's creating the new corps are familiar with the Guardians' sector designations, actually, so it would make sense if they all started assigning their own Lanterns to those sectors as well. I don't know if they post one or more Lanterns to each sector, though. The GLs get two per sector, but the only Star Sapphire I've seen on any extended period has been flying solo and the only times we really see the Sinestro Corps working together is when they're ganging up as a whole army to fight the GL Corps.

 

[Watson]

All Star Batman and Robin is kinda bad, actually it just is. The Artwork is awesome, but that is lee for you. I would recommend Superman for all seasons. But the guys here prolly have mroe than I but thats my Rec.

All Star has to be taken with a grain of salt though. bnight, if you're able to laugh a little at the idea of Batman, then you may enjoy it. Superman for All Seasons is great though

EDIT: Just realized you already own all-star, lol

bnight, I would highly recomend that you check out The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke. It's about the founding of the JLA. It's a great read, and I would definitely call it a classic story.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I recommended the Gotham Central trades since he's a big Batman fan and he's interested in good stories, if anyone cares.

 

[Franklin Richards]

The Greens have two per sector. They use a recruitment method similar to a police force and Mogo helps them maintain their system.

The Yellows use the same system but I think it's only one per sector so far. That War World thingy helped them recruit in SCW. I don't remember what's helping them now. I think the Corp mag covered that.

The Blue's seem to be a monastic group. They keep recruitment to an arbitrary choice and train their apprentices to train others. They have their prophets in Ganthet and Sayid.

The Reds seem to have a conscription based group. Red Lanterns seem to "volunteer" for their army by submitting to the deeper rage within everyone. The Red Lanterns have their CIC in Attrocitus and as far as they're concerned... From God to Attrocitus. They are weapons.

The Sapphire's are starting to resemble pirates. An almost ancient maritime organization. So far they've been subject to whims of romanticism and when pressed they recruit with the equivalent of a blackjack across the head and when you wake up. Guess what? You're in the Navy now.

Orange? Stock Exchange?

Indigo?

Black?


:gl: :gl: :gl:

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I didn't think Sapphires were so violent in their recruitment methods. The one in GLC was saved from death by her reruitment and convinced to be a Sapphire as a means of avenging the death of her love and keeping the loss of love from hurting anyone else.