Green Lantern: New Guardians is an American comic book series originally written by Tony Bedard with art by Tyler Kirkham and Batt and published by DC Comics.
The team consists of representatives of each of the Corps that tap into a particular portion of the emotional spectrum. Its original members were Kyle Rayner (Green Lantern Corps), Arkillo (Sinestro Corps), Bleez (Red Lantern Corps), Glomulus (Orange Lantern Corps), Munk (Indigo Tribe), Saint Walker (Blue Lantern Corps) and Fatality (Star Sapphires). The group disbands in issue #0 (September 2012), and reforms in issue #13 with Kyle, Arkillo, and new members Carol Ferris and Atrocitus. Larfleeze joins in issue #15.
Publication history In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Green Lantern: New Guardians debuted as part of the new "Green Lantern" family of titles. Other titles initially included in the family were Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps and Red Lanterns. Larfleeze was added to the group from August 2013 to June 2014, and Sinestro was added in April 2014.
The series crossed over with Blue Beetle (vol. 9) #9 in May 2012, and was part of the "Rise of the Third Army" storyline running through the Green Lantern titles from October 2012 to January 2013.Salvatore, Brian "Rise of the Third Army to enlist the Green Lantern titles in October ", www.Multiversitycomics.com, 3 June 2012
Andrei Bressan and Amilcar Pinna handled the art duties from issue #13 to #14, while Aaron Kuder and Andres Guinaldo contributed to issues #15 to #20. Beginning with issue #21 in June 2013, the creative team became Justin Jordan and Brad Walker.Exclusive: DC Announces New 'Green Lantern' Creative... , MTV Geek 20 February 2013 (accessed 20 February 2013) The title also was part of the "Lights Out" crossover.
Plot After Lanterns from various Corps are suddenly and mysteriously decommissioned, their rings seek a replacement. They fly to Earth, where Green Lantern Kyle Rayner is selected by the rings to join the six other Corps. He is immediately attacked by Sinestro Corps member Arkillo, Red Lantern Bleez, Indigo Tribesman Munk and Star Sapphire Fatality, who think Kyle is a "ring thief".Green Lantern: New Guardians #1 (Sept 2011) Blue Lantern Saint Walker arrives and aids Kyle. The two flee to Oa seeking answers, and they are pursued by their attackers. Assuming he acquired the rings by foul play, Kyle is attacked by the Guardians. He briefly holds them at bay by utilizing the power of his new rings, but is only able to escape with the aid of Saint Walker, the Lanterns who had been pursuing him, and Orange Lantern Larfleeze.New Guardians #2-3 (Oct-Nov 2011)
The group recovers at Larfleeze's home, where he tells them he identified the source of the rings' attraction to Kyle. Bleez returns to the headquarters of the Red Lanterns, and the other five leave Larfleeze to investigate, accompanied by one of Larfleeze's constructs. They locate a space station the size of a solar system, and during their investigation they are attacked by Archangel Invictus, the ruler of the space station. He accuses them of conspiring with "the Beast", referring to a statue of Larfleeze.New Guardians #4-6 (Dec 2011 - Feb 2012)
As Saint Walker faces him, Invictus reveals that he is the last of a species of angelic beings who sought to bring the light to the universe before Larfleeze attacked them. Unable to absorb the rapidly ascending spirits of the angels into his Corps, Larfleeze hunted Invictus's race to extinction, trapping him on the other side of the other-universal portal that Invictus sought to use to banish Larfleeze. Having returned, Invictus intends to kill Larfleeze and destroy the Vega system, replacing it with the Orrery he has constructed, containing duplicates of the worlds that were lost and "corrupted" by Larfleeze. He also reveals that he had nothing to do with their vanishing rings, suggesting that Larfleeze set the event up to trick the other Corps into doing his work for him. Despite Kyle protesting that Larfleeze alone was not responsible for what has happened to the Vega system since Invictus's time, citing the current teamwork of the seven ring-wielders as proof that miracles can happen, Invictus only agrees to let the 'New Guardians' go if Kyle kills Larfleeze.New Guardians #7 (March 2012)
With their power running low after they depart the Orrery, the 'team' split up to recharge. Bleez accompanies Kyle to Earth to recover his power battery, wondering at his continued ownership of a green ring and access to the Green Lantern database despite his "expulsion", while Fatality and Walker return to their Corps' respective homeworlds. Meanwhile, Munk is recalled to the Indigo Tribe, leaving Arkillo, now one of the last Sinestro Corps members after Sinestro captured and destroyed the Central Power Battery, to receive an independent but potentially unstable new battery from the Weaponer of Qward.New Guardians #8 (April 2012)
While Kyle recharges his ring on Earth, he and Bleez are attacked by a bounty hunter who is trying to collect a reward the Guardians have put on Kyle. Although Glomulus is apparently destroyed, Kyle and Bleez are aided by Blue Beetle, who tells them Odym, the homeworld of the Blue Lanterns, is under siege by the Reach.Blue Beetle vol 6 #9 (April 2012) Saint Walker rallies the other Blue Lanterns to repel the Reach while Kyle contacts the other New Guardians for help.New Guardians #9 (May 2012) Despite aid from Kyle, Arkillo and Fatality (Bleez having returned to the Red Lanterns and Munk being presumably occupied back on Nok), Odym falls to the Reach. Saint Walker believes its secret location was revealed to the Reach by Larfleeze, and the New Guardians go to confront him.Green Lantern: New Guardians #10 (June 2012) However, upon confronting Larfleeze, who has just regenerated the previously dispersed Glomulus, he reveals that he had no part in the attack on the Blue Lanterns, before attempting to consume the New Guardians himself. Munk is able to disrupt the Orange Lanterns by tapping into the Orange light, but the fight is ended when Invictus attacks the Vega system, forcing the Guardians to focus on the more immediate threat.Green Lantern: New Guardians #11 (July 2012)
They defeat Invictus by relocating his ship while he is fighting them on Vega, depriving him of his power source. Sayd reveals she was responsible for the rings of weaker Lanterns abandoning their bearers to travel to Kyle, intending for Kyle to unite the Corps to save Ganthet. Sayd claims her actions were performed in a moment of stress-induced insanity. The team disperses, disgusted by her method to unite the Corps.Green Lantern: New Guardians #12 (August 2012)
At Ferris Aircraft, Carol Ferris is looking for signs of Hal Jordan's return and encounters Thomas Kalmaku working late, and the two decide to search Hal's locker to see if he stopped by to recharge his ring. Just as they find an engagement ring inside, Kyle arrives in search of Hal in order to ask for advice about the Guardians of the Universe. Thomas brings the two's attention to a news report about Hal and Sinestro's fight with Black Hand. Kyle and Carol leave, with the latter transforming into Star Sapphire. They arrive at Coast City Cemetery and help the police dispatch zombies left by Black Hand. After sensing the explosion of Sinestro's Power Battery, the dead attack again and as they overwhelm the two, Kyle is able to channel the powers of green and blue energy and dispatch them. Kyle's ring informs him the Hal is dead but Carol's feelings for him and her abilities as a Star Sapphire reveal he is alive. She connects with Kyle and they witness his future, which shows the latter in various different uniforms of the other Lantern Corps. Kyle is skeptical about his ability to combine all the colors of the Emotional Spectrum but Carol believes that he can save Hal with it. Halfway across the universe, the Guardians of the Universe meet with the Zamarons who have discovered the former's schemes. Instead of trying to stop them, the Zamarons decide to aid the Guardians.Green Lantern: New Guardians #0 (September 2012)