Best of the Best: Top Green Lanterns Day Two

Ready for more of the best Green Lanterns? Who's go what it takes to be considered the best of the Corps? Let's find out!

6. Kyle Rayner
Everything needed a radical, edgy update in the 90's, and Green Lantern was no exception. After Hal's stint as a supervillain, Kyle Rayner took over his legacy and became the last remaining Green Lantern. But unlike most fads from the 90's, Kyle has stood the test of time and has cemented 

I'm going to get so much shit for not having him above Hal Jordan.

He might have been pushed to the sidelines with Hal's return, but Kyle still boats die hard fans eager to see him claim the spotlight once again. Following the original is a hard act to follow, and Kyle just managed to pull it off.


5. Mogo
Mogo earns this nod because of his integral role in the Corps. and high concept nature. An entire planet as a member? That's such a wonderful twist that helps define the extraordinary nature of comics in general. Mogo has a barely noticeable personality, but can you imagine the Green Lanterns without him? Maybe, but it would be significantly less cool.

4. Guy Gardner
Out of all the earthbound Lanterns, Guy always stood out as having the most fleshed out personality. He's not a classic, square hero. He can be a jerk, he can be crude, even obnoxious. But he never, ever gives up. Guy is the pugilist, the Lantern who will take a beating to keep throwing punches. He brings some grit to the team, a more down to earth perspective on vast sci-fiction epics. The Corps. may have countless heroes, but there is only one Guy Gardner.

3. Hal Jordan
There's a reason how was chosen to star in the feature film over the other Lanterns. Sure Alan Scott was technically the first with the title, but Hal was the original Lantern as we know them today. Through him we learned of the mythical Green Lanterns and he's carried the mythos to where it is today.

In movie form. Perhaps not the best representation?

Hal sadly suffers a bit from a flat character to keep him away from the top spot. Any time you can label the hero's flaws in a nice one package like "arrogance" as Geoff Johns so constantly reminds us, you're a touch stale. Just because you have a traditional hero doesn't mean you can't be complex and interesting, which Hal just can't claim. Instead, he's a vessel for us to enter this world and experience what it means to be a Lantern. The Green Lantern legacy revolves around Hal, and you have to respect that.

So who could possibly take the title of "greatest lantern" over the mighty Hal Jordan? I left two candidates out, just to keep you guessing. Whoever could it be?!?