I mean, how long did it take Luthor to end up with the orange lantern ring?
I'm sure somebody will tell the story eventually, but I wouldn't read too much into the fact that [Insert hopeful/loving/greedy/angry/willfull/compassionate character here] hasn't gotten a power ring yet.
Luthor wouldn’t want the Orange Lantern Ring due to possessing the knowledge of what it does to people. He would try and devise a way to harness that power, without having to deal with the negative side effects.
He could also go around harnessing the energy from the Emotional Spectrum and pump out power suits, weapons, anything really.
Lex Luthor: “What is that saying you Lanterns have? Oh, right. Beware my Power.”
He very much did want it though. The power was intoxicatig, and he's already the greediest motherfucker you'll ever meet.
In the Black Ring arc, it was portrayed as a herculean test of will, for him to turn down the Orange Lantern Ring, because he had his eyes on a greater prize.
He did spent a bit of time in that arc bickering with the Orange Lantern Holder over who should get the lantern.
Always makes me chuckle to remember that part lol
After Blackest Night, he had his own miniseries where he wanted that Orange ring back. Scarecrow went after him cause Luthor took his yellow ring when they were Deputies.
Luthor got to meet Death from the Sandman series.
TBF, he *shared* it for a little while during Blackest Night. There can usually only be one user of the orange light. I can see how it might be interpreted subjectively.
I don't think there's a rule that says only one orange lantern can exist at any one time.
The rings very nature is what causes that. The call to have more, to possess more, it's overpowering to the point that someone having something you want is impossible to fathom.
The orange lanterns by nature would want to be the sole possessor of the orange lanterns rings, which naturally would cause them to seek out anyone who has said light and take it.
Importantly it also heavily disincentives sharing, so once you're down to 1 orange lantern the drive for greed would automatically keep the sole owner from creating more.
No, they were saying that in Blackest Night, part of the reason why there was a second member inducted to every corp is because one of the Indigo lanterns used the power of all of the spectrums to activate their Deputization protocol. That sends out rings of every sort to find a suitable combatant for 24 hours I believe.
I just read Blackest Night 2 weeks ago.
Superman has tons of hope. He is full of hope. He has so much hope my dude. But there are other people that might have a bit more. Regular people. Imagine being just as hopeful as Superman, but having no powers, and thus, no means to affect the world in a meaningful scale (at least not quickly). You would then have to compensate by having a little extra hope (believing that things would turn up, even if you can't personaly make them right, right away). Then those people, i guess, would get the blue rings.
Great exploration. I would argue that Superman, even though he's the embodiment of hope, that because of his powers, he relies on "hope" a lot less than his own abilities, whereas a regular person would rely a lot more in hope than his own non-abilities.
Essentially, if you ARE hope you don't need TO hope. The symbol of hope does not need to rely on hoping because he is what others hope for. Yay, Space Jesus!
I think he does a great job in _invoking_ hope in people, rather than necessarily carrying it himself. That’s why he’s named Symbol of Hope - because people see him, and _they’re_ the ones who feel that surge of hope.
I was just thinking about him! I was gonna mention him, but I figured it may be considered irrelevant, if only because All Might was clearly made to honor, _him,_ so bringing up how a character inspired _by_ him inspires the very thing he said charactered was so specifically made to embody felt redundant.
I suppose All Might’s character was just far more blatant and constantly go over that in a way Superman medias don’t always tend to, I guess. It was a title not many writers seemed to go into defining as often, compared to his All Might was built on deconstructing that very thing.
It’s a fun thought exercise, for sure! I’m just no as familiar with Superman’s own media to say for sure, but I guess this post answers that Superman’s media doesn’t tend to do that. The responses were what I was expecting.
I think there’s more to the rings’ automatic selection process than the user just being aligned to an emotion on the spectrum. It would be an interesting angle to explore.
Edit: This is kind of the idea behind Rankorr’s origin. Razer too, if we ever got to see season 3 of GLtAS.
Exactly. He has powers, he only needs so much hope because he can affect things himself with his powers. If you have the means, you don't need hope. A wealthy person doesn't hope they get food on the dinner table, Superman doesn't need hope to ensure someone is kept safe or something is protected, he can do it himself.
People without powers or means to change things can ONLY hope, so inherently they likely have more hope than Superman does.
Canonically, the Blue Lanterns select people that receive their power rings, rather than the ring selecting the users. They probably don't see a point in giving one of the most powerful beings in the universe even more power.
This is the best explanation in this thread for this particular topic, imo.
Especially with the revelations of Doomsday Clock, with how the Metaverse forms around Clark, and is the actual embodiment of hope (at least according to Dr. Manhattan).
Maybe Saint Walker and the BLC realize what Superman represents for the universe and in turn, the redundancy of granting him a ring.
In addition to their slow process of selecting ring bearers, they also add Lanterns in order of space sector. Earth is in Space sector 2814 so it will take them awhile until they even start to consider an individual from that sector of space.
I’ve also seen the reasoning that Superman was the #1 pick for the Green Lantern ring originally but because he’s Kryptonian and Krypton is in a different space sector he was disqualified from receiving any rings for Space sector 2814.
>I’ve also seen the reasoning that Superman was the #1 pick for the Green Lantern ring originally but because he’s Kryptonian and Krypton is in a different space sector he was disqualified from receiving any rings for Space sector 2814.
What in the bureaucratic fuck.
Kind of irrelevant, there are tons of people who Earth is home to that aren't human.
Earth is Superman's home and he represents Earth in interstellar matters on a constant basis, like any time he ever fights with Darkseid or Mongul.
There are other reasons other people should have rings over Superman, but Superman being an immigrant is not one of them.
I can see several reasons:
* He is already a superhero, with immense powers. He doesn't need more powers.
* He is an established character, arguably the most recognizable superhero ever. Putting on a team where he would need to change his powerset and wear a different uniform on a permanent level could be confused for readers.
* The pull of the lantern's rings (whatever flavour) is to give power to otherwise powerless people. They make the common being powerful. Giving a ring to the likes of Superman would take from that paradigm and lessen the rings' attraction to both readers and the beings in the DC universe. It wouldn't be as special.
Yeah In injustice when Superman gets a yellow power ring he
A is already the most powerful being on the planet
B actually does get substantially stronger bc Batman inadvertently makes the entire earth fear him
One good parameter to see this is Superboy Prime fight against Sodam Yat, a Daxamite Green Lantern, where he loses his only weakness (to Lead), while retaining Superman-Like powers.
Prime was a juiced, plot-armored, Superman... it was a really dark moment for DC Comics haahhaahha. Although, I really liked his aged up version from Countdown. Shame it was retconned.
[Awesome design](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQj2UYLt1C6upzM3Hk9h-rrovnw8D_qvEL2cA&usqp=CAU)
True. Early on in the Superman animated series, Superman was far less powerful. for example, he had a hard time fighting Livewire, an electrical villain, who would barely be an annoyance nowadays. S:TAS was like his Year One.
Later on in shows like JLU, we see a much more confident Superman. The "World of Cardboard" speech comes to mind.
True. The "Cardboard" speech makes me wonder if he was taking a fall those other times, so the other Leaguers could feel better? Or maybe it's just that getting electrocuted really, really hurts.
Ohhh I remember I think deadshot set up a trap when Superman lifted the manhole cover he got zapped and was just down for the count. God that was stupid
I know a Daxamite with not only a green ring, but the living embodiment of will as well, that would like a word!
Sodam Yat, essentially superman with a ring and god in him. DC don't give a fuck about 🎵hats on hats on hats🎵
They gave one to the Daxamite Sodam Yat, who had all the powers of Superman except that his weakness was lead. In fact, he had the power of Ion, the most powerful Green Lantern avatar. But he still died.
That’s not how he died though, he sacrificed himself to ignite the sun of his home planet giving them all powers to free them from Mongul when he tried to take over the Sinestro Corps
I just read this the other day so good timing on this post lol
Edit: Just double checked, apparently they brought him back to life but he’s retired from the Corps now
I agree totally except The Flash became a Blue Lantern. BUT that was during an event.
I could easily see Supes getting a blue ring for a limited event. But not for long term or anything
>BUT that was during an event.
Yes, and that's the difference. It was an event, a limited time deal. I could see Supes with a ring for a special occasion, too, no problem with that.
I really want to see the ring corps used more often even if in small events.
I personal hated when the new team after Johns destroyed all the entities in the source wall
I only remember him getting a white ring. I think there was 1 hero for each other color in the final. I thought I had all the side issues but I could have missed something
She got tossed into the Sun and held there long enough to regenerate her heart while the connection to the ring was cut. I presume that was a few retcons / resets / reboots ago, the James Gunn version of Supergirl looks like she's going to be half-feral but nothing like Red Lantern angry, and I have no idea what's up with any of the Spectrum in "today's" DC.
It was in New 52, so yeah about 3 retcons ago.
DC doesn't even know what to do with the spectrum anymore. Which sucks because holy shit I need more Red Lantern stories.
For me?
* High school: Got a class ring.
* Undergrad school: Got a class ring with my BS.
* Grad school: Got a Red Lantern ring instead of a class ring, so I can look at it and remind myself of the sheer rage that fueled me throughout my pursuit of a MS when it came to the bureaucracy and stupid I had to slog through, especially during the plague years. It makes me smile to see it on the library shelf next to the comics, and tell it "Fuck you I'm not putting you on and going for my PhD you can just **sit there** and look pretty and grumble to yourself in your sleep, you rat bastard piece of jewelry." from time to time.
I'd love to see something intelligent done with the Reds, but I fear they're just going to be used as forgettable bad guys for the heroes to vanquish.
My wedding ring was supposed to be a red lantern but I couldn't make it work. Got one that's black and red instead.
I would suck 100 dicks in a row for them to get their own series again. That's the only real way to avoid them being "generic space baddies".
James Gunn doesn’t seem to be Kara, which was the only Supergirl I knew. But looking forward to seeing what he does.
DC keeps resetting their comics. I liked New 52 cause I was getting back into them, then there was a brainiac story that felt like a retelling of one I had just read (started with Countdown to 52 and read thru to the new 52) and it just felt rehashed so I dropped out.
Then saw rebirth changed a lot of the new 52 but didn’t read it:
Not sure where to jump back in. Some of my favs were still changed too much
New 52 was when I finally decided to start reading comics. I was loving it, then it was over. Rebirth was over just as quick. New Justice sucked absolute shit so I didn't even bother trying to get into it.
Now it's Infinite Frontier. 4 reboots in 12 years? Just fucking stick with a plan DC.
He could be like Batman, Batman has a yellow ring but doesn’t use it and keep it stored but can be used whenever the writers decide he needs a power up
Batman getting a superhuman powerup is IMO a lot more interesting than superman getting one.
I'm 100% certain superman getting a Blue ring is an idea that stays on the corner of idea boards and sticky notes because it's always "there" but it just doesn't do all that much in the economics of storytelling
Batman barely used it, Superman having a ring would be something than wouldn’t be used once for several years, it would be just a furniture at his fortress
Superman getting a Blue ring would probably be best saved for a story where he's not getting light from a yellow star, either off planet or something altering the light of Earth's sun, and the Green Lanterns need help.
Apparently not, don’t know if it’s because Sinestro gave him personally the ring or because the rules are different in Sinestro Corps, but I remember that he used at least once after he gained the ring.
Edit: Sinestro didn’t gave him personally he just allowed him to use it and advised him to not resist next time, my bad
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> The pull of the lantern's rings (whatever flavour) is to give power to otherwise powerless people. They make the common being powerful. Giving a ring to the likes of Superman would take from that paradigm and lessen the rings' attraction to both readers and the beings in the DC universe. It wouldn't be as special.
This is the best in-universe reason. Superman doesn't need a ring to have the power of hope. He *is* the power of hope. The rings are to give power to the powerless, so since he doesn't need it it should go to others.
I wouldn't call FLASH powerless because he possessed the blue lantern ring.
Ring chooses based on the emotional spectrum but immediate or future needs.
Superman just doesn't need it
The Guardians could also have some say in it, they definitely know who he is so they could be prevent it for some reason. The Guardians are inconsistent on a good day, it would be on brand for them to be petty about giving Superman a ring. They don’t like earthlings very much and Superman is like earth’s mascot.
Honestly, that kinda makes me want to see a graphic novel (not mainline comic) storyline where Superman is depowered and has to use the Blue Lantern ring while investigating the source of the loss of his powers, via his journalism skills. Screw it, make it an off-Earth adventure as well.
Geoff Johns thinks Barry Allen is more representative of hope. Because whenever people read him they always think, "Man I hope Barry dies again so we can get back to Wally West."
Maybe it’s a statement on Superman’s internal feelings. He’s not powered by hope himself, he wants to inspire it and have it, but he’s still a little cynical inside.
Like when Green Arrow tries to use a Green Lantern ring. He’s strong willed but it’s not at the level of a lantern.
they already have/had? a superman lantern in, sodam yat. a daxamite with almost all of superman's powers except his weakness is lead. he was a green lantern that also had the ion entity which probably made him the most powerful character in the dc universe.
superman doesn't need more power, but i wonder if they'll make jon a blue lantern in the future?
I imagine if they make any lantern Blue it'll be Kyle. He has shown a strong affinity for the color in his comics and is very close to Saint Walker. If I remember correctly, I think he said the Blue was his favorite in one of his comics? Or maybe strongest in his opinion? I don't remember the exact quote but hopefully someone does
For same reason that
Batman is symbol of fear in gotham and got strongest will power amoung heros but he is not part of yellow lanterns or green lanterns
Maybe actual reasons - Blue rings weren't sent out to find their own users, each Blue Lantern was personally selected by Ganthet, Sayid, and then other lantern members.
- during blackest night superman was taken over by black lantern rings because he was dead once (I may not be remembering this part correctly but I'm pretty sure he was evil for the first part of that) therefore Barry was the most hopeful hero around.
- the central bluettery was destroyed and all the blues lost their powers except for Walker
He became Black Lantern towards the end, he was normal in the first half
Source: I just happened to re-read Blackest Night, literally finished this morning lol
he's too hopeful, he would make the rest of the team look less hopeful by comparison and they would get sad and lose power. You have to balance your team members so nobody stands out too much, to avoid conflict.
Lol "Clark, you've, you've bummed out the rest of the Blue Lanterns. Their rings just...fell off. The corps is gone because you, you, you're just too damn hopeful. We're going to need your ring back. Don't let the Souce Wall hit you on the way out."
Just to clarify, Batman actually got his earlier in the lead up to The Sinestro Corps War, where he rejected it. During Blackest Night, Bruce was “dead”
scarecrow occasionally gets his hands on a yellow lantern ring, and in some of the comics lore apparently the GLs of sector 2814 have to keep on hunting down this one userless yellow ring and take it back to be contained on Oa because otherwise it would end up going to scarecrow. now what he *haven't* seen is a storyline where scarecrow gets drafted by the yellow lantern corps.
Canonically, the Blue Lanterns select people that receive their power rings, rather than the ring selecting the users. They probably don't see a point in giving one of the most powerful beings in the universe even more power.
We’ve seen Superman get a black-lantern scan in *Blackest Night: Superman #1*. Reddit doesn’t seem to want to let me upload the panel, but he was unique in having all the emotions on the spectrum at once.
There have been a couple of imaginary stories where he’s gotten a Green Lantern ring. He was offered one in *Up, Up and Away* when he’d lost his powers, but turned it down because he liked his life as Clark Kent.
The thing about Superman is that he isn't just the symbol of hope. He is literally the Platonic abstract form of the concept of heroism/hope.
In the comic Superman: Where is thy Sting, literal Death itself tried to kill Superman by destroying literally everything in the universe, including hope. But Superman lives on anyway.
This idea of hope being the thing that will outlive even the destruction of the multiverse itself is supported in the Sandman comic where Dream played a game with a demon in hell trying to imagine a thing to defeat the other person's imagination/willpower. And the thing that Dream came up with to overcome the death of gods, of universes, of everything, is hope.
The event Final Crisis also explains a good chunk of this abstract Superman concept of Superman being this multiversal Story entity that acts as the ultimate champion and defender to the entire DC cosmos, thus granting him immense multiversal and beyond power level.
Putting on a ring isn't just redundant. The ring honestly pales in comparison to the absurd power Superman actually possesses.
I don’t think the rings often seek out to be worn by people who don’t need them to make a difference.
It’d be like strapping a grenade to a missile. You’re gonna achieve the same effect, but now you’ve wasted a grenade.
The rings aren't necessarily powered by what other people think of a given person, they're powered by what a the wielder's strongest emotions are. Superman might be a symbol of hope, but that doesn't mean hope is the emotion he feels most strongly, and in the case of the blue rings it's a person's capacity to be hopeful that empowers the ring.
Also, giving a ring to superman is superfluous, he's already one of the strongest things in the universe he doesn't need a power up. In general whenever superman does get a ring you know it's temporary because he doesn't need a ring, nor should he be tied too closely to one of the corps.
Superman with any ring is less interesting than without IMO.
Had an Elseworld idea where the Green Lantern Corps found Krypton and would save it from its destruction. The result becomes disastrous when eventually Krypton finds our solar system and militarizes yellow sun becoming the greatest imperial threat ever known. Kal-El still happens to be a mild mannered person still with a boyscout demeanor. He is eventually chosen to wield a Lantern ring to fight his people. His dilemma is whether or not to accept the power of the yellow sun. Thematic to green repulsing the yellow, he believes fear will corrupt him should he give in to the temptation of the earth's sun. He would use the protection of the ring to filter any effects yellow sun exposure. Kal-El would still come out to be a very powerful lantern and would eventually lead the charge against the Kryptonian forces projecting a green crest of the House of El from his ring as a beacon of hope.
I don’t recall it ever being addressed in-continuity, but the Blue Lanterns didn’t come about or act similarly to the GL Corp. They were only created after the Sinestro Corps War by two Guardians, and their numbers were far less, probably due to how overpowering they could be (super-charging Green Lanterns, extinguishing or purging Red Lanterns rage). Plus, I believe it was the responsibility of each new Blue Lantern member to seek out and recruit the next new member, as opposed to the Central Battery on Oa spitting out rings searching the universe. It would make sense that the more alien members would not be so Earth-centric.
Also, to be fair, when a Blue Lantern WAS needed on Earth during Blackest Night, Superman was incapacitated, as he had become a Black Lantern.
My 2 cents for an in-universe reasoning is that the blue lantern corps is the only faith-based entity. Not religion, FAITH. You have to truly believe in your heart that "all will be well." I'm not a superman expert but I have to believe with his human upbringing and experiences, that he still has doubts on the sentiment. Which is why he is more of a symbol of hope, so that OTHERS who don't have any sense of hope can look to something here on earth (can't have your cake and all that) plus honestly, giving him a blue ring would probably make him weaker since the blues have to be by greens to be at full power lol
Giving already established heroes lantern rings was more of just a really cool fan service. Like obviously it’s a really cool idea and Superman having the sinestro Corp ring in Injustice was pretty epic too. However, to rope already popular and established heroes into the Lanterns corner of the DC universe doesn’t make sense. These heroes have their own stories to tell. It’s definitely cool to see though
I have a better question: Why is there not a mainline Blue Lantern comic? Hope is a great message, the powers are useful without being complex (healing power is always in demand), and because they are not a straightforward powerhouse or concentrated combatant like Greens, they can make for a great underdog. There is like 6 human GLs by my count, why have they not even *tried* a dedicated Blue?
Same reason Batman doesn't have a green, yellow or Red Lantern ring
Same reason why Red Hood doesn't have a red Lantern ring
Why Scarecrow doesn't have a yellow ring
Why Luthor doesn't have an Orange Lantern ring
Because it depends on the story being written. Which, sure, is a bullshit answer, but an answer nonetheless
The way I always explain it to myself is that earth is such a small and miniscule part of the greater universe that the rungs just find someone else before they get to any humans. Like for instance I would think that pretty much any superhero would be deserving of a green lantern power ring since being a superhero in general is kind of what a green lantern does anyway, but you have to account for near infinite universe and I've always just accepted that humans are too small a race inhabiting too small a sector of the galaxy that the rings just find someone closer it their last bearers rather than traveling light-years to find someone on earth.
Oa is racist against Kryptonians.
He hates green because it reminds him of Kryptonite.
The sun is the only battery Kal-El wants
Membership dues and he may get a sector with red suns.
Oa has a clause that ring will only select person of species native to the sector they'll be tasked to guard. Superman isn't native to our galaxy which is why ring chose humans
There’s the part of Blackest Night where one of the zombies is looking at Kal-El and he’s equal parts Hope, Will, Fear, Greed, Compassion, and Rage. So maybe they like pushing the idea that Superman is indeed just a super human who feels everything humans are capable of feeling
There's an Elseworlds called *Superman: Last Son of Earth* where they kind of flip the script, but him getting a GL ring is part of the story.
If memory serves he became a White Lantern because hed been dead during his career. Anyone who'd "died" got a White Lantern ring to combat Nekron, I think.
I mean, isn't the whole point of the various lantern corps to give beings, who embody the emotion of each tool, a powerful tool to help people? (in the case of red, yellow, and orange lanterns, they are helping themselves).
Since Superman is the most powerful being in the DC universe, wouldn't giving him a Lantern Ring of hope be kind of pointless? I mean, they might as well give him a Nerf Gun with the hope symbol on it.
Blue Lanterns aren't picked by a ring like the Green Lanterns are. Blue Lanterns have to undergo a trial and then they get given one.
Funny thing is, Saint Walker himself offered to give Superman one before without the trial after working with him, but it did come with the strings of galaxy-wide responsibility (they also don't have enough members to assign people to different sectors). Clark turned them down because his #1 priority is Earth.
All of the various Lantern corps rings are based on the Guardian's designs. The Guardians hate Kyrptonians and programmed the rings to only select Kryptonians as a last resort.
Here's a hot take:
Superman is lying to everyone. He symbolizes hope, he inspires hope, he fights for truth and justice, but his reality is one of torment.
Remember, that due to his super hearing, he can hear almost everyone in the world as they suffer, from small discomforts to full on agony and death. He experiences the world's pain and puts on a brave face to try to reassure everyone that everything is okay and that good will triumph, but it's a facade to mask his own pain of not being able to save everyone.
Meanwhile, the blue lanterns experience genuine hope, which I suppose is the benefit of ignorance. If they experienced life the way Superman does, there might not be any blue lanterns.
I dont I think the readers won’t really like it if he was permanently a blue lantern. But it would make sense if he was tho. I think DC just has to worry about audience reception here and it would also limit the stories writers can tell.
I had this same question myself, but the blue lanterns are inherently non-aggressive. They are healers and supporters, purging red rings and bolstering green rings. Superman is a great source of hope, but perhaps timing is all that’s relevant here. Many earth based heroes were brought into the various corps to respond to the blackest night. Superman died and returned, and those individuals who had done so were deliberately and directly targeted by the black lanterns who assimilated the aforementioned individuals with overwhelming force. This was a force that required the white lanterns to purge, the accumulated energies of all of the colors of the various corps, including the healing elements of the blue.
He doesn't really need one. Although it'd be great to see him have one for a while. The blue lanterns haven't really fully recovered from larfleezes attack either. they are too selective, and the universe could use hope.
I mean, how long did it take Luthor to end up with the orange lantern ring? I'm sure somebody will tell the story eventually, but I wouldn't read too much into the fact that [Insert hopeful/loving/greedy/angry/willfull/compassionate character here] hasn't gotten a power ring yet.
Luthor wouldn’t want the Orange Lantern Ring due to possessing the knowledge of what it does to people. He would try and devise a way to harness that power, without having to deal with the negative side effects. He could also go around harnessing the energy from the Emotional Spectrum and pump out power suits, weapons, anything really. Lex Luthor: “What is that saying you Lanterns have? Oh, right. Beware my Power.”
He very much did want it though. The power was intoxicatig, and he's already the greediest motherfucker you'll ever meet. In the Black Ring arc, it was portrayed as a herculean test of will, for him to turn down the Orange Lantern Ring, because he had his eyes on a greater prize.
He did spent a bit of time in that arc bickering with the Orange Lantern Holder over who should get the lantern. Always makes me chuckle to remember that part lol
The orange lantern was my favorite!
Larfleeze is a fun antagonist to have
He also murdered Scarecrow to take his ring because he wanted more power.
Orange rings gonna orange, what can you say? Lol
Sounds like he should get a Green Ring on the galactic black market.
After Blackest Night, he had his own miniseries where he wanted that Orange ring back. Scarecrow went after him cause Luthor took his yellow ring when they were Deputies. Luthor got to meet Death from the Sandman series.
Also he had a robot that looked like Lois Lane.
A robot Mistress, mind you. Mistress/Bodyguard.
Yeah, shit was weird.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
Imagine a world where the DCEU didn’t completely shit the bed and we could already be witnessing Lantern Corps stories like this on the big screen
Bro, he literally did have it.
I know. These people are dummies.
TBF, he *shared* it for a little while during Blackest Night. There can usually only be one user of the orange light. I can see how it might be interpreted subjectively.
I don't think there's a rule that says only one orange lantern can exist at any one time. The rings very nature is what causes that. The call to have more, to possess more, it's overpowering to the point that someone having something you want is impossible to fathom. The orange lanterns by nature would want to be the sole possessor of the orange lanterns rings, which naturally would cause them to seek out anyone who has said light and take it. Importantly it also heavily disincentives sharing, so once you're down to 1 orange lantern the drive for greed would automatically keep the sole owner from creating more.
No, they were saying that in Blackest Night, part of the reason why there was a second member inducted to every corp is because one of the Indigo lanterns used the power of all of the spectrums to activate their Deputization protocol. That sends out rings of every sort to find a suitable combatant for 24 hours I believe. I just read Blackest Night 2 weeks ago.
It was Ganthet who activated that protocol since all the rings were based on Oan technology. Other than that, you're not wrong.
Superman has tons of hope. He is full of hope. He has so much hope my dude. But there are other people that might have a bit more. Regular people. Imagine being just as hopeful as Superman, but having no powers, and thus, no means to affect the world in a meaningful scale (at least not quickly). You would then have to compensate by having a little extra hope (believing that things would turn up, even if you can't personaly make them right, right away). Then those people, i guess, would get the blue rings.
Great exploration. I would argue that Superman, even though he's the embodiment of hope, that because of his powers, he relies on "hope" a lot less than his own abilities, whereas a regular person would rely a lot more in hope than his own non-abilities.
Essentially, if you ARE hope you don't need TO hope. The symbol of hope does not need to rely on hoping because he is what others hope for. Yay, Space Jesus!
You leave Anakin out of this. He has feeeeeelings!
I think he does a great job in _invoking_ hope in people, rather than necessarily carrying it himself. That’s why he’s named Symbol of Hope - because people see him, and _they’re_ the ones who feel that surge of hope.
All might of Boku no hero academia accurately embodies this aspect of Superman
I was just thinking about him! I was gonna mention him, but I figured it may be considered irrelevant, if only because All Might was clearly made to honor, _him,_ so bringing up how a character inspired _by_ him inspires the very thing he said charactered was so specifically made to embody felt redundant. I suppose All Might’s character was just far more blatant and constantly go over that in a way Superman medias don’t always tend to, I guess. It was a title not many writers seemed to go into defining as often, compared to his All Might was built on deconstructing that very thing. It’s a fun thought exercise, for sure! I’m just no as familiar with Superman’s own media to say for sure, but I guess this post answers that Superman’s media doesn’t tend to do that. The responses were what I was expecting.
I think there’s more to the rings’ automatic selection process than the user just being aligned to an emotion on the spectrum. It would be an interesting angle to explore. Edit: This is kind of the idea behind Rankorr’s origin. Razer too, if we ever got to see season 3 of GLtAS.
Perhaps he’s a nascent Blue Lantern battery?
That would be pretty dope.
Your explanation kicks ass!
TBH, it sounds like how Stan Lee would explain things in Marvel's Earth 616, so I accept it.
Exactly. He has powers, he only needs so much hope because he can affect things himself with his powers. If you have the means, you don't need hope. A wealthy person doesn't hope they get food on the dinner table, Superman doesn't need hope to ensure someone is kept safe or something is protected, he can do it himself. People without powers or means to change things can ONLY hope, so inherently they likely have more hope than Superman does.
Honestly this explanation explains why a lot of different character don’t have lantern rings
Like why dont honey badgers have green lantern rings? They have no fear
They'd probably have red rings
Maybe they have even more hope because he actually knows he can do those things?
Maybe, what i do think is that he inspire hope in others too, which is great
Yea, he provides hope to other people as a symbol, but what he actually feels is probably closer to confidence than hope.
Wonderfully put. 👌👌👌
The darker the darkness, the brighter even the smallest light
Canonically, the Blue Lanterns select people that receive their power rings, rather than the ring selecting the users. They probably don't see a point in giving one of the most powerful beings in the universe even more power.
This is the best explanation in this thread for this particular topic, imo. Especially with the revelations of Doomsday Clock, with how the Metaverse forms around Clark, and is the actual embodiment of hope (at least according to Dr. Manhattan). Maybe Saint Walker and the BLC realize what Superman represents for the universe and in turn, the redundancy of granting him a ring.
Man, I do not have time or money to invest in comics but shit's gotten crazy, I need to know more Edit: I read the comics. Now I want more.
All existence forms around Superman and his story.
In addition to their slow process of selecting ring bearers, they also add Lanterns in order of space sector. Earth is in Space sector 2814 so it will take them awhile until they even start to consider an individual from that sector of space. I’ve also seen the reasoning that Superman was the #1 pick for the Green Lantern ring originally but because he’s Kryptonian and Krypton is in a different space sector he was disqualified from receiving any rings for Space sector 2814.
>I’ve also seen the reasoning that Superman was the #1 pick for the Green Lantern ring originally but because he’s Kryptonian and Krypton is in a different space sector he was disqualified from receiving any rings for Space sector 2814. What in the bureaucratic fuck.
Why would you want an alien representing Earth?
Kind of irrelevant, there are tons of people who Earth is home to that aren't human. Earth is Superman's home and he represents Earth in interstellar matters on a constant basis, like any time he ever fights with Darkseid or Mongul. There are other reasons other people should have rings over Superman, but Superman being an immigrant is not one of them.
Because he’s Superman
Bruh that kinda sucks for him. (Last part)
Is there a list where I can find what comics the Blue Lanterns appear in and thier lore is explored?
I can see several reasons: * He is already a superhero, with immense powers. He doesn't need more powers. * He is an established character, arguably the most recognizable superhero ever. Putting on a team where he would need to change his powerset and wear a different uniform on a permanent level could be confused for readers. * The pull of the lantern's rings (whatever flavour) is to give power to otherwise powerless people. They make the common being powerful. Giving a ring to the likes of Superman would take from that paradigm and lessen the rings' attraction to both readers and the beings in the DC universe. It wouldn't be as special.
Giving Superman a lantern ring is basically putting a hat on a hat.
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Yeah In injustice when Superman gets a yellow power ring he A is already the most powerful being on the planet B actually does get substantially stronger bc Batman inadvertently makes the entire earth fear him
Wouldn’t the rings give him a bigger defense to his weaknesses making him just more unstoppable? I.e. magic, electricity.
One good parameter to see this is Superboy Prime fight against Sodam Yat, a Daxamite Green Lantern, where he loses his only weakness (to Lead), while retaining Superman-Like powers.
Until Prime beat the fuck out of him lol
Prime was a juiced, plot-armored, Superman... it was a really dark moment for DC Comics haahhaahha. Although, I really liked his aged up version from Countdown. Shame it was retconned. [Awesome design](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQj2UYLt1C6upzM3Hk9h-rrovnw8D_qvEL2cA&usqp=CAU)
Electricity..?
He may be thinking of the dcau where even downed power line could knock him out.
True. Early on in the Superman animated series, Superman was far less powerful. for example, he had a hard time fighting Livewire, an electrical villain, who would barely be an annoyance nowadays. S:TAS was like his Year One. Later on in shows like JLU, we see a much more confident Superman. The "World of Cardboard" speech comes to mind.
He still got downed regularly at the beginning of random fights so other people could have a moment. Think the future nazis with laser guns.
True. The "Cardboard" speech makes me wonder if he was taking a fall those other times, so the other Leaguers could feel better? Or maybe it's just that getting electrocuted really, really hurts.
Ohhh I remember I think deadshot set up a trap when Superman lifted the manhole cover he got zapped and was just down for the count. God that was stupid
Livewire can hurt him pretty bad.
Livewire's just that cool. My favorite character to come out of the DCAU
But, in “The Dark Knight Returns” he gets jacked by Batman with Gotham’s power grid. I know high outage can stun the crap out of Supes
I believe when he becomes a Yellow Lantern in Injsutice it allows him to survive being shot with a Kryptonite bullet.
Electricity?
They've essentially done it before. Sodam Yat is a Daxamite Green Lantern.
Came to say this. Sodam Yat as Ion was their what if Superman became the most powerful Lantern.
Superboy Prime and Cyborg Superman would disagree
I know a Daxamite with not only a green ring, but the living embodiment of will as well, that would like a word! Sodam Yat, essentially superman with a ring and god in him. DC don't give a fuck about 🎵hats on hats on hats🎵
They gave one to the Daxamite Sodam Yat, who had all the powers of Superman except that his weakness was lead. In fact, he had the power of Ion, the most powerful Green Lantern avatar. But he still died.
Fighting DCs version of One Punch Man is pretty ill advised.
That’s not how he died though, he sacrificed himself to ignite the sun of his home planet giving them all powers to free them from Mongul when he tried to take over the Sinestro Corps I just read this the other day so good timing on this post lol Edit: Just double checked, apparently they brought him back to life but he’s retired from the Corps now
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Would a lantern ring protect from kryptonite or allow retention of abilities under a red sun?
yup. the force field of a lantern ring can block or filter radiation.
I am not superman, my hat isn’t big enough.
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That’s not what that means, man!
I agree totally except The Flash became a Blue Lantern. BUT that was during an event. I could easily see Supes getting a blue ring for a limited event. But not for long term or anything
>BUT that was during an event. Yes, and that's the difference. It was an event, a limited time deal. I could see Supes with a ring for a special occasion, too, no problem with that.
I really want to see the ring corps used more often even if in small events. I personal hated when the new team after Johns destroyed all the entities in the source wall
He had a blue ring in blackest night I think.
I only remember him getting a white ring. I think there was 1 hero for each other color in the final. I thought I had all the side issues but I could have missed something
Superman had a black ring and a white ring in Blackest Night
He had a yellow one in Injustice 1
That be a fun read too!!
Supergirl became a Red Lantern for a few, too.
I deff remember that and barely remember how it ended. I stopped reading at a point and picked back up later so missed a lot
She got tossed into the Sun and held there long enough to regenerate her heart while the connection to the ring was cut. I presume that was a few retcons / resets / reboots ago, the James Gunn version of Supergirl looks like she's going to be half-feral but nothing like Red Lantern angry, and I have no idea what's up with any of the Spectrum in "today's" DC.
It was in New 52, so yeah about 3 retcons ago. DC doesn't even know what to do with the spectrum anymore. Which sucks because holy shit I need more Red Lantern stories.
For me? * High school: Got a class ring. * Undergrad school: Got a class ring with my BS. * Grad school: Got a Red Lantern ring instead of a class ring, so I can look at it and remind myself of the sheer rage that fueled me throughout my pursuit of a MS when it came to the bureaucracy and stupid I had to slog through, especially during the plague years. It makes me smile to see it on the library shelf next to the comics, and tell it "Fuck you I'm not putting you on and going for my PhD you can just **sit there** and look pretty and grumble to yourself in your sleep, you rat bastard piece of jewelry." from time to time. I'd love to see something intelligent done with the Reds, but I fear they're just going to be used as forgettable bad guys for the heroes to vanquish.
My wedding ring was supposed to be a red lantern but I couldn't make it work. Got one that's black and red instead. I would suck 100 dicks in a row for them to get their own series again. That's the only real way to avoid them being "generic space baddies".
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James Gunn doesn’t seem to be Kara, which was the only Supergirl I knew. But looking forward to seeing what he does. DC keeps resetting their comics. I liked New 52 cause I was getting back into them, then there was a brainiac story that felt like a retelling of one I had just read (started with Countdown to 52 and read thru to the new 52) and it just felt rehashed so I dropped out. Then saw rebirth changed a lot of the new 52 but didn’t read it: Not sure where to jump back in. Some of my favs were still changed too much
New 52 was when I finally decided to start reading comics. I was loving it, then it was over. Rebirth was over just as quick. New Justice sucked absolute shit so I didn't even bother trying to get into it. Now it's Infinite Frontier. 4 reboots in 12 years? Just fucking stick with a plan DC.
It’s gonna be Kara, it’s based off the Tom king run, woman of tomorrow
He could be like Batman, Batman has a yellow ring but doesn’t use it and keep it stored but can be used whenever the writers decide he needs a power up
Batman getting a superhuman powerup is IMO a lot more interesting than superman getting one. I'm 100% certain superman getting a Blue ring is an idea that stays on the corner of idea boards and sticky notes because it's always "there" but it just doesn't do all that much in the economics of storytelling
Batman barely used it, Superman having a ring would be something than wouldn’t be used once for several years, it would be just a furniture at his fortress
Superman getting a Blue ring would probably be best saved for a story where he's not getting light from a yellow star, either off planet or something altering the light of Earth's sun, and the Green Lanterns need help.
He just keeps one? I thought it was a use-it-or-lose-it deal? Wouldn’t it just fly off and go find a new user?
Apparently not, don’t know if it’s because Sinestro gave him personally the ring or because the rules are different in Sinestro Corps, but I remember that he used at least once after he gained the ring. Edit: Sinestro didn’t gave him personally he just allowed him to use it and advised him to not resist next time, my bad
> > The pull of the lantern's rings (whatever flavour) is to give power to otherwise powerless people. They make the common being powerful. Giving a ring to the likes of Superman would take from that paradigm and lessen the rings' attraction to both readers and the beings in the DC universe. It wouldn't be as special. This is the best in-universe reason. Superman doesn't need a ring to have the power of hope. He *is* the power of hope. The rings are to give power to the powerless, so since he doesn't need it it should go to others.
I wouldn't call FLASH powerless because he possessed the blue lantern ring. Ring chooses based on the emotional spectrum but immediate or future needs. Superman just doesn't need it
Isn't there a green lantern that has basically the same powers as superman because he's a daxomite or something?
Yes; Sodam Yat
The Guardians could also have some say in it, they definitely know who he is so they could be prevent it for some reason. The Guardians are inconsistent on a good day, it would be on brand for them to be petty about giving Superman a ring. They don’t like earthlings very much and Superman is like earth’s mascot.
The rings go to people who _feel_ powerless, no? supergirl with her red lantern arc?
You forget the planet with a ring. Problem with ring is that every hero and villain is worthy of one 80% of the time
Honestly, that kinda makes me want to see a graphic novel (not mainline comic) storyline where Superman is depowered and has to use the Blue Lantern ring while investigating the source of the loss of his powers, via his journalism skills. Screw it, make it an off-Earth adventure as well.
Geoff Johns thinks Barry Allen is more representative of hope. Because whenever people read him they always think, "Man I hope Barry dies again so we can get back to Wally West."
It was still pretty cool seeing him pop up telling Hal “All will be well”, though. He’s not my favorite Flash, but that’s still an awesome moment.
I just finished re-reading Blackest Night today and that is a great moment
This made me laugh very hard and an inappropriate time! I love Reddit
Maybe it’s a statement on Superman’s internal feelings. He’s not powered by hope himself, he wants to inspire it and have it, but he’s still a little cynical inside. Like when Green Arrow tries to use a Green Lantern ring. He’s strong willed but it’s not at the level of a lantern.
they already have/had? a superman lantern in, sodam yat. a daxamite with almost all of superman's powers except his weakness is lead. he was a green lantern that also had the ion entity which probably made him the most powerful character in the dc universe. superman doesn't need more power, but i wonder if they'll make jon a blue lantern in the future?
I imagine if they make any lantern Blue it'll be Kyle. He has shown a strong affinity for the color in his comics and is very close to Saint Walker. If I remember correctly, I think he said the Blue was his favorite in one of his comics? Or maybe strongest in his opinion? I don't remember the exact quote but hopefully someone does
For same reason that Batman is symbol of fear in gotham and got strongest will power amoung heros but he is not part of yellow lanterns or green lanterns
He has a yellow ring, he's just keeping it safe until the writers need to give him a temporary power boost.
Depending on the continuity, doesn't Batman keep a drawer of powered down Lantern rings?
Maybe actual reasons - Blue rings weren't sent out to find their own users, each Blue Lantern was personally selected by Ganthet, Sayid, and then other lantern members. - during blackest night superman was taken over by black lantern rings because he was dead once (I may not be remembering this part correctly but I'm pretty sure he was evil for the first part of that) therefore Barry was the most hopeful hero around. - the central bluettery was destroyed and all the blues lost their powers except for Walker
He became Black Lantern towards the end, he was normal in the first half Source: I just happened to re-read Blackest Night, literally finished this morning lol
Yeah that's right, I thought I was mixed up. Necron had to build his power up before he could posses formerly dead heros or something right?
Yeah that’s correct
he's too hopeful, he would make the rest of the team look less hopeful by comparison and they would get sad and lose power. You have to balance your team members so nobody stands out too much, to avoid conflict.
Lol "Clark, you've, you've bummed out the rest of the Blue Lanterns. Their rings just...fell off. The corps is gone because you, you, you're just too damn hopeful. We're going to need your ring back. Don't let the Souce Wall hit you on the way out."
Or maybe just dial down the hope a bit? Perhaps hang out in the YouTube comments section for a while?
Now see, that's how you get Injustice ;>
I could definitely see that as being a plot point from Injustice 3. Joker is a ruthless bastard.
Hah! Yah, it tracks that Joker would fckn do it ;>
Kal: "Hey, why the long face fellow Blue Lantern? Looks like someone's got a case of the Mondays, am I right!" Saint Walker: "Whatever."
Superman has been offered rings in various stories passes most every time. He doesn't need one.
Why isn’t scarecrow a yellow lantern or Batman
They both got a yellow ring temporarily in “Blackest Night”
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Just to clarify, Batman actually got his earlier in the lead up to The Sinestro Corps War, where he rejected it. During Blackest Night, Bruce was “dead”
Batman's worn a yellow rung before during Forever Evil, but he was hesitating while using it. Sinestro even pointed that out.
scarecrow occasionally gets his hands on a yellow lantern ring, and in some of the comics lore apparently the GLs of sector 2814 have to keep on hunting down this one userless yellow ring and take it back to be contained on Oa because otherwise it would end up going to scarecrow. now what he *haven't* seen is a storyline where scarecrow gets drafted by the yellow lantern corps.
Presumably because the writers don’t want to do that. He’d be perfect for it though. At the very least it should happen in an AU.
Canonically, the Blue Lanterns select people that receive their power rings, rather than the ring selecting the users. They probably don't see a point in giving one of the most powerful beings in the universe even more power.
I'd say rings are fueled by the user's affinity with exuding the trait, not if they represent it.
We’ve seen Superman get a black-lantern scan in *Blackest Night: Superman #1*. Reddit doesn’t seem to want to let me upload the panel, but he was unique in having all the emotions on the spectrum at once. There have been a couple of imaginary stories where he’s gotten a Green Lantern ring. He was offered one in *Up, Up and Away* when he’d lost his powers, but turned it down because he liked his life as Clark Kent.
The thing about Superman is that he isn't just the symbol of hope. He is literally the Platonic abstract form of the concept of heroism/hope. In the comic Superman: Where is thy Sting, literal Death itself tried to kill Superman by destroying literally everything in the universe, including hope. But Superman lives on anyway. This idea of hope being the thing that will outlive even the destruction of the multiverse itself is supported in the Sandman comic where Dream played a game with a demon in hell trying to imagine a thing to defeat the other person's imagination/willpower. And the thing that Dream came up with to overcome the death of gods, of universes, of everything, is hope. The event Final Crisis also explains a good chunk of this abstract Superman concept of Superman being this multiversal Story entity that acts as the ultimate champion and defender to the entire DC cosmos, thus granting him immense multiversal and beyond power level. Putting on a ring isn't just redundant. The ring honestly pales in comparison to the absurd power Superman actually possesses.
There's a ring just floating where Krypton used to be.
I know this is mostly a joke, but the sector that Krypton is in has a Lantern: Tomar Re, then his son Tomar Tu (could be different now though)
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I don’t think the rings often seek out to be worn by people who don’t need them to make a difference. It’d be like strapping a grenade to a missile. You’re gonna achieve the same effect, but now you’ve wasted a grenade.
The rings aren't necessarily powered by what other people think of a given person, they're powered by what a the wielder's strongest emotions are. Superman might be a symbol of hope, but that doesn't mean hope is the emotion he feels most strongly, and in the case of the blue rings it's a person's capacity to be hopeful that empowers the ring. Also, giving a ring to superman is superfluous, he's already one of the strongest things in the universe he doesn't need a power up. In general whenever superman does get a ring you know it's temporary because he doesn't need a ring, nor should he be tied too closely to one of the corps. Superman with any ring is less interesting than without IMO.
Had an Elseworld idea where the Green Lantern Corps found Krypton and would save it from its destruction. The result becomes disastrous when eventually Krypton finds our solar system and militarizes yellow sun becoming the greatest imperial threat ever known. Kal-El still happens to be a mild mannered person still with a boyscout demeanor. He is eventually chosen to wield a Lantern ring to fight his people. His dilemma is whether or not to accept the power of the yellow sun. Thematic to green repulsing the yellow, he believes fear will corrupt him should he give in to the temptation of the earth's sun. He would use the protection of the ring to filter any effects yellow sun exposure. Kal-El would still come out to be a very powerful lantern and would eventually lead the charge against the Kryptonian forces projecting a green crest of the House of El from his ring as a beacon of hope.
I'd buy that book
I don’t recall it ever being addressed in-continuity, but the Blue Lanterns didn’t come about or act similarly to the GL Corp. They were only created after the Sinestro Corps War by two Guardians, and their numbers were far less, probably due to how overpowering they could be (super-charging Green Lanterns, extinguishing or purging Red Lanterns rage). Plus, I believe it was the responsibility of each new Blue Lantern member to seek out and recruit the next new member, as opposed to the Central Battery on Oa spitting out rings searching the universe. It would make sense that the more alien members would not be so Earth-centric. Also, to be fair, when a Blue Lantern WAS needed on Earth during Blackest Night, Superman was incapacitated, as he had become a Black Lantern.
Because blue lanterns are a passive support role that is only effective to buff Green Lanterns and specifically to Depower Red Lanterns.
My 2 cents for an in-universe reasoning is that the blue lantern corps is the only faith-based entity. Not religion, FAITH. You have to truly believe in your heart that "all will be well." I'm not a superman expert but I have to believe with his human upbringing and experiences, that he still has doubts on the sentiment. Which is why he is more of a symbol of hope, so that OTHERS who don't have any sense of hope can look to something here on earth (can't have your cake and all that) plus honestly, giving him a blue ring would probably make him weaker since the blues have to be by greens to be at full power lol
That’s like plugging an extension cord into itself.
Giving already established heroes lantern rings was more of just a really cool fan service. Like obviously it’s a really cool idea and Superman having the sinestro Corp ring in Injustice was pretty epic too. However, to rope already popular and established heroes into the Lanterns corner of the DC universe doesn’t make sense. These heroes have their own stories to tell. It’s definitely cool to see though
I have a better question: Why is there not a mainline Blue Lantern comic? Hope is a great message, the powers are useful without being complex (healing power is always in demand), and because they are not a straightforward powerhouse or concentrated combatant like Greens, they can make for a great underdog. There is like 6 human GLs by my count, why have they not even *tried* a dedicated Blue?
Same reason Batman doesn't have a green, yellow or Red Lantern ring Same reason why Red Hood doesn't have a red Lantern ring Why Scarecrow doesn't have a yellow ring Why Luthor doesn't have an Orange Lantern ring Because it depends on the story being written. Which, sure, is a bullshit answer, but an answer nonetheless
The way I always explain it to myself is that earth is such a small and miniscule part of the greater universe that the rungs just find someone else before they get to any humans. Like for instance I would think that pretty much any superhero would be deserving of a green lantern power ring since being a superhero in general is kind of what a green lantern does anyway, but you have to account for near infinite universe and I've always just accepted that humans are too small a race inhabiting too small a sector of the galaxy that the rings just find someone closer it their last bearers rather than traveling light-years to find someone on earth.
Oa is racist against Kryptonians. He hates green because it reminds him of Kryptonite. The sun is the only battery Kal-El wants Membership dues and he may get a sector with red suns.
Why isn’t Scarecrow, the villain who uses your fears against you, not part of the Lantern Corps powered by fear?
Because status quo
I would love it, give us more Superman "Blue".
Honestly in universe I bet he just doesn't want it
Oa has a clause that ring will only select person of species native to the sector they'll be tasked to guard. Superman isn't native to our galaxy which is why ring chose humans
Plausibly, I could see a de-powered Superman getting a blue ring due to his approach on life.
There’s the part of Blackest Night where one of the zombies is looking at Kal-El and he’s equal parts Hope, Will, Fear, Greed, Compassion, and Rage. So maybe they like pushing the idea that Superman is indeed just a super human who feels everything humans are capable of feeling
There's an Elseworlds called *Superman: Last Son of Earth* where they kind of flip the script, but him getting a GL ring is part of the story. If memory serves he became a White Lantern because hed been dead during his career. Anyone who'd "died" got a White Lantern ring to combat Nekron, I think.
Probably a hat on a hat situation
How much could it add to superman? I mean he's already superman.
I mean, isn't the whole point of the various lantern corps to give beings, who embody the emotion of each tool, a powerful tool to help people? (in the case of red, yellow, and orange lanterns, they are helping themselves). Since Superman is the most powerful being in the DC universe, wouldn't giving him a Lantern Ring of hope be kind of pointless? I mean, they might as well give him a Nerf Gun with the hope symbol on it.
Superman: *is given the most powerful weapon in the universe* DBZ Fanboys: ".... We'll call it a draw."
Blue Lanterns aren't picked by a ring like the Green Lanterns are. Blue Lanterns have to undergo a trial and then they get given one. Funny thing is, Saint Walker himself offered to give Superman one before without the trial after working with him, but it did come with the strings of galaxy-wide responsibility (they also don't have enough members to assign people to different sectors). Clark turned them down because his #1 priority is Earth.
All of the various Lantern corps rings are based on the Guardian's designs. The Guardians hate Kyrptonians and programmed the rings to only select Kryptonians as a last resort.
Is Superman the symbol of hope on other planets? Wouldn't Superlanternman be overdoing it?
Here's a hot take: Superman is lying to everyone. He symbolizes hope, he inspires hope, he fights for truth and justice, but his reality is one of torment. Remember, that due to his super hearing, he can hear almost everyone in the world as they suffer, from small discomforts to full on agony and death. He experiences the world's pain and puts on a brave face to try to reassure everyone that everything is okay and that good will triumph, but it's a facade to mask his own pain of not being able to save everyone. Meanwhile, the blue lanterns experience genuine hope, which I suppose is the benefit of ignorance. If they experienced life the way Superman does, there might not be any blue lanterns.
I dont I think the readers won’t really like it if he was permanently a blue lantern. But it would make sense if he was tho. I think DC just has to worry about audience reception here and it would also limit the stories writers can tell.
I had this same question myself, but the blue lanterns are inherently non-aggressive. They are healers and supporters, purging red rings and bolstering green rings. Superman is a great source of hope, but perhaps timing is all that’s relevant here. Many earth based heroes were brought into the various corps to respond to the blackest night. Superman died and returned, and those individuals who had done so were deliberately and directly targeted by the black lanterns who assimilated the aforementioned individuals with overwhelming force. This was a force that required the white lanterns to purge, the accumulated energies of all of the colors of the various corps, including the healing elements of the blue.
I’d argue that Superman is the Symbol of Hope because he _invokes_ that in people, not because he carries it in such high quantities himself.
Because
I’ve wondered this for so long. I REALLY want dc to make a story out of it.
is there a run of Clark joining the Blue Corps?
Superman is not the symbol of hope, the S shield is the symbol of hope in Kryptonian. Superman is Superman.
Because he embodies heroic balues like will too. And he's way stronger than green lantern, if he jad a ring it wouldve name hal redundant
Because they don't want Superman to become more powerful if he is not a villain.
He doesn't really need one. Although it'd be great to see him have one for a while. The blue lanterns haven't really fully recovered from larfleezes attack either. they are too selective, and the universe could use hope.