Roger Stern, Gil Kane and Jerry Ordway showed Doomsday running afoul of a Green Lantern. In the 1995 "Doomsday: Year One Annual" #1, we got to see some of those past exploits, in short stories written by the various writers of the "Superman" titles of the time. While he could be "killed," he would resurrect himself and now adapt himself so that he could not be killed the same way again.ĭuring the "Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey" miniseries in 1994, we learned that Doomsday had spent some time in the past roaming around the galaxy, bouncing from one planet to the next. Along with his return, we discovered something very important about Doomsday. However, just as Superman returned, so, too, did Doomsday. He told them that experience would be their best teacher.ĭoomsday burst on to the scene in a major way when he actually killed Superman in the classic 1992 storyline, "The Death of Superman." Superman soon returned to life in the "Reign of the Supermen" storyline. Bruce Wayne headed off into space to stop them, despite their pleas to stay on Earth and train them. They defeated the trio of villains, but then Sinestro helped them escape once again. These three new Green Lanterns were thrown into the deep end when they had to take on Sinestro and his two allies, Harvey Dent (who Sinestro had mutated into a monstrous half-scarred being) and Selina Kyle (who had become a Star Sapphire). Second, they decided that a Green Lantern as notable as Bruce Wayne needed multiple replacements, so they sent out requests to farmboy Clark Kent, Princess Diana and Barry Allen (they came to him in a green chemical explosion). First, they sent four of their most decorated Green Lanterns (most of them friends of Bruce Wayne) to Earth to get the ring back from Bruce. Barr and Jerry Bingham), so they had a two-fold plan. The Guardians of the Universe were in a bind when Bruce Wayne defied them in "Batman: In Darkest Knight" (by Mike W. This put him at odds with the Guardians of the Universe, as he had a whole sector to serve and all he could do was obsess over stopping Sinestro! However, after defeating a rogue Green Lantern, Sinestro, Sinestro later escaped and went to Earth and merged with Joe Chill, the murderer of Bruce's parents! Bruce then became obsessed with stopping Sinestro. Instead of a bat flying through the window, though, Abin Sur summoned Bruce to become the new Green Lantern of Earth.īruce soon became one of the most powerful and acclaimed members of the Green Lantern Corps. Bruce Wayne had just finished his unimpressive debut as a vigilante and was sitting at his mansion, hoping for some sort of sign. "Batman: In Darkest Knight," was set in a world where Hal Jordan was passed over by Abin Sur and instead, Bruce Wayne was chosen. Barr and Jerry Bingham delivered one of the most memorable Elseworlds stories, and one of the most explicit "What IF.?" type stories. "Elseworlds" comics were still in their relative infancy in 1994, when Mike W. Ice wished she could cure him, and the ring did so! In the end, her "heart" saved the day, so she remained with the League. She discovered that Ivo had been mutated to grotesque degrees and he wanted the androids so that they could kill him (he was cursed with immortality at the time). The Justice League ended up tracking Ivo and during a battle against his androids, Guy Gardner was knocked out cold and Ice ended up taking his ring. Martian Manhunter explained to her that she had to stay, as she was the "heart" of the team. Meanwhile, Ice had decided that she was going to leave the Justice League, as she felt she was not powerful enough to contribute much to the team.
As it turned out, Professor Ivo had been sending androids to steal their powers. In it, the most powerful super-beings are being attacked and put into comas. That custom changed in "Justice League Quarterly" #5, in a lead story by Mark Waid (one of his earliest DC Comics stories), Mike McKone and Andrew Pepoy. This was almost never actually said explicitly, though, it was just a custom. For years, there seemed to be a sort of unwritten rule that Green Lantern rings would not work for anyone other than Green Lanterns themselves.
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