History ComicBook / GreenLanterns

* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: The only real requirement to be ''able'' to use a Green Lantern Corps Power Ring is being able to generate massive levels of HeroicWillpower, but the actual ''way'' the Ring is used is "shaped by your imagination", especially when it comes to the HardLight construct abilities, which because they can be "anything you can imagine", can rapidly turn into a SwissArmySuperpower. In fact, both the SwissArmySuperpower and ImaginationBasedSuperpower articles on this Wiki can now be found listed on a [[GreenLanternRing disambiguation page]] that is named ''after'' the Green Lantern Corps Power Rings, because the ''Green Lantern'' franchise is the iconic former TropeNamer for at least one of them. That said, Simon isn't always ''creative'' about his imagined-up constructs, with one issue (#15) featuring him just making a giant boxing glove to hit the bad guy with... twice. In one scene. Issue #24 has Kyle [[LampeshadeHanging point this out to Simon]] during their training session. He encourages Simon to be less blunt and more creative with how he uses his powers, and Simon begins to catch on by the end of it.

This prompts Hal, in the opening "one-shot" chapter, to fuse their Power Batteries together so that they're forced to charge their [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings]] at the same time and place, ''forcing'' them to [[ThePowerOfFriendship learn to work together]]. Hal then [[HeroOfAnotherStory goes off to space]] [[ComicBook/HalJordanAndTheGreenLanternCorps on his own mission]], leaving [[YouAreInCommandNow Earth in their care]].

** The mention of "Rings" and a "Tower" and a "Blue Lady" by the angry redneck in issue #1, considering he was ''infected with rage energy'', makes a lot more sense when we see Atrocitus monologuing about the Red Lanterns' plans. The "Tower" is a key component in the plan, the Blue Lady is one of the Red Lanterns, and the Red Lanterns use [[GreenLanternRing Power Rings]].

* AscendedExtra: Frank Laminski, the racist, sexist {{Jerkass}} from Geoff Johns' ''Secret Origin'' storyline who appeared for no more than ''one page'' and was promptly forgotten not long after his interaction with Hal Jordan and Thomas Kalmaku ended, returns as a major character in the Phantom Lantern arc, where he is given the Phantom Ring by Volthoom and Simon and Jessica have to get the ring away from him.

* AscendedExtra: Frank Laminski, the racist, sexist {{Jerkass}} from Geoff Johns' ''Secret Origin'' storyline who appeared for no more than ''one page'' and was promptly forgotten not long after his interaction with Hal Jordan and Thomas Kalmaku ended, returns as a major character in the Phantom Ring arc, where he is given the ring by Volthoom and Simon and Jessica have to get the ring away from him.

* AscendedExtra: Frank Laminski, the racist, sexist {{Jerkass}} from Geoff Johns' ''Secret Origin'' storyline who vanished not long after his interaction with Hal Jordan and Thomas Kalmaku ended, returns as a major character in the Phantom Ring arc, where he is given the ring by Volthoom and Simon and Jessica have to get the ring away from him.

* AbortedArc: At one point Jessica is a fugitive from the Green Lanterns because they're afraid that she's altered her ring into a possibly DeadlyUpgrade or that she could be heading into a SuperpowerMeltdown. [[TheMentor Hal]] [[TheAce Jordan]] promises to bring her in himself. Then the writer changed. [[spoiler:The plotline is resolved when they meet up and talk after a ''different'' situation temporarily made Jessica BrainwashedAndCrazy, and Jessica points out that all she did was re-write her ring with willpower -- not unlike what Hal did when he used willpower to make a ring whole-cloth. Hal immediately agrees and apologises to her, calling off the entire manhunt. Since Jessica was also being hunted for the other situation, the plot with her ring has absolutely no impact and is tied up in less than two pages.]]

* AscendedExtra: Frank Laminski, the racist, sexist {{Jerkass}} from Geoff Johns' ''Secret Origin'' storyline, returns as a major character in the Phantom Ring arc.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: With Simon, first when he gains the prophetic "Emerald Sight" ability out of nowhere, and then when he takes the already BeyondTheImpossible level healing abilities he showed in another book and takes them UpToEleven [[spoiler:by healing a Red Lantern of her Rage ''by himself'' for no other reason than he really wanted to help her.]] The [[SerialEscalation repeated use]] of this trope with Simon (and especially, all that happening within the first three or four issues of the run) garnered some negative criticism from reviewers of the book.

* BetterAsFriends: During the Caper app arc, Jess discovers that the app's algorithm thinks her and Simon would make an ideal couple, which makes her briefly doubt their PlatonicLifePartners status. In the end though, she ultimately decides on this and dismisses any feelings as just confusion on her part. Simon then casually informs her he got matched with her too, though he laughed it off because he'd already long-since friendzoned her.

* AbortedArc: At one point Jessica is a fugitive from the Green Lanterns because they're afraid that she's altered her ring into a possibly DeadlyUpgrade or that she could be heading into a SuperpowerMeltdown. [[TheMentor Hal]] [[TheAce Jordan]] promises to bring her in himself. Then the writer changed. [[spoiler:The plotline is resolved when they meet up and talk after a ''different'' situation temporarily made Jessica BrainwashedAndCrazy, and Jessica points out that all she did was re-write her ring with willpower -- not unlike [[NotSoDifferent what Hal did]] when he used willpower to make a ring whole-cloth. Hal immediately agrees and apologises to her, calling off the entire manhunt. Since Jessica was also being hunted for the other situation, the plot with her ring has absolutely no impact and is tied up in less than two pages.]]

** The literal trope name is subverted, ironically enough. Batman actually asks Simon and Jessica to come to Gotham to help deal with a mysterious spate of fear-based infections. Every Gothamite they meet is hostile towards them, with Jim Gordon [[RealityEnsues asking Simon if he has a permit to carry his gun]] and the issue ending with them [[UngratefulBastard getting told to get out of the city.]]

* RealityEnsues: The "Out of Time" has Jessica and Simon go back in time by 10 billion years to meet the first 7 Green Lanterns formed to defeat Volthoom. The 7 Lanterns have power rings with no safeguards, have only just started using them, and are only given basic preliminary training on how to use them by Simon and Jessica, while Volthoom has had years of experience using his and full access to the emotion spectrum. The end result? [[spoiler:One of the Green Lanterns dies when her power ring overloads in her first attempt to use it, and the remainder are quickly slaughtered almost to a man in their first encounter with Volthoom.]]
** During the crossover with [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Batman]], [[ByTheBookCop Jim Gordon]] takes the time to ask Simon if he has a permit for his gun. [[spoiler:At the end of the arc, Simon decides to [[CharacterDevelopment symbolically]] give the gun to Batman. [[DoesNotLikeGuns Batman]] won't take it, and Simon has no clue what to do with it until Gordon offers to make sure it's properly disposed of.]]
** Simon and Jessica are both asked by their families to get jobs. Simon's past as a falsely accused terrorist makes getting a job impossible for him, while Jessica disclosing that she has anxiety and agoraphobia mean that she doesn't get trusted with the front-of-the-house job she wanted. Slightly subverted, while Simon solves the problem of having to pay rent by squatting in the local Green Lantern prison, there's no mention of how he gets enough food to ''eat''.

* InformedAttributes: Early in the series, Jessica's anxiety is debilitating and requires constant management. The book goes out of its way to showcase that the struggle is constant and affects every area of her life. Later on, although Jessica often mentions her anxiety and discomfort in large crowds, it stops affecting her actions and she stops using coping mechanisms.

* AbortedArc: At one point Jessica is a fugitive from the Green Lanterns because they're afraid that she's altered her ring into a possibly DeadlyUpgrade or that she could be heading into a SuperpowerMeltdown. [[TheMentor Hal]] [[TheAce Jordan]] promises to bring her in himself. [[spoiler:They meet up and talk after a ''different'' situation temporarily made Jessica BrainwashedAndCrazy, and Jessica points out that all she did was re-write her ring with willpower -- not unlike [[NotSoDifferent what Hal did]] when he used willpower to make a ring whole-cloth. Hal immediately agrees and apologises to her, calling off the entire manhunt. Since Jessica was also being hunted for the other situation, the plot with her ring has absolutely no impact and is tied up in less than two pages.]]

* BetterAsFriends: During the Caper app arc, Jess discovers that the app's algorythm thinks her and Simon would make an ideal couple, which makes her briefly doubt their PlatonicLifePartners status. In the end though, she ultimately decides on this and dismisses any feelings as just confusion on her part. Simon then casually informs her he got matched with her too, though he laughed it off because he'd already long-since friendzoned her.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Simon and Jessica seems to be heading this way, as they've become incredibly close, with no hint of any romantic notions.

** There are multiple callbacks to Jessica punching out [[DrillSergeantNasty Guy Gardner]], which was itself a callback to the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational infamous time that]] Franchise/Batman [[MemeticMutation took out Guy]] [[MemeticLoser with one punch]].

** During the crossover with Franchise/Batman, [[ByTheBookCop Jim Gordon]] takes the time to ask Simon if he has a permit for his gun. [[spoiler:At the end of the arc, Simon decides to [[CharacterDevelopment symbolically]] give the gun to Batman. [[DoesNotLikeGuns Batman]] won't take it, and Simon has no clue what to do with it until Gordon offers to make sure it's properly disposed of.]]

** In fact [[SerialEscalation at this point]], Simon is just a walking textbook case of this trope. First, there was his being chosen by a Ring that was a combination of Sinestro's Yellow Power Ring and Hal's Green Power Ring (seemingly impossible). Which coincidentally plucked him straight out of his wrongful imprisonment in the (seemingly inescapable) Guantanamo Bay facility and yes, we mean ''that'' facility. And then there's the fact that in one of his previous books, he had used this same power ring to heal someone supposedly "beyond" the abilities of a Green Lantern Ring's healing capabilities. In fact, that last incident is why he even thought to ''try'' the above [[TakeTheThirdOption Third Option]] in the first place, which makes one wonder [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands exactly how far this is going to keep escalating]].

In November of 2017, Sam Humphries announced that he would be leaving the series. Tim Seeley (best known for his [[ComicBook/{{Grayson}} Dick]] [[ComicBook/NightwingRebirth Grayson]] works) would be taking over, while Humphries would take over the Rebirth series ''Seeley'' launched, ''[[ComicBook/NightwingRebirth Nightwing]]''. After Seeley Dan Jurgens wrote the final arc.

** [[spoiler:While wearing multiple Power Rings isn't unprecedented in this Franchise, Issue 30 still has a seeming impossible feat undergone by Simon once again. After starting the "Out of Time" arc off having his Power Ring destroyed, with only a few tiny shards embedded in his arm remaining of it, he and Jessica are thrown back in time and Simon has to spend the majority of the arc feeling helpless and relying on Jessica for pretty much everything. Come the climax of the arc, the first Green Lantern fledglings take the battle to the Volthoom of the past, [[CurbstompBattle who curbstomps them all]], completely killing 3 of them. Volthoom has Jessica in his sights next, and a Ringless and scared Simon goes to fisticuffs Volthoom. He manages to get a few clean hits in, catching Volthoom off guard, which is [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome feat-worthy in itself]], but the moment really happens right after. Volthoom goes after Simon instead of Jessica, but the courage and Willpower he showed standing up to Volthoom attracts 4 of the first 7 Green Lantern Power Rings to his fingertips![[note]]One of the 4 Rings came from a previous wielder who burned herself to death overflowing with Willpower, due to the prototype Rings not having a limiter to them.[[/note]] To place this in perspective, Simon ends the 30th issue having gone from helpless and Ringless to successfully attracting and wielding not ''1'', but ''4'' of the first and most powerful Green Lantern Rings ever created. Rings that do not have a limiter to their Willpower accumulation (which is dangerous due to a serious risk of internal burnout and external explosion from unskilled bearers). And he now has ''4 of them''!]]

** During the 'Superhuman Trafficking'' arc, [[The Lanterns apprehend a member of the ComicBook/OmegaMen, who leads them to Garnet AKA Hellhole. Direct attention is called to how Hellhole has no authority ''at all'', let alone Corps presence. It ''did'' have a Lantern, Jack T. Chance, but he died during the ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar, with the Guardians apparently writing the whole damn sector off afterwards]].

In November of 2017, Sam Humphries announced that he would be leaving the series. Tim Seeley (best known for his [[ComicBook/{{Grayson}} Dick]] [[ComicBook/NightwingRebirth Grayson]] works) would be taking over, while Humphries would take over the Rebirth series ''Seeley'' launched, ''[[ComicBook/NightwingRebirth Nightwing]]''.

-->''In desperate day, in hopeless night,

* GrandTheftMe: At the end of the ''Phantom Ring'' arc, [[spoiler:Volthroom pulls this on Rami, taking over his body and putting his soul in an energy container.]] No one is aware of this.