a variation of Green Lantern

[SWBaxter]

This team appeared only in flashback. Henry Bendix, Stormwatch's evil commander, had previously assembled this early Stormwatch team, but they had all been killed except Apollo and Midnighter. They were a purposeful JLA analog.

And since this particular subthread began with somebody quoting a line that said Lamplighter joined a Stormwatch team that was a "parallel of the Justice League", it seems that description of the history is accurate. Whether the team got any spotlight time isn't really relevant to the question at hand.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Let's see... alien race distributes items of power? Check. (Guardians == Arisians)

Beings with these items organized to act as galactic peacekeepers & police? Check. (Green Lantern Corps == Galactic Patrol)

OK, I understand the reference now; although it seems more like homage than knock-off, to be honest, eh? More of a vague background influence rather than an actual imitation

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

And since this particular subthread began with somebody quoting a line that said Lamplighter joined a Stormwatch team that was a "parallel of the Justice League", it seems that description of the history is accurate. Whether the team got any spotlight time isn't really relevant to the question at hand.

Well, the Wiki entry didn't qualify it as Stormwatch Black (was that the name?) or do anything else to clarify that it was a super double secret splinter team, but instead was sloppily written to suggest that Stormwatch is just the Wildstorm equivalent of the JLA, which is clearly untrue.

 

[Erekose]

The addressed this in Guy Gardner's comic, back before they turned him into a shapechanging alien for a while (I know, I know). The ring's weakness wasn't color, it's that it was recharged by green rings, which is inconvenient even if you ARE a supervillain who beats up Green Lanterns and damned awkward if you're a superhero not on speaking turns with the then-last Green Lantern on Earth.

Thank you!

I was never a fan of Guy Gardner as GL so it's not surprising I missed it!

 

[Baron Opal]

Well, the Wiki article on Green Lantern made no such qualifications...

I own the Ellis run of Stormwatch and his Authority series and only vaguely remember Crow Jane, et al. I can't help but think this is mostly a team mentioned more than seen.

That particular group is mentioned in the issue where Authority meets Apollo and Midnighter for the first time. As Apollo tells the team about themselves, we see Lamplighter & co. in their first, and disastrously last, mission. I don't recall exactly when this team was created, but I think there was a strong implication that it was either before Stormwatch in general or before Stormwatch Black. I would have to review the issue in question.

I remember being rather disappointed with H. Bendix. With all of that effort put into infusing a team with such power, he didn't train them very well. They got killed rather easily, I thought.

 

[Blue Lantern]

I don't know if there were ever stats written for Green Lantern in a DC Heroes supplement, but I'm sure you can duplicate his abilities fairly easily given a GM who knows the game rules well.

As for official lore, this was mentioned above. There are only the Green Lanterns, with one "Yellow Lantern", Sinestro, who is a fallen Green Lantern IIRC. He had some help fabricating a yellow power ring from a (personally) unknown source. He came to a bad end and is currently deceased, trapped or otherwise fairly permanently not causing trouble anymore. (As permanent as these things get in comics, that is.)

Also as mentioned above, Warren Ellis has written some stories under the Wildstorm imprint that borrow some ideas from the DC Universe. One of these is, as mentioned, a group of aliens concerned with justice build "blue lanterns" that meld with a person and give them Green Lantern-like powers. As far as we can tell, from the 2-3 pages that we have on these guys, there are no "Oans". These folks govern themselves and hand out lanterns as needed. These guys don't have any connection to the DC Green Lanterns.

Orange is the color opposite to blue. Red is the color opposite to green.

Thanks for your informative reply. Lamplighter or Lamplight has what color of light displayed with active energy powers? And how did you find out that orange is opposite to blue--I find it fascinating.

 

[Blue Lantern]

This team appeared only in flashback. Henry Bendix, Stormwatch's evil commander, had previously assembled this early Stormwatch team, but they had all been killed except Apollo and Midnighter. They were a purposeful JLA analog.

Lamplighter (not Lamplight) carried a lantern which, Planetary later revealed, had been taken from an unnamed alien vivisected by bad guys.

Yes, but what color of light is Lamplighter's lantern and energy powers?

 

[Stormborn]

Yes, but what color of light is Lamplighter's lantern and energy powers?

Blue. But I think that a point that needs to be made is that the color is pure window dressing. It means nothing, zero, zilch, nada, bumpkiss. You want a Blue Lantern, have at it. In game terms its not the color that matters, its the mechanics of how it works.

Also, generally its considered better, at least more polite, to edit your posts than post twice, espcially when you say basically the same thing.

As for orange being opposite of blue, try looking at color theory, especially the color wheel.

 

[Torm]

There are only the Green Lanterns, with one "Yellow Lantern", Sinestro, who is a fallen Green Lantern IIRC. He had some help fabricating a yellow power ring from a (personally) unknown source.

The ring was made by the Weaponmakers of Qward, whom, pre-Crisis, were the anti-matter universe's parallel of the Guardians of Oa. Post-Crisis, I'm not really sure what their deal is, but they apparently still exist somehow and made that ring, so presumably they could make more.

Also in the Silver Age, a Bizarro Justice League was created by some accident or act of an evil nemesis. I can't remember. Regardless, one of the members was the Man of All Fears, Yellow Lantern. Unfortunately for him (or maybe him am fortunate ), his ring ran out of power after 24 hours, and no counterpart lantern existed. (If I recall correctly - this is very dim in my memory - he DID manage to charge it off of a regular GL lantern and get an additional 24hrs in a later story.)

Star Sapphire wields pink energy through a sapphire either in her tiara or at the end of a rod, depending on which version of her and when. The stone, and the pink energy, was bestowed on her by the Zamarons - the long estranged females of the nearly-immortal Oan race.

Obsidian, the son of the Golden Age GL and Posion Ivy, was like his sister Jade born with light-related powers inherent within. Unlike Jade, whose powers are virtually a built-in GL ring, his powers involved the manipulation of shadow in a somewhat similar fashion.

In my personal fan-fiction stories, in which I attempted to create a parallel to DC Comics not completely screwed up by continuity inconsistencies, Crimson was the son of slaves freed in the Civil War who gained a red ring and a mysterious flame in a crystal (actually a highly advanced alien power cell) in a manner that was something of a cross up of the origins of Alan Scott and Hal Jordan. In addition to giving him powers similar to a GL, it extended his lifespan a great deal - to the extent that he fought in Team Liberty in both WWI and WWII. Ultimately, though, age caught up with him a bit, and he passed it to his daughter, Ruby Tuesday, in the late 50s.

Oh, and I'd like to ditto those who have said, "It's yo thing. Do whatchawannado."

 

[Pbartender]

...and does Lamplighter use blue-light energy?

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