- "Look, most guys don't like riding around in their ex-girlfriend's car, okay?"
- ―Kyle Rayner
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| Green Lantern | |
| Title: | "Stand" |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Number: | 74 |
| Cover price: | $1.75 |
| Cover date: | June, 1996 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jenette Kahn |
| Writers: | Ron Marz |
| Pencilers: | Darryl Banks |
| Inkers: | Romeo Tanghal |
| Cover artists: | Darryl Banks |
| Cover inker: | Romeo Tanghal |
| Cover colorist: | Rob Schwager |
| Cover letterer: | Todd Klein |
| Colorists: | Linda Medley |
| Letterers: | Albert DeGuzman |
| Associates: | Eddie Berganza |
| Editors: | Kevin Dooley |
| Navigation | |
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| Next: | Green Lantern #75 |
"Stand" is the title to the seventy-fourth issue of the third Green Lantern ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics. The story was written by Ron Marz with artwork by Darryl Banks and inks by Romeo Tanghal. It was colored by Linda Medley and lettered by Albert DeGuzman. The story was edited by Kevin Dooley with Eddie Berganza as assistant editor. This issue shipped with a June, 1996 cover date and carries a cover price of $1.75 per copy (US).
"Stand"[]
Donna Troy arrives in Gateway City in search of Wonder Woman. Instead, she finds her old boyfriend, Kyle Rayner. Kyle and Donna have an awkward reunion, and Donna tells him of a grave new threat that has been plaguing the galaxy. Kyle volunteers to help out and he creates a ship to fly them towards the location of Donna's fellow Darkstars.
Meanwhile, John Stewart and a contingent of eighteen Darkstars arrive on the planet Rann. They meet Adam Strange and warn him that Rann is a potential target for this new cosmic threat; specifically, the domed floating capitol city of Ranagar. Adam Strange tells John that Rann's defenses are minimal due to a recent war with the rival city-state Zared. They can use the Mega Zeta-Beam, but it is only a transportation device, and hardly capable of maintaining a defense.
Suddenly, alien warships appear in the skies above Ranagar. An energy ball takes out the Darkstar known as K'ryssma. As she lays dying, she warns John Stewart that "he's coming". Several more Darkstars fall by the wayside as warships pound away at Ranagar's perimeter. A mother ship lands and discharges the man responsible for all of this carnage - Lord Grayven. Adam Strange swoops down at Grayven and blasts him with his ray gun, but to little effect. John Stewart unleashes an energy blast as well, but Grayven merely backhands him out of the way. He then grabs John and shocks him with a powerful charge of energy.
Green Lantern and Donna finally arrive on Rann, but the battle is already lost. Grayven stands above the unconscious form of Adam Strange while holding John Stewart by the throat.
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Adam Strange
- Donna Troy
- Ferrin Colos
- Galius Zed
- John Stewart
- K'ryssma (Dies)
- Merayn Dethalis
- Munchukk
Villains
- Grayven (1st appearance)
Minor characters
- Charlie Vicker (Cameo appearance only)
- Chaser Bron (Cameo appearance only)
- Sinthia
Organizations
Races & Animals
- Amazons
- Apokoliptians
- Baaltarians
- Bavacquans
- Etreans
- Noc'sagians
- Rannians
- Urrigens
- Zambaii
Locations
- Ranagar
- Zared
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Kyle Rayner was created by writer Ron Marz and artist Bill Willingham. He first appeared in the story "Emerald Twilight (Part 1): The Past" in Green Lantern, Volume 3 #48 in January, 1994.
- The tagline to this issue is "Who will die?"
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- This issue is UPC barcode number 761941200279 07411.
- This issue is reprinted in the Green Lantern: Baptism of Fire trade paperback collection, released in June, 1999.
- Charlie Vicker and Galius Zed appeared last in Darkstars #38.
- This is the final appearance of K'ryssma as a living person. She is reanimated in Blackest Night #1 as a member of the Black Lantern Corps.