In-Universe History · 2013
Kyle Masters the Spectrum
The Torchbearer becomes the White Lantern.
2013
The story
Kyle Rayner was always different. Where Hal Jordan was willpower incarnate, Kyle was imagination — an artist who wielded the ring like a brush. That made him the perfect candidate for something no Lantern had ever done: master the entire emotional spectrum.
In Green Lantern: New Guardians, rings from every Corps — red, orange, yellow, blue, indigo, violet — were drawn to Kyle, one by one. Each demanded he confront its emotion: rage, avarice, fear, hope, compassion, love. And one by one, he did. In New Guardians #16 (2013), Kyle channeled all seven lights through his own ring and forged something new: a white power ring.
As a White Lantern, Kyle wielded the power of life itself — the combined might of the spectrum. He stood against the Third Army, journeyed beyond the Source Wall, and became one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe. The Torchbearer had become the light itself.
Green Lantern (2023) #33 / legacy #600 (2026), David Nakayama variant cover, cropped detail. David Nakayama (cover art and colors). Artwork source & details.
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- Kyle Rayner — Green Lantern (2023) #33 / legacy #600 (2026), David Nakayama variant cover, cropped detail. David Nakayama (cover art and colors).