>>107762386Geoff wrote GL proper from 2004-2013 I think. Day of Judgement was in 99 though. Johns gave Spectre Hal a couple appearances in JSA, but DeMatteis wrote most of his comics appearances (and PAD gave him a few too).
>Why was Hal kicked out of the DCU in the first place? Were they trying something new and doubling down on it with Kyle? But what about John or Guy?They were paring down the DCU and wanted to drop a lot of baggage. Superman was the ONLY Kryptonian and they wanted Kyle to be the ONLY GL thing around. Hal was too old, he'd had the gray streaks for a couple years when Emerald Twilight happened. Guy and John had too much baggage. They wanted something completely fresh (and a character they could basically use as a Spider-Man type character, somebody younger and more fun and more exciting). So they ditched the Guardians, ditched the Corps, ditched Hal and brought in Kyle.
>>107762426John was a Darkstar but he did end up crippled for a while. He got his spine fixed once or twice. Guy was solo with a yellow ring but when ET happened they got rid of that ring too and gave him the shapeshifting powers instead