He’s done it before.

Failing that anyone will do as long as it’s not Hal or John Stewart

Or Jordana Gardner from the LSH in the 31st Century book.

If Ollie is nowhere to be found…Kyle.

If not guy, anyone but Hal. Hal is boring.

1.) He’s basically mainlining Starheart power at this point, making him ungoldy powerful.

2.) The. Greatest. Generation.

3.) Golden Age Costume > Anything ever.

As much as I love Kyle or John, I think Guy would be the most interesting choice story-wise to be on the League.

Hal: THE iconic GL, having a great comeback & good for all the Silver & Bronze Age fans.

John: Adds diversity, kids know him from JLU, got some cool characterization from that show, freshest in terms of not having worked with the comics JLA as much.

Guy: Adds instant conflict, but as John said, probably works best as a limited run GL.

Kyle: Great reader POV character. Never liked him until Morrison got his hands on him.

So… I might go with Hal out of nostalgia’s sake, but right now… John. He has the most untapped potential.

BTW, Jim Starlin orignally planned on using Guy Gardner for the whole Cockiness-Leads-To-Planet-Blowing-Up bit in Cosmic Odyssey. I can TOTALLY see Guy doing that, but for John, it was way out of character. A classic example of changing the character to fit your plot, instead of the other way around.

what about the planet GL that Alan Moore wrote about?
I forgot the name, but that planet GL would be the greatest GL of all time.

If not, then Scooby-Doo should the the GL!!!

Or Jade. I miss her.

When Sinestro Corps War comes out in a collection I’ll be reading my first Green Lantern comic.

“Hey, Superman, Krypton was on my beat!”
“Yeah, great job, Tomar-Re.”

Anyhow, I want a cool alien GL in the JLA.

John: On the plus side, he’s a character who does add a little diversity to the relatively white-bread “classic” JLA. (Anyone who doesn’t think this is important should go read some essays on what it’s like having your culture marginalized.) Also, he’s readily recognizable to casual readers from the “JLU” comic. On the downside, he’s been kind of poorly handled for the last, oh…twenty years or so (pretty much ever since they decided to give him “depth” by making him a whiny loser responsible for the death of a planet.) Which makes him kind of difficult to work with.

Kyle: He fills a valuable role for any writer, that of the “New Kid”. It’s nice to have someone who can ask the same questions the reader’s probably asking, like “Who’s the giant starfish and why is he swearing revenge on the Justice League?” He’s a very humanizing presence in the JLA, someone who is just as in awe of the characters and the situations as we are.

Guy: Provides much-needed conflict for the book. Guy doesn’t take orders well, goes off on his own, does things his own way, all things that can spark nice stories and help complicate (or at times, resolve) stories. The only problem is, Guy’s enough of a loose cannon that you have to walk a tightrope with him; if you’re not careful, you’ll write yourself into a situation where either he has to quit, or the rest of the team has to kick him out in order to keep everyone’s characterization believable.

Ultimately, it depends a bit on who the other characters are. If you’ve got someone else filling the “New Kid” role (like, say, a Bart Allen Flash or a Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle…and yes, I know both of those two would probably wind up as Teen Titans. Hypothetical examples…) …then I’d go with Guy. If you don’t, I’d go with Kyle. If you’re a good writer enough to actually redeem John Stewart’s character, I’d go with John.

She’s got her stones as a GLC member, plus the added benefit of learning from Hal, Kilowog, and Salakk directly.

My second choice (were I to have one) would be for Natu, only because we can’t have Katma (sadly).