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It see likeGreen Lanternhas a unequaled take on one of the most contentious death shot inDC Comicshistory , an upshot that lead to the coining of thetropeknown as ' women in refrigerators . ' And , when Kyle had the opportunity to talk to his deceased lady friend Alexandra DeWitt , he revealed how he sees the chain of events that led to her death .
The tale of Kyle becoming a Green Lantern is not a pretty one . After Mongul used Cyborg Superman to destroy Hal Jordan ’s hometown of Coast City , the mighty Lantern snap and take out his anger on the Guardians and destroyed the Green Lantern Corps . With no other option , theGuardian of the UniverseGanthet recruited new creative person Kyle Rayner to carry on the flame of the Green Lanterns . Kyle took the opportunity and became the sole Green Lantern of the DC Universe . alas , not too long after taking the Power Ring , Kyle ’s lady friend at the prison term was dispatch by the supervillain Major Force .
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Alex ’s murder would be one of the run ’s most ill-famed moments and , for Kyle , her death hang over him for years . But when he got the chance to sing about Alex ’s death with her , he revealed a very interesting perspective on the issue . In Geoff Johns , David Gibbons , and Patrick Gleason’sGreen Lantern Corps : reload # 2 , Kyle Rayner ventures out with a squadron of Lanterns to respond to a suffering call from the living planet , Mogo . After the team dispatches war Rannian and Thanagarian ships , Mogo allow his fellow to unwind on his surface . However once the Lanterns touch base , Kyle shockingly discovers Alexandra in the woods . Though she ’s actually just a genial sound projection that Kyle has of Alex , Kyle still takes the prison term to apologize for what pass , saying that if Ganthet had never given Kyle his ring , Alex would still be alive .
Alex ’s expiry is perhaps most noteworthy for being the namesake of the‘Women in Refrigerators ' tropeor ‘ fridging ’ as it ’s colloquially known . As devotee and funny Lord became mindful of superhero comic strip ' tendency to make its distaff characters support to advance a manlike character ’s story , this consequence in Green Lantern history has been periodically revisited . But this illustration gives a look into how Kyle sees Alex ’s end — and it ’s not well . While Alex was plainly kill by Major Force , Kyle in the end decipher her destruction back to the mo Gathet offered him a Power Ring . What Rayner seems to gloss over , however , is his own banker’s acceptance of the band andchoosing to become a Green Lantern , which put him on Major Force ’s radar . This differentiation makes it seem that Kyle wants to lie the inculpation for the murder at others ’ feet without acknowledge his own involvement .
Granted , Kylehaspreviously carried the weightiness of Alex ’s decease before he eventually moved on . But it ’s a bit shocking that Kyle would throw a beloved mentor like Ganthet under the bus when introspecting on the past . Does Kyle secretly harbor a score against Ganthet over Alex ’s death ? If he does , it seemsDC’smost controversial destruction ( which trigger off numerousdiscussions of the ' women in refrigerators’trope ) , inGreen Lanternhistory could generate more animosity down the phone line .
