With the relaunch/reboot of the DC Universe, costumes were revamped, relationships were dismantled, and some characters were wiped from history. A big surprise to some was the exclusion of Wally West from the DCnU. This really didn't affect me as I am not a huge Flash fan, but I know many of the Flash fans were a little upset about this. I am, however, a Green Lantern fan. The past few years of Green Lantern comics have been the greatest. We had the amazing Blackest Night event followed by Brightest Day, and then the phenomenal War of the Green Lanterns where Sinestro gets mean in the green again.

If you have been keeping up with the DC relaunch, you'll have noticed that some characters have changed more than others. Superman has seemingly been completely rebooted, leaving all previous continuity behind, while the Green Lanterns haven't really changed at all. Green Lantern #1 just picked up right where War of the Green Lanterns left off. So it was no surprise we didn't lose any of the corps members in the relaunch. Although it wasn't a surprise, it was a letdown to me.

From the first time I encountered Guy Gardner I was annoyed with him. Over the years, that annoyance has grown into pure hatred. I do not understand his purpose, I see no benefit from having him in any of the comics, and his attitude is unfit for any corps member. I find it hard to believe that he would have even been recruited to the Green Lanterns in the first place. So, when I heard about the relaunch/reboot, I thought, "Could it be??? Will we finally be rid of the ignorant, angry, should-be-red-lantern? Or at the very least will he lose his STUPID VEST and get a uniform that resembles the other 3599 Green Lantern uniforms?" NOPE, neither of those happened. We lost Wally West who served as the sole Flash for years but we got to keep the dude who reminds me of the old bully you always see in bars on TV, reliving his high school years because he hit the highlight of his life at 17.

I love DC and I think the relaunch was the best thing they could have done. But I also feel that the whole purpose of the event was to normalized the universe in order to give the characters more modern looks and to provide less complex continuity for the amazing new writers to take advantage of. Overall, that did happen and it is GREAT! Yet Wonder Woman still looks the same, Hal Jordan only looks different when Jim Lee draws him, and yes... we're still stuck with Guy Gardner.