First up:
Well this is interesting. They are both former Titans and they dated for a while. Rayner is the latest hero to sport the power ring worn by Green Lanterns before him. He is also the youngest Lantern. The constructs he makes with his ring is said to be the most elaborate if not the strongest of all Lanterns from the fact that he is an artist by trade and puts a lot of creativity in his rings power. For a short while he reached Godhood when the Guardians of the Planet Oa merged him with the Lanterns power battery that charges all of the Lanterns rings. For this brief period he was known as Ion and was even more powerful than ever. That power has since been rescinded and he is now back to being an Honorary Green Lantern (meaning he has no space sector to patrol as most other Lanterns do). Donna Troy is one of the original founding members of the Teen Titans. Her origin story has changed over the years due to the different "Crisis" that she has lived through. Unlike other heroes, she has the ability to remember all the different versions of herself and is therefore a living link in the DC Multiverse. She is Wonder Woman's younger sister. During the real Wonder Woman's recent year long absence Troy was Wonder Woman. The new origin is that she is a clone created from the blood of Wonder Woman, Diana Prince. Prince was an only child growing up and since she had no one to play with, the Gods of Olympus decided to make her someone to play with and decided a mirror image of the future Wonder Woman would be the best match. She appears younger than Wonder Woman since from the day Diana Prince left her home and no longer played with Donna she stopped aging. She did not begin to age again until after leaving her home on Paradise Island and entering "Man's Land" as the Amazon's refer to our reality. She is a younger duplicate of Wonder Woman for all tense and purposes. Well that took way too long to write. In fact, while I was doing it, DC changed her origin again. Oh and Donna Troy also got her butt kicked by Kyle Rayner. Winner by decision - Green Lantern
Moving on -
Green Lantern Guy Gardner
Versus
Lobo
OK, now that's just rude and I just noticed it's also in Spanish. Oh well. Guy Gardner - Green Lantern - anti hero taking on Lobo - universal bounty hunter - anti hero. As the first "alternate" Green Lantern, Guy Gardner is the "macho, red blooded American male" he claims to be. To the extremes I might add. You know the deal with the rings powers, we need not rehash that. A former member of the Justice League. He was stripped of his power ring for a while but found a yellow power ring used by the former Green Lantern turned villain Sinestro. With the new yellow ring he was more powerful than ever. I won't go into the debacle that led him to being called "Warrior" for a while, but he eventually was given back his Green Lantern ring and is now one of the trainers for new recruits on the Lanterns home world of Oa. He is the first Lantern on the list of honorary Lanterns to fill in for any others who need to leave their space sector for other missions or personal reasons. Lobo is an alien mercenary and planned to be a "Wolverine" parody. His name means "he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it". "Feetals Gizz! He's a fraggin' tough bastich!" That's how he talks but I have to agree with his description of himself. Often refers to Superman as "The Big Cheese". He is the embodiment of violence. These two are as close to being friends as these two can have. They are occasional drinking buddies and have ventured together a few times. They have also fought in the past. As they have again tonight. After several hours of fighting, Gardner gets tired of pummeling Lobo to the extent he says "To frag with this." and walks away. Lobo will take a win any way he can get it. Winner by default - Lobo.
Green Lantern Alan Scott
Versus
The Question
The first and original Green Lantern Alan Scott was a little different than the rest of the Green Lanterns. While all of the Lanterns since Scott wore rings that carried a weakness to the color yellow, Scott's ring is weak against wood. He is an original member of the Justice Society, a group of heroes predating the Justice League but working in the same manner. Other than the rings weakness, this Green Lantern's power is the same as the other lanterns. An original Charlton Comics character later DC bought the rites, The Question was originally more of an activist that a hero. When not being philosophical, The Question is also known as investigative journalist Vic Sage. The lack of a face is from a chemical compound called "Pseudoderm" that he ad hears to his face. After years of smoking, he died of lung cancer during the 52 series. Winner by forfeit Alan Scott.
And our final first round match:
John Stewart Green Lantern
Versus
Cyborg
John Stewart is the second backup in the Green Lantern Corps. He is ranked after Guy Gardner in the honorary guard. He is, however, a full time member of The Justice League. His ring works like the rest of the power rings worn by other Green Lanterns. Hal Jordan has said that Stewart flies the best among all the Lanterns. Due to his architectural back round, his constructs are solid and heavier than other Lanterns. Half man - half machine; Cyborg is another member of The Teen Titans. Created by his scientist father after being maimed by another of his fathers creatures, Vic Stone's father outfitted him with experimental prosthetics of his own design. He is equipped with rocket launchers, sonic cannons, missiles, as well as a blow torch and a buzz saw. Not sure which one of them it was that took down John Stewart but Cyborg certainly did go Medieval on his heiney. Winner by knockout - Cyborg.
There you have it the first round is over and we will start to trim the field down to the Sweet 16 starting tomorrow. Or maybe Monday, it depends.
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