Guy Gardner

Guy Gardner enters Spectrum as exactly what he looks like: a Green Lantern, former cop, bar owner, professional pain in the ass, and a man with far more history—and far more heart—than his reputation suggests. His bar on Oa becomes part of Specs’ widening world, and Guy himself becomes one of the first people to point Specs beyond the Emotional Spectrum he thinks he understands. It’s Guy who sends him toward Alan Scott and the realization that not everything that looks Green is the same kind of Green.

But Guy becomes considerably more than a breadcrumb in Specs’ investigation. He fights beside him when Specs finally has to stop holding back, sees parts of him most people never do, and becomes something wonderfully difficult to label: a friend with chemistry. Their relationship can be physical, affectionate, intimate, ridiculous and deeply trusting without becoming a romance. Guy may be an asshole—but he’s the softest asshole there ever was, and when Specs needs someone who can take what he is without asking him to make it simpler, Guy’s there.