Green Lantern (Volume 3) with a cover date of October, 1997.
Synopsis for "Torture"
Kyle Rayner sits in front of his drawing board and is full of regret after he and Donna Troy split up. Kyle's new roommate Jade tries to explain to him that Donna needs to cope with the death of her son and ex-husband alone. Heavy-hearted, Kyle leaves his apartment to visit John Stewart. Kyle designed a logo for John's newly founded architecture firm, Shining Light Architecture. John and Kyle talk about Donna, Kyle's mother and also about the green energy beam John emitted when Green Lantern was fighting Fatality.[1] John thinks that it was just residual energy left in his body after Hal Jordan healed him.[2]
Shortly after leaving John's place, Kyle gets attacked by a horde of heavily-armed alien like creatures. He transforms into Green Lantern, but because of a sudden power blackout of his ring, Kyle gets defeated and awakes in the torture chamber of the evil Desaad. The personal inquisitor of Darkseid wants to learn more about Green Lantern's powers and, thus, conducts all kinds of painful experiments with Kyle. Desaad questions what's so special about Kyle's connection with his power ring, making him the only person capable of using it, and how he can access the green energy at all now that Oa is destroyed. At first it seems as if Kyle will never have a chance to flee with his ring being powerless. But Desaad puts a strange looking key into a lock and frees Green Lantern from his handcuffs. Kyle's powers return and he is ready to fight Desaad and his men, but the evil god warns him that, if he kills Desaad, Kyle won't be able to return to Earth to stop the incoming "cataclysm." Reluctant about believing Desaad, Kyle lets him go, and Desaad opens a Boom Tube for Kyle. As Green Lantern flies away, the sadistic Desaad grins in satisfaction, saying this is "far from over."
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Aquaman #37 • Azrael #34 • Batman #547 • Green Lantern #91 • Impulse #30 • Jack Kirby's Fourth World #8 • Legion of Super-Heroes #97 • Lobo #44 • The Power of Shazam! #31 • Resurrection Man #6 • Robin #46 • Sovereign Seven #27 • Spectre #58 • Starman #35 • Steel #43 • Superboy and the Ravers #14 • Supergirl #14 • Superman #128 • Superman: The Man of Steel #72 • Teen Titans #13 • Wonder Woman #126 • Xero #6 • Young Heroes in Love #5 |