Editing Kyle Rayner (section)

===Ion===
[[Image:Kyle Rayner as Ion.jpg|thumb|right|Kyle Rayner as Ion, from ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #145 (February 2002). Art by [[Dale Eaglesham]].]]
For a brief period, Rayner achieved godhood as Ion<ref name="dc-ency"/> after absorbing the energy Hal Jordan had left in Earth's Sun during "[[The Final Night]]" storyline, which had merged and grown with energies released after Oblivion's defeat. With his new powers, Rayner could bend time, space, and reality, allowing himself, for a good example, to be in many places at once. The drawback of being one with everything was that Rayner could no longer sleep or separate himself from the overwhelming responsibilities these abilities imposed upon him. Rather than sacrifice his humanity, Rayner abandoned omnipotence, bleeding off the vast power, recharging the Central Power Battery on the Guardians' home planet and headquarters, [[Oa (comics)|Oa]], and helping to create a new group of Guardians in the process.<ref name="dc-ency"/><ref>''Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #150 (July 2002)</ref> Before he purged all of the power, though, he modified his ring and conjured a new Corps uniform to reflect his new maturity. Once again limited only by his willpower and imagination, Rayner's ring could still affect yellow and would always harbor a lifeline of power without a time limit on its power, is keyed directly to him, and would always return to him, though it still required charging to reach full power.

After the brutal [[gay bashing]] of his young assistant and friend [[Terry Berg]], Rayner went on a lengthy self-imposed exile into space. Before leaving, he placed [[John Stewart (comics)|John Stewart]], recently recovered from his [[paraplegia]] and given a new power ring, into his spot in the Justice League. Upon his return, he discovered that Jade had begun seeing someone new and was doing so in his own apartment. He left New York and spent some time trying once again to find his place on Earth and ended up staying with his mother for a brief time.