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He also joins the Justice League officially, having only filled in when Hal or Kyle were unavailable before, and helps Wonder Woman to design a new headquarters for the team.įatality is later transformed into a Star Sapphire and searches out John.

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When the Corps is rebuilt, Stewart again returns to full time duty. The new Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner, chooses John as his backup. Hal, still under Parallax' influence, later restores John's ability to walk. John is recruited as the leader of the Darkstars but is forced to retire when he loses usage of his legs on a mission. John survives, but he is divested of his power.Ī group of rivals of the Guardians seek the opportunity to take power and create their own intergalactic force of peacekeepers called the Darkstars. Katma Tui is also resurrected, but she is soon killed by Hal Jordan when he becomes possessed by the Parallax entity and destroys the Green Lantern Corps. John is eventually successful, and as his reward is promoted from Green Lantern to Guardian of the Universe. Later, John is captured by an insane Guardian of the Universe who tasks him with creating a society from a 'mosaic' of alien communities. John fails to protect the planet of Xanshi and it is destroyed, which enrages the Martian and leads the last surviving member of the planet, Yrra Cynril, into becoming the villainess Fatality. John then leaves Earth for outer space where he joins Superman, Batman, Martian Manhunter, Starfire, and Jason Blood to stop an avatar of the Anti-Life Equation from destroying the universe.

John is imprisoned by the Nambians, though Hal later helps him to escape. However, the villainess Star Sapphire later kills Katma and John is framed for both the murder of Carol Ferris and thievery in the nation of South Nambia. During his time in the Corps, John meets and falls in love with Katma Tui and they eventually marry.

Stewart substitutes for Hal Jordan infrequently and briefly before Jordan leaves the Corps and Stewart is promoted to full time membership. After Guy Gardner becomes injured, John Stewart replaces him as Space Sector 2814's backup Green Lantern. John Stewart is a former marine sniper turned architect living in Detroit.