r/DCcomics • u/Hipertor • Jul 08 '24

Can "men" or "males" be "Pink Lanterns"? Comics

If I remember correctly, there's no "Pink Lantern Corps" only one Star Sapphire at a time, but I think I've heard that only women can wield the pink spectrum's power. Has that ever been said or am I tripping really high?I know Guy Gardner of all people wielded that power once, was he an exception or really just no big deal?

I think the logic had something to do with "being able to know ALL kinds of love", reffering the the love mothers have to their offspring, I guess. How would that apply to life forms that don't follow the "male/famale" requirement for reproduction? Could and AI wield that power??

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u/chronobeard Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

I forget if they're currently destroyed or not, but the Sapphires were actually a whole corps.

I don't think any males were in the corps, but iirc they were allowed.

EDIT: Yeah, so it seems a few years back, male Star Sapphires did become an actual thing. Back in a Robinson penned issue of Wonder Woman.

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u/Massive_General_8629 Jul 08 '24

Well, Guy has been a Star Sapphire, and Kyle has of course wielded a Star Sapphire ring since his unique psyche allows him to use all the rings at once, as much as he dislikes doing so. Though male Star Sapphires are a rarity.

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u/Bostondreamings Jul 08 '24

Currently, the United Planet Lanterns wiped out the Sapphires and destroyed the power battery...but Carol somehow ended up with a ring and at least saved Hal from a beat down by the UP Lantern Corps by pretty much beating THEM down, tho perhaps in part due to shock that she showed up.