Saint Walker is a fictional comic book character published by
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. Created by writer
Geoff JohnsGeoff Johns is an American comic book writer, best known for his work for DC Comics, where he has been Chief Creative Officer since February 2010, in particular for characters such as Green Lantern, The Flash and Superman...
and artist
Ethan Van SciverEthan Daniel Van Sciver is an American comic book artist, best known for illustrating a number of titles including Green Lantern, Superman/Batman, New X-Men, and The Flash: Rebirth...
for the
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series, Saint Walker is an alien member of the intergalactic
Blue Lantern CorpsThe Blue Lantern Corps is an organization appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They debuted in Green Lantern vol. 4 #25 and were created by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver.-Fictional group history:...
, an organization dedicated to spreading peace and harmony throughout the universe.
Fictional character history
Walker was a saint on his home planet (apparently with a wife and child) which was doomed from the death of their sun. Saint Walker manages to calm his people and give them great hope, which causes a Blue Lantern ring to choose him as a member of the
Blue Lantern CorpsThe Blue Lantern Corps is an organization appearing in comics published by DC Comics. They debuted in Green Lantern vol. 4 #25 and were created by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver.-Fictional group history:...
, stating that he "has the ability to instill great hope". With his ring, he sets his sun's age back thousands of years, thereby saving his home planet.
Saint Walker and his fellow Blue Lanterns are first introduced in the midst of the
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event as part of the build-up to the
Blackest Night storyline. During the Final Crisis,
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and
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of the
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have just been ambushed by the
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, who take the rogue former Green Lantern
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from their custody. After Jordan is injured during the conflict, his wounds are healed when he first comes into contact with Saint Walker.
In the
Blackest Night storyline, having joined Hal Jordan and Indigo-1's efforts to rally one member of each Corps to attempt to destroy the Black Lantern power battery, Saint Walker agrees to use his power ring to ease
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's hunger while they work together. When deputising an Earth hero to assist in the current crisis until the rest of the Blue Lantern Corps can arrive, Walker's ring selects Barry Allen as a temporary Blue Lantern. After
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has been defeated, Walker works with
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to heal
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of the influence of her
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power ring.
In
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#55 (2011), the character joins the titular team in battling
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and attempts to assist the resurrected
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against
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on
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's orders.
In the
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storyline, Saint Walker and the rest of the New Guardians make their way to planet Ryut.
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and the Emotional Entities are nowhere to be found but the group does come upon the Book of the Black. When former
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member
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appears, she quickly subdues the New Guardians, trapping all but Hal in the Book of the Black. Hal escapes with the rings of the New Guardians, later passing Walker's ring on to
Kyle RaynerKyle Rayner is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics, usually in those starring the Green Lantern Corps, an extraterrestrial police force of which Rayner is a member. Created by writer Ron Marz and artist Darryl Banks, Rayner first appeared in Green Lantern vol...
when Krona infects the Central Power Battery with Parallax to bring the Green Lantern Corps under his influence. In the final battle Saint Walker is freed from the book by Kyle, his blue ring returns to him and Guardians of the Universe then teleport him back Odym. Afterwords, Saint Walker returns to Oa to restore Ganthet's missing hand.
DC Relaunch
In the new series
Green Lantern: New GuardiansGreen Lantern: New Guardians is an American comic book series written by Tony Bedard with art by Tyler Kirkham and Batt and published by DC Comics....
, Saint Walker assisted Kyle Rayner when he became a 'magnet' for other power rings, helping Kyle escape the attacks of the other four Corps members who had tracked the rings and travel to Oa to try and seek the aid of the Guardians. Unfortunately, this plan backfires when it is revealed that Ganthet has been stripped of his emotions by the other Guardians, to the extent that he attacks Walker when Walker tries to help Kyle directly after he is briefly overwhelmed by the rings, Ganthet proclaiming that the Blue Lantern Corps were a mistake that he will now rectify.
Powers and abilities
Saint Walker possesses a blue power ring, fueled by the emotion hope. While hope is the most powerful of the seven emotions, he must be near an active Green Lantern's power ring to tap into his own ring's full power. Otherwise, the rings are only capable of the default abilities of flight and a protective aura. This is a result of the fact that the power of hope is nothing without the willpower to act on it. Blue rings must be fueled by true hope in order to operate at their users' command.
While under the influence of a nearby green power ring, Saint Walker can heal wounds. The ring's power can be supplemented with the hope of other living beings; for instance, Saint Walker and Warth were able to reduce a dying sun's age by 8.6 billion years because of the hope emanating from the inhabitants of a nearby planet. A blue ring can negatively impact the performance of rings on the opposite side of the emotional spectrum. During his initial meeting with the JLA, Saint Walker discovered that his abilities can also be augmented by proximity to
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.
In other media
It has been confirmed that Saint Walker will appear in
Green Lantern: The Animated Series.