| rdfs:comment | - Joseph Gardner, also known as Joe Gardner, was a human clone of Guy Gardner and was created by the alien manipulations of the Draal. This race of conquerors embarked on a subtle plan of domination by creating duplicates of members of the Green Lantern Corps to be used as their agents and infiltrators. After creating several Green Lanterns, one Draal learnt of Guy Gardner and his unique Qwardian Power Ring. Believing him to be a superior specimen, the Draal captured him and began the duplication process where Guy was forced to relive his past whilst his memories were extracted. The clone was, however, partly flawed as Gardner's intervention in the memory transfer created a psychotic version of Guy who possessed all of his negative characteristics. Thus, he was a version o Guy without his mo
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| abstract | - Joseph Gardner, also known as Joe Gardner, was a human clone of Guy Gardner and was created by the alien manipulations of the Draal. This race of conquerors embarked on a subtle plan of domination by creating duplicates of members of the Green Lantern Corps to be used as their agents and infiltrators. After creating several Green Lanterns, one Draal learnt of Guy Gardner and his unique Qwardian Power Ring. Believing him to be a superior specimen, the Draal captured him and began the duplication process where Guy was forced to relive his past whilst his memories were extracted. The clone was, however, partly flawed as Gardner's intervention in the memory transfer created a psychotic version of Guy who possessed all of his negative characteristics. Thus, he was a version o Guy without his morals or scruples and was single minded in making sure nothing stood between him and achieving his goal. After being activated, he was equipped with the Qwardian Power Ring whereupon the clone was present when Guy Gardner freed himself with the captured Green Lanterns. Together, they battled the Draal and their duplicate where Guy managed to easily defeat his counterpart only to be stunned by the Draal. The aliens kept the real Gardner alive as they felt the failure of their clone to react meant that it had not fully assimilated everything from Guy's memory. Thus, they once more utilized their technology to siphon the memories into their duplicate. When the process was complete, the freed Green Lanterns managed to fight off the Draal onboard their ship and forced them away. This allowed Voz to free the real Gardner and get his help where Guy saw the defeated Draal, but only to witness his clone leaving the ship in order to continue with his programmed mission. After escaping the Draal vessel, the clone headed for the planet Earth in Space Sector 2814 so that he could achieve his objective of infiltrating the world. After arriving on the planet, he took the name "Joseph" and claimed that it was his progenitors middle name. Masquerading as the real Guy Gardner, he joined up with the Justice League where on his first mission he killed an alien villain and was put on trial for his actions. Eventually, the real Gardner and numerous captured Green Lanterns managed to escape their bondage as well as take over the Draal ship whereupon they set course for Earth. This journey took several months at which point Joseph had repeatedly clashed with the Justice League. When Guy finally returned, he teamed up with the League in order to defeat his demented clone. Following his defeat, Joe Gardner was handed over to the Green Lantern Corps who took him away into space.
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