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In Green Lantern #50, the last living Guardian gave a ring to Kyle Rayner. 1 / 12

He then became the seemingly last Green Lantern Corps member ever! 2 / 12

Kyle went to reveal the news to his ex-girlfriend, Alex DeWitt. 3 / 12

She agreed to help him with the ring while also helping their respective careers. 4 / 12

She got him to design himself a brand-new Green Lantern costume. 5 / 12

She also helped him learn to expand his usage of the Green Lantern ring. 6 / 12

Eventually, Kyle and Alex reconciled and began dating each other again. 7 / 12

Tragically, Alex was then attacked by Major Force, looking for Kyle's ring! 8 / 12

Kyle returned home to see Alex murdered, stuffed inside a refrigerator! 9 / 12

The tragedy became the name for a whole trope, "Women in Refrigerators" (coined by Gail Simone). 10 / 12

Bizarrely, the Comics Code forced the fridge to be closed! They felt it was too graphic. 11 / 12

Inadvertently, the Code now made the IMPLIED violence much greater than the ACTUAL scene! 12 / 12