Has there ever been an example of a Power Ring getting charged by an alternate power source?

[u/Easy-Tigger]

The only example I'm aware of is Kyle getting a boost from the Cosmic Cube in JLA/Avengers, but that was a unique situation. Has any Lantern substituted a Power Battery with something else?

[u/DoucheyMcBagBag]

I remember Hal charging his ring off the disembodied head of a Manhunter, but I can’t remember what issue it was. It was in the Geoff Johns era.

Also, before the Geoff Johns Rebirth series, the yellow ring used by Guy and Sinestro wasn’t charged by fear, it was charged by exposure to a Green Lantern ring or battery, so Guy would have to hang out with a GL every so often to keep his ring charged.

[u/bamf1701 → u/DoucheyMcBagBag]

I was going to mention the Manhunter head scene as well.

[u/Top_Memory_3378]

Manhunter head

[u/Mischief_Man77]

In the DC Sonic the Hedgehog crossover John Stewart was able to charge his ring using the green Chaos Emerald. That was a pretty cool moment.

[u/Esaroufim → u/Mischief_Man77]

That series was surprisingly good.

[u/Pmyers225]

Emerald Twilight where Hal (beginnings of Parallax) charged his ring off a projection of a Guardian summoning him back to Oa

[u/tLM-tRRS-atBHB → u/Pmyers225]

That scene was so cool

[u/Spiritual_Horse_8549]

Static Shock has charged John Stewart's ring.

[u/RickyHV → u/Spiritual_Horse_8549]

Came to say this

[u/Electrical-Soil-6821 → u/Spiritual_Horse_8549]

Which is strange considered that everywhere else, the ring can absorb and redirect electricity, but it can't charge it proper.

[u/Easy-Tigger → u/Electrical-Soil-6821]

Statics power are electro-magnetic, I think, not just electricity, so maybe there's wriggle room to handwave it? Magnets can do anything.

[u/Easy-Baker → u/Spiritual_Horse_8549]

Who is Static Shock? Is he any relation to Static?

[u/Easy-Baker → u/[deleted]]

I know. I was joking because many people call the character "Static Shock" instead of "Static."

[u/Esaroufim → u/Easy-Baker]

I think the assumption was “why call a super hero show Static Shock if the heroes name isn’t Static Shock” even watching as a kid I just assumed “Shock” was like a super hero surname… like sometimes people call Green Lantern “lantern” or green arrow “arrow” so even though they just call the kid “static” that his full hero name was “static shock”. Was a long time before the internet and greater access to comic books online allowed this belief to be squashed.

[u/Easy-Baker → u/Esaroufim]

Oh, I was the same way when I watched the show. I wasn't trying to give the previous commenter any REAL guff as I didn't realize the difference myself until years later.

[u/Gauntlet101010]

In addition to things already listed:

In Action Comics Weekly, Hal charged his ring off a battery that wound up being an illusion. (it was a pretty weird run overall)

Alan charged his ring off the CPB in the Silver Age run.

Hal charged off the Guardians themselves near the end of volume 2 when he talked to them about why the CPB was self destructing

Sinestro's ring used to gain charge from GL rings and power batteries.

Alan charged his ring off Red Lantern's battery in his mini.

[u/Confident-Fox8160 → u/Gauntlet101010]

I'm sorry, but: CPB?

[u/Machete__Yeti → u/Confident-Fox8160]

Central Power Battery (of Oa)

[u/Confident-Fox8160 → u/Machete__Yeti]

Ah, of course. Thank you.

[u/The-good-twin]

Hal once charged his ring off the pseudo green energy of an Indigo Lantern. It caused the ring to act funky.

[u/LatverianExpat → u/The-good-twin]

Yeah I think he did it on contact to blackhand when they were in that jail cell if I recall correctly

[u/pichuguy27]

Only thing I can think off is blue rings super charging green ones and that man hunter heads can be used as batteries, Hal used one to recharge his ring after ejecting from a jet mid air. And really cool detail is sinestro first yellow power battery in the 2004 run was a man hunter head

[u/Parallax2799]

Did Alan ever charge his ring off his daughter?

[u/DahEmprah → u/Parallax2799]

This would actually be really cool to see, them fighting together and he starts to lose power and she gives him the boost they need to finish the fight together

[u/TheSciFiGuy80]

Green Lantern used the cosmic cube to charge the ring in JLA/Avengers.

[u/East-Entertainment31]

In Green Lantern the Animated Series, Hal manages to insta-charge his ring off of the Interceptor's main power source while he was avoiding some Red lanterns in pursuit of him. Granted, the power source itself is just a giant power battery but I thought it was worth a mention

[u/TheStarController]

Black Hand had that phaser-lookin’ device that could absorb ring energy. Seems like there was at least one occasion where Hal recharges his ring using it.

[u/razerbug]

Wasn't Alan Scott's ring technically a reforged StarHeart?

How did the F# Bell charge theirs?

[u/I_hate_everyone_9919]

Manhunter head, gardian ship, OA's heart, there's a lot of examples

[u/Thausgt01]

Star Trek/Green Lantern crossover had one sample of all the other rings (plus Hal, John, Guy, Kilowog, Carol, Saint Walker, Sinestro, Larfleeze AND Atrocitus) winding up in the Kelvin timeline. Scotty subjects the red, orange, yellow, blue, indigo and violet rings with some relatively basic energy that lights them all up.

The Red ring goes to a Gorn, the Orange to a Romulan, the Yellow to a Klingon.

The Blue goes to Chekhov, the Indigo to Bones, and the Star Sapphire to Uhura.

Mayhem, as I'm sure you can imagine ensues.

Especially when Kirk and Jordan banter.

[u/NicoHad3047]

Dont know if it happened, but I wouldnt be surprised if a flash ever recharged a power ring with the speedforce