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John Stewart is an architect and veteran U.S. Marine from Detroit, Michigan, who was selected by the Guardians as Hal Jordan's backup after Guy Gardner was seriously injured after getting hit by a car, trying to save a civilian. Although Jordan objected after seeing that Stewart had a belligerent attitude to authority figures, the Guardians stood by their selection, and chided Jordan for his supposed bigoted outlook on the issue. Jordan explained that he just felt that even though Stewart might have the integrity for the task, he “obviously would have a chip on his shoulder bigger than the rock of Gibraltar.“ To Jordan, Stewart's first mission began badly with the assignment of protecting a racist politician and Stewart took advantage of averting an accident to embarrass him in the process. However, Stewart soon proved his worth when an assassin shot at the politician, but Stewart refused to intervene with Jordan to move in response to the attack. Stewart had good reasons for this app
