How many times must Medphyll die?

I happened upon Medphyll’s Wikipedia entry and was surprised to see he’s alive again.

Medphyll died the first time back in “Invasion #1″. As the Alien Alliance began hunting down ex-Green Lanterns, Medphyll’s spaceship was shot down. His corpse was even seen in a transparent coffin in the Green Lantern crypts during Guy Gardner’s 3-issue prestige series.

Then Medphyll turned up alive again as a member of the Darkstars. No explanation. This Medphyll later dies in the pages of Starman (no spoilers for those who haven’t read that excellent series).

And yet Medphyll turns up again in Green Lantern as part of the newly reinvigorated Corps. No explanation, and no dishonor. That Wikipedia entry suspects that he can transfer his consciousness a la Swamp Thing, but surely Medphyll’s own appearance in Swamp Thing does much to convey that this is not an ability of Medphyll’s race. (His mentor is dead, for one, and Swamp Thing’s ability to grow from new plants is alien to Medphyll.)

Perhaps his race has the ability to grow a duplicate from a “cutting” of oneself? That could perhaps be an explanation.

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