Hal Jordan's powers were more or less the same as Alan Scott's, but otherwise this character was completely different than the Green Lantern character of the 1940s. In 1959, Julius Schwartz reinvented the Green Lantern character as a science fiction hero named Hal Jordan. His costume was redesigned and the source of his powers was changed to that of the mystical power of nature (referred to in the stories as 'the Green'). In 2011, the Alan Scott character was revamped. Between 19, DC Comics changed Alan Scott's superhero codename to 'Sentinel' in order to distinguish him from the newer and more popular science fictional Green Lanterns. He never got another solo series, although he did star in individual stories and in the single-issue 2002 comic book Brightest Day, Blackest Night. Initially, he made guest appearances in other superheroes' books, but eventually got regular roles in books featuring the Justice Society. When superheroes came back in fashion in later decades, the character Alan Scott was revived, but he was forever marginalized by the new Hal Jordan character who had been created to supplant him (see below). The Green Lantern comic book was cancelled with issue #38 (May–June 1949), and All Star Comics #57 (1951) was the character's last Golden Age appearance. He also appeared in All Star Comics as a member of the superhero team known as the Justice Society of America.Īfter World War II the popularity of superheroes in general declined. Most stories took place in New York.Īs a popular character in the 1940s, the Green Lantern featured both in anthology books such as All-American Comics and Comic Cavalcade, as well as his own book, Green Lantern. Alan Scott fought mostly ordinary human villains, but he did have a few paranormal ones such as the immortal Vandal Savage and the zombie Solomon Grundy. The limitations of the ring were that it had to be 'charged' every 24 hours by touching it to the lantern for a time, and that it could not directly affect objects made of wood. From this, he crafted a magic ring which gave him a wide variety of powers. This Green Lantern's real name was Alan Scott, a railroad engineer who, after a railway crash, came into possession of a magic lantern which spoke to him and said it would bring power. He first appeared in the Golden Age of Comic Books in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), published by All-American Publications, one of three companies that would eventually merge to form DC Comics. Martin Nodell (initially using the pen-name Mart Dellon) created the first Green Lantern in collaboration with Bill Finger. Green Lantern's debut in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), They have been adapted to television, video games, and motion pictures. The Green Lanterns are among DC Comics' longest lasting sets of characters. Other notable Green Lanterns include Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz, Jessica Cruz and Jo Mullein. During the Bronze Age of Comic Books, Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams introduced John Stewart, a new member of the Corps who was one of DC's first black superheroes. For the Silver Age of Comic Books, John Broome and Gil Kane reinvented the character as Hal Jordan in 1959 and introduced the Green Lantern Corps, shifting the nature of the character from fantasy to science fiction. The first Green Lantern character, Alan Scott, was created in 1940 by Martin Nodell with scripting or co-scripting of the first stories by Bill Finger during the Golden Age of Comic Books and usually fought common criminals in Capitol City (and later, Gotham City) with the aid of his magic ring. The characters are typically depicted as members of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic law enforcement agency. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, and the electromagnetic spectrum of emotional willpower. Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Pictured left to right: Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Kilowog.

Cover of Green Lantern: Rebirth #6 (May 2005)

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