In honor of all things green… From blackest night won’t be just about my It Works! journey but also about my favorite Green Guardian of Space Sector 2814, the Green Lantern! How do they fit together, you ask? They are both products of will and determination! Happy Birthday, GL!
“In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight, let those who worship evil’s might beware my power… Green Lantern’s light”
Green Lantern first appeared in All American Comics #16 in July 1940, created by artists MartinNodell and Batman co-creator Bill Finger. Though casual comic readers may associate the emerald crusader with the more famous version of the character Hal Jordan, the original Lantern was actually very different to his later variants. Alan Scott was created by Nodell after seeing the opera cycle Ring Of The Nibelung, where he first noticed a trainman’s green railway lantern, which became his initial inspiration for the creation of a Superhero who wielded a magic ring that granted him a wide variety of supernatural powers.
Alan Scott proved popular amongst comic fans and initially joined super-team Justice Society Of America as a regular member, before being granted his own…
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