Then in the Silver Age, after the introduction of an all-new Green Lantern ( Showcase #22, Oct. It was told again when the character landed his own title, in Green Lantern #1 (Fall 1941). In the Green Lantern's debut tale from All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), his power was said to have come from a green meteor that landed in China centuries before. The ancient and arcane origins of Scott's emerald powers changed or were modified several times over the years. The name 'Alan Scott' came up and was used." ![]() “Bill Winter came in at the outset and we tossed ideas and story around, but I don’t recall any 'Aladdin' or 'Alan Ladd' connections. I saw a trainman on the tracks waving down a train with a red lantern, then waving the “all-clear” with a green lantern! "I went down into the subway leading to home in Brooklynn. After our meeting with the editor, I was in a real maelstrom of whirling thoughts on my way home and had no cohesive direction for a character or storyline. Gaines group asked if I had any ideas for a feature character. Nodell recalled his inspiration in the letter column of All-Star Squadron #33 (May 1984): Instead, Alan Scott's power came from a lantern fashioned from the magical meteor (which was eventually revealed to have been created by the Guardians). ![]() ![]() "Green Lantern" is a tent pole DC Comics property, but unlike the company's most famous GLs, the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, was not part of an intergalactic police corps led by the Guardians of the Universe.
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