GUY GARDNER, kickin' russkie commie tail!
Posted on 12/12/2006 3:05:18 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(Miami-AP) December 12, 2006 - The creator of the comic book superhero Green Lantern has died.
Martin Nodell, who invented the character that used his magical ring to fight crime, died Saturday in Wisconsin at the age of 91.
According to the senior editor of Comics Buyer's Guide, Nodell was looking for a new idea for a comic book when he was waiting for a New York subway and saw a train operator waving a lantern displaying a green light.
Nodell imagined a young engineer, Alan Scott, a train crash survivor who discovers in the debris an ancient lantern forged from a green meteor. Scott constructs a ring from the lamp that gives him superpowers, and becomes a crime fighter.
The first Green Lantern appearance came in July of 1940.
Sorry, this should go into General/Chat.
In the recent Green Lantern comics I saw, he was Black... I guess it's okay to have an ethnic surgery for a superhero.
Childhood wouldn't have been as fun without Green Lantern.
Thanks for the memories, Mr. Nodell.
That sucks, but GL was awesome...JFK
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!
Rest in Peace
There are many who have been Lanterns.
Not to be confused with Cato Kalan, who played OJ Simpson's sidekick.
Green Lantern could be anybody; it's not a permanent position. Whoever it is today, it would be somebody else tomorrow.
Marty also created the Pillsbury Doughboy.
Question --- Superman had Kryptonite, the Martian Manhunter had fire, Dr. Don Blake needed his crutch to turn to The Mighty Thor, did the Green Lantern have any vulnerabilities ?
Who would win in a battle between Superman and Green Lantern ?
The kid in me asking...
Depends on which GL you are talking about. The original Alan Scott's ring had no effect on wood. Hal Jordan's ring could not affect anything that was yellow.
Both of them could easily produce green kryptonite though, making a pretty short day for Superman.
But i'm not a geek or anything...JFK
Didn't they turn the GL into a wino?
Hmmm, dunno about that. I know Iron Man is an alcoholic though...JFK
I was just about to point that out.
That is sad, he was one of the coolest DC heroes.
My money's on GL. He could turn into anything, and he can turn himself into green kryptonite, of course.
Green Lantern was vulnerable to something yellow.
Democrat rhetoric maybe?
He was a man with grace and class.
I grew up reading Hal and Guy, but I prefer the Alan Scott character over Hal. He's still a big presence in the books too.
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