And the "prominent DC character" to come out of the closet is...

[sherkahn]

BleedingCool.com has the update, as the iconic character's name has been revealed at the Phoenix Comicon.

*take it with a grain of salt, as the author of the article says that he could be wrong*

Mods, I am keeping the characters name out of the tags so as not to spoil anything.

*not my scan



It's Alan Scott, the *other* Green Lantern.

"A few days ago, I ran semi-sourced stories indicating that the character who DC Comics announced as being reintroduced to the New 52 DC Universe as a gay man, was Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, who appeared in Earth 2 #1 briefly,

Well, at Phoenix Comic Con, I had a much stronger source confirm to me that, yes, it is indeed Alan Scott. On that basis I feel confident in calling it. Keep your Earth 2 #1 in good nick, and start queuing up for Earth 2 #2… right about now.

Of course the original Alan Scott, created by Marty Nodell in 1940, got his Green Lantern powers mystically from a green flame. But the first person to make a “flaming” joke is out of here, okay?

UPDATE: Yeah, yeah, and his character’s weakness to “wood”. Seriously, people.

Anyway, as ever, I could be wrong…"

thanks to superfangirl for the scan to the original post where we first meet Alan Scott.