Alan Scott, Green Lantern as of 1987
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scans_dailyAfter Crisis on Infinite Earths, the backgrounds of many characters were changed, some subtly, others blatantly. This made it a good idea to have a title that explained the new secret origins of DC's characters. This series was entitled "Secret Origins."
The Creeper story was not one of Giffen's better art jobs, so let's concentrate on the Alan Scott Green Lantern tale. Seven pages of 22, and an ad.
We open with the Starheart narrating, explaining how the Guardians of the Universe tried to lock all the magical energy of the cosmos in the heart of a star. (In the pre-Crisis version, they dumped it in the Earth-Two universe instead.) This worked as well as we've come to expect from the Guardians, and a piece escaped to land on Earth.
Alan makes a ring from part of the lantern, and flies off to seek Dekker. Dekker is gloating to his henchmen when Alan comes in through the wall like a ghost. He's immune to bullets, but a wooden object stuns him. It's not enough to put him completely out, and Alan and Dekker are soon the only two standing in the room.
Alan takes Dekker on an aerial tour of the Grand Canyon.
The remainder of the story is a retelling of All-American Comics #18, in which GL fights a kidnapper who's holed up at the World's Fair.
And now, cookies!
Next time: Steve Gerber!
Your thoughts and comments?
SKJAM!
The Creeper story was not one of Giffen's better art jobs, so let's concentrate on the Alan Scott Green Lantern tale. Seven pages of 22, and an ad.
We open with the Starheart narrating, explaining how the Guardians of the Universe tried to lock all the magical energy of the cosmos in the heart of a star. (In the pre-Crisis version, they dumped it in the Earth-Two universe instead.) This worked as well as we've come to expect from the Guardians, and a piece escaped to land on Earth.
Alan makes a ring from part of the lantern, and flies off to seek Dekker. Dekker is gloating to his henchmen when Alan comes in through the wall like a ghost. He's immune to bullets, but a wooden object stuns him. It's not enough to put him completely out, and Alan and Dekker are soon the only two standing in the room.
Alan takes Dekker on an aerial tour of the Grand Canyon.
The remainder of the story is a retelling of All-American Comics #18, in which GL fights a kidnapper who's holed up at the World's Fair.
And now, cookies!
Next time: Steve Gerber!
Your thoughts and comments?
SKJAM!
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Date: 2012-12-27 04:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-12-27 05:54 am (UTC)...but man, I worshipped Striped Chips Ahoy like a deity.
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Date: 2012-12-28 02:22 am (UTC)WHY MUST EVERYTHING GOOD ON THIS WORLD DIE?!!
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Date: 2012-12-28 04:12 am (UTC)Anyone know who the 'three adventurers' in the 30s are? Seems like they should be representing some heroes of the time, but I have little familiarity with the pulps.
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Date: 2012-12-28 04:30 am (UTC)I was hoping someone would ask about that trio. They're Terry Lee, Pat Ryan and George Webster "Connie" Confucius, of the classic "Terry and the Pirates" comic strip.
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Date: 2012-12-28 04:16 pm (UTC)And effected the only cure ever achieved in Arkham Asylum.