Green Lantern #173

[iamrman]

Green Lantern fights a guy who throws pointy sticks.

Comments

[petermilley]

"No! That javelin is yellow -- the one color my ring is powerless against!

...

Wow, it's a good thing my ring can react at the speed of thought and let me dodge to the side."

[javalin falls harmlessly to the earth]

[agent8]

the ring responds at the speed of thought - Hal, not so much

[iamrman]

Hal Jordan is not smart.

[full_metal_ox]

Am I the only one reminded of Raj Koothrappali‘s observation that you could take out the Golden Age and Silver Age Green Lanterns with a #2 pencil?

[mister_terrific]

In the JLA/JSA team-up with the Seven Soldiers of Victory, Ollie notes he could take them both out with a yellow arrow.

I'm also reminded of a fan cartoon I saw in an old issue of The Comic Reader featuring "A Yellow Bullet for a Green Lantern!"

[tcampbell1000]

Is there any particular reason the Javelin can fly? Something-something javelins flying through the air? Or did Gibbons just read the script and assume that he could, because this battle wouldn't come close to making sense without his having that power?

"Taste mein yellow Stahl, Amerikaner schweinhund!"
"Uh, I could, or I could just fly ten stories above you and watch you wear yourself out trying to reach me."
"VERDAMMT!"

[mister_terrific]

Well, y'know how Thor uses his hammer to propel himself into the air...?

[cainofdreaming]

I would have loved to see Javelin spin his namesake above his head to fly. Would have been kind of hard to fight midair, but you have to give some concessions to comedic effect.

[beyondthefringe]

probably something something boot jets. All the rage back then.
I can't be certain but I wanna say his thugs were provided by the Monitor, maybe his gear was also.
Hard to believe this guy was actually considered a threat for more than a few minutes... no wonder he ended up as Suicide Squad cannon fodder in War of the Gods.

Also, pretty sure that he and Booster Gold shop at the same tailor, given their similar designs and color palettes.

[iamrman]

Yeah, most of the villains Hal fights in this run are supplied by the Monitor.

I also assumed Javelin flew by the use of boot jets or similar.

[mastermahan]

Makes sense. Javelin didn't even know Green Lantern has a force field - he's clearly not the person who designed a yellow bukakke javelin.

[beyondthefringe]

He comes from the random traits table of supervillain design.

GM: Okay, I need an NPC villain to fight my players, and the game's in five minutes. Lessee...
He's...
*rolls dice*
a German
*roll*
former Olympic athlete
*dice*
who became a mercenary and his shtick is
*dice*
javelins. He has all sorts of gimmicky javelins and also
*dice*
He can fly and has a whole team of goons at his disposal.
GM: *sighs* It'll do.

[mastermahan]

That explains where a psychic sharkman came from.

[beyondthefringe]

Oh yes. A telepathic shark mutated/evolved by toxic/nuclear waste.
Green Lantern is great for this sort of thing.
"They're blue collar criminals who use construction equipment to destroy things, and the leader has a red hot rivet gun."
"What if this chipmunk had a power ring."
"He's the ruler of a small country and he has a tuning fork sound gun."

[mastermahan]

Evil Star. Just... Evil Star.

[scorntx]

And yet the bug monster made out of fear is a step too far.

[superfangirl1]

The guardians to make an emergency fail safe for these types of situations. I am curious. How does Hal survive this?

[beyondthefringe]

Power ring to expand the air molecules between Hal and his new golden skin until it goes kablooey.
He's lucky it wasn't tougher, what if he'd squished himself by accident.