Green Lantern
Cover to Green Lantern: Rebirth #6, art by Ethan Van Sciver. Ethan Van Sciver (b 1974 is an American Comic book Artist, best known for illustrating a number of DC Comics titles including Green Featured left to right are Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Hal Jordan, John Stewart and Kilowog. Guy Gardner is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero published by DC Comics. Kyle Rayner is a Fictional character, a Superhero from the DC Comics universe, known for most of his publication history as Green Lantern Harold "Hal" Jordan is a Fictional character, a DC Comics Superhero. John Stewart is a Fictional Superhero, a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps. Kilowog is a fictional Superhero from DC Comics, and a member of the Green Lantern Corps.
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	All-American Comics #16 (1940)
Created by	Bill Finger Martin Nodell
Characters	Alan Scott Hal Jordan Guy Gardner John Stewart Kyle Rayner Jade
See also	Green Lantern Corps List of Green Lanterns

Green Lantern is the name of several fictional characters, superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. All-American Comics was the flagship title of Comic book Publisher All-American Publications. William "Bill" Finger ( February 8, 1914 &ndash January 18, 1974) was an American Comic strip and Comic Martin Nodell (November 15 1915–December 9 2006 was an American Cartoonist and commercial artist best known as the creator of the Golden Age Superhero Alan Scott is a Fictional character, a Superhero from the DC Comics universe and the first superhero to bear the name Green Lantern Harold "Hal" Jordan is a Fictional character, a DC Comics Superhero. Guy Gardner is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero published by DC Comics. John Stewart is a Fictional Superhero, a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps. Kyle Rayner is a Fictional character, a Superhero from the DC Comics universe, known for most of his publication history as Green Lantern Jade ( Jennifer-Lynn Hayden) is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the DC Comics DC universe. The Fictional Green Lantern Corps is an Intergalactic Police force featured in DC Comics, particularly featuring the Superhero The Green Lantern Corps has at least 7200 members two per sector (originally 3600 — one per sector in addition to assorted other members who fulfill roles other than patrolling A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company The first (Alan Scott) was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940). Alan Scott is a Fictional character, a Superhero from the DC Comics universe and the first superhero to bear the name Green Lantern William "Bill" Finger ( February 8, 1914 &ndash January 18, 1974) was an American Comic strip and Comic Martin Nodell (November 15 1915–December 9 2006 was an American Cartoonist and commercial artist best known as the creator of the Golden Age Superhero All-American Comics was the flagship title of Comic book Publisher All-American Publications. The best-known is Hal Jordan, created by John Broome and Gil Kane in Showcase #22 (Oct. Harold "Hal" Jordan is a Fictional character, a DC Comics Superhero. John Broome, (1913 - 1999 who was frequently credited as John Osgood and Edgar Ray Meritt, was an American writer-contributor to DC Comics Eli Katz ( April 6, 1926, Riga, Latvia – January 31, 2000, Miami Florida, United States) who Showcase has been the title of several Anthology series published by DC Comics. 1959).

Each Green Lantern possesses a power ring that gives the user great control over the physical world as long as the wielder has sufficient willpower and strength to wield it. This article is about the Green Lantern Corps weapon For the comic book characters see Power Ring (character. While the ring of the Golden Age Green Lantern (Alan Scott) was magically powered, the rings worn by all subsequent Lanterns were technological creations of the Guardians of the Universe, who granted such rings to worthy candidates. The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books generally thought as lasting from the 1930s until late 1940s during which Comic books The Guardians of the Universe are a Fictional extraterrestrial race in the DC Comics universe These individuals made up the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force The Fictional Green Lantern Corps is an Intergalactic Police force featured in DC Comics, particularly featuring the Superhero

After World War II, when sales of superhero comic books generally declined, DC ceased publishing new adventures of the Alan Scott Green Lantern. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative At the beginning of the Silver Age of Comic Books, DC editor Julius Schwartz had writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane revive the Green Lantern character, this time as test pilot Hal Jordan, who became a founding member of the Justice League of America. The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books predominantly those featuring the Superhero Julius "Julie" Schwartz ( June 19, 1915 – February 8, 2004) was a Jewish Comic book and Pulp magazine John Broome, (1913 - 1999 who was frequently credited as John Osgood and Edgar Ray Meritt, was an American writer-contributor to DC Comics Eli Katz ( April 6, 1926, Riga, Latvia – January 31, 2000, Miami Florida, United States) who The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. In the early 1970s, writer Denny O'Neil and artist Neal Adams teamed Green Lantern with archer Green Arrow in groundbreaking, socially conscious, and award-winning stories that pitted the sensibilities of the law-and-order-oriented Lantern with the populist Green Arrow. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Dennis O'Neil (often credited as Denny O'Neil) is a Comic book Writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics Neal Adams (born June 6, 1941, Governors Island, Manhattan, New York City) is an American Comic book and For the LNER Steam locomotive, see LNER Class V2 4771 Green Arrow Green Arrow ( Oliver Jones "Ollie" Queen Populism is a discourse which supports "the people" versus "the Elites " Populism may involve either a political philosophy urging social and political For the LNER Steam locomotive, see LNER Class V2 4771 Green Arrow Green Arrow ( Oliver Jones "Ollie" Queen Several cosmically themed series followed, as did occasional different individuals in the role of Earth's Green Lantern. Most prominent of these are John Stewart, Guy Gardner, and Kyle Rayner. John Stewart is a Fictional Superhero, a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps. Guy Gardner is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero published by DC Comics. Kyle Rayner is a Fictional character, a Superhero from the DC Comics universe, known for most of his publication history as Green Lantern

Each of Earth's Green Lanterns has been a member of the Justice Society of America or the Justice League, and John Stewart was featured as one of the main characters in both the Justice League and the Justice League Unlimited animated series. The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics Superhero group the first team of superheroes in Comic book history Justice League is an American Animated television series about a team of Superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) is the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer The Green Lanterns are often depicted as being close friends of the various men who have been the Flash, the most notable friendships having been between Alan Scott and Jay Garrick (the Golden Age Green Lantern/Flash), Hal Jordan and Barry Allen (the Silver Age Green Lantern and Flash), and Kyle Rayner and Wally West (the modern age Green Lantern and Flash), as well as Jordan being friends with West. Alan Scott is a Fictional character, a Superhero from the DC Comics universe and the first superhero to bear the name Green Lantern Jay Garrick is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics universe and the first to use the name Bartholomew "Barry" Allen is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the DC Comics universe and the second Flash Kyle Rayner is a Fictional character, a Superhero from the DC Comics universe, known for most of his publication history as Green Lantern Wally West is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics Universe, the first Kid Flash and the

Contents 1 Publication history 1.1 Golden Age 1.2 Silver Age revival 1.3 Later developments 1.4 Awards 2 Fictional character biographies 2.1 Golden Age Green Lantern 2.1.1 Alan Scott 2.2 Silver Age Green Lantern 2.2.1 Hal Jordan 2.3 Bronze Age Green Lanterns 2.3.1 Guy Gardner 2.3.2 John Stewart 2.4 Modern Age Green Lantern 2.4.1 Kyle Rayner 2.5 Others who have Green Lantern Powers 2.5.1 Jade 3 Powers and abilities 4 In other media 5 Green Lantern oath 5.1 Duck Dodgers' oath 6 Green Lantern parodies/references 6.1 Comics 6.2 Television 6.3 Music 6.4 Movie 6.5 Other 7 See also 8 Footnotes 9 References 10 External links

Publication history

Golden Age

Green Lantern (sometimes called The Green Lantern in the early days) was created by Martin Nodell (using the name Mart Dellon) and Bill Finger. Martin Nodell (November 15 1915–December 9 2006 was an American Cartoonist and commercial artist best known as the creator of the Golden Age Superhero William "Bill" Finger ( February 8, 1914 &ndash January 18, 1974) was an American Comic strip and Comic He first appeared in the Golden Age of comic books in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), published by All-American Publications, one of three companies that would eventually merge to form DC Comics. The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books generally thought as lasting from the 1930s until late 1940s during which Comic books All-American Comics was the flagship title of Comic book Publisher All-American Publications. All-American Publications is one of three American comic book companies that combined to form the modern-day DC Comics, one of the world's two largest comics publishers DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company The collector market for original copies of this issue is strong, with a sale in October 2007 selling on an online vintage comic trading site, ComicConnect. Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" com, for $29,250. ^[1] This Green Lantern was Alan Scott, an engineer who had come into possession of a magic lantern. Alan Scott is a Fictional character, a Superhero from the DC Comics universe and the first superhero to bear the name Green Lantern From this, he crafted a magic ring which gave him a wide variety of powers. A magic ring is an article of Jewelry that appears frequently in Fantasy and Fairytale. The limitations of the ring were that it had to be "charged" every 24 hours by touching it to the lantern for a time, and that it did not work on wood.

Nodell had originally planned to give Green Lantern the alter ego "Alan Ladd," this being a linguistic twist on Aladdin, who had a magic lamp and magic ring of his own. Aladdin (an Anglicisation of the Arabic name (originally Syrian Alāʼ ad-Dīn, Arabic: علاء الدين literally "nobility of the faith" DC considered the wordplay distracting and foolish, and the character's name was changed before publication to "Alan Scott. " In May 1942, the film This Gun for Hire suddenly made the journeyman actor of the same name a movie star. This Gun for Hire ( 1942) is a Crime drama Film noir, directed by Frank Tuttle and based on the novel A Gun for Sale A journeyman is a trader or crafter who has completed an Apprenticeship. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Alan Walbridge Ladd ( September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American film Actor. For other uses including various songs titled "Movie Star" see Movie star (disambiguation. Nodell would always joke that they'd missed a great opportunity. ^[2]

Green Lantern was a popular character in the 1940s, featured in both All-American Comics and in his own title and co-starring in Comic Cavalcade along with Flash and Wonder Woman. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be Comic Cavalcade was a Comic book series published by All-American Publications and later DC Comics. He was a charter member of the Justice Society of America, whose adventures ran in All Star Comics. The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics Superhero group the first team of superheroes in Comic book history All Star Comics is a 1940s Comic book series from All-American Publications, one of the early companies that merged with National Periodical Publications After World War II, the popularity of superheroes declined. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do The Green Lantern comic book was cancelled with issue #40 (October 1949). A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative All Star Comics #57 (1951) was the character's last Golden Age appearance. All Star Comics is a 1940s Comic book series from All-American Publications, one of the early companies that merged with National Periodical Publications

Silver Age revival

In the late 1950s, DC Comics successfully revived superheroes, ushering in what became known as the Silver Age of comic books. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books predominantly those featuring the Superhero Rather than bringing back the same Golden Age heroes — as Atlas Comics, the 1950s precursor of Marvel Comics, unsuccessfully attempted — DC reimagined them as new characters for the modern age. Atlas Comics is the 1950s Comic book Publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Following the successful revival of the Flash in Showcase #4 (Oct. Showcase has been the title of several Anthology series published by DC Comics. 1956), a new Green Lantern was introduced in Showcase #22 (September-October 1959). Showcase has been the title of several Anthology series published by DC Comics.

This Green Lantern was Hal Jordan, a test pilot who was given a power ring by a dying alien, Abin Sur, and who became a member of the Green Lantern Corps, an interstellar organization of police overseen by the Guardians of the Universe. Harold "Hal" Jordan is a Fictional character, a DC Comics Superhero. Test pilots are Aviators who fly new and modified Aircraft in specific maneuvers allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated This article is about the Green Lantern Corps weapon For the comic book characters see Power Ring (character. Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. Abin Sur is a Fictional character and a Superhero from the DC Comics universe. The Fictional Green Lantern Corps is an Intergalactic Police force featured in DC Comics, particularly featuring the Superhero Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force The Guardians of the Universe are a Fictional extraterrestrial race in the DC Comics universe The Corps' rings were powerless against anything colored yellow, due to a necessary impurity in the ring. Jordan's creation was motivated by a desire to make him more of a science fiction hero, editor Julius Schwartz having been a longtime fan of that genre and literary agent who saw pop-culture tastes turning in that direction. Julius "Julie" Schwartz ( June 19, 1915 – February 8, 2004) was a Jewish Comic book and Pulp magazine Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance —

The Silver Age Green Lantern was unique in several ways. He was the first DC superhero with a family. {Green Lantern #9 'Green Lantern's Brother Act'} Written by John Broome and drawn by Gil Kane, these stories have been reprinted in deluxe hardback editions. John Broome, (1913 - 1999 who was frequently credited as John Osgood and Edgar Ray Meritt, was an American writer-contributor to DC Comics Eli Katz ( April 6, 1926, Riga, Latvia – January 31, 2000, Miami Florida, United States) who

This Green Lantern was a founding member of the Justice League of America and starred in his own title as well; in issue #40 (Oct. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. 1965), he met his Golden Age predecessor, who was established to live on the parallel world of Earth-Two, separate from Jordan's Earth-One. The DC Multiverse is a Fictional continuity construct that exists in stories published by Comic book company DC Comics. Earth-Two is a fictional universe appearing in American Comic book stories published by DC Comics. The two Lanterns struck up a close friendship and have periodically come to each other's aid. Hal Jordan's Green Lantern also became close friends with Barry Allen, and the two heroes appeared frequently in each other's comics to team up. Bartholomew "Barry" Allen is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the DC Comics universe and the second Flash

Later developments

With issue #76 (April 1970), the series made a radical stylistic departure. Editor Schwartz, in one of the company's earliest efforts to provide more than light fantasy, worked with the writer-artist team of Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams to spark new interest in the comic and address a perceived need for social "relevance" — a general pop-culture catchphrase of the time. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Dennis O'Neil (often credited as Denny O'Neil) is a Comic book Writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics Neal Adams (born June 6, 1941, Governors Island, Manhattan, New York City) is an American Comic book and Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance They added the character Green Arrow (with the cover though not the official name retitled Green Lantern Co-Starring Green Arrow) and had the pair travel through America encountering "real world" issues, to which they reacted in different ways — Green Lantern as fundamentally a lawman, Green Arrow as a liberal iconoclast. For the LNER Steam locomotive, see LNER Class V2 4771 Green Arrow Green Arrow ( Oliver Jones "Ollie" Queen Additionally during this run, the groundbreaking "Snowbirds Don't Fly" story was published (issues #85 and #86) in which Green Arrow's teen sidekick Speedy (the later grownup hero Arsenal) developed a heroin addiction that he was forcibly made to quit. "Snowbirds Don't Fly" is a Shazam Award -winning two-part anti-drug story arc which appeared in Green Lantern/Green Arrow issues 85 and 86 ( 1971 For the English musician see Roy Harper Roy Harper is a fictional Superhero in the DC Comics Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative The term " addiction " is used in many contexts to describe an obsession compulsion or excessive Physical dependence or psychological dependence such as The stories were critically acclaimed, with publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek citing it as an example of how comic books were "growing up". Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. ^[3] However, the O'Neil/Adams run was not a commercial success, and after only 14 issues, the two left the title, which was cancelled.

The title would know a number of revivals and cancellations. Its title would change to Green Lantern Corps at one point as the popularity rose and waned. During a time there were two regular titles, each with a Green Lantern, and a third member in the Justice League. A new character, Kyle Rayner, was created to become the feature while Hal Jordan first became the villain Parallax, then died and came back as the Spectre. The Spectre is a fictional cosmic entity and Superhero who has appeared in numerous Comic books published by DC Comics.

In the wake of The New Frontier, Geoff Johns returned Hal Jordan as Green Lantern in Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004-05). DC The New Frontier is an Eisner, Harvey, and Shuster Award-winning six-issue Comic book Limited series written and drawn Green Lantern Rebirth was a six-issue monthly American comic book Limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Ethan Van Sciver Johns began to lay groundwork for a 2009 story to be entitled "The Blackest Night", viewing it as the third part of the trilogy started by Rebirth. Expanding on the Green Lantern mythology with the second part, "Sinestro Corps War" (2007), Johns with artist Ethan van Sciver found wide critical acclaim and financial success with the series, which promised the introduction of a spectrum of coloured "lanterns". "Sinestro Corps War" is an American comic book crossover event published by DC Comics in its Green Lantern and Ethan Van Sciver (b 1974 is an American Comic book Artist, best known for illustrating a number of DC Comics titles including Green Currently, all four "current" Green Lanterns have stories being told in simultaneously published series, Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps respectively.

Awards

The series and its creators have received several awards over the years, including the 1961 Alley Award for Best Adventure Hero/Heroine with Own Book; and Academy of Comic Book Arts' Shazam Award for Best Continuing Feature in 1970, for Best Individual Story ("No Evil Shall Escape My Sight", Green Lantern vol. An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize Excellence in a certain field a certificate of excellence The Alley Award was an American series of Comic-book fan awards first presented in 1962 for comics published in 1961 The Academy of Comic Book Arts is an American professional organization of the 1970s that was designed to be the Comic book industry analog of such groups as the The Academy of Comic Book Arts is an American professional organization of the 1970s that was designed to be the Comic book industry analog of such groups as the 2, #76, by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams), and in 1971 for Best Individual Story ("Snowbirds Don't Fly", Green Lantern vol. Dennis O'Neil (often credited as Denny O'Neil) is a Comic book Writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics Neal Adams (born June 6, 1941, Governors Island, Manhattan, New York City) is an American Comic book and 2, #85 by O'Neil and Adams).

Writer O'Neil received the Shazam Award for Best Writer (Dramatic Division) in 1970 for his work on Green Lantern, Batman, Superman, and other titles, while artist Adams received the Shazam for Best Artist (Dramatic Division) in 1970 for his work on Green Lantern and Batman. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Inker Dick Giordano received the Shazam Award for Best Inker (Dramatic Division) for his work on Green Lantern and other titles. Dick Giordano (born Richard Joseph Giordano on July 20, 1932) is an American Comic book Artist and editor

In Judd Winick's first regular writing assignment on Green Lantern, he wrote a storyline in which an assistant of Kyle Rayner's emerged as a gay character in Green Lantern #137 (June 2001). Judd Winick (born in February 12, 1970 on Long Island, New York) is an American Comic book and Comic strip In Green Lantern #154 (November 2001) the story entitled "Hate Crime" gained media recognition when Terry was brutally beaten in a homophobic attack. Winick was interviewed on Phil Donahue's show on MSNBC for that storyline on August 15, 2002 and received two GLAAD awards for his Green Lantern work.

Fictional character biographies

Golden Age Green Lantern

Alan Scott

Main article: Alan Scott

Alan Scott's Green Lantern history traditionally began thousands of years ago when a mystical "green flame" meteor fell to Earth in ancient China. Alan Scott is a Fictional character, a Superhero from the DC Comics universe and the first superhero to bear the name Green Lantern China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The voice of the flame prophesied that it would act three times: once to bring death (a lamp-maker crafted the green metal of the meteor into a lamp; in fear and as punishment for what they thought sacrilege, the local villagers killed him, only to be destroyed by a sudden burst of the green flame), once to bring life (in modern times, the lamp came into the hands of a patient in a mental institution who fashioned the lamp into a modern lantern; the green flame restored him to sanity and gave him a new life), and once to bring power. Sacrilege is the violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object By 1940, the lantern passed into the possession of Alan Scott, a young engineer. Following a railroad bridge collapse in which he was the only survivor, the flame instructed Scott how to fashion a ring from its metal, to give him fantastic powers as the superhero Green Lantern. He adopted a colorful costume and became a crimefighter. Alan was a founding member of the Justice Society of America. The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics Superhero group the first team of superheroes in Comic book history He is also an honorary member of the Green Lantern Corps. The Fictional Green Lantern Corps is an Intergalactic Police force featured in DC Comics, particularly featuring the Superhero However, two subsequent stories threw this separation of Alan Scott from Corps history into question.

At least one story during one of the earliest cross-over adventures of the Justice League with their pre-Crisis Earth-2 counterparts, the Justice Society, showed Hal Jordan and Alan Scott charging their rings from the same Power Battery, an impossibility if the source of the two rings' power was different and incompatible. Thirty years later, a post-Crisis Tales of the Green Lantern Corps story brought Scott even closer to the Corps' ranks. It was revealed that Hal Jordan was predated as Earth's Green Lantern by a citizen of ancient China. Not only was the Corps' now-familiar green, black and white uniform motif not yet adopted, but this ancient Chinese GL altered the basic red of his uniform to more closely resemble the style worn by his countrymen. Power ultimately corrupted this early GL and the Guardians allowed his ring to manifest a weakness to wood, the material from which most Chinese weapons of the time were fashioned. This allowed the locals to ultimately defeat their corrupted “champion. " His ring and lantern were burned and it was during this process that the “intelligence” inhabiting the ring and the lantern, and linking them to the Guardians, was damaged.

Centuries later, it was explained, when Scott found the mystical lantern, it had no memory of its true origins, save a vague recollection of the uniform of its last master. This was the origin of Scott’s distinctive costume. Due to the damaged link to the Guardians, those immortals presumed the ring and lantern to be lost in whatever cataclysm overcame their last owner of record. Thus it was that Scott was never noticed by the Guardians and went on to carve a history of his own separate and apart from that of the Corps, still sporting a ring with an artificially induced weakness against anything made of wood. Honoring this separate history, the Guardians never moved to force Scott to relinquish the ring, formally join the Corps, or adopt its colors.

Silver Age Green Lantern

Hal Jordan

Main article: Hal Jordan

The next Green Lantern to see publication was Harold "Hal" Jordan, a second-generation test pilot, having followed in the footsteps of his father, Martin Jordan. Test pilots are Aviators who fly new and modified Aircraft in specific maneuvers allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated He was given the power ring and battery (lantern) by a dying alien named Abin Sur, whose spaceship crashed on Earth. Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. Abin Sur is a Fictional character and a Superhero from the DC Comics universe. A starship is a theoretical Spacecraft designed for traveling between the stars, as opposed to a vehicle designed for Orbital spaceflight or Interplanetary EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 Abin Sur used his ring to seek out an individual who was "utterly honest and born without fear" to take his place as Green Lantern. Jordan became a founding member of the Justice League of America and as of the mid-2000s is, along with John Stewart, one of the two active-duty Lanterns in Earth's sector of space.

Jordan was also a member of the Green Lantern Corps, which was modeled after the "Lensmen" from the science fiction novel series written by E.E. Smith. The Lensman series is a serial Science fiction Space opera by E E E Smith, also Edward Elmer Smith PhD, EE "Doc" Smith, Doc Smith, "Skylark" Smith, and (to family Ted The early 1980s miniseries "Green Lantern Corps" honors this with two characters in the corps: Eddore of Tront and Arisia. A different interpretation of Jordan and the Corps appears in Superman: Red Son. Superman Red Son is a Comic book published by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint in April 2003

Following the rebirth of Superman and the destruction of Green Lantern's hometown of Coast City in the early 1990s, Hal Jordan seemingly went insane and destroyed the Green Lantern Corps and the Central Power Battery. Now calling himself Parallax, Hal Jordan would devastate the DC Universe off and on for the next several years. However, after Earth's sun was threatened by a Sun-Eater, Jordan sacrificed his life expending the last of his vast power to reignite the dying star. Jordan subsequently returned from beyond the grave as the Spectre, the divine Spirit of God's Vengeance, whom Jordan attempted to transform into a Spirit of Redemption, which ended in failure. The Spectre is a fictional cosmic entity and Superhero who has appeared in numerous Comic books published by DC Comics.

In Green Lantern: Rebirth it is revealed that Jordan was under the influence of a creature known as Parallax when he turned renegade. Green Lantern Rebirth was a six-issue monthly American comic book Limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Ethan Van Sciver Parallax is a Fictional character, a Comic book Supervillain in the DC Comics universe. Parallax was a creature of pure fear that had been imprisoned in the Central Power Battery by the Guardians of the Universe in the distant past. Imprisonment had rendered the creature dormant and it was eventually forgotten, becoming known merely as the "yellow impurity" in the power rings. Sinestro was able to wake Parallax and encourage it to seek out Hal Jordan as a host. Sinestro is a Fictional character, an alien Supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. Although Parallax had been trying to corrupt Jordan (via his ring) for some time, it was not until after the destruction of Coast City that it was able to succeed. It took advantage of Jordan's weakened emotional state to lure him to Oa and cause him to attack anyone who stood in his way. When Jordan finally entered the Central Power Battery and absorbed all the power, he unwittingly freed the Parallax entity and allowed it to graft onto his soul.

The Spectre bonded with Jordan in the hopes of freeing the former Green Lantern's soul from Parallax's taint but was not strong enough to do so. In "Green Lantern Rebirth" Parallax began to assert control of the Parallax-Spectre-Jordan composite. Thanks to a supreme effort of will Jordan was able to free himself from Parallax, rejoin his soul to his body and reclaim his power ring. The newly revived (and youthened) Jordan awoke just in time to save Kyle Rayner and Green Arrow from Sinestro. Kyle Rayner is a Fictional character, a Superhero from the DC Comics universe, known for most of his publication history as Green Lantern For the LNER Steam locomotive, see LNER Class V2 4771 Green Arrow Green Arrow ( Oliver Jones "Ollie" Queen After the Korugarian's defeat Jordan was able to successfully lead his fellow Green lanterns in battle against Parallax and imprison it in the Central Power Battery once more.

Hal Jordan is once again a member of the Green Lantern Corps, and along with John Stewart is one of the two Corps members assigned to Sector 2814.

Bronze Age Green Lanterns

Guy Gardner

Main article: Guy Gardner (comics)

In the late 1960s, Guy Gardner appeared as the second choice to replace Abin Sur as Green Lantern of sector 2814. This placed him as the "backup" Green Lantern for Jordan. During Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Guardians split into factions, one of which appointed Gardner their champion. He has gone through many changes, including wielding Sinestro's Qwardian power ring, then gaining and losing Vuldarian powers, and readmission to the Corps during Green Lantern: Rebirth. Sinestro is a Fictional character, an alien Supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. This article is about the Green Lantern Corps weapon For the comic book characters see Power Ring (character. Vuldarians are a fictional alien race from the DC Comics Universe. He later became part of the Green Lantern Honor Guard, and oversees new Green Lanterns' training.

John Stewart

Main article: John Stewart (comics)

In the early 1970s, John Stewart, an unemployed architect, was selected by the Guardians to replace Guy Gardner as the backup Green Lantern for Jordan. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Guy Gardner is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero published by DC Comics. When Jordan resigned from the Corps for an extended period of time, Stewart served as the regular Lantern for that period. Since then, Stewart was in and out of action due to various circumstances, even joining the Darkstars when the Green Lantern Corps was destroyed by Parallax. The first Darkstars were a group of fictional intergalactic policemen published by DC Comics. Parallax is a Fictional character, a Comic book Supervillain in the DC Comics universe. After that he took over being Green Lantern for Kyle Rayner when he left Earth, also taking his place in the JLA. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. Now he has begun serving with Jordan as one of his sector's two designated regular-duty Lanterns.

Modern Age Green Lantern

Kyle Rayner

Main article: Kyle Rayner

Kyle Rayner was a struggling freelance artist when he was approached by the last Guardian of the Universe, Ganthet, to become a new Green Lantern with the last power ring. Ganthet is a Fictional character in the DC Comics universe He first appeared in the 1992 Graphic novel Green Lantern Ganthet's Tale (ISBN Ganthet's reasons for choosing Rayner remained a secret for quite some time. Despite not being cut from the same cloth of bravery and fearlessness as Hal Jordan — or perhaps because of that — Rayner proved to be popular with readers and his fellow characters. Having continually proven himself on his own and with the JLA, he became known amongst the Oans as "The Torch Bearer". He was responsible for the rebirth of the Guardians and the re-ignition of the Central Power Battery, essentially restoring all that Jordan had destroyed as Parallax. Rayner later began operating as the Green Lantern known as Ion. Ion is a Fictional character, a DC Comics Superhero. Created by Writer Judd Winick and artist Dale Eaglesham for

Kyle Rayner was chosen to wield the last ring because he knew fear, and Parallax had been released from the Central Power Battery. Ganthet knew this and chose Kyle because his experiences dealing with fear enabled him to resist Parallax. Because Parallax is fear, and yellow, none of the other Green Lanterns, including Hal, could harm Parallax and, therefore, came under his control. Kyle taught them to feel and overcome fear so they could defeat Parallax and incarcerate him in the Central Power Battery once again.

Kyle became Ion, who is later revealed to be the manifestation of willpower in the same way Parallax is fear. During the Sinestro Corps War between the Green Lantern Corps and the Sinestro Corps, Ion was imprisoned while Parallax possesses Kyle. "Sinestro Corps War" is an American comic book crossover event published by DC Comics in its Green Lantern and

In Green Lantern #24 Parallax consumes Hal Jordan. Hal Jordan entered into Kyle's prison, and with his help Kyle finally escaped Parallax.

Afterward, Ganthet and Sayd trapped Parallax in the Lanterns of the four Green Lanterns of Earth. Ganthet is a Fictional character in the DC Comics universe He first appeared in the 1992 Graphic novel Green Lantern Ganthet's Tale (ISBN Sayd is a Fictional character in the DC Comics universe She is one of the Guardians of the Universe. Ganthet asked Kyle to give up his right to be Ion and become a Green Lantern again. Kyle accepted, and Ganthet gave Kyle a power ring. Kyle was outfitted with a new costume including a mask that looks like the one from his first uniform. Kyle is now a member of the Green Lantern Corps Honor Guard, and has been partnered with Guy Gardner.

Others who have Green Lantern Powers

Jade

Main article: Jade (comics)

The daughter of Alan Scott, the Golden Age Green Lantern, Jennie-Lynn Hayden would discover she shared her father's mystical connection to the Starheart, which gave her the abilities of a Green Lantern. Jade ( Jennifer-Lynn Hayden) is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the DC Comics DC universe. Alan Scott is a Fictional character, a Superhero from the DC Comics universe and the first superhero to bear the name Green Lantern Choosing to follow in her father's footsteps, she became the superheroine Jade. She would later fight a manifestation of the Starheart and lose those abilities.

After Jade was stripped of her powers, Kyle Rayner gave her a copy of Hal Jordan's power ring. When Rayner left to restart the Green Lantern Corps, Jade donned the classic Green Lantern uniform and served as Earth's Green Lantern until losing the ring during a battle with the villain Fatality. Fatality is a Fictional character, a Supervillain in the DC Comics universe. When the ring was later returned to her, she changed to a modified version of Rayner's Green Lantern uniform. Jade continued to function as a Green Lantern until Rayner, as Ion, used his power to restore her connection to the Starheart. During Infinite Crisis, she died while trying to stop Alexander Luthor, Jr. from destroying the universe to create a new multiverse. Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Alexander Luthor Jr is a DC Comics character who turned from a hero to a villain Upon her death, Jade returned all her Starheart powers to Rayner.

Powers and abilities

Main article: Power ring (weapon)

Each Green Lantern wields a power ring that can generate a variety of effects, sustained purely by the ring wearer's strength of will. This article is about the Green Lantern Corps weapon For the comic book characters see Power Ring (character. This article is about the Green Lantern Corps weapon For the comic book characters see Power Ring (character. The greater the user's willpower, the more effective the ring. The limits of the power ring's abilities are not clearly defined and it has been referred to as "the most powerful weapon in the universe" on more than one occasion. Across the years, the ring has been shown capable of accomplishing anything within the imagination of the ring bearer. Stories in 2006 retconned the ring's long-established lack of effect on yellow objects, stating that the ring-wielder need only feel fear and overcome it in order to affect yellow objects. Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction In one issue Kyle Rayner blows up an entire yellow sun in order to destroy a group of hundreds of unpopulated planets that held deadly sicknesses by manipulating the sun's energy to destroy itself.

Power rings as used by various wielders have exhibited (but are not limited to) the following effects:

• Constructs of green 'solid-energy,' often of tremendous size and/or complexity.
• Flight, including flight at speeds beyond that of light. Flight is the process by which an object achieves sustained movement either through the Air (or movement beyond Earth's atmosphere, in the case of
• Plasma bolts.
• Ability to walk through walls by travelling through 'the Fourth Dimension' [Alan Scott]
• The rings can act as semi-sentient computers, including accessing the Book of Oa, a massive database of everything from the laws of the Guardians and the Corps to the history of the universe. Oa is a Fictional planet that lies at the center of the DC Comics universe.
• Time travel. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler.
• The rings are still reliant on the lantern-shaped power batteries, but no longer limited to 24 hours' charge as they originally were. Kyle Rayner's ring was the first ring to absorb more power than originally thought, having stored the main power battery's energy following its explosion on Oa. Oa is a Fictional planet that lies at the center of the DC Comics universe.
• Telepathic powers. Telepathy ( Greek τηλε tele meaning "distant" and πάθεια patheia meaning "to be affected by" describes the purported transfer
• Translation of virtually all languages.
• Force field generation. In Science fiction and Fantasy literature a force field or protective shield is a barrier made up of energy to protect a person area or object from
• Radiation, including simulated kryptonite radiations. Radiation, as in Physics, is Energy in the form of waves or moving Subatomic particles emitted by an atom or other body as it changes from a higher energy Kryptonite is a mineral from the Superman mythos originating in the Superman Radio show series
• Generate "earplugs" to block out all telepathic communication and manipulation. ^[4]
• Render user invisible. ^[5]
• Green Lantern: Rebirth revealed that only a certain type of willpower can use the ring effectively, as evidenced when Green Arrow's "cynical" willpower barely allows him to generate a single arrow and leaves him exhausted after this feat.

In other media

Main article: Green Lantern in other media

Green Lantern oath

Green Lantern is famous for the oath he recites when he charges his ring. The many incarnations of the DC Comics Superhero Green Lantern has appeared in numerous media over the years Originally, the oath was simple:

“	. . . and I shall shed my light over dark evil. For the dark things cannot stand the light, The light of the Green Lantern!	”
—Alan Scott

(This oath was later given as an in-joke to Tomar-Re, Green Lantern of sector 2813 and the first Lantern Hal Jordan met after Abin Sur. Tomar-Re is a fictional DC Comics character and a member of the Green Lantern Corps. Harold "Hal" Jordan is a Fictional character, a DC Comics Superhero. )

In the mid-1940s, this was revised into the form that became famous during the Hal Jordan era:

“	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!	”
—Hal Jordan/All Current Lanterns

The word "blackest" was often replaced with "darkest" to avoid racist connotations. The above is the most popular version of Green Lantern's oath. Science fiction writer Alfred Bester, who wrote many Green Lantern stories in the 1940s, has been credited as the creator of this oath. Alfred Bester ( December 18, 1913 - September 30, 1987) known to his friends as Alfie, was an American science fiction However, in an interview with journalist F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre at the 1979 World Science Fiction Convention in Brighton, England, Bester stated that the brightest-day oath was already in place before he began writing for the character. Fergus (also Feargus) Gwynplaine MacIntyre is a Scottish-born journalist novelist, poet and illustrator who now resides in Wales and New York

The Pre-Crisis version of Hal Jordan has created the oath when he had three early adventures that inspired him on how he can defeat any attempt to elude him. Crisis on Infinite Earths is a twelve-issue American comic book Limited series (identified as a "12-part maxi-series" and crossover For instance, he captured robbers who used a powerfully bright flare to blind everyone in an area by using his ring as a radar to find them (In brightest day). Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships The second was when he tracked criminals hiding in a dark cave with a fog like dust suspension that reflected back any external light. Jordan solved the problem by making certain elements of the criminals' bodies grow from within the fog, allowing the Lantern to target them. (In blackest night). Finally, Jordan tracked down safecrackers after an inefficient aerial reconnaissance by detecting the faint shockwaves from the explosives use by the criminals and tracing it back (No evil shall escape my sight).

It had been established in the past that each Green Lantern has his, her, or its own oath. For example, Medphyl, the Green Lantern of the planet J586 (seen in Swamp Thing # 61, "All Flesh is Grass"), a planet where a sentient plant species lives, has the following oath:

In forest dark or glade beferned

No blade of grass shall go unturned

Let those who have the daylight spurned

Tread not where this green lamp has burned. The Green Lantern Corps has at least 7200 members two per sector (originally 3600 — one per sector in addition to assorted other members who fulfill roles other than patrolling The Swamp Thing is a Fictional character created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson for DC Comics and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy

Other notable oaths include that of Jack T. Chance:

You who are wicked, evil and mean

I'm the nastiest creep you've ever seen!

Come one, come all, put up a fight

I'll pound your butts with Green Lantern's light!

Yowza. Jack T Chance is a Fictional character featured in comic books published by DC Comics.

and that of Rot Lop Fan, a Green Lantern whose species lacks sight, and thus has no concepts of brightness, darkness, day, night, color, or lanterns:

In loudest din or hush profound

My ears catch evil's slightest sound

Let those who toll out evil's knell

Beware my power, the F-Sharp Bell!

Since Green Lantern: Rebirth and the restart of the Green Lantern Corps, the only oath used has been the Brightest Day, Blackest Night version. The Green Lantern Corps has at least 7200 members two per sector (originally 3600 — one per sector in addition to assorted other members who fulfill roles other than patrolling Evil, in many cultures is used to describe acts or thoughts which are contrary to some particular religion In Music, a scale is a group of musical notes collected in ascending and descending order that provides material for or is used to conveniently represent part or all A bell is a simple Sound -making device The bell is a Percussion instrument and an Idiophone. Green Lantern Rebirth was a six-issue monthly American comic book Limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Ethan Van Sciver

In Green Lantern 27, the Alpha Lanterns are revealed to have their own oath:

In Days of peace, in nights of war

Obey the Laws forever more

Misconduct must be answered for,

Swear us the chosen: The Alpha Corps!

Duck Dodgers' oath

In the animated TV series Duck Dodgers, Duck Dodgers temporarily becomes a Green Lantern after accidentally picking up Hal Jordan's laundry. The Fictional Green Lantern Corps is an Intergalactic Police force featured in DC Comics, particularly featuring the Superhero Duck Dodgers is the Fictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros In the first part of the episode, he forgets the real quote and makes up his own version:

In blackest day or brightest night

Watermelon, cantaloupe, yadda yadda

Erm. . . superstitious and cowardly lot

With liberty and justice for all!

Green Lantern parodies/references

Comics

• Doctor Spectrum - There are five versions of the character in Marvel Comics comicbooks, from both different alternate realities and from mainstream Marvel continuity. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created History The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy (1855-1931 a Baptist minister a Christian Socialist, and the cousin of Socialist Utopian Doctor Spectrum is the name of five different fictional Comic-book characters in the Marvel Comics multiverse. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Some are :
  • The version of Dr. Spectrum that had the most development was a member of the Squadron Supreme. The Squadron Supreme is a team of Fictional characters and superheroes that appear in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dr. Spectrum used to be an astronaut, adventurer and something of a playboy. On one of his space missions, he saved the life of a benevolent alien of the Skrull race. The Skrulls are a Fictional race of extraterrestrial shapeshifters that appear in Publications by Marvel Comics. In gratitude for rescuing him, the Skrull gave Joe Ledger the Power Prism, an energy synthesizer his people had created.
  • The version of Dr. Spectrum in Supreme Power series is a rebooted version of this character. The Squadron Supreme is a Fictional Superhero team that exists in the Earth-31916 universe and was created by J In this version, Joseph (Joe) Daniel Ledger is a Colonel in the United States Army, who perform covert operations missions. A covert operation is a Military or political activity carried out in such a way that the parties responsible for the action can be an Open secret, but He is considered the perfect soldier: an army man who follows any and all orders and is a natural killer. Joe Ledger was the only candidate who was focused and single minded enough to be able to control the power prism found in Hyperion's space ship. This article is about the Earth-31916 version of Hyperion. For information on the Earth-712 version that has encountered the Avengers, see Hyperion
  • An evil version of Dr. Spectrum was a member of the Squadron Sinister. This article is about the supervillain team the Squadron Sinister For the similarly named superhero team see Squadron Supreme. Although the Squadron Sinister Dr. Spectrum preceded the Squadron Supreme version in appearance, the former is considered the original as the latter was revealed to be just a copy.
• The Beacon - from Big Bang Comics. Big Bang Comics first appeared in 1994 with five issue mini-series (numbered 0&ndash4 published by Caliber Comics.
  • Beacon of Earth A, corresponding to the 1960s version: Dr. Julia Gardner
  • Beacon of Earth B, corresponding to the 1940s version: Scott Martin
• The Green Ghost - from Invincible series. Invincible ( Mark Grayson) is a Fictional character, an Image Comics Superhero.
• Green Lambkin - a funny animal version, first appearing in Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew #14, April 1983. Just'a Lotta Animals is a Fictional Superhero team that appeared in stories published by DC Comics. Funny animal is a Cartooning term for the Genre of Comics and Animated cartoons in which the main characters are Humanoid or Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! is a DC Comics Comic book about a team of Funny animal Superheroes called the Zoo Crew Given his ring by the Goat-Guardians of the planet Uh-Oh, the Green Lambkin was a member of Just'a Lotta Animals, fighting evil alongside heroes such as Batmouse and Super-Squirrel on the parallel world Earth C-Minus. Just'a Lotta Animals is a Fictional Superhero team that appeared in stories published by DC Comics.
• In issue #10 of Warren Ellis' Planetary, "Magic and Loss", there is a race of red-robed beings providing blue lanterns to those worthy of being "Policemen. Warren Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British author of Comics Novels and Television, well known for sociocultural " One noble alien is selected, and a glowing blue lantern (a "mind-powered weapon") is placed within his chest. The alien, now capable of space-travel, heads to Earth where he is captured, vivisected, and has the blue lantern extracted by Dr. Randall Dowling of the Four, after having his powers nullified through the use of red-hued light. Following this, Lamplight gained the power of the lantern and joins the group Stormwatch, a multi-national superhero organization sponsored by the United Nations. Stormwatch is a Fictional The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• Christian Walker becomes a member of the Millennium Guard, an agency similar in jurisdiction to the Green Lantern Corps, in Powers. Christian Walker is the main character starring in the Comic book series Powers. Powers is an American, creator-owned, Comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis (writer and Michael Avon Oeming (artist

Television

• In the ReBoot TV series there is a group know as the Guardians. ReBoot is a Canadian CGI - animated action-adventure Television series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001 Their mission is to "mend and defend," they have Keytools, devices that are capable of almost infinite feats by just changing their configurations, thus showing a great similarity to the Power Rings. In the latest movie, the Keytool Glitch gain energy-based powers that work just like the Power Rings.
• The American sitcom Seinfeld made references to Green Lantern in three episodes: "The Barber" (November 11, 1993), "The Stand In" (Feb. Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) "The Stand In" is the 80th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. 25, 1994) and "The Strong Box" (Feb. "The Strongbox" is the 170th episode of the NBC Sitcom Seinfeld. 5, 1998).
• The comic book read by Walt on the TV series Lost is Green Lantern/Flash: Faster Friends #1. Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American serial drama television series.
• In the TV series Bones Agent Booth is seen reading an episode of the Green Lantern in his bathtub during the season 3 finale "Pain in the Heart. Bones is an American drama Television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. " Boreanaz supplied the voice of Hal Jordan in Justice League: New Frontier.
• In the Warner Brothers animated series Freakazoid!, villain Armando Guitierrez, upon discovering that Freakazoid is not vulnerable to kryptonite, attempts to menace him with a yellow piece of paper. Freakazoid! is an American Animated television series, produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros Kryptonite is a mineral from the Superman mythos originating in the Superman Radio show series Freakazoid shakes his head and says "That's the Green Lantern. "
• The Green Swoosh as portrayed by the Johnny Bravo. Johnny Bravo is an American animated series created by Van Partible. His power does not come from a ring, but instead superpowered boots.
• In the UK comedy series Coupling (2001), there is a short reference to Green Lantern and his ring in the episode "Her Best Friend's Bottom"
• In an episode of Dexter's Laboratory titled "You Vegeta-believe It!", Dexter builds a gardening tool called the Green Thumb 1, which has several functions parodying the powers of Green Lantern's power ring. Coupling is a British television Sitcom written by Steven Moffat that aired on BBC2 from May 2000 to June 2004 Dexter's Laboratory ( Dexter's Lab for short is an Annie Award -winning American animated series created by Genndy Tartakovsky
• In an episode of Duck Dodgers, Duck Dodgers has his dry cleaning mixed with the Green Lanterns and joins the Green Lantern Corps. Duck Dodgers is the Fictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros
• On the reality animated TV parody show Drawn Together, Captain Hero (when he is under stress) makes a reference that he wishes that the Green Lantern were there because "he always knew how to help me relax"
• In 2007, ls:tv (Leeds Student Television, a member of the National Student Television Association) aired a short sketch series entitled "The Green Intern" in a comedy program called "Bits". Drawn Together is an American Animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November Captain Leslie Hero is a Fictional character in the Animated series Drawn Together. Student television in Great Britain is a growing field with an increasing number of major universities and some colleges playing host to a student-run TV station
• Bradin Westerly on the TV series Summerland is a Green Lantern fan. Summerland was an American Television series that aired on the now defunct WB. In an episode, he argues with another character about who knows more about Green Lantern.
• In The Simpsons Movie, when asked by Marge about the significance of "EPA," Comic Book Guy mistakes it for the scream made by Green Lantern when thrown into a vat of acid by Sinestro. The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated Comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons Marjorie "Marge" Simpson (née Bouvier) is a Fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons Jeff Albertson, better known as Comic Book Guy, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons. Sinestro is a Fictional character, an alien Supervillain in the DC Comics Universe.
• In the English TV series Whoops Apocalypse, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Home Secretary briefly dress up as Green Lantern, Hawkman and the Flash. Whoops Apocalypse was originally a six-part 1982 Sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made by London Weekend Television The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office
• In the Challenge of the Superfriends series, he was seen in every episode and had spoken lines in fifteen out of the sixteen episodes of the series. Challenge of the Super Friends is an American animated television series about a team of Superheroes which ran from September 9, His arch enemy was Sinestro. Sinestro is a Fictional character, an alien Supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. It should also be noted that he was one of the three most powerful members of the Justice League, as mentioned in the episode: "Secret Origins of the Superfriends. " That episode itself, told the story on how Green Lantern (Hal Jordan version) got his powers.

Music

• Green Lantern is mentioned in the hit 1966 song "Sunshine Superman" by Scottish folk musician Donovan. " Sunshine Superman " is a song written and recorded by Scottish Singer-songwriter Donovan. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist
• The New Zealand band the Mutton Birds has a song called "Green Lantern", about someone whose status in life has diminished. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Mutton Birds was a band from New Zealand formed in 1991 by Don McGlashan, Ross Burge, and David Long. The refrain has the narrator assuring the subject, "you're still the Green Lantern to me. "
• The German rock band Blue Harvest composed a song called Green Lantern, which named and described all the Earthborn Lanterns from Alan Scott to Kyle Rayner. The song is listed as track 15 on their album "Rub the Slave"
• Hardcore band, Kids Like Us have a song called Lantern Corps, in which they recite the Green Lantern Oath.
• HipHop DJ DJ Green Lantern named himself after the character and is wearing a green hooded sweater with the Green Lantern insignia on the chest on the cover art for his Alive On Arrival CD. James D'Agostino, better known as DJ Green Lantern, is an American DJ and Hip hop musician He was born in Rochester, New York

Movie

Warner Bros. plans to make a movie based on Green Lantern, with a tentative release in 2010. Greg Berlanti is assigned to direct the film. Greg Berlanti (born May 24, 1972) is an American Television writer and producer. Casting details are not yet available, but the film is likely to focus on Hal Jordan becoming the Green Lantern as well as his first assignment as a member of the Green Lantern Corps^[6]. Harold "Hal" Jordan is a Fictional character, a DC Comics Superhero. The Fictional Green Lantern Corps is an Intergalactic Police force featured in DC Comics, particularly featuring the Superhero

John Stewart, Hal Jordan's backup Green Lantern, was slated to appear in Warner Bros' 2009 live action Justice League movie, before it was shelved in April 2008. John Stewart is a Fictional Superhero, a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps. Harold "Hal" Jordan is a Fictional character, a DC Comics Superhero. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. ^[7]

Other

• The Hurricane - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s character. Gregory "Shane" Helms The trio was a Parody of the Boy bands the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Gregory Helms is a comics fan and has a Green Lantern tattoo on his right shoulder. His love of comics was turned into a wrestling character or "gimmick". His favorite Lantern is Kyle Rayner.
• The Star Knights in the Mutants and Masterminds Role-playing game are a homage to the Green Lantern Corps. Mutants & Masterminds (abbreviated "M&M" or "MnM" is a top-selling multiple ENnie award and Pen & Paper Fan Award winning Superhero A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. For medieval usage see Homage (medieval and Commendation ceremony, or Homage (disambiguation Homage (from the French
• The protagonist of No More Magic, a novel by Avi, is an avid reader of comic books, and in particular, a fan of the Green Lantern series. Edward Irving Wortis (born December 23, 1937) better known by the Pen name Avi, is a prominent American author of young adult
• Green Lantern is a featured character in the short fan films Losing Lois Lane and Grayson. Although these fan films are based respectively on the Superman and Batman mythos, Green Lantern is presumably featured for his long-time membership in the Justice League of America). Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team.
• Liberal pundit and blogger Matthew Yglesias has ascribed to conservative advocates of U.S. military intervention in the Middle East the "Green Lantern Theory of Geopolitics. Matthew Yglesias (born May 18, 1981) is a popular American political Blogger and a prominent voice in the liberal Blogosphere Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. " Yglesias characterized adherents to this "theory" as people who believe "American military might" is like a Green Lantern's power ring, "that, roughly speaking, we can accomplish absolutely anything in the world through the application of sufficient military force. The only thing limiting us is a lack of willpower. " [1] [2] "The Green Lantern Theory" has since become an meme among liberal bloggers. [3]
• In the movie I Am Legend the bottom of a Green Lantern movie poster can be seen in the background accompanied by a Teen Titans movie poster above the "Box Sets" shelves behind a family of mannequins (a woman in white, a man in brown and two children) and a second Green Lantern poster can be seen on a column above two female mannequins as Will Smith is walking out of a store. I Am Legend is a 2007 post-apocalyptic Science fiction film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. For the animated TV series based on this comic see Teen Titans (TV series. (since the movie is set in the future this was put in as an easter egg by the director as possible movies to be made)
• In the videogame Astroseries, the Rubitek warriors wear green clothing and have power rings capable of causing several different attacks. A virtual Easter egg is an intentional Hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, Book

See also

• List of Green Lanterns
• Green Lantern Corps
• Power Ring
• Doctor Spectrum a Marvel superhero based on the Green Lantern as a homage. The Green Lantern Corps has at least 7200 members two per sector (originally 3600 — one per sector in addition to assorted other members who fulfill roles other than patrolling The Fictional Green Lantern Corps is an Intergalactic Police force featured in DC Comics, particularly featuring the Superhero This article is about the Green Lantern Corps weapon For the comic book characters see Power Ring (character. Doctor Spectrum is the name of five different fictional Comic-book characters in the Marvel Comics multiverse. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc
• Sinestro Corps
• List of Green Lantern enemies

Footnotes

References

• The Book of OA
• The Green Lantern Shrine
• The Unofficial Green Lantern Corps Web Page
• Green Lantern Rebirth
• Green Lantern Corps. JLResource.com entry
• Index of Hal Jordan's (and John Stewart's) Earth-1 adventures
• Emerald Dawn

External links

• The Emerald Warrior
• Profile by Alan Kistler
• Classic Comic Books: The Golden Age Green Lantern
• Classic Comic Books: The Silver Age Green Lantern

Identity Crisis is a seven-issue Comic book Limited series published by DC Comics in 2004, written by Brad Meltzer

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