Gur was one of the Guardians' favored, and they rewarded him by removing his power ring's weakness to yellow. The Green Flame's path to Earth intersected that of Yalan Gur, Sector 2814's dragon-like
(Green Lantern vol. 2 #111–112, Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #7) This aspect of the Starheart was intended to serve as a force for good. It cast a portion of its magic energy to Earth-Two, where it was known as the Green Flame of Life. There to remain forever." Unknown to them, Millennia ago, the Guardians of the Universe of Earth-One gathered up "the mysticįorce loose in the starways" and "locked it in the heart of a star, From All-American Comics #16 (1940) art by Martin Nodell and.
In China, sorcerer Chang first fashions the green meteor into a lantern. From Green Lantern vol. 3 #19 (1991) art by Martin Nodell and Romeo Tanghal. Ancient Green Lantern Yalan Gur is fated for contact with the Starheart. From Green Lantern vol. 2 #112 (1978) art by. The Starheart The Guardian reveals the origin of the Starheart to Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen. 1993).Īfter the total DC reboot known as the "New 52," a new Earth-2 was created and a parallel version of Alan Scott was introduced ( Earth 2 #1, July 2012). But this was soon "fixed" by a story in Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #7 (Dec. If anything, he became more prominent in DCU history in the absence of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.Īn attempt was made to scrub the meteor's magical property from his story, ( Green Lantern vol. 3 #19, Dec. In the post-Crisis era, Earths-One and -Two were merged into a single timeline, but no major changes were made to Alan's history. This became the first of many cross-dimensional team-ups between the two Lanterns.Īlan Scott's origin was retold without much modification after the Crisis on Infinite Earths, in Secret Origins vol. 2 #18 (Sept. 1959), the meteor was named the "Starheart" and its genesis was tied to the Guardians of the Universe - but not a part of their Green Lantern Corps ( Green Lantern vol. 2 #111–112, Dec. Then in the Silver Age, after the introduction of an all-new Green Lantern ( Showcase #22, Oct. It was told again when the character landed his own title, in Green Lantern #1 (Fall 1941). In the Green Lantern's debut tale from All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), his power was said to have come from a green meteor that landed in China centuries before. The ancient and arcane origins of Scott's emerald powers changed or were modified several times over the years. The name 'Alan Scott' came up and was used." “Bill Winter came in at the outset and we tossed ideas and story around, but I don’t recall any 'Aladdin' or 'Alan Ladd' connections. I saw a trainman on the tracks waving down a train with a red lantern, then waving the “all-clear” with a green lantern! "I went down into the subway leading to home in Brooklynn. After our meeting with the editor, I was in a real maelstrom of whirling thoughts on my way home and had no cohesive direction for a character or storyline. Gaines group asked if I had any ideas for a feature character. Nodell recalled his inspiration in the letter column of All-Star Squadron #33 (May 1984): Instead, Alan Scott's power came from a lantern fashioned from the magical meteor (which was eventually revealed to have been created by the Guardians).
"Green Lantern" is a tent pole DC Comics property, but unlike the company's most famous GLs, the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, was not part of an intergalactic police corps led by the Guardians of the Universe.
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