Green Lantern

Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. While the original debuted in All-American Comics #16 (July, 1940), the associated characters and core concept have changed significantly over its publication history; while the original concept was tied to a crime-fighting superhero who used the aid of a magic ring, the later concept (existing concurrently to the original) casts a set of characters in a science-fictional element as law enforcement officers. The original concept is tied to Alan Scott, the original version of the character created in 1940 by Martin Nodell with scripting or co-scripting of the first stories by Bill Finger during the Golden Age. Scott battled common criminals in Capitol City (and later Gotham City) with the aid of his magic ring tied to the force known as Starheart. Over time, Scott's character would be heavily tied to the Justice Society of America and became an inspiration for superheroes in the 21st century. The later concept would take form during the Silver Age onward, depicting characters with the name as members (chiefly those from Earth) of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic law enforcement agency that fights the forces of evil with the aid of rings ("power rings") that grant a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, and the electromagnetic spectrum of emotional willpower. The concept was first explored during the Silver Age by John Broome and Gil Kane with Hal Jordan, a test pilot granted the Green Lantern Corps' power ring upon the death of alien Green Lantern Abin Sur, and inherits his position as the Green Lantern in charge of Earth and becomes legendary over time. Decades later, other characters are introduced with the title; Guy Gardner was the next character associated with...