


While not the originating artist, Alex Ross is one of the premiere artists in the history of comic books, whose artistic style has given forms to just about everyone from Superman to Spiderman. Moving away from the history of the character, we go to the artist for which this figure is born. Earth just so happens to fall into his jurisdiction as part of Sector 2814 (out of 3600 according to the Guardians’ division of the universe).Ĭonfused, dazed, or dumfounded? I apologize, but for more, visit your local comic book store. Now unlike Alan Scott, Jordan was part of a bigger group, the Green Lantern Corps, the intergalactic police force created by the Guardians of the Universe to patrol and protect the stars. In the Silver Age, we are introduced to Hal Jordan who was a grounded test pilot selected by a dying alien to be his replacement and given the emerald ring. Using his mind, he could create flaming emerald constructs that his mind would imagine, and the first Green Lantern was born. For instance, the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott was an engineer who uncovers a green meteorite and carves a ring out of its ore with its ornament in the shape of a lantern. A legacy name is one that is passed down through the ages, in some cases with new origins. For the novice, Green Lantern is one of many legacy names of DC Comics superheroes stemming out of the Golden era.
