The Man With The Ring And The Plan…
Alan Scott of Earth-TwoThe Earth that features characters that typically started in and around World War II, however some younger characters also exist on this earth as well. became that Earth’s Green Lantern when he was working as a railroad worker and came upon a green metallic lantern that instructed Alan to fashion a ring from its material and so began the career of the Green Lantern. The ring was able to give Alan great powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.) and he used this power to become one of Gotham CityThe base of operations for Batman.’s protectors.
As a founder of both the Justice Society of AmericaThe original DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories. team upA comic that usually features at least two characters that do not typically appear together on a regular basis. (Example: Batman and The Warlord would be a great Team Up) book taking the heroes of the Golden Age and teaming them together. and the All-Star SquadronAn superhero organization founded on Earth-TwoThe Earth that features characters that typically started in and around World War II, however some younger characters also exist on this earth as well. by then President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in order to defend the United States of America versus the Axis powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.). Formed shortly after Pearl Harbor the All-Star Squadron existed until shortly after WW2 concluded., Alan is one of the bedrocks of the Earth-TwoThe Earth that features characters that typically started in and around World War II, however some younger characters also exist on this earth as well. superhero community. Unlike the Earth-OneThe Earth that most of the main DCU characters exist in and their stories are told. Green Lanterns, Alan’s ring can affect yellow objects, but he is powerless versus wooden objects, regardless of color.
Alan, like the rest of the JSAAn abbreviation of Justice Society of America went into seclusion when called before the House Un-American Activities Committee and shortly after married the psychotic super-villainess, The Thorn. During the honeymoon, Thorn’s evil side reasserted itself and instead of kill her love, Thorn fled into the night, allowing Alan to believe that she had been killed in a fire.
Later, Alan was confronted with his offspring from The Thorn, Jade and Obsidian, both of whom had inherited powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.) from their parents. Reunited with his children after they were raised to adulthood without his knowledge, Alan suffers from a built of guilt from not being there for them when they needed him and spends time now trying to make up for those missing years while still being a role model to the new generation of heroes.
First Appearance
Created By: Bill Finger & Martin Nodell
PowersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.)
Starheart – The Lantern and Ring are forged out of the mysticA term for one who is versed in the magical arts. Starheart stone. It has been theorized that the Starheart is keeping Alan young and that the two have a symbiotic relationship.
VulnerabilitiesA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).'s weakness.
Alan is very vulnerable to wooden objects and weapons as his ring is unable to defend against those items.
SkillsThe abilities that a normal person in the real world could potentially share with a fictional DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories. characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).. (Example: Some Motocross bike riders ride a bike as well as Black Canary.)
Broadcaster – Alan became a broadcast journalist and ran a radio station in Gotham during most of his active heroA character that typically acts in a heroic manner. (Example: Wonder Woman €™s deeds of saving Paradise Island from the mythological beasts have made her an Amazonian hero.) career.
EquipmentAny items that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). would use that does not have an intentional use as a weapon. (Example: The Flash €™s Costume Ring holds his costume so that he can change super fast is a unique piece of equipment.)
Green Lantern and Ring – Alan’s Lantern and Ring follows the same rules as the Lantern and Ring from the Earth-OneThe Earth that most of the main DCU characters exist in and their stories are told. universe in that Alan has to charge his ring once every 24 hours. Alan’s ring also allows him to do things that the Earth-OneThe Earth that most of the main DCU characters exist in and their stories are told. Lantern’s can’t do, such as passing through solid walls. While the other Green Lantern’s rings are scientific in nature, Alan’s is mysticA term for one who is versed in the magical arts. in nature, so he can be more effective against targets with a vulnerability to magicUnlike the real world, in the fictional DCU magic exists and is a viable force in characters lives..