[Speed Gibson,
Thursday December 14, 2006 at 9:11am]
In Brightest Day, In Darkest Night
Via NDE, the creator of comic book hero Green Lantern has died.
Like Mr. Brodkorb, I was a fan of Green Lantern, the 1959 reincarntion to be specific. The "Golden Age" Green Lantern was consigned to Earth-2, with an occasional appearence on Earth-1. We live on Earth Prime, with only occasional visits from superheros.
The original Green Lantern had one of the silliest costumes ever, and his ring was powerless against wood. The 1959 Green Lantern had a much better costume, but his ring was also flawed, powerless against anything yellow.
But the ring I really wanted belongs to the evil "Power Ring" of Earth-3. His ring apparently has no weakness, not even the need to recharge from the Green Lantern battery.
The big draw of all the Green Lanterns was that we could all imagine owning a ring like that, protecting us from harm, allowing us to fly, do time travel or visit the other Earths in the dimensional chain. Anything else you just wished for, and green psycho-plasmic energy comes shooting out of the ring to do the rest. Just be sure to charge it, saying the oath:
Oh, and by the way, the 1959 Green Lantern, test pilot Hal Jordan, eventually went nuts and killed himself.
Like Mr. Brodkorb, I was a fan of Green Lantern, the 1959 reincarntion to be specific. The "Golden Age" Green Lantern was consigned to Earth-2, with an occasional appearence on Earth-1. We live on Earth Prime, with only occasional visits from superheros.
The original Green Lantern had one of the silliest costumes ever, and his ring was powerless against wood. The 1959 Green Lantern had a much better costume, but his ring was also flawed, powerless against anything yellow.
But the ring I really wanted belongs to the evil "Power Ring" of Earth-3. His ring apparently has no weakness, not even the need to recharge from the Green Lantern battery.
The big draw of all the Green Lanterns was that we could all imagine owning a ring like that, protecting us from harm, allowing us to fly, do time travel or visit the other Earths in the dimensional chain. Anything else you just wished for, and green psycho-plasmic energy comes shooting out of the ring to do the rest. Just be sure to charge it, saying the oath:
In brightest day, in darkest night
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil's might
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light.
Oh, and by the way, the 1959 Green Lantern, test pilot Hal Jordan, eventually went nuts and killed himself.