![]() ![]() Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content.ĭespite enormous media interest, numerous industry awards, and Adams’s skilled draftsmanship, sales were never strong, and the comic was canceled in 1972. As the voice of the streets, O’Neil and Adams introduced the concept of “relevance” to comics, tackling social topics such as race relations, Native American rights, women’s liberation, pollution, consumerism, and drug abuse. The Green Lantern was portrayed as the arch-establishment figure, who was constantly challenged by the antiestablishment firebrand, the Green Arrow. 76 (April 1970), O’Neil and Adams tapped into the radical politics of the era and the growth of the counterculture. Eventually the decision was made to pair Jordan with the Green Arrow in a retitled Green Lantern/Green Arrow comic, featuring the creative team of writer Denny O’Neil and artist Neal Adams. Kane developed into one of comics’ most exciting artists, but, when he left the title in 1970, Green Lantern’s popularity dropped. Green Lantern started appearing in his own self-titled comic in 1960, and he soon became a regular member of the Justice League of America. Principal villains included the rogue Green Lantern Sinestro, Star Sapphire, Black Hand, and the Tattooed Man. The Green Lantern stories were dynamic and inventive, often revolving around some alien menace or scientific conundrum. The Green Lanterns were picked by small, blue-skinned aliens known as the Guardians of Oa to uphold justice and defeat evil. This later Green Lantern was but one of many ring-wielding superheroes across the universe-members of a sort of intergalactic police force. Let those who worship evil’s might, beware my power-Green Lantern’s light!” When the Lantern recharged his ring every day, he recited an oath that soon became his mantra: “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. ![]() Like the “Golden Age” Green Lantern, Jordan’s power ring had a weakness, but this time it was unable to affect anything coloured yellow. Like his predecessor, this Green Lantern could use the ring to make his thoughts reality, and he too needed a lantern to recharge the ring. With his dying breath, the alien passes his ring to Jordan, whereupon he becomes transformed into an identically clothed superhero. Test pilot Hal Jordan chances upon the crashed spaceship of an emerald-garbed, red-skinned alien named Abin Sur. The new Green Lantern premiered in Showcase no. Scott continued to appear throughout the 1960s as part of the Justice Society and remained a member of the group in its many subsequent revivals, rebirths, and relaunches.įollowing the successful revamp of the Flash in 1956, DC editor Julius Schwartz, along with writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane, ushered the Green Lantern into the so-called “Silver Age” of comics. ![]() In addition to appearing in more than 80 issues of All-American, Scott also starred in his own Green Lantern solo comic for eight years, and in many issues of All Star Comics as one of the principal members of the Justice Society of America until that comic’s cancellation in 1951. Initial stories featured ordinary criminals as antagonists, but the Green Lantern’s roster of villains soon expanded to include the Sportsmaster, whose assortment of bats and mallets capitalized on the ring’s weakness against wood, and Solomon Grundy, a giant reanimated corpse inspired by a children’s nursery rhyme. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history. ![]() #WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives. ![]()
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