History of the Green Lantern

Martin Nodell and Bill Finger created the Green Lantern in 1940 during what was known as the Golden Age of Comics. The Golden Age took place in the 1930s through the late 1940s with the creation of Superman the first superhero.

This paved the way for the start of other famous superheroes such as:

·     Batman
·     Wonder Woman
·     The Flash
·     Captain Marvel
·    And The Green Lantern

In 1940 Nodell landed a job at All-American Comics which was a sister company to the well-known DC Comics. This is where he created the first Green Lantern with the help of writer Bill Finger. Inspired by a New York subway employee who was waving red and green lanterns Nodell landed on the idea for the first Green Lantern named Alan Scott.

Nodell decided on a superhero that gained his powers from the flame burning inside a mysterious glowing lantern.  The Green Lantern possesses a power ring and lantern that represents the green light of willpower. The wearer must have great willpower in order to wield the ring and have control over the physical world.

Using his power ring the Green Lantern can produce a variety of things into physical reality using pure imagination and willpower.  Below is an example of the physical constructs that the Green Lantern’s power ring can make.

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The power ring grants other powers as well such as flight and beams of destructive light to name a few.

Even though Alan Scott was the first Green Lantern the one we will be discussing in this blog is Hal Jordan the second Green Lantern and main character of the upcoming motion picture.

Hal Jordan was created by John Broome and Gil Kane in 1959, and made his debut in October in the 22^nd edition of Showcase a DC comic publication. 

Introduction

Hello future readers! If you love comic books, movies, or superheroes then you have come to the right place. 

My name is Sara Gomez, I am a 21 year old Arts and Technology major at the University of Texas at Dallas. I am a traditional artist at heart and I love to draw, paint, and sculp. So it is natural that I am drawn to the art of comic books because they represent the intense skill of hand drawn art. Comic books have a great influence in my life and reading them has always been one of my favorite hobbies. 

As you may know, if you’re an active movie theater attendee, comic books have made their way to the big screen in large numbers and they have come to be extremely popular. However, there is a problem most people who see these movies are only informed by the material they get inside the theater. Leaving them with minimal knowledge about these stories and their characters. For this reason, I have decided to create this blog in hopes of preparing movie lovers for their theatrical experience by supplying them with useful information.

I will focus this blog on the back-story leading up to the new Green Lantern movie that is coming out this summer.

The information in this blog will cover:

·      The prequel comics leading up to the movie

·      The creators of the Green Lantern

·      The origins of the Green Lantern

·      Important characters

Green lantern is an amazing superhero and to be able to showcase this character will hopefully interest people in the comics as well as the movie.