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You must remember that Abin didn't make the choice, not technically. He told the ring to look for someone worthy and the ring found Hal.
If you were the ring, but had knowledge of the current DCU, who would you have given yourself to?
The comic book version of me (the man, not the ring) of course :)
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Originally posted by Dave:
If you were Abin Sur, but had knowledge of the DCU, who would you have given your ring to?
Alan Scott.
Easy.
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Originally posted by Gladiator X:
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Originally posted by Dave:
If you were Abin Sur, but had knowledge of the DCU, who would you have given your ring to?
Alan Scott.
Easy.
Yes.
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The golden rule at Marvel is that NOTHING ever changes. Everything goes back to the status quo sooner or later and while that happens Barry will still be dead...
Well, with JQ's new dead is dead rule at Marvel we have the potential to see some real change.
Is that why they brought back Elektra. . . again?! ![[nyah hah]](images/icons/tongue.gif) "Dead is dead at Marvel." Yeah, and Rob's straight!
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Well, I done reckon they done changed that there Sentinel feller back t' bein' one of them there Green Lanterns.
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Originally posted by Grimm:
Is that why they brought back Elektra. . . again?!
That would be before the rule was instated, I believe.
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Originally posted by Dave:
If you were Abin Sur, but had knowledge of the DCU, who would you have given your ring to?
Alan Scott.
Easy.
He already had one. What about Diana of Themiscyra?
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Originally posted by Dave:
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Originally posted by Dave:
If you were Abin Sur, but had knowledge of the DCU, who would you have given your ring to?
Alan Scott.
Easy.
He already had one. What about Diana of Themiscyra?
Yeah,but he didn't have a Corps. ring.
Diana would be a good choice but I prefer her to wear her WW costume.
I was just thinkin, though.
A real good candidate would have been Jonn Jonzz.He would've made an awesome GL.
BTW, how cool is it that Alan Scott is GREEN LANTERN again?
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On a somewhat new topic, here's a question I'd like to pose to you guys.
Considering the changes done to other Golden Age characters at DC and all the retcons (especially Hawkman, which now makes sense for the first time in years), how would you guys feel if at some point, DC did or had done a retcon making Alan Scott a former member of the Corps? Same stories, same character, same costume - just a member of the Corps instead of powered by the Starheart? I always wondered why DC never attempted that after the Crisis. I don't see how it would've taken anything away from Alan's character to have him be a member of the corps during the 1940s.
Thoughts?
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My problem with Alan being retconned as a corps member is that it would take away the magic element of Alan's mythos. He'd be sci-fi like Hal and I've always liked the eeriness of Alan's green flame vs. Hal's power beam. There was just something mysterious about Alan's battery and the mystical backdrop to some of Alan's tales that would be lost if he were a regular corpsman.
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On a somewhat new topic, here's a question I'd like to pose to you guys.
Considering the changes done to other Golden Age characters at DC and all the retcons (especially Hawkman, which now makes sense for the first time in years), how would you guys feel if at some point, DC did or had done a retcon making Alan Scott a former member of the Corps? Same stories, same character, same costume - just a member of the Corps instead of powered by the Starheart? I always wondered why DC never attempted that after the Crisis. I don't see how it would've taken anything away from Alan's character to have him be a member of the corps during the 1940s.
Thoughts?
Works for me. He could have just told everyone it was a magic ring because he'd thought people would get too freaked out by the idea of life on other planets.
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A real good candidate would have been Jonn Jonzz.He would've made an awesome GL.
Certainly would have made him more interesting. I like the idea of him as a Lantern in a reformed Corps.
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....how would you guys feel if at some point, DC did or had done a retcon making Alan Scott a former member of the Corps? Same stories, same character, same costume - just a member of the Corps instead of powered by the Starheart?
I could see it as a Crisis retcon, but nowhere else. Crisis has been the only history altering retcon that I've liked.
That and I agree with 9Jack9, I like the magical element of Alan Scott. It makes his story really stand out from Hal's.
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Well, I done reckon they done changed that there Sentinel feller back t' bein' one of them there Green Lanterns.
Translates to: The Sentinel is once again "Green Lantern" (his Starheart was transformed to a GL ring) as of the last issue of JSA: Princes of Darkness.
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The biggest problem I see with having Alan being ret-conned as a Corpsmen is that he wouldn't be around anymore.
He would have had to die and pass his ring on to Hal or there never would've been a reason for a silver age GL.
I like Alan's origin just like it is.
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He would have had to die and pass his ring on to Hal or there never would've been a reason for a silver age GL.
Or retire.
The way I see it, he could have retired, passed the ring on to Hal, then, after the fall of the corps at the hands of Hal, come out of retirement to help Kyle and the other heroes of the DCU put Parallax down. He would then remain active to give Kyle training in place of the fallen corps and Guardians.
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I prefer things as they are. With Alan as part of the corps a lot of cool things would be lost and whtaever replaced them wouldn't be as cool.
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He would have had to die and pass his ring on to Hal or there never would've been a reason for a silver age GL.
Or retire.
The way I see it, he could have retired, passed the ring on to Hal, then, after the fall of the corps at the hands of Hal, come out of retirement to help Kyle and the other heroes of the DCU put Parallax down. He would then remain active to give Kyle training in place of the fallen corps and Guardians.
Okay,That would work.
I'd still rather keep him like he is though.
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He would have had to die and pass his ring on to Hal or there never would've been a reason for a silver age GL.
Or retire.
The way I see it, he could have retired, passed the ring on to Hal, then, after the fall of the corps at the hands of Hal, come out of retirement to help Kyle and the other heroes of the DCU put Parallax down. He would then remain active to give Kyle training in place of the fallen corps and Guardians.
Without a ring? Be a bit difficult, yeah?
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Originally posted by Dave:
If you were Abin Sur, but had knowledge of the DCU, who would you have given your ring to?
Alan Scott.
Easy.
He already had one. What about Diana of Themiscyra?
It would only get in her way.
What about Dick Grayson?
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Without a ring? Be a bit difficult, yeah?
Yeah.... ummmmm.... okay....
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Okay, so we find out during ZH that the ring Alan gave Hal was a copy (cuz the corps rings can do that) and that he kept his own ring as a keepsake.
Ummmm.... yeah.
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If you were Abin Sur, but had knowledge of the DCU, who would you have given your ring to?
Alan Scott.
Easy.
He already had one. What about Diana of Themiscyra?
It would only get in her way.
That was Batman's exact comment in an issue of JLI.
I don't believe it at all. Wonder Woman with a power ring would be cool.
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I don't believe it at all. Wonder Woman with a power ring would be cool.
Read Batman: In Darkest Knight.
Superman as a GL.
Diana as a GL.
Barry Allen as a GL.
And, obviously, Batman as a GL.
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I don't believe it at all. Wonder Woman with a power ring would be cool.
Read Batman: In Darkest Knight.
Yes, I've seen this, but haven't read it.
Was it good?
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Yes, I've seen this, but haven't read it.
Was it good?
It's very good. Get it if you can.
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That was Batman's exact comment in an issue of JLI.
That's where I swiped it from.
FWIW, I liked Batman:In Darkest Night as well. Bit grim, though.
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Hey, wouldn't it be cool if (since there are no more Guardians) Hal became Parallax again and was annointed "Guardian of the Universe", supreme commander of the GLC, and ultimate GL? I think so, because DC really needs a powerful cosmic (Marvel has tons of them) and who better to take over for the Guardians than the best GL that ever was! It would be like everything Hal went through was testing him for his true destiny! ![[cool]](images/icons/cool.gif)
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Well, he is already the Spectre. That's about as cosmic as you get in the DCU.
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Next Hal will be the new Hawkman and Gnort will be the new Spectre.
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...allmost forgot to mention,Gnort will be wearing a new orange toga while he is Spectre.
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GREEN LANTERN RULZ!!!!!!!
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Well,this is my 100th post on Rob's board and to celebrate I thought I'd give the ol' GLC a bump.
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Yes, I've seen this, but haven't read it.
Was it good?
It's very good. Get it if you can.
Is it an Elseworlds?
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One of the better Elseworlds as a matter o' fact.
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