Green Lantern: the Movie!

Saw it.

Liked it.

Didn't love it.

(But it was much better than Green Hornet!)

YouTube Wednesday: GREEN LANTERN

Today we look at various media incarnations of Green Lantern/Hal Jordan...

GL from his first solo cartoon appearance on 1967's Superman/Aquaman Adventure Hour.

Gerard Mohr as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern.

Green Lantern also appeared in the Justice League of America shorts.

Hal Jordan/Green Lantern's origin as shown on Challenge of the Super Friends.

Michael Rye is Hal/GL in all his Super Friends apperances.

The first live-action Hal Jordan was Howard Murphy in 1979's Legends of the SuperHeroes specials.

Hal Jordan temporarily takes John Stewart's place in Justice League Unlimited "The Once and Future Thing, Part 2: Time, Warped" during a dimensional shift.
Hal was voiced by Adam Baldwin.

Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in Duck Dodgers "The Green Loontern".
In addition, Hal has appeared on Justice League: New Frontier, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Green Lantern: First Flight, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, The Batman, Batman: the Brave and the Bold, and Young Justice.
and this little thing you might have heard of...

Of Lanterns & Lensmen...

First part of the series I mentioned yesterday, covering the Golden Age Green Lantern and EE "Doc" Smith's Lensman series.

Presenting a historical context for the Silver Age Green Lantern, who'll be covered tomorrow.

Golden Age Green Lantern Cover Gallery

I'm helping on a week-long feature about Green Lantern on Examiner.com.

Sheldon Moldoff

Here's some covers featuring a Green Lantern you won't see in the movie...the Golden Age Green Lantern!
But he will be featured in the Monday entry: Of Lanterns and Lensmen, detailing both his Golden Age run and the story of E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensmen...

Howard Purcell

Gil Kane/Murphy Anderson

Gil Kane/Sid Greene

Neal Adams/Dick Giordano

Return of the "Relevant" Hero

Starting with Superman #700, noted writer J Michael Straczynski is sending The Man of Steel on a walking tour across America.
The reason given is that Superman has lost touch with the average American and that he'll be able to "re-connect" with the people if he "walks among them".

A similar concept was done (by DC) in 1970, when conservative Green Lantern and liberal Green Arrow tried to "reconnect" with the "common man" in Green Lantern/Green Arrow #76-89.
(Interestingly, the comic book was canceled before the plotline ended.)

I'm wondering if the Superman series will be a "feel-good" story that glosses over the imperfections of the country, or, will it deal with social and environmental issues like the GL/GA series did. (NOTE: to be fair,  GL/GA sometimes did so in a very heavy-handed way. But, give them credit, they tried!)

We'll be watching to see how this develops...

Captain Science: Hero of Nerds & Geeks (including us) everywhere!

We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ are major fans of the tv series The Big Bang Theory.
Sheldon, Leonard, and their associates speak to us as fellow geeks, pardon me, pop culture aficionados.

But what we want to know is...why don't they dress the part?

Sheldon wears Green Lantern t-shirts.
GREEN LANTERN!
Now consider the Earthmen who have worn the particular insignia of the intergalactic police corps that Sheldon wears...
A jock test pilot!
A psychotic social worker/teacher!
An architect/ex-marine!
Note: the newest GL, comic book artist Kyle Rayner wears a variation of the insignia Sheldon wears, and is not included. Ironically, of all the Silver/Bronze/Current GLs, he's the GL Sheldon SHOULD be wearing!)

You'd think Sheldon would wear The Batman, the thinking-man's hero, the man with NO powers who can defeat even Superman!
Or the Golden Age Green Lantern, a radio technologist-turned media mogul (what a role model!)

But, if he'd really want to "go geek", he should go...
CAPTAIN SCIENCE (part of our O Captain, My Captain: Captains of the Cosmos™ line)!
After all, is he not Master of Technology™?
Does he not utilize his knowledge to triumph over bigger, stronger, foes?
Does he not have both a cool name and logo?
And he has a very retro look popular among us ner--I mean pop culture aficionados!
C'mon Big Bang crew, let Sheldon's true nerd shine thru!
Show him wearing CAPTAIN SCIENCE, the clothing line he was born to wear!

Fantastic Femmes--Angela Bassett

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Captain Science: Hero of Nerds & Geeks everywhere!

We at Atomic Kommie Comics™ are major fans of the tv series The Big Bang Theory.
Sheldon, Leonard, and their associates speak to us as fellow geeks, pardon me, pop culture aficionados.

But what we want to know is...why don't they dress the part?

Sheldon wears Green Lantern t-shirts.
GREEN LANTERN!
Now consider the Earthmen who have worn the particular insignia of the intergalactic police corps that Sheldon wears...
A jock test pilot!
A psychotic social worker/teacher!
An architect/ex-marine!
Note: the newest GL, comic artist Kyle Rayner wears a variation of the insignia Sheldon wears, and is not included. Ironically, of all the Silver/Bronze/Current GLs, he's the GL Sheldon SHOULD be wearing!)

You'd think Sheldon would wear The Batman, the thinking-man's hero, the man with NO powers who can defeat even Superman!
Or the Golden Age Green Lantern, a radio technologist-turned media mogul (what a role model!)

But, if he'd really want to "go geek", he should go...
CAPTAIN SCIENCE (part of our O Captain, My Captain: Captains of the Cosmos line)!
After all, is he not Master of Technology™?
Does he not utilize his knowledge to triumph over bigger, stronger, foes?
Does he not have both a cool name and logo?
And he has a very retro look popular among us ner--I mean pop culture aficionados!
C'mon Big Bang crew, let Sheldon's true nerd shine thru!
Show him wearing CAPTAIN SCIENCE, the clothing line he was born to wear!