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...

Reading Room: RACE FOR THE MOON "The Face on Mars"

Perhaps the most famous story from Race for the Moon...

From Race for the Moon #2. Art by Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.

Why is it so famous?
When the Viking satellite reached Mars in 1976, it took this photo...

Remember, this was the era of Chariots of the Gods?, and to many, this was confirmation that aliens had either come thru the Solar System and stopped off not only on Earth, but Mars, as well, or were from Mars initially!
And, there were those who remembered this little comic tale from their childhood.
The truth was a bit more mundane. Click HERE for NASA's explanation.
There are those who say it's a cover-up, that there is life on Mars, and that "the face" is a relic of their existence.
Judge for yourself.

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

Design of the Week--USA is READY!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week...70 years ago, the world was at war, and we knew it was only a matter of time before the United States would be drawn into battle.
To help reassure the Youth of America, the War Department worked with Dell Publishing to produce this comic book detailing how well-prepared we were for the Coming Conflict.
Ironically, looking at it from the perspective of almost three-quarters of a century later, it's a classic example of underestimating the enemy, since most of the "state of the art" equipment shown was hopelessly-outclassed by the weapons produced by both Germany and Japan!
But, it's a great example of propaganda (in a good cause)!
And, we learned quickly!
By 1943, we were able to match or surpass anything the Axis could throw against us.

Available on kool kollectibles including iPhone and iPad cases, t-shirts, mugs, etc.


BONUS: We're presenting the actual comic for FREE at our "brother" blog WAR: Past, Present & Future™, which runs military-themed comic books covering from caveman conflicts to battles beyond the stars.