First appearance of the new and improved Alan Scott : Gay and Proud, the only Green Lantern of Earth-2 ! Illustrated by the beautiful Nicola Scott and courageously penned by James Robinson, purchased at SDCC 2012, July 13.
Artist: Nicola Scott (Penciller)
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Ironic Use of "Queer" in Alan Scott's Original Appearance from All-American Comics #16 circa 1940
The Second Use of "Queer" in Alan Scott's original appearance in All-American Comics #16 (1940)
from Earth-2 Issue 1, page 22 in Color with Words
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DescriptionI remember the first time reading this issue of Earth-2 and saying to myself, “Wow, the new Alan Scott is hot ! Too bad he isn’t gay….” I was thinking at the time that Nicola makes all her guys extremely hot (that’s why I buy all her pages with Superboy in it ) so I really didn’t think much of it except I felt that this Alan Scott had a bit of a gay aesthethic, metrosexual vibe if you will. Little did I realize….my wish was fulfilled.This hot man is not only gay but he is damn proud to be gay, in a relationship with a hot Eurasian (wish ithis was me...just kidding baby!) and is destined to be the most ideal hero of his world after Superman has long gone. What’s not to love ? I am not much of a Green Lantern fan…I like Kyle Raynor and Terry Berg , who I thought might be interesting if the GL corps made him a lantern. However, to retcon a 1940s character even if he is not the main GL character is amazing and really, who would think something like that would ever happen? As a result, I bought the DC archives of Golden Age Green Lantern and rediscovered this character. Thanks to James Robinson for infusing new life into this character. If you read his first appearance issue back in All-American Comics from the 1940s, the word “queer” comes up once or twice. There’s something poetic about that. Thanks to Nicola for creating such a beautiful page and for all her insights into the character at SDCC 2012 at the Rewriting the Rules of Queers in Comics Panel on Thursday, July 12. Thanks to James Robinson for having the cahones for breathing new life into a 1940s character. Thanks to my buddy Royd who was sweet to bring this page all the way from Australia to Comic-Con !!! You made one happy and proud gay guy !!! I am looking forward to the new adventures of this Alan Scott !!! here is one of the intial links to the controversy from bleeding cool: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/05/24/will-dcs-original-green-lantern-alan-scott-be-reintroduced-as-a-gay-man/ Social/Sharing |
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Royd Burgoyne
Member Since 2003
Posted on 7/19/2012
Great to see you again mate and to know that this cool page is in your collection! :)
Beatrice Fermi
Member Since 2012
Posted on 7/21/2012
I love Nicola Scott and her pages!!! But this new Green Lantern is ridiculous ... In less than 5 pages we discover that Alan Scott is gay, has a boyfriend, wants to get married, but his boyfriend dies. Was it necessary to change the story of a character like this? If DC wanted a gay superhero could create a new one and not to overturn an existing one. I call it a commercial tricksy. I prefer Northstar!
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Posted on 7/21/2012
Beatrice Fermi wrote:
I love Nicola Scott and her pages!!! But this new Green Lantern is ridiculous ... In less than 5 pages we discover that Alan Scott is gay, has a boyfriend, wants to get married, but his boyfriend dies. Was it necessary to change the story of a character like this? If DC wanted a gay superhero could create a new one and not to overturn an existing one. I call it a commercial tricksy. I prefer Northstar!No worries ! I will take it ! We need more gay characters and his story is far from over . I will look forward to this Alan Scott's new adventures !
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