DC Confirms The Original Green Lantern Is Stronger Than Hal Jordan
Warning! Contains spoilers for Swamp Thing #14
In the DC Universe, Green Lantern is more of a job rather than a specific name to one superhero. And as it turns out, the original Green Lantern Alan Scott is actually more powerful than the more well-known modern Green Lantern Hal Jordan.
Alan Scott was the original Green Lantern during the Golden Age of Comics, having ben introduced in 1940. During the crossover event, Crisis on Infinite Earths, the era that Alan Scott was a part of eventually was designated Earth 2, as opposed to Earth 1 where the Green Lantern Hal Jordan resided. Earth 2 was actually rebooted during DC's New 52 era, with a version of Alan Scott who was slightly different, having been granted his Green Lantern abilities not from aliens in space but rather by becoming an avatar of the Earth itself.
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In Swamp Thing #14 by Ram V and Mike Perkins, Green Lantern Hal Jordan makes an appearance when a plant-like threat from space emerges and Swamp Thing must stop it from invading Earth. Swamp Thing is unsuccessful, but Hal Jordan grants him some of his Green Lantern abilities to become empowered. It's unclear exactly what sort of extra Green Lantern powers Swamp Thing now has, but it appears as if he's resurrected with theGreen Lantern logo glowing on his chest. The combined powers of Green Lantern and Swamp Thing are enough to fend off the threat, but it's likely Alan Scott would have been able to do this on his own.
Although Alan Scott does not appear in the issue, he has a weird connection to Swamp Thing and the Earth because of the source of his powers. On Earth 2, because Alan Scott is granted his abilities from the Earth, he is
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