Let's turn our eyes back, and then move slowly forward as we look at the start of Green Lantern when it first dared to ask: "What if we add Lensman to this shit?"
Green Lantern Story time
Cooper Bennett
Benjamin Murphy
They never could have imagined how many explanations and sagas would come from "why did Abin Sur need a spaceship?"
Camden Diaz
The lantern is not yet universally called a lantern. Just a Power Battery. Also a bit different than what its iconic look will be.
Lucas Ross
Yeah, Hal actually designing the flight simulator is something that never really comes up ever again and is dropped from every new take on his orgin after this.
Logan Nelson
Also at the start, the symbol was a simple drawing of the Lantern.
Noah Cook
. . . Nope not going there.
Josiah Sanders
And at this moment bringing called Green Lantern is a uniquely Hal thing, not something all of the Space Patrolmen use. They don't really have a name at the moment.
Luke Parker
This scene is a swipe from the 1950s movie THIS ISAND EARTH, where a green glow took control of a private jet.
Wyatt Baker
Be ready for lots of suits and ties in the silver age stuff.
Angel Wright
At the moment these two are close. At the moment.
Jaxon Cruz
Interesting how early on the ring's beam doesn't tend to form full constructs as it tends to just be well a beam in the rough shape needed to do the job. This is also how it often was in Alan's run. Making constructs is really something that starts more with Hal and gets backported to Alan when they do stuff with him going forward.
Gavin Taylor
The beam also starts off very, jagged.
Nathaniel Turner
We also see a heavy focus on non-construct uses of the ring early on. Liking here going through walls and exploding bullets mid-air.
Robert Moore
And we get our first head injury. To be fair most heroes who aren't explicitly unable to be knocked out get knocked out a lot. Though given Hal's overall power level it likely makes it stand out more.
Lincoln Morgan
Ice picks are at the moment the closest we get to constructs.
Jaxson Lee
Yeah, it will be a LONG time till Mr. Ferris becomes a major member of the cast.
Chase Perry
You can almost see this last page in a rom-com. Also, the Lantern is already changing, a lip being placed around the lens.
Juan Wright
Jayden Russell
I love the second panel.
Blake Kelly
I'm sure this will not be self-destructive to his relationship with Carol.
Dylan Watson
Zachary King
There is that thing when you have powers with a weakness, that weakness will show up everywhere.
Joseph Reyes
Yeah like nowadays we would get a net that looks like it's made of green rope or something, here its clearly just meant to be light in the shape of a net.
Joseph Turner
Mason Murphy
Ahhh some of that classic "telling us what we can see is happening" action of the Silver Age.
Gavin Ramirez
You can almost hear the comedic sting music.
Asher Hernandez
Shoot! Forgot the pic.
Leo Gutierrez
Like I said rom-com
Ryan Sullivan
In which Hal fights his first Super Villain.
Nicholas Richardson
but before that, and more importantly first space adventure!
Mason Campbell
Hal's really enjoying that fame.
Cooper Scott
.. the roots of the less... flattering way of writing Carol are already being laid.
Owen Smith
Alan Scott's beam was usually drawn as a flame, interesting design choice/
Henry Torres
The rom-com is just becoming a sitcom.
John Morgan
It's not something we see with most super heroes but Hal's Green Lantern spends a lot of time socializing with the public. You don't see the Flash or Green Arrow going on actual dates or spending the evening at a party.
Blake Brooks
Looks to me like Gil Kane had Keenan Wynn in mind when drawing the colonel.
Jonathan Perry
Even though we don't have a name for Hal's organization we do have the famed "Sector 2814"
Luis Torres
And here's where the foundation for 'wait.... why was Abin in a spaceship?" starts.
Brandon Edwards
>We also see a heavy focus on non-construct uses of the ring early on
It evolves into letting the user do just about anything.
Hunter Parker
of all the luck huh? Most of Hal's run will do trade-offs between "earthbound more classic Super hero stuff" and "space adventure/space opera with a few notable exceptions.
Alexander Bennett
Shoot missed again.
Wyatt Reyes
Jason Young
And the first use of the ring to translate languges.
Carter Sanders
And the first real full construct. The slow transition of the ring from "wish-granting ring because this is all riffing on Aladan" to "construct maker" starts here.
Logan Hill
I'm sure this will have no long-term effects on the ecosystem.
Julian Roberts
And we'll never hear from them ever again.
Oliver Butler
Jayden Clark
And now for that first Super Villian. He's... not the best.
Henry Jones
We start to move to Hal's GL stuff getting in the way of his love life.
Jayden Collins
Dylan Morris
Yeah, not the best costume design Kane ever did.Especially when placed right next to Hal's.
Brayden Long
He's a very good artist.
Robert Cooper
Jayden James
I kind of love the exclamations they came up for people to say in order to not be religious.
Luis Campbell
And we get into the "no when we said this ring can do ANYTHING we meant it." side of things.
Dylan Walker
We are three issues in and already dealing with a nuke going off as a threat.
Dylan Bell
Jayden Williams
Like I said it can do anything.
Brayden Bennett
Carter Richardson
Thomas Green
>Power Battery
it literally says battery of power
Jason Morgan
Lots of spy stuff early on. It fades away after a bit, but comes back later.
Brayden Myers
Look Hal I know you just can't keep your boner for Carol in your pants... but if you want her to love you as you and not as GL you have to see how this is self destructive.
Zachary Rogers
Seems we're mostly over the jagged look to power beam.