{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 251: Green Lantern Origins","description":" We're dropping into your feed a day early for this St. Patrick\u2019s Day episode, as we look ahead to the August debut of HBO Max\u2019s Lanterns and discuss the first appearances of Green Lanterns Alan Scott and Hal Jordan -- followed for no particular reason by a couple of Tales of the Green Lantern Corps written by Alan Moore! First, in \u201cThe Green Lantern!\u201d from 1940\u2019s All-American Comics #16, construction engineer Alan Scott meets a talking lantern that used to be \u2026 a meteor in ancient China? It\u2019s a whole thing. Then, in \u201cS.O.S. Green Lantern!\u201d and \u201cSecret of the Flaming Spear!\u201d from 1959\u2019s Showcase #22, test pilot Hal Jordan is selected to succeed dying space cop Abin Sur and become an intergalactic lawman! Last but not least, Green Lantern Tomar Re explains to his colleague Arisia just why \u201cMogo Doesn\u2019t Socialize\u201d in 1985\u2019s Green Lantern #188! And we get a glimpse into Abin Sur\u2019s final moments in \u201cTygers\u201d from 1986\u2019s Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2! Will Alan Scott and Hal Jordan prevail in their strikingly similar first adventures? Will Bolphunga the Unrelenting ever find the mysterious Mogo? Why does Abin Sur need a spaceship when his ring has the power of flight? And can these stirring tales of heroic space patrolmen survive the Blackest Night and break on through to that Brightest Day known as \u2026 The Comics Canon? In This Episode: \u00b7       What can we call this radiation-sending device? \u00b7       Green Lantern\u2019s archnemesis \u2013 The Yellow Lamp! \u00b7       Plop! \u00b7       Curt punches up the Green Lantern oath \u00b7       Revenge of the Green Lanterns \u00b7       Roy Thomas\u2019s interview with Golden Age Green Lantern creator Mart Nodell in Alter Ego Join us in two weeks as we discuss the 1982 inter-company crossover The Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans! Until then:Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook or Bluesky! And as always, thanks for listening! ","author_name":"The Comics Canon","author_url":"http:\/\/www.comicscanon.com","html":"