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DC Comics' Green Lantern relaunched as gay superhero
ny post ^ | 6/1/2012 | DAREH GREGORIAN

Posted on 06/01/2012 4:27:18 AM PDT by tobyhill

One of DC Comics oldest heroes is super-coming out.

The original Green Lantern - a DC Comics' mainstay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a gay man in next week's issue of "Earth 2."

Alan Scott - formerly a married father of two who first appeared in 1940 - tips readers off to his sexuality early on in the comic when he gives his boyfriend a welcome home kiss.

"He's very much the character he was. He's still the pinnacle of bravery and idealism. He's also gay," "Earth 2" writer James Robinson told The Post.

The Emerald Guardian's sexuality was rebooted along with the rest of his fictional universe as part of DC's "New 52" initiative aimed at rejuvenating their characters.

Robinson said he decided to make the change because making the character young again meant erasing Scott's gay superhero son out of existence.

"The only downside of his being young was we lose his son, Obsidian, who's gay. So I thought, 'Why not make Alan Scott gay?'" Robinson recalled. "That was the seed that started it."

He ran his idea by the bosses at DC, "who signed off on it without hesitation."

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: greenlantern; homosexualagenda
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1 posted on 06/01/2012 4:27:29 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

What’s next? Batman revealed to be pedophile?


2 posted on 06/01/2012 4:31:15 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: tobyhill

we truly live in a sick age


3 posted on 06/01/2012 4:31:20 AM PDT by Blado (THIS IS NOT AMERICA)
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To: tobyhill
He's still the pinnacle of ...idealism.

There's the real issue.

I wonder if they'll deal with the hepatitis or fights with the boyfriend that comes along with new lifestyle.

4 posted on 06/01/2012 4:31:47 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: tobyhill

Kinda’ ironic: Go Green is also Go Gay!


5 posted on 06/01/2012 4:32:10 AM PDT by broken_arrow1
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To: tobyhill

Also announced was that DC Comics will now be known as “AC/DC Comics”.


6 posted on 06/01/2012 4:32:22 AM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemies of freedom. Be Andrew Breitbart.)
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To: tobyhill

Should he start wearing lavender now, instead of green?

Or maybe he can become the Rainbow Lantern.


7 posted on 06/01/2012 4:32:40 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: tobyhill

Why not just totally corrupt historic fantasy legacy by making all the DC superheroes gay? I mean for 1 maybe 2% of the population to feel ‘included’ in society now and the other 98% left wondering what effed-up DC writer has up his butt.....


8 posted on 06/01/2012 4:33:20 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: tobyhill
Gotta a feeling Green Lantern will be the laughing stock of the boys who read these comics.

AND, most young men will not be caught dead carrying around a Green Lantern comic book after he comes out.

9 posted on 06/01/2012 4:33:36 AM PDT by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: tobyhill

I keep looking up for the big “reset” asteroid.


10 posted on 06/01/2012 4:33:55 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: tobyhill

“He’s still the pinnacle of bravery and idealism.”

No, he isn’t.


11 posted on 06/01/2012 4:34:25 AM PDT by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: tobyhill

Next Up: Incredible Hulk likes packing fudge.


12 posted on 06/01/2012 4:34:53 AM PDT by broken_arrow1
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To: tobyhill

Having a fecal fetish is not “ideal.”


13 posted on 06/01/2012 4:35:30 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: tobyhill

If this travesty sells parents can be blamed for not giving a damn!


14 posted on 06/01/2012 4:37:22 AM PDT by IbJensen (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: sonofagun

They keep pushing their agenda and you’re right, they will be the laughing stock of the comic book fans.


15 posted on 06/01/2012 4:37:51 AM PDT by tobyhill (Conservatives are proud of themselves, Liberals lie about themselves)
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According to wiki: The Green Lanterns . . . are often depicted as being close friends of the various men who have been the Flash, the most notable friendships having been between Alan Scott and Jay Garrick (the Golden Age Green Lantern and Flash), Hal Jordan and Barry Allen (the Silver Age Green Lantern and Flash), Kyle Rayner and Wally West (the modern-age Green Lantern and Flash), and Jordan also being friends with West.

Perhaps this should not be a surprise. In any case, I won't be buying anything from DC Comics, so I don't have to worry what they do to their "universe?.

16 posted on 06/01/2012 4:38:57 AM PDT by Pollster1 (A boy becomes a man when a man is needed - John Steinbeck)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Big seller on Castro Street:

Batman In Action. Scenes of Batman buggering Robin.


17 posted on 06/01/2012 4:39:08 AM PDT by IbJensen (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: tobyhill

A lot of comic fans are going to look at this as a slap in the face to Green Lantern creator Mart Nodell, who passed away a few years ago. Mart was looked upon as a ‘grandfatherly figure’ among many fans and retailers...he was still sketching for fans and signing books right up to the end...p*ss on DC...I hope this financially cripples them.


18 posted on 06/01/2012 4:42:14 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: tobyhill

Up next...Batman and Throbbin


19 posted on 06/01/2012 4:44:11 AM PDT by albie
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To: tobyhill

Anyone who allows this comic book in their home is guilty of child abuse.


20 posted on 06/01/2012 4:46:15 AM PDT by Venturer
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