Week 1
An Homage to the Golden Age Emerald Avenger.
Name: Alan Ladd Wellington Scott
Place of Birth: Gotham City
Aliases: Green Lantern, White King, Sentinel
Relatives: Molly Mayne-Scott (Harlequin, wife), Thorn (Rose Canton, first wife, deceased),
Tood Rice (Obsidian, son), Jennie-Lynn Hayden (Jade, daughter, deceased)
Occupation: Railroad Engineer
Base of Ops: Gotham City, New York City; Formerly Capitol City
Formerly Earth-2 (Pre Crisis on Infinite Earths), New Earth
Height: 5'11 - 180cm
Weight: 162Lbs - 73kg
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Group Affiliation: JSA, Sentinels of Magic; Formerly Checkmate and All-Star Squadron.
First Appearance: All American Comics #16 (1940)
Oath: "And I shall shed my light over dark evil, for the dark things cannot stand the light. The light of...THE GREEN LANTERN!"
Powers, Abilities and Equipment: Eternal Youth granted by the Starheart, Flight, Phasing through objects (moving through the 4th dimension), Hypnotism, Blinding light, Energy/Heat/Stun beams, Invisibility, Danger detection (senses and reveals dangerous objects by making them glow) Energy constructs, Electromagnetic scanning, Power duplication (Flashes speed, Hyppolita's strength), Force-fields, Telepathy, Starheart Sight (allows him to track astral and mystical energies, Teleportation. Alan Scott is also an Engineer escelling in repairs and tinkering. An expert Martial Artist and businessman. He wears th Starheart power Ring to focus his powers, he also has the Starheart Lantern, but this is more of a keepsake because the Starheart energy has been absorbed into Alan's body.
History:
The first Green Lantern to appear in comic books, a founding member of the JSA (Justice Society of Amerca) Unlike most other Green Lanterns, Alan was not as part of the Corps, nor did his powers come from the Guardians, Instead, he came into possestion of the Starheart, a meteor that crached in China thousandsof years ago and encased an entity formerly imprisoned by the Guardians. The Starheart save Alan's life in a bridge collapse and then instructed him how to fashion a ring to give him tremendous power, fulfilling the 3 part prophecy (To bring Death, Life, then Power) it had spoken of when it first crashed into the Earth thousands of years ago.
During the 1940s, Green Lantern seemed to alternate between serious adventure - particularly when his arch-nemesis, Solomon Grundy, appeared - and light comedy, usually involving his sidekick Doiby Dickles. Toward the end of his Golden Age adventures, he was even reduced to the role of a sidekick to Streak the Wonder Dog, a heroic canine cut from the mold of Rin-Tin-Tin and Lassie.
Alan was a founding member of the Justice Society and was instrumental in many wartime battles. After the war, as a broadcast executive in the late forties, Alan Scott had a flirtatious relationship with the costumed villainess the Harlequin (who unbeknownst to Alan, was secretly his secretary, Molly Maynne). Molly even admitted that her career as a "criminal" was just a ruse to get close to Green Lantern. The Harlequin eventually turned over a new leaf, becoming an undercover agent for the FBI. She left Alan's life without confessing her true identity or her real feelings.
Alan subsequently met and quickly married a young woman named Alyx Florin. He was unaware that she was actually Rose Canton (a.k.a. The Thorn), a schizophrenic but reformed enemy of the Flash. Alyx disappeared on their wedding night, starting a fire that led Alan to believe she had died. In fact, she survived and discovered that she was pregnant with twins. The children were born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and raised separately by adoptive families as Jennifer-Lynn Hayden and Todd Rice. Alyx was taken to the Amazons' Reformation Island. Jennifer-Lynn eventually became the Green Lantern like superhero named Jade, and Tood became Obsidian.
Recently, the Starheart made Alan appear much younger, and he took the new name and costume, Sentinel. He encountered a mysterious new Harlequin (IV), who may have been a manifestation of the Starheart, which became malevolent. The Starheart was apparently destroyed and Alan's powers were diminished and he returned to his original uniform. Jade also lost her powers during this incident.
When the Justice Society reformed, Alan was there as always to anchor the team. One of their first major cases pitted Sentinel against his son, Obsidian, who had been seduced by dark forces. Alan was forced to beat Todd into retreat. It soon became obvious (and was confirmed by Dr. Mid-Nite) that Alan had become the living embodiment of the Starheart. Any changes to his age or powers are merely psychosomatic. Obsidian returned in alliance with Mordru and Eclipso. This time, Alan set things right and banished Todd's dark powers, perhaps for good. After this, Alan reclaimed the name Green Lantern. Todd was taken into D.E.O. custody and vowed to atone for his actions. The recent events involving his son have made Alan somewhat overbearing and overprotective of the JSA's other "children."
During the great Crisis created by Alexander Luthor and Superboy-Prime, Alan and Jade followed Donna Troy into space to investigate a cosmic rift. When Luthor was defeated, the rift began collapsing and Jennie-Lynn was caught in one of the shock waves. Alan was on Thanagar when she lost her life. He learned afterwards that as she died, she returned the power once given to her by Kyle Rayner. Thus in a way, she continues to live on within Rayner.
When the rift collapsed for good, Alan and the remaining heroes were sent reeling through space and time. He and several others reemerged a week later on Earth.
Alan was among the lucky ones, having only lost an eye. Alan then somehow gained Adam's right eye and lost his left eye completely.
His missing eye was later replaced by a portion of his daughter Jade's mystic green energy. After being put into a comatose state during an attack by the Gentleman Ghost,
Jade appeared to him, told him goodbye and granted him another portion of her green energy. His missing eye is currently replaced by a green glowing orb that, due to its mystical origins and connection to Jade, allows him to track astral and mystical energy forms such as ghosts.
The JSA had also become a spectre of its former self, and its members became disillusioned about the team's effectiveness. This was underscored by the advent of Lex Luthor's Everyman technology, which awarded powers to a girl who adopted Jade's codename. Alan had to restrain Obsidian from accosting the girl.
Soon Alan was approached by the spy organization Checkmate, which was reorganizing under U.N. control. They invited Alan to become their White King, which he accepted.
His time with Checkmate was brief. Scott soon found himself in a moral conflict with Checkmate's Black Knight Sasha Bordeaux over the violent nature of Checkmate,
particularly after Bordeaux and her team slaughtered dozens of Kobra operatives during a raid on a facility. Bordeaux contended that the ends justified the means, while Scott adhered to the principle that heroes should not kill unless absolutely necessary; Bordeaux responded to this by suggesting that Scott should resign.
Concurrent with this internal conflict, Scott and "White Queen" Amanda Waller attempted to keep the organization from being discontinued by political forces.
Another JSA member, Mr. Terrific, succeeded him in the post.
Meanwhile, Alan was urged by the Justice League to re-establish the JSA as an organization that cares for the legacy of its heroes. When his time with Checkmate came to an end, Alan resumed an active role in the JSA.