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Just so it doesn't seem as if we're strictly picking on the more obscure and goofy characters of comicdom, today we're tackling one of the heavy hitters, one of the legends, a hero who helped make superhero comics what they are today, the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott.
Scott gained his powers from a magical ring, powered by a magical railway lantern that eventually gave him the ability to do, well, pretty much anything he wanted. See, the Green Lantern powers are limited only by the imagination and willpower of their wearer. Oh, and anything made of wood. Yeah, his ring's powerless against wood, apparently. Anyway, despite this one admittedly goofy weakness, Alan Scott, as the original Green Lantern went on to become a living legen in the DC universe. And he did it all while wearing this:
That's not even good comic book attire, let alone anything that could possibly be applicable in the real world.
I'll buy the green tights. He's Green Lantern, after all. But how to you justify a red, puffy-sleeved shirt? And let's look at his insiginia:
It's not even stylized, it's a picture of an actual green lantern. Let's face facts, the very idea of being called GREEN LANTERN is about on par with being called BRONZE FLASHLIGHT or CHARTREUSE DIMMER SWITCH. It's not a name that inspires. So anyone going by this moniker's really gotta bring his A game. I won't say Hal Jordan's costume is exactly the height of fashion
but it suits his purpose, and it doesn't clash. Alan Scott, though:
Yes, that's a purple and green cape. With a red tunic and boots. And green pants. This doesn't look like something he came up with using his imagination and willpower, it looks like he cobbled his costume together from remnants left over from his high school production of KING LEAR.
Sure, you put him in action, and Alan Scott's got the charisma to pull it off
but if we're talking real world setting. Well, you be the judge:
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