DC to REBOOT???

[Hound of UIster]

^WTH

Yeah, they fucked around with Alan Scott so-o-o much over the years.

Have you seen him recently? He's basically wearing a costume that LOOKS like a Lantern. I'll see if I can find a picture. It looks fucking ridiculous.

That sounds like pretty much his Kingdom Come outfit.

 

[Mike Farley]

Considering that Superman seems to be a "Project" of some kind in the Flashpoint reality I can see him being easily "relaunched" due to that. Also in the normal universe Paul Cornell had the Omega Doomsday or whatever it's called

Spoiler: Supes Dilemema

tear Superman apart literally

in last month's issue of Action Comics.

You should go back and look at that issue again. That's not what happened.

Spoiler: ACTION #901

That's The Eradicator being torn apart.

 

[Professor Zoom]

Oh, I found one:

http://missabnormal.tumblr.com/post/2613710745/new-costume-for-alan-scott-apparently-what

Fucking incredible. Someone approved this?

RIGHT? It's INSANE. I don't understand why the characters just don't turn to him and go, "Really, Alan? You're taking this Green Lantern thing a little bit to seriously. You look like an idiot. Even your first costume was better. Go change. Now. You fucking moron."

Someone thought it was a GOOD idea....

^WTH

Yeah, they fucked around with Alan Scott so-o-o much over the years.

Have you seen him recently? He's basically wearing a costume that LOOKS like a Lantern. I'll see if I can find a picture. It looks fucking ridiculous.

That sounds like pretty much his Kingdom Come outfit.

You've seen the pic. It doesn't look or sound like his Kingdom Come outfit.

 

[Silvercrest]

I sure hope those forearms are his traditional billowy sleeves. Otherwise he's built like Popeye.

And what are those thin little brace thingies that extend from his wrists to his upper arms? It looks like he can't bend his elbows.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Have you seen him recently? He's basically wearing a costume that LOOKS like a Lantern. I'll see if I can find a picture. It looks fucking ridiculous.

His retirement plan is to be a lighthouse.

 

[Silvercrest]

Is it legal for lighthouses to be green?

 

[Myasishchev]

Is it legal for lighthouses to be green?

"It's all right, men. It says 'go.' "

 

[Silvercrest]

I just had this weird image of Atrocitus and Sinestro duking it out with Alan (or Hal) and the bystanders going "red? yellow? green? Is it safe to cross yet?"

 

[Thestral]

RIGHT? It's INSANE. I don't understand why the characters just don't turn to him and go, "Really, Alan? You're taking this Green Lantern thing a little bit to seriously. You look like an idiot. Even your first costume was better. Go change. Now. You fucking moron."

Someone thought it was a GOOD idea....

Yeah, the Kingdom Come armor is pretty awesome (if best in small doses). This... monstrosity is just BAD.

Not helped by what I recall the excuse being, that it's essentially a walking iron lung because of some terrible injury. Which for a guy who (last I heard) is composed entirely of green magical energy held together by force of will, seems really ridiculous.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Not helped by what I recall the excuse being, that it's essentially a walking iron lung because of some terrible injury.

Iron Lantern.

 

[JD]

Oh, I found one:

http://missabnormal.tumblr.com/post/2613710745/new-costume-for-alan-scott-apparently-what

Fucking incredible. Someone approved this?

Ok, I know people have worn some weird stuff in comics books over the decades, but that has got to be one of the weirdest. If I was in charge of DC and someone gave me a drawing of that outfit, I think I would have laughed in their face and told them to design something that was actually publishable.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

It's because Scott is so very old - it's actually a portable iron lung.

 

[JD]

I guess that makes a certain amount of sense, but you would think with all of the futuristic stuff in the DCU that they could have come up with something less awkward looking.

 

[Skywalker]

Not helped by what I recall the excuse being, that it's essentially a walking iron lung because of some terrible injury.

Iron Lantern.

 

[JoeZhang]

RIGHT? It's INSANE. I don't understand why the characters just don't turn to him and go, "Really, Alan? You're taking this Green Lantern thing a little bit to seriously. You look like an idiot. Even your first costume was better. Go change. Now. You fucking moron."

Someone thought it was a GOOD idea....

Yeah, the Kingdom Come armor is pretty awesome (if best in small doses). This... monstrosity is just BAD.

Not helped by what I recall the excuse being, that it's essentially a walking iron lung because of some terrible injury. Which for a guy who (last I heard) is composed entirely of green magical energy held together by force of will, seems really ridiculous.

As I understand it, the writer either forgot or didn't know that, so that had to then write some lash-up to explain why an energy being has a broken back...

 

[sojourner]

Not helped by what I recall the excuse being, that it's essentially a walking iron lung because of some terrible injury.

Iron Lantern.

Or, as I like to call this one, Fat Iron.

 

[Silvercrest]

In Amalgam Comics, Tony has an eating problem instead of a drinking problem.

 

[sojourner]

^Ah yes, the Demon in a bunt cake storyline.

Since there will now be a Red Lantern comic, does that mean our universe is merging with the Walternate universe?

 

[Hound of UIster]

RIGHT? It's INSANE. I don't understand why the characters just don't turn to him and go, "Really, Alan? You're taking this Green Lantern thing a little bit to seriously. You look like an idiot. Even your first costume was better. Go change. Now. You fucking moron."

Someone thought it was a GOOD idea....

Yeah, the Kingdom Come armor is pretty awesome (if best in small doses). This... monstrosity is just BAD.

Not helped by what I recall the excuse being, that it's essentially a walking iron lung because of some terrible injury. Which for a guy who (last I heard) is composed entirely of green magical energy held together by force of will, seems really ridiculous.

As I understand it, the writer either forgot or didn't know that, so that had to then write some lash-up to explain why an energy being has a broken back...

DC editorial has no editorial policy. The writers have to do their own research. The writer for that comic probably didn't do his homework.

 

[Nerys Myk]

As long as they're the JSA, they're not "Generic Old Guys".

If they're not the heros of the "Golden Age," they're not the JSA - therefore, Generic Old Guys.

And thankfully, retired by DC rather than reimagined...for now.

I guess that depends on how you define "the Golden Age". Is it the characters, the time they were published or the style of storytelling. To me it's the characters. If their adventures take place/start in the 40s, the 200s0 or any era in between they're still the heroes of the Golden Age.