Alan Scott

Alan Scott is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.

Biography

Origin

Alan Ladd Wellington Scott

Alan Scott took a job as radio engineer at Apex Broadcasting Co. to be close to the source of news that would keep him alerted to criminal activity. His co-worker Irene Miller had recently inherited an estate and the racehorse Jersey Queen. He visited her and chased of the racketeer "Scars" Jorgin, who was trying to force her to sell the horse, worried it would beat his own star. That night "Scar"'s thugs tried to hobble the horse, but Green Lantern gave them a sound beating. "Scar" enlisted Irene's jealous cousin Gerald Davis, and he convinced her to enter Jersey Queen in a claiming race, where the losing horses could be bought. Queen lost and Davis bought her, so Alan Scott slugged him for tricking Irene. Geral entered the Queen in a number of races in which he won, making "Scar"'s horse Pegasus a bit of an underdog, and they planned on betting on Pegesus and sabotaging Jersey Queen. Green Lantern stole Queen from their stable, so they painted up another horse and entered him as Jersey Queen. "Scar" and his men broke into Irene's estate, and Green Lantern trapped them with a wall of light, blinding "Scar" and forcing him to sign a confession. Irene won the biug race with her horse, and thanked Green Lantern with a kiss. A pneumonia epidemic overwhelmed the city, and the hospitals ran out of serum because of misappropriations by Boss Filch and his ward heelers. Green Lantern confronted Filch, demanding he return the stolen money, but Filch was not easily shaken. to raise money for more serum GL shook down illegal gambing joints, giving their money to the Red Cross. He met with the wealthy and convinced them to donate more money, and beat up a charlatan who was posing as him asking for donations that he was keeping for himself. The money was raised for serum, which was being delivered by a plane, and when Filch's son caught pneumonia Green Lantern agreed to save the boy's life by flying to the plane before it reached the city in exchange for a confession. The boy lived, and Filch kept his word, implicating commissioner Merril as a co-conspirator, so GL busted up Merril's crew, and the hospitals got their money back. (Green Lantern v1 #1)

A series of fires hit the Third Street District slums, and arson was suspected, although the Daily Tattle blamed substandard construction and called for new modern structures to replace the buildings. Green Lantern investigated, and stopped a fire that broke out during his visit. Green Lantern rescued a fire inspector and a reporter from goons that tried to kill them after they had gathered evidence that the fires were the result of arson. Murker owned the tenements, and was responsible for the fires. He was working with Barton, the publisher of the Tattle to convince the government to buy the Third District at an exorbitant price. commissioner Grey was reluctant to comply, so Murker had his family kidnapped, and he agreed to buy up the tenements. Green Lantern got Murker to confess and reveal the location of the hostages by hanging him outside the window of a high-rise. Green Lantern rescued them and confronted Barton with the fire inspector and journalist he thought were dead, spooking him into revealing his role in the racket. Hop Harrigan's pal Tank said men were after him, and Hop saw him dragged away by athletic gentlemen. He hailed a cab driven by Doiby Dickles, and told him to follow in hot pursuit. A police officer pulled them over for speeding, and Hop pretended to be violently ill and on his way to the hospital. The police officer followed them following Tank, and when he realized they were lying about hop being sick he threw Hop and Doiby in jail. Green Lantern busted them out, telling Hop he was proud of the spy-buster, and they found Tank in a spa. Tank said he was on a health regiment under pressure from his girlfriend, and when he avoided treatment he got dragged in anyway. Hop was mortified to learn he hadn't been kidnapped, but Green Lantern just laughed. Apex sent Alan Scott to cover the news of South American country Landovo, and since Doiby was laid up from his cabbie job with a busted arm he accompanied Alan for a vacation. They arrived in the middle of a civil war, as foreign agents had stirred up rebels who wanted the democratic government replaced with a dictatorship. Green Lantern saved a boy from crossfire, and his grateful father, a rebel spy, gave him a tip when Doiby fell into enemy hands. Green Lantern rescued him, and Doiby knocked around his captors for saying he looked like a moron. GL put down the rebel army, and convinced them they were being manipulated by the foreigners, who were using them. Doiby ended up buying a cab because he didn't understand the exchange rate of the country, and Alan had a good laugh at his expense. (Green Lantern v1 #1)

Post-Crisis

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Post-Flashpoint

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.

Overview

Personality and attributes

He would later adopt a new superhero identity for himself and went by the name of Sentinel. (Green Lantern Corps Quarterly v1 #6)

Notes

• The Alan Scott Green Lantern was created by Bill Finger and Martin Nodell where All-American Comics v1 #16 (July, 1940).
• In an interview, Nodell had said, "When I sent it in, I waited into the second week before I heard the word to come in. I was ushered into Mr. [Max] Gaines' office, publisher, and after sitting a long time and flipping through the pages of my presentation, he announced, "We like it!" And then, "Get to work!" I did the first five pages of an eight-page story, and then they called in Bill Finger to help. We worked on it for seven years [through 1947]."

Alternate Versions

• In Earth 2 v1 #1 (2012), an alternate version of Alan Scott was shown to inhabit the reborn Earth-2 in the reborn Multiverse. Alan Scott, media mogul, presented a documentary about Darkseid’s invasion of Earth 2, which raged for years and cost the lives of the Wonders of the World, Earth 2’s foremost protectors. Alan was on a flight to China and looked down from his flight as it passed over Italy, which was now a crater in the ground after the Darkseid War. Alan made a deal in Beijing to gain ownership of GBC’s satellites after negotiations with a client firm. He met his longterm boyfriend Sam Zhao in Hong Kong, and Zhao said he wanted to take him to the countryside, knowing that if Alan staid in the city he’d be continually distracted by business. Alan was pleased with the idea of a romantic excursion, and they left on a bullet train. Alan felt bad that their business ventures kept them apart for so long, and asked Zhao if he’d move his business to America so they could spend more time together. Alan produced a wedding ring and proposed, but at that moment the train was rocked by an explosion. Alan, burned and badly injured, crawled from the wreckage of the train when he was confronted by a green flame that spoke to him. The flame said he had been chosen, and healed his wounds, apologizing that it had been able to save him but not his lover Sam. The flame was the embodiment of Earth’s enemy and had chosen him as Earth’s champion because a threat was approaching that threatened the world’s survival. Alan asked why the Earth hadn’t chosen a champion when Apokolips invaded, and the flame replied that Superman was the suns champion, and the coming threat would make Darkseid and Apokolips look inconsequential. Alan Scott accepted the responsibility, and was empowered with the energy of the Green, becoming Green Lantern. The flame said he needed a personal object to focus his power, and Green Lantern chose the engagement ring he was about to give to Sam, which became the conduit of the Green. Green Lantern asked the flame about the champions that came before him, and the flame assured him he’d understand everything in time. Green Lantern’s first task was to uncover who caused the train crash that killed Sam, and the flame said its’ job was done, and he was now on his own. Lantern tended to the survivors and helped a rescue team bring them to safety. The dead were placed in bodybags, and Lantern knelt at Sam’s body, saying everything he did from that point on to help humanity would be to honor Sam’s memory.

In other media

Television

• In Stargirl, Alan Scott appeared in the setting of the live-action DC Universe television series where he was portrayed by an uncredited actor. It revealed in the second season that he came to be the father of twin brother and sisters that had to be given away for adoption.

Films

• In Justice League: The New Frontier, Alan Scott made a cameo appearance in the opening credits in the setting of the animated DC Universe film.

Video games

• In DC Universe Online, Alan Scott appeared in the setting of the MMORPG video game where he was voiced by actor Jason Phelps.

Appearances

• All-American Comics v1: (1940)
• Green Lantern v1:
• JSA v1:
• Earth-2 v1:

External Links

• DC Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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