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I'm sure The little Blue men could use his help.

2006-08-18 10:55:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music Comics & Animation

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They don't offer dental insurance.

2006-08-18 11:04:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

In the first place, Alan Scot hasn't called himself "Sentinel" since JSA Book 7: Princes of Darkness.
In the second place, his powers aren't connected to the central power battery, the way the other rings are. The GLCorps power rings are Oan technology--Alan's ring is a focus for the magic of the Starheart. Actually, these days, the ring is only a symbol--Alan IS the Starheart.
But there is no real connection between Alan and the Corps.
Although, he has been referred to as an "Honorary Member" by the Guardians.

2006-08-19 02:11:07 · answer #2 · answered by JSAaron 2 · 0 0

It has to do with the fact The Sentinel's Green Lantern is mystical in origin, and the origin is now at the point where Alan Scott, a railrad engineer, carved a ring from the mystical (Chinese mythology, originally) green substance known as the "Starheart", and he also had an actual railroad Lantern, hence the name. He no longer has to use a ring, as the Starheart has imbued itself with his body, granting him longevity, amongst other things.

Hal Jordan and other GL's received their rings, as you know, from the Council of OA, and they are connected to the "Battery", where the rings receive their mainline of power, transmitted via Lanterns that the GL 's have to charge their rings in.

Alan Scott's ring could construct items made from a 'green flame', whereas the current GL's use a "hard-light" source.

There are also differences in their abilities and weaknesses, but to finally answer your question-Alan Scott is loyal to the JSA and his teammates, and doesn't want to be involved in space-faring adventures. Besides, his daughter just died, so I don't think he'd be enlisting in the GL Corps anytime soon.

Sentinel is mystical, Green Lantern Corps GL's are more Sci-Fi.

2006-08-18 11:36:08 · answer #3 · answered by Eric B 38 3 · 2 1

If I recall correctly, the power used by Alan Scott (Sentinel), is magical in nature, as opposed to the "scientific" battery power they use now. I'm not sure if Sentinel's battery is Oan in nature, or if it's just a fluke that both power sources are lantern shaped. I would lean towards the second, due to the fact that the oaths are different:
"In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power: Green Lantern's Light!"
Vs.
"And I shall shed my light over dark evil, for the dark things cannot stand the light... the light of Green Lantern!"

Two different oaths, two different powers, two different organizations.

2006-08-18 11:35:36 · answer #4 · answered by Eegah 4 · 1 1

Unlike others who bear the name "Green Lantern," Alan Scott's power does not come from the Guardians of the Universe, but from the Starheart, an magical entity once imprisoned by the Guardians:
The Guardians evolved on the planet Maltus, and were possibly the first intelligent life forms in the Universe. At this time they were tall greyish blue humanoids with black hair. They became scientists and thinkers, experimenting on the worlds around them. One experiment led to the creation of a new species, the Psions. In a pivotal moment, billions of years ago, a Maltusian named Krona used time-bending technology to observe the beginning of the Universe. This experiment flooded the beginning of the Universe with entropy causing it "to be born old". (This is a retcon; originally, the experiment created evil, and splintered the Universe into the Multiverse).

Feeling responsible for this, the Maltusians relocated to the planet Oa (at "the center of the Universe") and became the Guardians. Their goal was simple: combat evil and create an orderly universe. And they acted quickly on that goal. During this period they also changed to their current appearance.
Trying to remove magic from the Universe, they bound as much magical energy as possible into an orb called the Starheart. This would eventually become the ring and lantern of Alan Scott.

The Starheart found its way to Earth where, in 1939, in the shape of a lantern:

A green meteor fell to Earth and landed in ancient China. A mystic named Chang heard it speak.

“Three times shall I flame green! First - to bring DEATH! Second - to bring LIFE! Third - to bring POWER!”

Chang then carved the small meteor into the shape of a lamp. Other men in the village feared Chang was messing with forces he couldn’t understand and attacked him. After they killed Chang, green flames erupted from the lamp and all the attackers were struck dead.

Centuries passed and the lamp wound up being found by an asylum inmate. The inmate was a natural with metal-work and wound up carving the lamp into the shape of a train lantern. There was a flash of green flame and suddenly the inmate had his sanity restored.

Years passed and the lantern wound up on a train in the American Southwest that held Alan Scott as a passenger. Scott was an engineer who had been designing a railway in the Southwest. Unbeknownst to him, the railway had been sabotaged by a business rival named Dekker who’d placed explosives on a bridge. When the bomb went off, the train derailed and everyone died, except for Alan Scott who’d happened to be holding onto the green train lantern.

Looking up from the wreckage, Alan Scott was startled to realize what had happened. The lantern's light grew brighter then and Scott fell back to the floor, lost in a dream-like trance. And then the lantern seemed to speak.

"From within the aura of the green flame comes a voice ... an ageless, toneless voice that penetrates into Scott's subconsciousness ... I am the Green Flame of Life! Listen, Chosen One, and hear the tale of the green lantern!"

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"Third - to bring POWER!"

The lantern told him to carve a ring from the base of its metal and then touch the ring to its light. He was told his will and belief were what powered the green lantern (which seemed like a religious parallel to the idea of faith being the source of strength). Alan Scott touched the ring to the lantern and the ring was filled with the power of the green flame.

Alan Scott then went off and took his vengeance on Dekker, who signed a confession and then died due to his own straining health (so he conveniently wouldn't be around to explain that his confession had been illegally coerced out of him due to Alan Scott's use of a magic ring). Alan Scott decided he had a new calling, to help people in extraordinary circumstances. Designing a costume, he started calling himself The Green Lantern! And thus was born one of my all-time favorite Golden Age heroes.



. At the lantern's mental direction, Alan fashioned a ring from it that allowed him to tap the Starheart's great power. Perhaps influenced subconsciously by the Starheart's history, Alan adopted the identity of Green Lantern...the first with this name...but not a part of the Guardians or the Corps.

He continues to fight crime in his original costumed identity, using a ring again, serving as an elder statesman to the JSA and to the superhero community in general.

2006-08-18 11:40:07 · answer #5 · answered by Zholla 7 · 2 2

Why hang out with a bunch of wannabes if you're the real deal?

2006-08-18 11:01:27 · answer #6 · answered by Steel Toe 1 · 1 0

Screw those Emerld do gooders.

2006-08-18 14:26:20 · answer #7 · answered by Doctor Doom 2 · 1 2

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