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Who Is Green Lantern?
Green Lantern is one of DC's most iconic superhero legacies — the name has been worn by several characters, each wielding a power ring fueled by willpower that can create any hard-light construct the bearer can imagine. The most famous is Hal Jordan, a fearless test pilot who debuted in Showcase #22 (1959) as a bold sci-fi reinvention of the concept, reimagining the earlier magic-based Green Lantern as an intergalactic space cop patrolling a sector of the universe for the Green Lantern Corps. Other major ring-bearers include Barry Allen's best friend Barry — wait, that's Barry — John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, and Simon Baz, each bringing their own personality and story to the mantle. The original Golden Age Green Lantern was Alan Scott, whose ring was magic-based rather than sci-fi, and he debuted back in All-American Comics #16 (1940).
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