Alan Scott's New Green Lantern Outfit [Archive]

ctc

Dec 22, '10, 9:30 AM

Well....

For all you folks wanting a return to the carefree DC of the 60's.... there you go.

Seriously; what is that? What's it made out of? How is it even staying on? Is the skirt/skort thing metal? Can he sit in it? What's with the arm-flares? Can he turn his head? What's that round thing on his back? Shinguards AND kneepads?

....and see the terror in the faces of the rest of the team.... they know any one of them COULD BE NEXT! "Hmmmm.... I'm seeing Wildcat in a cheetah-spotted toga; with contrasting leopard print cape and tiger striped platform boots. And ZIPPERS! Oh, the zippers...."

....and why does old-timey Flash have a lightning bolt coming out of his pants....?

Don C.

palitoy

Dec 22, '10, 9:36 AM

Well....

....and why does old-timey Flash have a lightning bolt coming out of his pants....?

The ladies know.

Mikey

Dec 22, '10, 9:44 AM

It looks like more of a torture device than a hero suit.

The other heroes look like they feel sorry for him

Earth 2 Chris

Dec 22, '10, 9:45 AM

Wow, um...wow...not so much.

You know, Alan's classic outfit SHOULD be a gawdy mess, but it works. This however...

Face the wrath of POT-BELLIED STOVE MAN!!!

Chris

kingdom warrior

Dec 22, '10, 10:24 AM

Wow makes me wonder what the Dc guys who approved this were smoking and drinking
Ya duuuuuuuuuuuude that's freekin A!

madmarva

Dec 22, '10, 10:42 AM

He was paralyzed a couple of issues ago. The new uni is moving him toward his kingdom come version, imo. Kind of a Sir Gawain and the Green Knight type of thing.

BlackKnight

Dec 22, '10, 11:05 AM

The new uni is moving him toward his kingdom come version, imo.

Towards ?
He was just in the Kingdom come outfit before this new change too.
I dunno if I like it. I'd have to see someone else draw it, but Kolins.

samurainoir

Dec 22, '10, 12:06 PM

:rotfl:

Adam West

Dec 22, '10, 12:07 PM

I don't follow Green Lantern too closely but has any superhero had more makeovers than him over the years...including origin stories?

Nostalgiabuff

Dec 22, '10, 12:57 PM

he is wearing his lantern....does that mean he does not have to worry about recharging his ring? it looks ridiculous.

jds1911a1

Dec 22, '10, 1:13 PM

....and why does old-timey Flash have a lightning bolt coming out of his pants....?

Don C.

That Jay Garrick Flash look actually goes back to the 70's

this armor is actually worse than the kingdom come unform

I never thought I'd be pinning for the 90's Alan scott Sentinel costume but strangely now I AM
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jwyblejr

Dec 22, '10, 2:03 PM

I first saw it and thought "when did Pyro go to DC?"

LonnieFisher

Dec 22, '10, 3:43 PM

Does he have leg braces on his arms?

The Toyroom

Dec 22, '10, 5:08 PM

That's horrible....and Scott Kolins art doesn't help matters any....I don't even know why DC is still publishing JSA anyway....it's pretty much been sputtering and floundering since Geoff Johns left the book....

johnnystorm

Dec 22, '10, 6:01 PM

Absolutely horrible...the Golden Age GL is my favorite character and this...bah! I expect him to start singing about how he needs a heart from the Wizard!

I agree the JSA has been terrible since Johns leeft - the Willingham stuff was cr@p, the Robinson crossover with JLA ridiculous, now the abominable art of scott Kolins. I've collected JSA books forever, but I'm not buying the poorly done All-Stars book, and I think the main title may be headed to the dumper as well. When I decide I need 'em to keep up the numbering, I'm positive I'll find them all in the quarter bins.

looks like Dan Didio's plan to revive every lame-***** storyline from the '80s & 90s might just be getting around to the Death of the JSA event.

Oh, and please kill off the stupid lightning bolt girl.

SUP-Ronin

Dec 22, '10, 6:11 PM

Meh... not impressed at all. It looks awkward, and offers nothing new. CTC summed it up well. He doesn't even look like he can turn his head.

madmarva

Dec 22, '10, 6:38 PM

In JLA he was in it because of the Starheart thing. He was back in the old suit in the first issue of the latest JSA arc, when he was beat down and paralyzed. Haven't read past the first issue of the arc.

Almost wish they would just retire the JSA. The book had a nice run under Johns and Goyer, but it's gotten weaker and weaker since Infinite Crisis.

The Superhero city idea just sounds dumb to me. Too many mutants mucked up the X-Men for me. It's kind of the same here.

The Toyroom

Dec 22, '10, 7:05 PM

Almost wish they would just retire the JSA. The book had a nice run under Johns and Goyer, but it's gotten weaker and weaker since Infinite Crisis.

The Superhero city idea just sounds dumb to me. Too many mutants mucked up the X-Men for me. It's kind of the same here.

The team is too large now IMO and is unmanageable.....I can understand the idea of the "legacy" hero but in the case of the JSA you have characters that have been around since the 40s...retire them and carry on with the younger heroes, keeping the old guard as advisors. It just seems ridiculous to me that guys that should be in their late 80s-early 90s by now are continously kept young through magic or some nonsense. I know this is comic books but it really pushes the envelope for me. I'm as big a fan of the JSA as the next guy but it really does these characters an injustice by keeping them around in this form.

madmarva

Dec 22, '10, 7:38 PM

Heck, I could even buy the magic mumbojumbo — they don't have to mention the ties to WW II all the time — if the stories were good, but it just seems like DC can't find anyone who can make the series work. I liked Willingham's arc but it really read more like an elseworld story. Non-JSA characters were as essential to the story as the JSA.

Robinson's JSA-JLA team-up wasn't terrible, but it was nothing to get excited about either.

The JSA All-Stars book started off poorly to me so I dropped it.

Honestly, I would like to see either period JSA stories from the 1940s or a JSA book picking up where the stories left off on Earth II prior to Crisis. Not Infinity Inc, but JSA, starring Huntress and Powegirl, Robin and whoever else. It could be done now under the 52 universe umbrella.

Huntress was a far better character as Batman's daughter and Power Girl's always going to be a third-fiddle character on an earth with Superman and Supergirl.

Why bring the multiverse back if they're not going to use it or only let Morrison use it for some long-delayed miniseries that will likely never see the light of day with all the editorial shakeups that are happening.

kryptosmaster

Dec 22, '10, 9:24 PM

Aw, come on! Golden AGE GL is one of my favorite characters. It was bad enough when they made him Sentinel for awhile but this is an abomination. I had planned on dropping JSA with issue #50 as it's just not as good as it was.
Travesty!
:wall:
Rich

The Toyroom

Dec 22, '10, 9:41 PM

Why bring the multiverse back if they're not going to use it or only let Morrison use it for some long-delayed miniseries that will likely never see the light of day with all the editorial shakeups that are happening.

I've always been a BIG fan of DC's multiverse...but giving the reigns of the new 52-niverse to Morrison to map out with his Multiversity mini just leaves me cold. Plus the majority of the earths have been taken up by one-shot Elseworlds stories.....

Blue Meanie

Dec 22, '10, 9:48 PM

well...that cover may have just sealed my fate with the JSA title....and I LOVE!!! those golden age characters. You knew it was going to come around to DC screwing with tried and true characters. One more title to cancel off of my list for the new year.

The Toyroom

Dec 22, '10, 9:52 PM

I had to double-check to see if it looked as stupid as I thought the first time....Yup....It does.

madmarva

Dec 22, '10, 10:01 PM

The costume's bad. No way around it, but maybe under a different artist's pencil and ink it might look better. Never been a big fan of Collins. Muddy, thick lines. Reminds me of Al Milgrom's heavy inks for Marvel back in the 1980s.

The Toyroom

Dec 22, '10, 10:09 PM

Random Axe

Dec 22, '10, 11:40 PM

One of the worst makeovers in comics history. Truly a horrendous design.

I know a few people mentioned Kingdom Come, but it was never established that GL in that book was in fact Alan Scott. I always assumed until I noticed at the end in the boardroom he represented New Oa. He's never had any connection to them so maybe it's actually Jordan. Maybe I missed something?

Bottom line, this is a sickening turn with the change of costume.

Scott

LadyZod

Dec 23, '10, 12:13 AM

Alex Ross actually confirmed that Green Lantern in Kingdom Come was in fact Alan Scott.

And as for that abomination of a costume... well, all I can say is, if folks can't even stay dead in the DC Universe, changing clothes will not be an issue. Give it 6 months if that, and he'll be back in his old suit.

Mikey

Dec 23, '10, 12:37 AM

From the chin up it looks Batman's cowl with the scalp cut off

Hector

Dec 23, '10, 2:47 AM

Horrible costume...that's one of the reasons I don't buy new comics.

The Toyroom

Dec 23, '10, 5:05 AM

I know a few people mentioned Kingdom Come, but it was never established that GL in that book was in fact Alan Scott. I always assumed until I noticed at the end in the boardroom he represented New Oa. He's never had any connection to them so maybe it's actually Jordan. Maybe I missed something?

No it's Alan Scott....Alex Ross confirmed so in an interview plus I think it was mentioned in the trading card set that was a supplement to the series. The cards had other tidbits that were left out of the comics for space consideration IIRC. And I seem to remember a panel or so where the KC GL had an issue with something made of wood...which is Alan Scott's weakness.

enyawd72

Dec 23, '10, 6:29 AM

The team is too large now IMO and is unmanageable.....I can understand the idea of the "legacy" hero but in the case of the JSA you have characters that have been around since the 40s...retire them and carry on with the younger heroes, keeping the old guard as advisors. It just seems ridiculous to me that guys that should be in their late 80s-early 90s by now are continously kept young through magic or some nonsense. I know this is comic books but it really pushes the envelope for me. I'm as big a fan of the JSA as the next guy but it really does these characters an injustice by keeping them around in this form.

So true! Yet, the solution is staring DC right in the face, but they're too stupid to see it. How about a new line of Golden Age books featuring these original characters in new stories set in the 30's-40's? A good writer could even write stories that wouldn't conflict with or change current continuity. (not that it would probably matter anyway)

The Toyroom

Dec 23, '10, 7:01 AM

So true! Yet, the solution is staring DC right in the face, but they're too stupid to see it. How about a new line of Golden Age books featuring these original characters in new stories set in the 30's-40's? A good writer could even write stories that wouldn't conflict with or change current continuity. (not that it would probably matter anyway)

This was a solution that worked so well back in the 80s under the guidance of Roy Thomas with "All-Star Squadron". Even though you knew the outcome of the heroes fate, he still crafted a compelling story for 70 issues...

Earth 2 Chris

Dec 23, '10, 7:29 AM

After Smallville's interpretation of the JSA, I'm wondering if DC shouldn't just bump up the JSA's timeline. I know it sounds like heresy to take them out of WWII, but their actual involvement in the original All-Star Comics really only lasted a handful of issues. If they had revived the REAL Earth-Two, the JSA there could have originated in the 40s, with the combined-Earth version becoming active in the 60s or 70s.

Chris

ctc

Dec 23, '10, 10:25 AM

>He was paralyzed a couple of issues ago.

So.... this is some sort of exo-frame? Eh.... Still too gaudy, too busy. If I had to draw this, from different angles, forshortened, different poses.... I'd shoot myself. There's a LOT of math goin' on there. (Notable offenses: how does that tank top work around his shoulders? and the big, floppy catcher's leg guards?) The WORST part? Couldn't he make an energy frame with the ring that'd do the same job but not loo so "my mom made my costume!"

As a freind pointed out: it sort of encompases all the BAD ideas of super-costumes from the last 50 years or so. 60's weirdness, 70's disco sensibilities, the 80's scowl, 90's headharness and kneepads.... All he's missing is a belt with huge pouches, shoulderpads and extraneous crosshatching.

>The ladies know.

"In my pants!"

Don C.