the original green lantern came out in july 1940.
when did the original green lantern come out?
july 1940
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green lantern is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics heroes of the same name. the character's first incarnation, alan scott, appeared in "all-american comics" #16 (july 1940), and was later spun off into the first volume of "green lantern" in 1941. that series was canceled in 1949 after 38 issues. when the silver age green lantern, hal jordan, was introduced, the character starred in a new volume of "green lantern" starting in 1960 and has been the lead protagonist of the green lantern mythos for the majority of the last 60 years.
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in 1959, during a revival of the popularity of superhero comics in america, dc comics' editor julius schwartz decided to reinvent the 1940s superhero character green lantern as a science fiction hero. schwartz's new conception of green lantern had a different name (hal jordan), costume, and origin story, and no connection to the original green lantern. whereas the green lantern of the 1940s was a lone vigilante who only had adventures on earth, the new green lantern was but one of a group of interstellar lawmen who all called themselves green lanterns. the group is first mentioned in "showcase #22" (1960) when a dying green lantern passes on his ring to hal jordan. over the years, writers have introduced a large cast of green lanterns in both supporting and starring roles.
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