), ▁published ▁by ▁All - American ▁Publications , ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁companies ▁that ▁would ▁eventually ▁merge ▁to ▁form ▁DC ▁Comics . ▁ ▁This ▁Green ▁Lan tern ' s ▁real ▁name ▁was ▁Alan ▁Scott , ▁a ▁rail road ▁engineer ▁who , ▁after ▁a ▁railway ▁crash , ▁came ▁into ▁possession ▁of ▁a ▁magic ▁lan tern ▁which ▁spoke ▁to ▁him ▁and ▁said ▁it ▁would ▁bring ▁power . ▁From ▁this , ▁he ▁craft ed ▁a ▁magic ▁ring ▁which ▁gave ▁him ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁powers . ▁The ▁limitations ▁of ▁the ▁ring ▁were ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁" charg ed " ▁every ▁ 2 4 ▁hours ▁by ▁touch ing ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁lan tern ▁for ▁a ▁time , ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁could ▁not ▁directly ▁affect ▁objects ▁made ▁of ▁wood . ▁Alan ▁Scott ▁fought ▁mostly ▁ordinary ▁human ▁villa ins , ▁but ▁he ▁did ▁have ▁a ▁few ▁par an ormal ▁ones ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁imm ort al ▁V andal ▁Sav age ▁and ▁the ▁z omb ie ▁Sol omon ▁Grund y . ▁Most ▁stories ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁popular ▁character ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁the ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁featured ▁both ▁in ▁anth ology ▁books ▁such ▁as ▁All - American ▁Comics ▁and ▁Com ic ▁Caval cade , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁own ▁book , ▁Green ▁Lan tern . ▁He ▁also ▁appeared ▁in ▁All ▁Star ▁Comics ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁super h ero ▁team ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Justice ▁Society ▁of ▁America . ▁ ▁After ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁the ▁popular ity ▁of