▁June ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁DC ▁Comics ▁announced ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁introdu cing ▁an ▁alternate ▁version ▁of ▁Alan ▁Scott ▁as ▁a ▁gay ▁man ▁in ▁the ▁title ▁" E arth ▁ 2 ." ▁The ▁New ▁ 5 2 ▁issue ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁June ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁In ▁its ▁story , ▁Alan ▁Scott ▁and ▁his ▁partner ▁Sam ▁were ▁both ▁passengers ▁ab o ard ▁a ▁train , ▁but ▁the ▁latter ▁was ▁killed ▁when ▁their ▁train ▁was ▁w reck ed ▁in ▁the ▁rail road - bridge ▁collapse ▁that ▁Scott ▁alone ▁surv ived ; ▁a ▁mag ical ▁green ▁fl ame ▁found ▁Alan ▁amongst ▁the ▁rub ble . ▁T elling ▁him ▁he ▁is ▁to ▁become ▁an ▁av atar ▁of ▁the ▁fl ame ' s ▁great ▁power ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁must ▁channel ▁this ▁power ▁through ▁an ▁item ▁of ▁importance ▁to ▁his ▁heart , ▁Alan ▁cho oses ▁the ▁eng agement ▁ring ▁he ▁was ▁to ▁give ▁his ▁boy friend , ▁becoming ▁Green ▁Lan tern . ▁This ▁alternate ▁version ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁Corps , ▁which ▁doesn ' t ▁exist ▁in ▁Earth ▁ 2 , ▁but ▁rather ▁adopt s ▁the ▁name ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁for ▁himself , ▁for ▁his ▁myst ical ▁powers ▁derive ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁Green ▁( the ▁element al ▁force ▁which ▁connect s ▁plant ▁life ▁on ▁Earth ). ▁ ▁Silver ▁Age ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁ ▁Hal ▁Jordan ▁▁ ▁The ▁character ▁of ▁Harold ▁" H al " ▁Jordan ▁was ▁a ▁second - gener ation ▁test