When DC Comics relaunched its fictional world from scratch last fall , some aspects of the DC mythos temporarily fell by the wayside , such as the notion of parallel worlds featuring different versions of the company 's iconic heroes . `` Earth Two , '' a new series by writer James Robinson and artist Nicola Scott , reintroduces the concept by putting a new spin on the original versions of characters like the Green Lantern , the Flash and Superman that diverges notably from the past several decades of DC lore . In the second issue of the comic , in stores June 6 , Robinson and Scott prove just how different this world is by revealing that their version of Alan Scott , the first Green Lantern introduced back in 1940 , is an openly gay man . Up until recently , a middle aged version of Alan Scott was one of the stars of `` Justice Society of America , '' a comic series featuring the 1940s versions of DC 's heroes set in the present day . The new versions of these characters in Earth Two have all been aged down considerably , to the point that Scott 's gay superhero son Obsidian had to be sacrificed . Robinson says he was inspired to write Scott himself as a gay character to make up for that loss . `` The logical leap that I made was , oh , why do n't we make Alan Scott gay ? , '' he says . `` To DC 's credit , there was n't any hesitation . [ Co-publisher ] Dan DiDio was like 'Oh , that 's a great idea , let 's do it ! ' '' Robinson 's version of Green Lantern differs from his counterpart in the regular DC Universe in ways other than his sexual orientation . `` He has a ring which he uses to help manifest his powers , but he does n't have a lantern , '' he says , noting that the mainstream Green Lanterns are members of a corp of space police who draw their energy directly from their own willpower . `` He is the receptacle , the conduit for the energy of the Earth , which is this green energy . '' Unlike previous versions of Scott dating back to the Forties , wood will not be a weakness for the new Green Lantern . `` He is the earthly powerhouse , and when you see him in terms of his power level , he 's up there close to Superman . '' Though Marvel Comics ' gay hero Northstar is set to face some intolerance from his peers following his marriage to his long term boyfriend in the pages of `` Astonishing X-Men , '' Robinson and Scott are planning on portraying an idealized world in which Alan Scott is judged only by the quality of his character . `` He does n't come out in issue two ; he is already a gay man , '' Robinson says . `` Alan Scott is super-heroic , he 's super gallant , he 'll die for the earth , he 'll die for its people , he 's everything you want in a hero . I imagine he 's such a Type A character that when he realized he was gay , he was like , 'Okay , I 'm gay , now I 'm just gon na go on with my life . ' He 's so accepting of it himself and he 's such a compelling person that the world knows Alan Scott 's gay . He 's such a leader , he 's such a good man , that the Justice League do n't care . And that 's a healthy depiction of a team and how it should be . '' Scott says her instructions from Robinson were to make this version of the Green Lantern as heroic as possible . `` With Alan , the brief was very clear , '' she says . `` He needed to be a big , strapping , handsome man that everyone would instinctively follow and love . Alan strikes me as an incredibly open , honest and warm man , a natural leader and absolutely the right choice to be Guardian of the Earth . His sexuality is incidental . '' You can click through to check out a preview of `` Earth Two '' issue two , in which Alan Scott 's sexuality is revealed to the reader in a decidedly matter-of-fact sort of way . See the full story at RollingStone.com .
DC Comics ' `` Earth Two '' issue two shows Alan Scott , the first Green Lantern , as an openly gay man . `` He does n't come out in issue two ; he is already a gay man , '' writer James Robinson says . Scott 's sexuality is revealed to the reader in a decidedly matter-of-fact sort of way .