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In the DC Universe , Green Lanternis more of a job rather than a specific name to one superhero . And as it grow out , the original Green LanternAlan Scottis actually more powerful than the more well - known modern Green LanternHal Jordan .
Alan Scott was the original Green Lantern during the Golden Age of Comics , having ben introduced in 1940 . During the crossover event , Crisis on Infinite Earths , the era that Alan Scott was a part of finally was designated Earth 2 , as oppose to Earth 1 where the Green Lantern Hal Jordan reside . Earth 2 was actually rebooted during DC’sNew 52era , witha version of Alan Scottwho was slightly unlike , having been grant his Green Lantern power not from aliens in space but rather by becoming an avatar of the Earth itself .
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InSwamp Thing # 14by Ram V and Mike Perkins , Green Lantern Hal Jordan makes an appearance when a works - alike threat from space emerges and Swamp Thing must contain it from invading Earth . Swamp Thing is unsuccessful , but Hal Jordan grants him some of his Green Lantern ability to become empowered . It ’s undecipherable exactly what kind of extra Green Lantern business leader Swamp Thing now has , but it appears as if he ’s resurrected with theGreen Lantern logo glowing on his chest of drawers . The combined exponent of Green Lantern and Swamp Thing are enough to fend off the threat , but it ’s potential Alan Scott would have been capable to do this on his own .
Although Alan Scott does not appear in the issue , he has a unearthly connection to Swamp Thing and the Earth because of the beginning of his powers . On Earth 2 , because Alan Scott is granted his abilities from the Earth , he is in reality that planet ’s avatar of the Green , an elemental personnel connected to the satellite ’s plant life . In the independent DC Universe , Swamp Thing serves as the Green ’s incarnation . Alan even uses the Green to combat Solomon Grundy , who is Earth 2’savatar of the Rot(another force that acts in opposition to the Green ) . Because of the nature of Alan Scott ’s mogul he actually has a connection to the satellite itself , which Hal Jordan does not . And so he is better furnished to deal with threats in this arena rather than outsourcing the problem to someone like Swamp Thing .
If this plant like - scourge from blank space come to imperil Earth 2 then Alan Scott , with his joining to the Green , can simply take it on himself . He would not need to call upon someone like Swamp Thing to face the foe . This shows that despite being immensely powerful and being able to take on all variety of astronomical enemy , Alan Scottis a much stronger protector of Earth becauseGreen LanternHal Jordansimply does n’t have that same connection to the satellite .
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