Who Is Alan Scott? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Alan Scott is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Alan Ladd Wellington Scott, with over 2,152 comic issue appearances. Alan Scott, the bearer of the mystical Starheart, is the original Golden Age Green Lantern and a founding member of the Justice Society of America. An all-time great, Alan continues to fight for truth, justice and freedom well into old age as a member of the Justice Society. He has now been introduced as an iconic gay character in DC's new reboot, Infinite Frontier.

Who is Alan Scott?

Origin Alan Scott Hundreds and hundreds of years ago, a mystical green meteor fell down to Earth after wandering the cosmos for millenia, pulsing with strange life. It fell in ancient China , after merging with the essence of an ancient Green Lantern named Yalan Gur. A mystic named Chang heard a voice inside the meteor prophesying that it would act three times, once to bring death, once to bring life, and once to bring power. Chang carved it into a lamp, but other men in his village feared him and the meteor and tried to murder him. The mob was about to succeed, but green flames blasted from the lamp and killed them. After many years, it was taken to America and given to Billings, an insane patient of Arkham Asylum . Billings was fond of metalworking, and he remade the Chinese style lamp into an ornate railroad lantern. Light burst from the lantern and he was sane, completing the first two prophecies.

Key facts

Alan Scott is of human origin and first appeared in "Hawkman: "Sacrifice for Yum-Chac"". The character is published by DC Comics. With 2,152 recorded issue appearances, Alan Scott ranks among the most featured characters in comics.