Comments on: Beware my firepower

By: Vic Sage

Vic Sage — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:52:14 +0000

Did we really need another Green Lantern? I mean honestly, how many other sectors have 4 Green Lanterns from it to play Space-Cops? 5 if you count the unofficially attached Alan Scott.

In all seriousness here’s how I think the new GL was created:

“Wow. Look at all the good press we’re getting making Alan Scott gay. We really should come up with more characters the reflect as more diverse universe.”

“Oh, yeah. That’s a great idea. So what should we come up with?”

“How about a muslim superhero?”

“Brilliant! What kind of powers should we give him/her?”

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“Man being creative is hard.”

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“Another Green Lantern?”

“Yeah! That’ll be tons easier. And it means we’re already done!”

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“So what do you want to do for the rest of the day?”

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“Should we give the new Green Lantern a hand gun?”

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“Only, HELL YES!”

By: Maki_P

Maki_P — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:17:23 +0000

Good God! I hadn’t seen GL #0! So we have a dark skinned guy, with some Arab thing written on his arm, a creepy ski mask and a Gun. Yay! No Unfortunate Implications at all (My Face hurts smiling like this)

By: lead sharp

lead sharp — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:56:17 +0000

ARGH double post! I did catch myself thinking ‘Oh come ON!’ when I posted the first one. Damn you slow loading time!

By: lead sharp

lead sharp — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:54:49 +0000

I’ve got to be honest I don’t care one way or the other about the image beyond it just looks silly. There’s a bucket of GL’s out there, one more won’t hurt. It’s just I’d love to read a good Hal Jordan book one day.

By: lead sharp

lead sharp — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:53:35 +0000

I’ve got to be honest I don’t care one way or the other about the image, the cultural angle, the look there’s a bucket of GL’s out there, it’s just I’d love to read a good Hal Jordan book one day.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:38:24 +0000

Ugh, forgot about Triathlon. Didn’t he become the new 3-D Man or something? And yeah, he does look like Kick-Ass lol

By: tigerkaya

tigerkaya — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:42:21 +0000

well he’s canon fodder ala Ryan Choi or Azreal style.

By: Animaniac

Animaniac — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:46:47 +0000

Honestly, until I saw the GL symbol I thought Batman was talking to Kick-Ass

By: MrGBH

MrGBH — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:11:19 +0000

And people complained about Triathlon.

By: Travis J

Travis J — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:11:26 +0000

I might be giving the creators at DC too much credit here, but could this new character design be an attempt by DC to challenge the way Americans view masked heroes of color? Yes he is wearing a ski mask. Yes he wields a firearm. Yes he looks angry in most images. I do believe he has an Arabic tattoo on his arm as well.

Don’t all those characteristics scream stereotype at first glance? Isn’t it possible that there is more to this character than an attempt to offend white conservative America? Or do I just want to read more into this than what it actually is?