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Alan Scott is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, and the first superhero to bear the name Green Lantern. He was created by Martin Nodell and Bill Finger, first appearing in the comic book ''All-American Comics #16'', published in 1940. Alan Scott fights evil with the aid of a magic ring that grants him a variety of supernatural powers. ==Publication history== The original Green Lantern was created by an American artist named Martin Nodell.〔("Green Lantern" ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved on November 16, 2014. (Archived ) from the original on November 16, 2014.〕 Nodell mentions Richard Wagner's opera cycle ''The Ring of the Nibelung'' and the sight of a trainman's green railway lantern as his inspiration. After seeing this opera, Nodell sought to create a superhero who wielded a variety of magical powers from a magic ring, which he regularly recharged from a green lantern. Nodell wanted a colorful and interesting costume for his character, deriving from elements of Greek mythology.〔Nodell in 〕 As Nodell recalled in an undated, latter-day interview, Nodell chose the name "Alan Scott" by flipping through New York telephone books until he got two names he liked. The character of Alan Scott made his debut in ''All-American Comics'' #16 (July 1940), fighting crime under the masked identity of "Green Lantern". He also appeared as part of the superhero team Justice Society of America in ''All Star Comics'' #3 (Winter 1940). He served as the team's second chairman in #7, but departed following that issue and returned a few years later, remaining a regular character. His villains tended to be ordinary humans, but he did have a few paranormal ones, such as the immortal Vandal Savage and the zombie Solomon Grundy. Green Lantern proved popular and was given his own series, ''Green Lantern'', later that year. Most of his adventures were set in New York. In 1941, Alan Scott was paired with a sidekick named Doiby Dickles, a rotund Brooklyn taxi driver. Doiby was not a big hit with readers and stopped appearing the following year. In 1948, Alan was paired with a canine sidekick named Streak. The dog proved so popular that he starred in his own solo side-stories. After World War 2, superheroes declined in popularity. ''Green Lantern'' was cancelled in 1949 after 38 issues and ''All-American Comics'' dropped superheroes in favor of westerns. Alan Scott's final Golden Age appearance was in ''All-Star Comics'' #57 (1951). He remained out of publication for 12 years, and even after his revival he never got another solo series. In 1959, DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz reinvented Green Lantern as a science fiction hero. The new Green Lantern, named Hal Jordan, was empowered by alien masters to serve as an interstellar lawman and had many adventures set in outer space. His powers were similar to Alan's but he was otherwise completely unrelated—Alan Scott never existed as far as the new stories were concerned. Hal Jordan proved popular, but readers still had an interest in the old Green Lantern. Some years later, Alan Scott reappeared as a guest star in ''The Flash'' #137 (1963).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Green Lantern's Biographical Sketch )〕 To avoid continuity conflicts with the Hal Jordan character, Alan Scott and all his old stories were written as being from a parallel universe. For most of the 1960s and 1970s, Alan Scott made guest appearances in books belonging to Silver Age characters, visiting their universe through magical or technological means. In 1976, he appeared regularly alongside his Justice Society comrades in the revived ''All-Star Comics'' and later ''Adventure Comics'' in stories set in the 1970s. In 1981, DC Comics launched ''All-Star Squadron'', which featured Alan Scott and the Justice Society in a World War 2 setting. In 1986, the editors at DC Comics decided that all its characters should exist within the same setting and effected this change with the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' miniseries. Alan Scott now shared the same fictional world as Hal Jordan. DC Comics decided to write the character out of continuity in a one-shot book entitled ''Last Days of the Justice Society'', in which he was "forever" trapped in an extra-dimensional realm. The character was brought back in the 1990s due to fan interest. Rather than update Alan Scott as a contemporary young hero as had been done with Batman and Superman, Alan Scott was instead written as a veteran of World War 2 with a magically prolonged lifespan. To distinguish Alan Scott from Hal Jordan, his superhero codename was for a time changed to "Sentinel" and he lost his magic ring, manifesting his powers through his glowing hands instead.〔''Showcase '95'' #1 (1995)〕 In ''JSA'' #50 (2003) he regained his classic codename and ring, though he remained apart from Hal Jordan's Green Lantern Corps. He was a regular character in ''JSA'' and ''Justice Society of America''. In 2011, DC Comics again rebooted their fictional properties, and their new version of Alan Scott once again exists in a parallel universe where Hal Jordan and his Green Lantern Corps do not exist. The new Alan Scott is no longer a grizzled veteran of World War 2, but a fresh young superhero. He first appears in ''Earth 2'' #3 (2012) with a completely redesigned sleek, solid green suit with no cape. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alan Scott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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