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Warning : Spoilers for Jay Garrick : The Flash # 4 ahead !
Summary
Few thing are more iconic in the mirthful - book universe thanSuperman’sclassic pose fromAction Comics#1 . That ’s why it come as a major surprisal to discover that , for all the fame that scene has fall , it ’s not actually Superman ’s pose ; Alan Scott , the originalGreen Lantern , did it first in DC ’s prescribed persistence .
Jeremy Adams and Diego Olortegui’sJay Garrick : The Flash#4 take readers through the memories of Professor Hughes ( who is actuallythe evil Doctor Elemental ) , flash back to 1938 . It is revealed that , on his way to keep his recently find tenure , Hughes saw an amazing feat that would ship him gyrate into fixation and villainy : one of the first programme of Alan Scott , the first Green Lantern , foiling a looting .
Green Lantern ’s pose is instantly recognizable : set beneath a slanted machine that has impacted a telephone pole while onlookers rush off in panic , it is practically a mirror ofAction Comics#1 ’s Graeco-Roman cover version , down to the scream figure in the bottom left corner .
Alan Scott ’s return to a solo Green Lantern serial catch the hero ’s compassion and heart , showing why he has become a role model for so many .
Green Lantern Takes Over Superman’s Classic Pose
Action Comics#1 (1938)
The homage is clearly deliberate . For those conversant with Superman ’s classical covering , it ’s not difficult to see that , while the circumstances are dissimilar , the composition of Green Lantern ’s broadcast clearly mirror the iconic persona , with a terrified bystander on the bottom leave and the typical angle of the car . While there is no telephone pole in Superman ’s version , piercing - eyed watcher will notice the crumpling of the front fender to be an almost perfect match .
reader can check out out an updated version of Alan Scott ’s Green Lantern descent story inAlan Scott : The Green Lantern , usable from DC Comics .
Green Lantern Sparked DC’s Heroic Age
The programme of Alan Scott as Green Lantern is specifically noted to take place during 1938 ; this would put his introduction in the DC Universe more or less on par with Superman ’s first appearance inAction Comics . This involve that , in the DC Universe , it was in fact Green Lantern who sparked the expansive age ( although there is certainly room for him and Superman to go concurrently ) . Either way , it ’s for certain interesting to see how , by using this iconic mannerism , Green Lanternhas become the " Superman " accelerator of the DC Universe .
JAY GARRICK : THE FLASH # 4 ( 2023 )
Jay Garrick : The Flash#4is available now from DC Comics .
