Green Lantern

Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. While the original debuted in All-American Comics #16 (July, 1940), the associated characters and core concept have changed signficantly over its publication history; while the original concept was tied to a crime-fighting superhero who used the aid of a magic ring, the later concept (existing con-currently to the original) casts a set of characters in a science-fictional element as law enforcement officers. The original concept is tied to Alan Scott, the original version of the character created in 1940 by Martin Nodell with scripting or co-scripting of the first stories by Bill Finger during the Golden Age. Scott battled common criminals in Capitol City (and later Gotham City) with the aid of his magic ring tied to the force known as Starheart.