Comments on: The Green Lantern is DC Comic’s Latest Hero to Bust Down the Closet Door

By: Match1

Match1 — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:22:11 +0000

Michonne?! THE SAMURAI SWORD WIELDING BAD ASS SISTA?! THE ONE HOW MAKES ZOMBIE KILLING LOOK GOOD?!!! lol jk

By: Hushpuppies

Hushpuppies — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:25:08 +0000

I second this!

By: iQgraphics

iQgraphics — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:41:35 +0000

@isolde
no, I don’t see it as pandering as an individual effort on behalf of the comic book/comic itself. I see the timing of this release along with a lot of other things that are going on at this moment in time as pandering.

While I am for gay rights, I’m on the fence regarding sexuality on the forefront as a whole.

it’s kind of being shoved down my throat. *pun*

but it’s cool…. what evs

and thanks for the clarification. I just remember multiple people wearing the same uniform, thought it was a race… like superman’s people.

By: isolde

isolde — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:17:50 +0000

@iq
So, you see it as pandering more than anything else? How come? Like, why not see it as inclusion or diversity?

@September

No, see, it’s not a “race of people,” it’s a military organization made up of beings from planets all across the universe. In a nutshell, the Green Lantern corps is an intergalactic police force, and they divvy up the galaxy into sectors that they protect like beat cops. In the current cannon, four of the lanterns are human, and of that four, one is black (John Stewart). The other three are straight white males. In the future, there’s an Asian lantern who just happens to be in the Justice League with John Stewart’s son (small world). Now “Earth 2″ is a universe parallel to ours in DC comics, and in that universe, Alan Scott is alive and apparently gay.

By: September"s Muse

September"s Muse — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:41:18 +0000

ooooohhhh now this makes sense, they’re a race of people so theres more than one. I feel slow now.

By: isolde

isolde — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:35:26 +0000

@YB

Oh yeah? You stand by what you wrote about Alan Scott making Green Lantern comic book sales plummet, even though he’s not even going to be in Green Lantern, or are you standing by what you wrote about teen fan-boys not checking for their “super hero idol” being gay, even though todays teen fan boys were never checking for Alan Scott in the first place?

By: Reason

Reason — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:37:08 +0000

Soooo the Green Lantern is DC’s preferred character to test the waters of tolerance? First black, now gay?

By: iQgraphics

iQgraphics — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:23:37 +0000

Well, from what I know about Marvel, Green Lanterns are like multiple people… like a race or something… and that ring gets passed down or something…

anywho. there are black lanterns… why not a gay one.

what-evs

gay gay gay

as queer as I am, I’m kinda tired of this.

By: iQgraphics

iQgraphics — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:20:24 +0000

“Alan Scott’s storyline will reflect the original version of the Green Lantern, which debuted in 1940 – but with a twist.”

When I read that, the word twist was extra heavy on the “S” and in Richard Simmons’ Voice.

By: Ms. Information

Ms. Information — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:13:44 +0000

No, I am annoyed because it is unnecessary to announce your sexuality in everything you do. DO YOU. If you have to announce to everyone that you are this or that…it shows GREAT insecurity.

By: Yb

Yb — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:54:51 +0000

@isolde

Accusing some one of homophobia when cannot argue a point=argument lost. I stand by what I previously wrote. Stay pressed while waiting for me to care about your second paragraph. :D

Have a great day.

By: rhirhi-hater

rhirhi-hater — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:06:01 +0000

agree with AP

By: TLC

TLC — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:55:43 +0000

@ isolde
You sound like a Geek

By: September"s Muse

September"s Muse — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:28:37 +0000

I was hoping they were gonna make him black again. He was black once right? Maybe I dreamed that up. Anyway, congrats to coming out I guess.

By: isolde

isolde — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:02:13 +0000

@YB

Really though, reading is fundamental. It clearly says in the article that Alan Scott is going to be in the new “Earth Two” title, not “Green Lantern.” So, your fake concern (cough, cough homophobia) about Green Lantern book sales plummeting over Alan Scott is misguided.

And anyway, that whole line about teenage fan boys not wanting to see their idol be gay is pretty laughable on many levels because #1 there are multiple lanterns, #2 Stormwatch is selling just fine with Apollo and Midnighter, and #3 Alan Scott is the old @ss golden age, JSA Lantern from the 1940’s who isn’t even in any of the current “new 52” Lantern books that teen boys would now be reading. So, Scott wouldn’t be their idol anyway because the current Lanterns that teenage boys grew up with in cartoons and books are Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Kyle Rainer, and Guy Gardner.

By: AP

AP — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:29:05 +0000

There’s nothing to be annoyed about. Straight people are an overwhelming majority and homosexuals are facing a great deal of prejudice and abuse. You’re getting annoyed because people are saying that its ok to be gay?

If you don’t like it, then look away. There are plenty of things based on heterosexuals.

By: omfg

omfg — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:25:35 +0000

i hope you guys do something on Michonne, the pivotal black woman character that will be on the walking dead series this fall… this also is based on a comic.

i don’t recall anything being written about her here. and that’s a pity, if that hasn’t been done.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:05:44 +0000

Agreed. Like seriously why is a gay superhero even anything on someone’s mind? What are we going to have next, gay Teletubbies? Are they going to come out and say Spongebob and Ben10 are gay too?

By: B. Payne

B. Payne — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:58:31 +0000

You’d be surprised….

This is their way of breaking down barriers making it acceptable….plus most comic heads are boys who hang with each other most of the time soo….lol

By: Ms. Information

Ms. Information — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:45:39 +0000

This gay stuff is becoming annoying. Not sorry.

By: Yb

Yb — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:43:42 +0000

Comics books sales for the Green Latern will plummet now. No average teenage fan boy wants to see their super hero idol be gay. Not saying its right, but it is reality.