Issue #43 - “Green Lantern 101” (w/ The LanternCast)

In this week's issue we are doing our very first podcast crossover! The boys from The LanternCast visit the Doctor's Office through the power of the Internet! We use the Green Lantern expertise at our disposal to answer some amazing questions from listeners like you! 

Intro by Aaron Barry

Sponsored by Great Lakes Grooming Co.

 

Prescribed Reading from Issue #43:

Green Lantern vol. 2 #188 – The 1st appearance of the Book of Oa.

DC Comics Presents vol. 1 #26 – An imposter Green Lantern uses the ring to create kryptonite.

Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1 – The Bruce Wayne of Earth -32 overrides the limitations and safety features of the Green Lantern ring due to his incredible willpower.

Superman: Last Son of Earth #1-2 – In this two-issue story, an Earth-born Kal-El is rocketed to Krypton and eventually becomes the bearer of a Green Lantern ring.

Brightest Day – Throughout this series, a resurrected Boston Brand, aka Deadman, wielded a White Lantern ring as he assisted the other resurrected heroes and villains on their journeys.

Blackest Night #6 – Lex Luthor is temporarily deputized into the Orange Lantern Corps.

Untold Tales of the Blackest Night #1 – Black Lantern rings attack Ragman and destroy his Suit of Souls as every one of the trapped spirits is resurrected.

Blackest Night: Superman #3 – Connor Kent uses Psycho-Pirate’s Medusa Mask to manipulate the emotions of those around him and disrupt the Black Lantern rings of the resurrected Psycho-Pirate and Kal-L.

Sinestro vol. 1 #17-20 – Sinestro, his Corps, and an assortment of other temporary allies unite against the Pale Bishop, who attempts to rid the universe of all emotion.

Green Lantern Corps vol. 2 #17 – Sodam Yat is made the host of Ion, the entity of Will, in order to take on Superboy-Prime.

Green Lantern: New Guardians vol. 1 #31 – The first and only appearance of Raga, the only surviving relative of Mogo, the sentient planet.

Larfleeze vol. 1 #3 – Former members of the Orange Lantern Corps are resurrected, freeing them from their construct forms.

 

SHOW NOTES (courtesy of Josh Gill)

 

Intro to the LanternCast

• http://www.lanterncast.com/

 

Mark

• Spider-Man
• • http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Peter_Parker_(Earth-616)
• Hulk
• • http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Bruce_Banner_(Earth-616)
• Werewolf by Night
• • http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Jack_Russell_(Earth-616)
• Reign of the Superman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Reign_of_the_Supermen
  • Green Lantern 46
  • • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern_Vol_3_46
• Kyle Rayner
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kyle_Rayner_(New_Earth)
  • First appearance
  • • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern_Vol_3_48
  • Green Lantern 51
  • • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern_Vol_3_51
• Hal Jordan
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Hal_Jordan_(New_Earth)
• Death of Superman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Death_of_Superman
• Dan Jurgens
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Jurgens
• Superman: Last Son
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superman:_Last_Son
• Eradicator
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Eradicator_(New_Earth)
• Parallax
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Parallax_(New_Earth)
• Sinestro
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Thaal_Sinestro_(New_Earth)
• Star Wars: A New Hope
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_A_New_Hope

Chad

• Magnus, Robot Fighter
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus,_Robot_Fighter
• Ms Marvel
• • http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Carol_Danvers_(Earth-616)
• Marvel Chillers #1
• • http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Marvel_Chillers_Vol_1
  • http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Marvel_Chillers_Vol_1_1
  • Mordred the Mystic
  • • http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Modred_(Earth-616)
• Giant Size X-Men #1
• • http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Giant-Size_X-Men_Vol_1_1
• Green Lantern Rebirth by Geoff Johns
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern:_Rebirth
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Johns
• DC Showcase
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Showcase
• Rage of the Red Lanterns
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern:_Rage_of_the_Red_Lanterns
• Manhunters
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Manhunters_(New_Earth)
• Third Army
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Third_Army

What brings you back to GL?

• Emerald Twilight
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern:_Emerald_Twilight
• The Blog of Oa
• • http://www.blogofoa.com/

 

Questions

 

What are the rules of the GL ring?

• Ring
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern_Ring
• Book of Oa
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Book_of_Oa
• Oa
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Oa
• Mogo
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Mogo_(New_Earth)
• Jessica Cruz
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Jessica_Cruz_(Prime_Earth)
• Green Lantern novels
• • https://www.amazon.com/Green-Lantern-Justice-League-America/dp/0739452614/ref=pd_sbs_14_2/138-7834837-9177203?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0739452614&pd_rd_r=ECSKHZG0P6W46T2N8FT2&pd_rd_w=yX8hj&pd_rd_wg=iF2lF&psc=1&refRID=ECSKHZG0P6W46T2N8FT2
  • https://www.amazon.com/Green-Lantern-Sleepers-Book-Bk/dp/1416504273
• Ganthet
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Ganthet_(New_Earth)
• Cary Wren
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Cary_Wren_(Post-Zero_Hour)
• Kryptonite
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kryptonite
• John Stewart
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/John_Stewart_(New_Earth)
• DC Comics Presents #26
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/DC_Comics_Presents_Vol_1_26

Barring any safety features the ring has built into it, could you create kryptonite or Nth metal?

• Phantom Zone
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Zone
• Rock of Eternity
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Rock_of_Eternity
• Dawnbreaker
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Bruce_Wayne_(Earth_-32)
• Dennis O’Neil
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_O%27Neil
• Batman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman
• Guy Gardner
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Guy_Gardner_(New_Earth)
• Alan Scott
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Alan_Scott_(New_Earth)
• Simon Baz
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Simon_Baz_(Prime_Earth)
• Multiversity
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/The_Multiversity_Vol_1

Where is the lantern exactly?  Is it always available?

• Central Power Battery
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern_Central_Power_Battery
• Keepers
• • http://greenlantern.wikia.com/wiki/Keepers
• Sega Gamegear
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Gear
• Brave and the Bold Vol 1 #115
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Brave_and_the_Bold_Vol_1_115

Can Lanterns will themselves to move at super speed or instantaneous travel?

• Blackest Night
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Blackest_Night
• Hal chases down Lightray
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Lightray_(Prime_Earth)
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Hal_Jordan_and_the_Green_Lantern_Corps_Vol_1_28

If one has read very little GL, where would you recommend starting?

• Blackest Night
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Blackest_Night
• Black Hand
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/William_Hand_(New_Earth)
• Nekron
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Nekron_(New_Earth)
• Sinestro Corp Wars
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Sinestro_Corps_War
• Green Lantern Corps Recharge
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern_Corps:_Recharge
• Emerald Dawn
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern:_Emerald_Dawn
• Kyle’s first arc
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern:_Emerald_Twilight/New_Dawn_(Collected)
• Green Lantern Secret Origin
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern:_Secret_Origin
• Arisia Rrab
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Arisia_Rrab_(New_Earth)
• Kilowog
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kilowog_(New_Earth)
• Boodikka
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Boodikka_(New_Earth)

MFK Hal, Sinestro, Kilowog.

• Marry, Fuck, Kill
• • http://www.marryfuckkill.com/about

Favorite/least favorite non-Lantern to wield a ring? Who do you want to see wield a ring (any or all spectrums) that hasn't yet?

• Adam Strange
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Adam_Strange_(New_Earth)
• Raan
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Rann
• Superman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superman_(Clark_Kent)
• Elseworlds
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Elseworlds
• Last Son of Earth
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superman:_Last_Son_of_Earth
• One Man JLA
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Action_Comics_Vol_1_757
• 5th Week Event
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth-week_event
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Fifth-Week_Event
• Superman 147
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superman_Vol_2_147
• Doomsday Year One Annual
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Doomsday_Annual_Vol_1_1
• Deadman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Boston_Brand_(New_Earth)
• Brightest Day
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Brightest_Day
• Phantom Ring
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Ring
• Lex Luthor
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Alexander_Luthor_(New_Earth)
• Larfleeze
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Larfleeze_(New_Earth)
• Action Comics #900
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Action_Comics_Vol_1_900
• Emotional Spectrum
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Emotional_Electromagnetic_Spectrum
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Lantern_Corps
  • Red Lanterns
  • • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Lantern_Corps_(New_Earth)
  • Star Sapphires
  • • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Sapphire_Corps_(New_Earth)
  • Orange Lanterns
  • • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Orange_Lantern_Corps_(New_Earth)
  • Sinestro Corps
  • • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Sinestro_Corps_(New_Earth)
  • Black Lanterns
  • • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Lantern_Corps_(New_Earth)
  • Indigo Tribe
  • • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Indigo_Tribe_(New_Earth)
  • Blue Lanterns
  • • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_Lantern_Corps_(New_Earth)
• Gorilla Grodd
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Gorilla_Grodd_(New_Earth)
• Ragman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Rory_Regan_(New_Earth)
• Untold Tales of the Blackest Night
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Untold_Tales_of_Blackest_Night
• Rainbow Raiders
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Rainbow_Raiders
• Hawkman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Carter_Hall_(New_Earth)
• Mera
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Mera_(New_Earth)
• Predator
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Predator_(New_Earth)
• War of the Green Lanterns
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/War_of_the_Green_Lanterns
• Krona
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Krona_(New_Earth)

Would Lanterns be totally useless against Psycho Pirate?

• Psycho Pirate
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Charles_Halstead_(New_Earth)
• Medusa Mask
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Medusa_Mask
• Controllers
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Controllers
• Ungara
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Ungara
• Green Lanterns Vol 1
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lanterns_Vol_1
• Blackest Night - Superman
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Blackest_Night:_Superman_Vol_1
• Kal-L
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kal-L_(Earth-Two)
• Connor Kent
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kon-El_(New_Earth)

If you were to add a color and emotion, what color would you designate which emotion?

• Sinestro Vol 1
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Sinestro_Vol_1
  • The Paling
  • Pale Bishop
• Black Adam
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Teth-Adam_(New_Earth)
• Forever Evil
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Forever_Evil
• Mall of America
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mall_of_America
  • https://www.mallofamerica.com/home
• Clark Griswald
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_Vacation_(film_series)
• Harvey Weinstein
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein
• Prince
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)
• Eeyore
• • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeyore

Is Sodom Yet stronger than Superman or only when he is Ion?

• Sodam Yat
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Sodam_Yat_(New_Earth)
• Ion
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Ion_(New_Earth)
• Mon-El
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Lar_Gand_(Pre-Zero_Hour)
• Daxam
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Daxam
• Superboy Prime
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kal-El_(Earth-Prime)
• Legion of 3 Worlds
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Crisis%3A_Legion_of_3_Worlds

Other than Mogo and his brother, are there other living planets?

• Mogo
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Mogo_(New_Earth)
• Raga
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Raga_(Prime_Earth)
• Ranx
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Ranx_(New_Earth)
• Sentient Planet Solar System
• Yggardis
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Yggardis%2C_the_Living_Planet_(Earth-One)
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Mystery_in_Space_Vol_1_60
• Mystery in Space #30
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Mystery_in_Space_Vol_1_30
• Forgotten Villains
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Forgotten_Villains
• Green Lantern #24
• • The Strange World Called Green Lantern
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern_Vol_2_24
  • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern_(Planet)_(Earth-One)
• Danny the Street
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Danny_the_Street_(New_Earth)
  • Danny the Ambulance
• Milk Wars
• • https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2018/02/05/milk-wars-superpowers-get-strange
• Doom Patrol
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Doom_Patrol_(Prime_Earth)
• Saint Walker
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Bro%27Dee_Walker_(New_Earth)

Larfleeze has an army of orange constructs, including Glomulus, is this a special power unique to the Orange Lanterns?

• Larfleeze
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Larfleeze_(New_Earth)
• Glomulus
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Glomulus_(New_Earth)
• Agent Orange
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern:_Agent_Orange
• Maltusians
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Maltusians
• Larfleeze Vol 1
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Larfleeze_Vol_1
• Threshold
• • http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Threshold_Vol_1

 

Action Comics Weekly (1980’s)

• http://superman.wikia.com/wiki/Action_Comics_Weekly