Étiquette : The Abandoned An’Forsaked

20151025 – Comics News @CBR : The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – So WHO Came Up With the Green Lantern Oath? – Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book ResourcesComics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources

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In this feature we examine comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically “overturned” by a later writer (as if they were a legal precedent). Click here for an archive of all the previous editions of The Abandoned An’ Forsaked. Feel free to e-mail me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com […]

Today, based on a suggestion by NES Boy, we look at how John Broome had some differing he established in the first appearance of Hal Jordan in Showcase #22, namely the fact that Hal Jordan was originally the person who coined the term “Green Lantern” and how Hal seemingly just came up with the Green Lantern oath on the spot…

In Showcase #22 by Broome and Gil Kane, Hal Jordan meets an alien who gives him a power ring and a power battery. It’s interesting to see how originally the alien is pretty sparse in details, including not mentioning that he is a Green Lantern…

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20151025 – Comics News @CBR : The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – Can Cyclops Not Control His Powers Because of a Head Injury? – Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book ResourcesComics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources

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In CSBG’s latest spotlight on notable retcons, learn the tale of Cyclops’ head injury as a child and its effect on his mutant powers!

 

Today we look at the odd history of Cyclops’ head injury and its affect on his powers.

Here’s the thing. The whole “Cyclops can’t control his eye beams because of a head injury” thing was, itself, a late addition to the X-Men mythos. It wasn’t revealed until X-Men #138

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20151025 Comics News @CBR : The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – So is Hal Jordan Really Without Fear or What? – Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book ResourcesComics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources

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Every week, we will be examining comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically “overturned” by a later writer (as if they were a legal precedent). Click here for an archive of all the previous editions of The Abandoned An’ Forsaked. Feel free to e-mail me at […]

Today, based on a suggestion by Stephane S, we look at the complicated history of whether Hal Jordan is actually “without fear” or not.

When John Broome introduced Hal Jordan in Showcase #22, the dying Abin Sur told his ring to find someone who is “entirely without fear”…

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The Abandoned An’ Forsaked – Where Did 20151025 – Comics News @CBR : Cyclops’ Ruby Quartz Glasses Come From? – Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book ResourcesComics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources

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Every week, we will be examining comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically “overturned” by a later writer (as if they were a legal precedent). Click here for an archive of all the previous editions of The Abandoned An’ Forsaked. Feel free to e-mail me at […]

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