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109-648: She was commonly associated with humor title character Scribbly the Boy Cartoonist , debuting as a supporting character of him, then sharing titles alongside Scribbly with the Red Tornado alias occasionally. She then was more recurringly affiliated with the Justice Society of America during the debut of the team and consistently still is in modern interpretation within DC Comics publications. She

218-494: A Zeta beam transporter accident while returning from space. Though Scott loses his daughter, he tells Kyle Rayner that he still has family both through relations and close friendships, among which he counts Kyle. Week 4 of the 52 maxiseries reveals that Scott lost his left eye during a period when he and several other superheroes were declared missing approximately 11 months prior to the events of Checkmate #1. The Zeta Beam that Adam Strange had hoped to use for teleporting

327-636: A Green Lantern named Yalan Gur, who was so favored by the Guardians of the Universe that they removed the yellow impurity from his ring (which the Guardians deliberately placed in all the GL rings to limit their power and could be removed at their discretion). However, Yalan Gur abused his power and interfered with the inhabitants of ancient China . The Guardians then substituted a weakness for wood that allowed

436-545: A completely redesigned sleek, solid green suit with no cape. In the 2017-2019 Doomsday Clock event, Prime Earth Alan is unerased by Doctor Manhattan, and is merged back into Earth Prime during the 2020-2021 Dark Nights: Death Metal multiversal reboot event. The first appearances of the character from 1940, including in All-American Comics #16, will enter the American public domain on January 1, 2036 as

545-500: A costume and fight crime, calling herself the Red Tornado. The character was immediately popular, and eclipsed Scribbly himself. By issue #23, the Red Tornado was sharing billing with Scribbly, and in #24, Dinky and Sisty joined the fight against crime, calling themselves "the Cyclone Twins". The series continued for three more years as "Scribbly & the Red Tornado". The feature ran through All-American Comics #59, in 1944,

654-539: A famous cartoonist, Ving Parker, who happens to be Scribbly's hero. Ving takes on Scribbly as an apprentice and even introduces him to real-life cartoonists like Lank Leonard ( Mickey Finn ) and Milt Gross . Scribbly's strip quickly catches on, and while he tries to work from home, his brother, Dinky, inadvertently gives him even more material. This early iteration of the series, before Mayer moves to All-American , eventually shifts to pure slapstick and less about Scribbly's cartooning experiences". A remarkable aspect of

763-469: A few years later, remaining a regular character. His villains tended to be ordinary humans, but he did have a few paranormal ones, such as the immortal Vandal Savage and the zombie Solomon Grundy . Green Lantern proved popular and was given his own series, Green Lantern , later that year. Most of his adventures were set in New York. In 1941, Alan Scott was paired with a sidekick named Doiby Dickles ,

872-485: A green meteor, later revealed to be the legendary Starheart that gave Alan his powers. Sebastian Faust tells the two teams that the Starheart has been gradually taking control of people on Earth for some time. Now that it is on Earth, it is growing more powerful and driving metahumans all over the world insane. Jade states that the Starheart captured her in space and purposely brought her to Earth to find Alan and that it

981-571: A leave of absence from the JSA, explaining why the character vanished from the roster for a time. Scott was a member of the Justice Society of America in 1951 when the team was investigated by the "Joint Congressional Un-American Activities Committee," a fictional organization based on the real-life House Un-American Activities Committee . They were accused of possible communist sympathies and asked to reveal their identities . The members declined

1090-417: A little tired of it — just this once I'm gonna have some FUN! F'rinstance let's see what would happen if instead of people we draw these characters as animals..." Mayer then explained that Scribbly would be a horse in this issue — "maybe it's because I always know where to find a horse, but I go nuts finding an idea for Scribbly" — while Ma Hunkel would be a big fat chicken, Sisty as a chick and Dinky as

1199-535: A mace and gas weaponry to help the younger JSA stun and delay members of the invading Injustice Society . She is taken hostage and frozen by the villain Icicle. She only suffers a mild cold as the team's plans was not to kill or injure but steal from the JSA. Maxine was later responsible for the continuation of the Society as a viable team. When supernatural entities obliterated the brownstone, Jay Garrick believed this

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1308-443: A massive wave of destructive energy to erupt over the post- Crisis Earth in 1945. Scott and the JSA, fresh from burying their Earth-Two comrades Robin and Huntress, enter into a limbo dimension to fight an eternally recurring Ragnarok . Green Lantern (vol. 3) #19 attempted to retcon Alan Scott's origin and power ring to accommodate the changes made by Crisis on Infinite Earths . In this story, Alan's ring originally belonged to

1417-581: A one-page cameo in the first JSA story, in All-Star Comics #3. The story, "The First Meeting of the Justice Society of America", has the heroes get together and swap stories about their heroics, and after hearing tales from the Flash , Hawkman , the Spectre and Hour Man , the group notices that the Red Tornado is in the room. She explains that she wasn't invited to the meeting, but she came up on

1526-575: A one-panel appearance in Animal Man "Deus Ex Machine", in a sort of limbo for characters who at the time weren't written into mainstream continuity. In Alex Ross's classic 1996 graphic novel Kingdom Come , set in an alternative DC future , the "Original Red Tornado" is identified as Ma Hunkel: she can just be seen at the top-left hand side of the Justice League line-up which includes Superman and Norman McCay . In issue #3, (page 135 of

1635-444: A parallel universe. For most of the 1960s and 1970s, Alan Scott made guest appearances in books belonging to Silver Age characters, visiting their universe through magical or technological means. In 1976, he appeared regularly alongside his Justice Society comrades in the revived All-Star Comics and later Adventure Comics in stories set in the 1970s. In 1981, DC Comics launched All-Star Squadron , which featured Alan Scott and

1744-767: A pony. This talking animal story was the last "Scribbly" story in All-American , with Mayer presumably tired of the strip altogether. Mayer's next project was a talking animal humor book, Funny Stuff , which launched with a Summer 1944 issue, with new stars the Three Mouseketeers and McSnurtle the Turtle, the Terrific Whatzit . One final "Scribbly" chapter was published in the one-shot giant The Big All-American Comic Book , dated December 1944. When Archie made teen humor comics popular, Scribbly

1853-480: A popular entertainment character who fought evil with the aid of a magic ring that grants him various supernatural powers. After debuting in All-American Comics , Alan Scott soon became popular enough to sustain his own comic book, Green Lantern . Around this time DC also began experimenting with fictional crossovers between its characters, leading towards a shared universe of characters. As one of

1962-575: A ring and serving as an elder statesman to the Justice Society of America and to the superhero community in general. In Green Lantern: Rebirth , Alan and his daughter Jade, assist the surviving members of the Green Lantern Corps, Hal Jordan, who had been possessed by the ancient fear entity Parallax, John Stewart , Guy Gardner , Kyle Rayner , and Kilowog , in defeating the Parallax-possessed Ganthet . Alan

2071-496: A rotund Brooklyn taxi driver, who would appear on a regular basis until 1949. In 1948, Alan also got a canine sidekick named Streak. The dog proved so popular that he starred in his own solo side-stories, even appearing on the cover without the title hero multiple times. After World War II, superheroes declined in popularity. Green Lantern was cancelled in 1949 after 38 issues and All-American Comics dropped superheroes in favor of westerns. Alan Scott's final Golden Age appearance

2180-493: A state of euphoria. After the Atom and Starman break Eclipso's link to his brainwashed slaves, the combined heroes attack Eclipso together, defeating him. In the aftermath it is discovered that Jade and Obsidian can now be within proximity of each other again and their father has control of the Starheart again. Later, the JSA try to take down the villain D'arken who has broken free from imprisonment beneath Monument Point and absorbed

2289-433: A steel mill. After he and Saturn Girl save Johnny Thunder from some junkies, Rorschach (Reggie Long) asks Johnny Thunder what that lantern is. Later, it is revealed that Doctor Manhattan prevented Scott from becoming Green Lantern, preventing the Justice Society from forming. However, Manhattan eventually restores the timeline and Scott's existence. In Dark Nights: Death Metal , Alan Scott helps battle Perpetua and

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2398-435: A string of lovers including Robbie and Jimmy. When Alan and Jimmy land a lucrative engineering project, Alan's rival Albert Dekker attempts to kill him, causing a train crash that kills Jimmy and activates Alan's Green Lantern powers. By 1941, Alan has been predominately working solo as a Green Lantern, with the support of his best friend Doiby Dickles. However, J. Edgar Hoover blackmails him into being an more active member of

2507-399: A superpowered terrorist named Scythe. Just before being defeated, Scythe snaps Alan's neck. In the subsequent story, it is revealed that Scythe is the product of Nazi genetic engineering, and that Alan and Jay had been tasked by the president with killing the experiment back when he was in infancy during World War 2. The two heroes could not agree on a course of action, and, as a result, Scythe

2616-685: A surprisingly strong woman. Many who encountered her often believed that the Red Tornado was, in fact, a man, a notion that helped protect Ma's secret identity on more than one occasion. Furthermore, she is a skilled cook. In the Kingdom Come timeline, an older Ma Hunkel wielding a more sophisticated armor version of the Red Tornado costume joins the re-formed Justice League under Superman , and appears with her granddaughter Maxine Hunkel . Maxine known as Red Tornado III or Cyclone , originally fought against Superman 's Justice League after his return, before deciding to join it. She travels with

2725-419: A time, the Starheart became part of Scott's body and he adopts the name Sentinel , becoming a founding member of a new JSA . Thanks to the rejuvenative properties of the Starheart, Scott's physical body is again temporarily revitalized so that he resembles a man in his 30s or early 40s. This drives his wife Molly, who has not been affected, to sell her soul to the demon Neron in exchange for youth. Alan enters

2834-429: A trainman's green railway lantern as his inspiration. After seeing this opera, Nodell sought to create a superhero who wielded a variety of magical powers from a magic ring, which he regularly recharged from a green lantern. Nodell wanted a colorful and interesting costume for his character, deriving from elements of Greek mythology. As Nodell recalled in an undated, latter-day interview, When I sent it in, I waited into

2943-459: A woman to be his costumed avenger, remaking the formidable Ma Hunkel into the even more formidable Red Tornado. Actually the people in the strip never knew the true sex of the Tornado. They only knew that this bulky figure in the red flannels, bedroom slippers, cape, and inverted stew pot could be counted on to tackle all sorts of criminals from the biggest to the smallest". In fact, Ma Hunkel had

3052-612: Is again rebooted, filled out with new retroactive continuity. In 1936, Alan was in a secret romantic relationship with fellow engineer Johnny Ladd, with both working on a secret government project related to the Crimson Flame. However, Johnny is seemingly killed when the Crimson Flame attacks their ship and snatches Johnny. Once Alan's superiors realize he was in a relationship with Johnny, they force him to check into Arkham Asylum to undergo conversion therapy . However, he eventually escapes, becomes an engineer again, and hooks up with

3161-647: Is also depicted as the grandmother of Maxine Hunkel . Initially introduced as simply Ma Hunkel, she originated in Sheldon Mayer 's semi-autobiographical humor feature in All-American Comics #3 as a supporting character of Scribbly the Boy Cartoonist . With the skyrocketing popularity of the Superman comic in 1938, comic book publishers began featuring their own superhero characters. All-American Comics responded in 1939 with Gary Concord,

3270-514: Is brought back into the mainstream continuity following the 2016 " DC Rebirth " initiative, and in 2020, comes out to his children as gay, retroactively establishing this incarnation of Alan as the first gay superhero . The original Green Lantern was created by an American artist named Martin Nodell . Nodell mentions Richard Wagner 's opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung and the sight of

3379-517: Is her fault that her father is now in danger. Just then, Alan awakens and his costume transforms into a suit of armor identical to the one he wears in Kingdom Come , and he then tells the assembled heroes that he intends on destroying the world. Starman is sent into space to search for Alan, and finds that Alan has constructed a massive fortress on the surface of the Moon. Before Starman can warn

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3488-475: Is increasingly physically weakened due to Parallax's failed attempts to mind control him as it did with Jordan, Stewart, Gardner, and Kilowog, so it decides to kill him instead. However, Jordan, with the aid of The Spectre , breaks free from Parallax's influence, and saves Alan from the fear entity. During the Rann-Thanagar War , Kyle Rayner 's power ring revealed that Scott is an honorary member of

3597-578: Is not within the province of this book to give Mayer or Scribbly the space both of them deserve". The revival of Scribbly in Convergence got a negative review by Greg McElhatton in Comic Book Resources , opining that it would have been better if the comic "focused more on what it's like to be a cartoonist in a superhero world". He also felt that some of the art for Scribbly was off. In the 2013 book Comics About Cartoonists: Tales of

3706-613: Is one of seven JSA-related heroes whose solo appearances are collected in an anthology entry in the DC Archive Editions series: Scribbly the Boy Cartoonist Scribbly the Boy Cartoonist is a comic book character created in 1936 by Sheldon Mayer , first appearing in Dell Comics and then moving to All-American Publications . Scribbly Jibbet is a semi-autobiographical character, presenting

3815-419: Is replaced by a green glowing orb that, due to its mystical origins and connection to Jade, allows him to track astral and mystical energy forms such as ghosts. During the missing year of the "One Year Later" storyline, Scott has joined Checkmate at the rank of White King, with his JSA teammate Mister Terrific as his Bishop. Scott soon finds himself in a moral conflict with Black Queen Sasha Bordeaux over

3924-566: Is rooting himself into the Earth, and if he remains for one more day, the Earth will no longer be able to survive without him. The rest of the JSA arrive to kill Gog by separating his head from the Earth, which is the only way to save the planet. The Society members ally with Gog in an attempt to protect him until they see him attempt to attack a Society member. All of Gog's followers, including Magog , turn on him, causing Gog's blessing on them to be undone. The JSA are able to topple Gog and send him to

4033-400: Is to somehow kill God. Eclipso then tortures Zauriel, causing his screams to attract the attention of the new Spectre, Crispus Allen, who he kills, absorbing the Spectre's powers upon his demise. With his newfound abilities, Eclipso reveals that God relies on the collective love of humanity to stay alive, and that by destroying the Earth, Eclipso will ultimately kill God once and for all. Just as

4142-634: The Darkest Knight . Following this, he reunites with Jade and Obsidian and comes out as gay. He is invited to join the Totality, a team of superheroes and villains dedicated to protecting Earth. In " The New Golden Age ", Scott is revealed to have a Russian counterpart in Red Lantern , who he fought on occasion and had a truce with when Nazis threatened both North America and Russia. In Alan Scott: The Green Lantern, Alan's early history

4251-577: The Source Wall , but Alan is unable to see his daughter. In Final Crisis , Alan led a resistance against Darkseid 's forces as one of the superheroes responding to Article X. He is shown defending Checkmate's Switzerland HQ from the Justifiers. Though Donna Troy tries to place the Justifier helmet on him, Hawkman saves him. In Blackest Night , Alan and the rest of the JSA battle

4360-552: The Sunday comics pages into a comic book layout, which Gaines would sell to Dell Comics , to publish in one of their anthology books. Along with the recut strips, Mayer included a one-page strip of his own, Scribbly the Boy Cartoonist , and this was published in Dell's Popular Comics #6 (July 1936), alongside established strips like Smokey Stover , Winnie Winkle and Harold Teen . Jean-Paul Gabilliet said: "[Mayer] presented all

4469-530: The Atom . The superhero trend was so powerful that in the Scribbly story in issue #20 (Nov 1940), Ma Hunkel became a superhero herself. In the story, Scribbly's little brother and Ma Hunkel's daughter Sisty are kidnapped, and the police are unable to locate them. Scribbly tells Ma about the Green Lantern, and she's inspired to don a costume and fight crime, calling herself the Red Tornado . By issue #23,

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4578-442: The Flash , Hawkman , and Wildcat find Ma to tell her that she can come out of hiding, as the last member of the gang against whom she testified in 1950 has died. Ma subsequently becomes caretaker of the JSA's Manhattan museum/headquarters. She does not, however, resume her crimefighting activities as the Red Tornado. Her daughter and (now) son-in-law, the former Cyclone Kids, briefly have their own costumed adventures, starting in

4687-491: The Green Lantern Corps. During the Infinite Crisis , Scott and his daughter Jade , along with many others, travel with Donna Troy to the center of the universe to save it from Alexander Luthor, Jr. Though they manage to succeed in saving the universe, Jade dies on this mission. A year later , Scott is still active and relatively youthful compared to his true age, but now wears an eyepatch having lost his eye in

4796-460: The JSA fought the villain Ian Karkull , who inadvertently imbued them with life energy stolen from an innocent victim. The energy slowed their aging, allowing Scott and several other members, as well as their spouses, to remain active into the late 20th century without infirmity. The events of that incident also led Scott, who had failed to save the victim from whom the energy was stolen, to take

4905-428: The Justice League with Alan's location. Batman then assembles a small strikeforce consisting of himself, Jade, Hourman , Donna Troy , Jesse Quick , and Mr. America , all of whom have a low chance of being possessed by the Starheart. Mister Miracle arrives and informs the team that Alan has most likely installed Fourth World defenses in his base and offers to use his knowledge of such technology to guide them through

5014-476: The Justice Society in a World War II setting. In 1986, the editors at DC Comics decided that all its characters should exist within the same setting and effected this change with the Crisis on Infinite Earths miniseries. Alan Scott now shared the same fictional world as Hal Jordan. DC Comics decided to write the character out of continuity in a one-shot book entitled Last Days of the Justice Society , in which he

5123-699: The Red Tomato. Ma was later joined by a pair of sidekicks known as the Cyclone Kids , consisting of her daughter Amelia "Sisty" Hunkel and neighbor Mortimer "Dinky" Jibbet (brother of boy cartoonist Scribbly , the star of the comic book feature in which the Red Tornado debuted). Ma Hunkel returned in JSA #55 (February 2004). This story reveals that Ma had been in the Witness Protection Program since 1950. Senior JSA members Green Lantern,

5232-436: The Red Tornado was sharing billing with Scribbly, and in #24, Ma's two kids joined the fight against crime, calling themselves "the Cyclone Twins". The kids scared criminals more than the Tornado herself. The series continued for three more years as "Scribbly & the Red Tornado". Ron Goulart writes: "Anticipating Wonder Woman , that monumental creation of William Moulton Marston , possibly even influencing it, Mayer chose

5341-501: The Starheart were to once again take over his body, it could result in the deaths of everyone in the city. Eclipso attacks the city, which results in Jesse Quick having to get Alan to safety. After taking over Jade, Eclipso has the power of the starheart then defeats and possesses the Justice League's reserve roster, and then badly injures the angel Zauriel. With the Justice League outnumbered, Eclipso then reveals his ultimate goal

5450-461: The Ultra-Man , and followed in 1940 with Green Lantern and the Atom . The superhero trend was so powerful that in the Scribbly story in issue #20 (Nov 1940), Ma Hunkel became a superhero herself. In the story, Scribbly's little brother Dinky and Ma Hunkel's daughter Sisty are kidnapped, and the police are unable to locate them. Scribbly tells Ma about the Green Lantern, and she's inspired to don

5559-585: The World's Oddest Profession , comics historian Craig Yoe described Scribbly as "the greatest out-of-the-inkwell cartoonist of all". The book reprints six pages of Scribbly comics. In DC Comics satire children's comic book, DC Super Friends #29, he is referenced by a young Batman as a famous artist who draws his feet too small. Alan Scott Alan Wellington Ladd-Scott is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , and

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5668-587: The accident. He also discovers his powers' weakness to wood when he is bludgeoned with a club. Alan is a founding member of the Justice Society of America , and is its second chairman. Scott uses his ring to fly, walk through solid objects by "moving through the fourth dimension", paralyze or blind people temporarily, hypnotize them, create rays of energy, melt metal as with a blowtorch, and cause dangerous objects to glow, among other things. It could also allow him and others to time travel. Occasionally, he uses it to read minds or create solid objects and force fields in

5777-587: The adventures of a young man starting out in the cartooning business, and working for the Morning Dispatch newspaper. His stories were told around the Golden Age era , when American comic books were primarily anthologies telling more than one story in a magazine issue. Scribbly first appeared in the Popular Comics series, and then appeared in All-American Comics from 1939 to 1944. He

5886-405: The beginning of the " Brightest Day " storyline, Alan lies in the arms of Obsidian, convulsing and writhing as a green light pours from his body. His body possessed, Alan flies off with his JSA teammates in hot pursuit, eventually led the team to Germany. The JSA meet with Batman 's new Justice League and find that Jade, who had been staying on Oa since her resurrection, has returned to Earth in

5995-712: The collected edition), panel 1, she can be seen on a balcony looking down at Superman and McCay and wearing a far more sophisticated, armour-like costume. She appeared briefly in 1998's DC Universe Holiday Bash II special, in the story "I Left My Heart at the Justice Society Canteen", and in All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant #1 (Sept. 1999), in a story, "Way of the Amazon", in which Ma Hunkel takes valorous center stage amid Liberty Belle , Phantom Lady and Wonder Woman . She has continued to appear through

6104-558: The comic is that Scribbly is creating his own autobiographical comic: "Why Big Brothers Leave Home", about his relationship with the pesky Dinky (himself based on Mayer's little brother, Monte). In most of the Scribbly comics, "Why Big Brothers Leave Home" strip appeared as a topper strip , either at the top or the bottom of the page, drawn in cruder form to indicate that it was a cartoon-within-a-cartoon. Readers were encouraged to send in ideas for "Why Big Brothers Leave Home", collaborating with Scribbly on his autobiography. At one point in

6213-423: The copyright for the comic was renewed in 1967. Thousands of years ago, a mystical "green flame" fell to Earth in ancient China as a meteor . A voice in the flame predicted that it would act three times: once to bring death, once to bring life, and once to bring power. For the first prophecy, a lamp-maker crafted the green metal of the meteor into a lamp. In fear and as punishment for what they thought sacrilege ,

6322-488: The curator of the JSA's museum. In All-American Comics #45 (Dec 1942), Mayer himself entered the comic strip. In "Sheldon Mayer Meets the Red Tornado", Scribbly, Ma Hunkel, the Cyclone Kids, and the neighborhood kids are complaining that their stories are boring and repetitive, so Mayer enters the comic panels to respond to their complaints. Disheartened by their criticism, Mayer tries to commit suicide by jumping from

6431-585: The demonic realm, with help from entities such as the Phantom Stranger and Zatanna , and, with Kyle Rayner's aid, manages to win Molly's soul back, reuniting Molly's essence with her soulless being. He has since been physically altered again so that he more closely resembles his true chronological age. He returns to using the name "Green Lantern" during the JSA's battle with Mordru . He continues to fight crime in his original costumed identity, rebuilding

6540-712: The end of his Golden Age adventures, he got a sidekick and companion pet in Streak the Wonder Dog – a heroic canine in the mold of Rin-Tin-Tin and Lassie – who was later retconned as a member of the Space Canine Patrol Agents , and the Legion of Super-Pets . In All-American Comics #38, it's revealed his middle name is Wellington . A part of Scott's early history is filled out with retroactive continuity . All-Star Squadron Annual #3 states that

6649-467: The father to the superheroes Obsidian and Jade , each with powers somewhat like his own, through Alan's first wife Rose Canton . Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot, Earth-Two is destroyed and Alan transported to the main universe. In 2011, " The New 52 " introduced a new Multiverse , depicting a young Earth-2 version of Alan who was an out gay man. The "original" version of Alan

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6758-419: The fire escape. She gets a warm greeting from the group, but when they invite her to take her cape off and relax, she suddenly announces that she has to leave. The Flash laughs when he discovers that she tore her pants when she climbed in through the window. Later Justice Society stories established that Ma is an honorary member of the team, and in 2007, she returned to DC in Justice Society of America vol. 3 as

6867-495: The first character to bear the name Green Lantern . He fights evil with the aid of his mystical ring, which grants him a variety of powers. He was created by Martin Nodell and Bill Finger , first appearing in the comic book All-American Comics #16, published on July 10, 1940. Alan Scott was created after Nodell became inspired by the characters from Greek, Norse, and Middle Eastern myths and tales, including Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights , and sought to create

6976-563: The first editor of All-American Comics . He did a run in that comic and then did about 15 issues of Scribbly's own comic". Cartoonist and satirist Jules Feiffer wrote in The Great Comic Book Heroes (1965) that "the single unique stroke in the pre Detective Comics days was the creation, by Sheldon Mayer, of the humor strip Scribbly — an underrated, often brilliantly wild cartoon about a boy cartoonist with whom, needless to say, I identified like mad. I regret that it

7085-446: The first issue (April 1939) and continuing until issue #59 (July 1944). Scribbly appeared on the All-American cover only three times, including issue #2. Scribbly worked for the Morning Dispatch newspaper, although most of the action in the strip took place in his New York neighborhood. In issue #3 of All-American Comics , Mayer introduced Ma Hunkel , the owner of a local grocery store. In another autobiographical touch, Ma Hunkel

7194-520: The fortress. When they finally find him, Jade uses her powers to restore Alan to normal. With his sanity restored, Alan chooses to allow the Emerald City he created on the moon to stay and the city becomes populated by various magical creatures from throughout the DCU. After the events of the "Brightest Day", Alan and the rest of the JSA travel to the city of Monument Point, which has been attacked by

7303-546: The green metal, which were fulfilled). When Alan received the lantern, the spirit directed Alan to create the power ring and persona of Green Lantern, complete with the ring's weakness to wood. Through the machinations of Waverider , the JSA teammates are able to leave Limbo and begin living in the Post- Crisis Earth they had fought to save. The miniseries is followed by Justice Society of America (1992–1993), which shows how Alan Scott adjusts to his new world. In

7412-399: The heroes away from the time-space ripple caused by Alexander Luthor, Jr. 's actions was splintered by the ripple itself, mutilating the heroes in various ways. In Week 5, Alan goes to the wife and daughter of Animal Man to tell them that Animal Man is missing in space. This gives Ellen Baker more hope that her husband is alive. In Week 29, Alan, Wildcat , and Jay Garrick (Flash) are

7521-462: The late 1960s that Scott marries the woman with the dual identity Rose and Thorn . They have a pair of children who would grow up to become the superheroes Jade and Obsidian of the team Infinity, Inc. In the 1980s, Scott married his reformed former nemesis, Molly Mayne , also known as The Harlequin , reconciling with his son and daughter. The Last Days of the Justice Society of America Special (1986) one-shot tells how Adolf Hitler caused

7630-404: The local peasants to successfully attack and mortally wound Yalan with simple wooden clubs. Yalan flew into the sky and raged against the Guardians. His body burned in the atmosphere, becoming the green metallic meteorite that ultimately became Alan Scott's lantern. Yalan's spirit also possessed the metal, promising death in his rage and life when he realized his mistakes (the first two prophecies of

7739-423: The local villagers killed him, only to be destroyed by a sudden burst of the green flame. For the second, in modern times, the lamp came into the hands of a patient of a mental institution who fashioned the lamp into a modern train lantern. The green flame restored his sanity and gave him a new life. For the third, by 1940, after having already fulfilled the first two-thirds of this prophecy, the lantern fashioned from

7848-413: The manner usually associated with fellow Green Lantern, Hal Jordan . His ring could protect him against any object made of metal, but would not protect him against any wood- or plant-based objects. During the 1940s, Green Lantern seemed to alternate between serious adventure, particularly when Solomon Grundy , his nemesis, appeared and light comedy, usually involving his sidekick, Doiby Dickles . Toward

7957-456: The members of the JLA prepare to wage a counterattack, Eclipso destroys the Moon, apparently dooming all life on Earth. With the Moon destroyed, Eclipso then seemingly kills Donna Troy, the physically strongest remaining member of the Justice League. However, it is ultimately revealed that Donna's death was an illusion conjured by Saint Walker, who used his blue power ring to temporarily trap Eclipso in

8066-401: The meteoric metal fell into the hands of Alan Scott, a young railroad engineer. Following a railroad bridge collapse, the flame instructs Scott in how to fashion a ring from its metal, to give him fantastic powers as the superhero Green Lantern . He adopts a colorful costume of red, purple, brown, yellow, and green. He becomes a crimefighter in his first adventure, defeating the crooks who caused

8175-485: The mid-2000s, mainly as a supporting character in Justice Society of America . In the original comics in the 1940s, Ma Hunkel is a working mother whose costume consists of longjohns and a cooking pot on her head. She adopts the identity of the Red Tornado to fight local criminals in her New York City neighborhood, inspired by her son's admiration for the superhero Green Lantern . The character's popularity

8284-468: The miniseries Convergence: World's Finest Comics . In the series, he's depicted as transcribing the events of the Seven Soldiers of Victory by Paul Levitz , Jim Fern, Joe Rubenstein and Shannon Wheeler. In an interview by Comic Book Resources , Paul Levitz explained his revival of the character: "I built this around Scribbly Jibbet, whose name you will probably not remember. I guess he's

8393-522: The name "Alan Scott" by flipping through New York telephone books until he got two names he liked. The character of Alan Scott made his debut in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), fighting crime under the masked identity of "Green Lantern". He also appeared as part of the superhero team Justice Society of America in All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940). He served as the team's second chairman in #7, but departed following that issue and returned

8502-521: The only character in the DC Universe who preceeds [ sic ] DC. Shelly Mayer created Scribbly originally, as a boy. His Scribbly stories -- in the view of Art Spiegelman , who is very knowledgeable on such -- is arguably the first autobiographical example of a cartoonist writing about a cartoonist in America. Shelly created it at first for Dell, but then he brought it to DC when he became

8611-472: The only members of the JSA present on Thanksgiving . They talk about the other members of the JSA and about the new Infinity Inc. , which is a new version of a team of which Alan's daughter, Jade, was a member. After being put into a comatose state during an attack by the Gentleman Ghost , Alan envisions Jade, who tells him goodbye and grants him another portion of her green energy. His missing eye

8720-437: The organization from being discontinued by political forces. After the rise of the being Gog , Alan Scott allies with the Justice Society members that oppose Gog's simplistic view of the world. However, after encountering a Justice Society from an alternate universe in which his daughter Jade is still alive, he considers asking the seemingly all powerful being to raise his daughter from the dead. Later, Sandman learns that Gog

8829-423: The others, Alan appears in front of him and tears his gem, the source of his abilities, from his chest, thus rendering him powerless. The Starheart uses its influence to corrupt various metahumans with magical or elemental abilities, which creates chaos across the globe. Realizing that the heroes must defeat Alan to end the chaos, Batman recruits Miss Martian to get a mental lock on Starman, which, in turn, provides

8938-547: The pages as Sunday panels because, at the time, the fact that a strip had previously appeared in a newspaper was perceived as an indicator of quality". Scribbly strips also appeared in Dell's The Funnies later in 1936. Andrew J. Kunka describes the way that the strip began: "In the earliest Dell-published strips, Mayer's series begins with Scribbly as a kid known in his neighborhood for drawing cartoons on any surface he can find, including walls and fences (something Mayer did in his youth, as well). These drawings are discovered by

9047-460: The powers of JSA members, but D'arken is too powerful. Due to this only non-superpowered and magical members fight D'arken. The JSA tells Alan that unleashing the Starheart is the only way to destroy D'arken. However, after releasing the Starheart energies, Alan's body begins to incinerate. Afterwards, the JSA attend a funeral for Alan, whom they believe to be dead. In Doomsday Clock , Johnny Thunder finds Alan Scott's Green Lantern power battery in

9156-600: The publisher's most popular heroes, Alan became a founding member of the Justice Society of America , one of the first such teams of "mystery men" or superheroes in comic books. Following World War II , the character's popularity faded along with the decline of the Golden Age of Comic Books , leading to cancellation. After eight years out of print, DC reinvented Green Lantern as science fiction hero Hal Jordan in 1959. Later, DC revisited Alan Scott, establishing that he and Hal existed on Earth-Two and Earth-One respectively. Later stories set on Earth-Two depicted Alan becoming

9265-464: The reanimated Kal-L and Black Lantern versions of dead Justice Society members. After Jakeem Thunder is knocked out, Alan is one of the heroes who adds his powers into a "Black Lantern Bomb" designed to mimic Jakeem's Thunderbolt abilities, destroying all of the Black Lanterns in New York. In the final battle of the event, his daughter Jade is resurrected by the power of white light. In

9374-475: The red flannels, bedroom slippers, cape, and inverted stew pot could be counted on to tackle all sorts of criminals from the biggest to the smallest". In 1967, Mayer briefly revived the concept in issues of Sugar and Spike , with both kids and Little Arthur appearing at various times as "Tornado-Tot". The character reappeared in a three-page "Scribbly" story by Mayer in DC's Secret Origins #29 (Aug. 1986). She had

9483-603: The remaining Green Lantern ring. After meeting the young hero, he informs him of the situations with Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps . During the Zero Hour event, Alan witnesses the villain Extant incapacitate and kill several of his JSA teammates. After suffering defeat by the villain, Alan gives Kyle his original ring, passing the name "Green Lantern" to him. Alan's ring was later destroyed by Parallax. For

9592-470: The request, and many of the members retired in the 1950s. The team rebands in the 1960s with Scott as a member, though little is known of their adventures during this time, save for stories about their team-ups with the Justice League of America , the parallel world Earth-One, and cross-universe adventures Scott shares with Earth-One's Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. It was eventually revealed that in

9701-516: The rest of the team to the Gulag to contain the prisoner revolt. Captain Marvel arrives and blasts the Gulag, freeing all the prisoners, who then attack the surrounding Justice League members. In the "World Without Young Justice" reality, Red Tornado was brought out of retirement by Impulse . She helps to distract Bedlam so that Impulse can have one of his clones restore the timeline. The Red Tornado

9810-463: The second week before I heard the word to come in. I was ushered into Mr. [Max] Gaines ' office, publisher, and after sitting a long time and flipping through the pages of my presentation, he announced, "We like it!" And then, "Get to work!" I did the first five pages of an eight-page story, and then they called in Bill Finger to help. We worked on it for seven years [through 1947]. Nodell chose

9919-609: The short-lived series, the JSA fight the newest incarnation of the Ultra-Humanite as well as Pol St. Germain and Kulak the Sorcerer . Scott reconnects with his wife and children, stating in issue #1 that Molly "is pretty much handling things at the company..." and that Jade and Obsidian "... are fine off doing their own thing in Hollywood. Not too interested in being super-heroes." The series ends with issue #10, not with

10028-625: The strip, "Why Big Brothers Leave Home" becomes so popular that Scribbly's principal creates his own autobiographical strip, "Scene in P.S. 83 as Seen by the Principal". A teacher in the school is unhappy with the way that she's portrayed in the principal's strip, and starts a cartoon of her own. In 1938, Gaines struck out on his own, founding All-American Publications . Mayer remained at the company as cartoonist and editor, and Scribbly appeared in All American Comics , beginning with

10137-436: The team disbanding, but with the members gathering together at their first formal meeting after returning home. Alan follows Guy Gardner and a small group of heroes to investigate a mysterious distress from Oa, only to be defeated by Hal Jordan, who now calls himself Parallax , having been driven mad after the destruction of his home, Coast City . After the confrontation, Alan discovers that an artist, Kyle Rayner , inherits

10246-399: The title Young Justice . They band together with other Golden Age sidekicks out of concern for the safety of younger superheroes. Ma's wind-controlling granddaughter, Maxine Hunkel , joins the JSA in Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #1 (February 2007). In Justice Society of America Vol. 3 #3 (March 2007), Maxine adopts the alias " Cyclone ". Ma still has some fighting ability, using

10355-541: The top panel, but the Red Tornado rushes to catch him before he hits the bottom panel. Outside of usually appearing in All-American Comics , Scribbly also appeared occasionally in Comic Cavalcade and also in the humor series, Buzzy . By issue #59 (July 1944), Mayer had grown tired of the characters, and openly admitted it in the introduction to that issue's story: "This goes on every issue — sometimes it's funny — sometimes it isn't — anyhow — I'm getting

10464-491: The violent nature of Checkmate, particularly after Bordeaux and her team slaughter dozens of Kobra operatives during a raid on a facility. Bordeaux contends that the ends justify the means, while Scott adheres to the principle that heroes should not kill unless absolutely necessary. Bordeaux responds by suggesting that Scott resign. Concurrent with this internal conflict, Scott and the White Queen ( Amanda Waller ) try to keep

10573-432: The year DC Comics absorbed All-American Publications. Ron Goulart writes: "Anticipating Wonder Woman , that monumental creation of William Moulton Marston , possibly even influencing it, Mayer chose a woman to be his costumed avenger, remaking the formidable Ma Hunkel into the even more formidable Red Tornado. Actually the people in the strip never knew the true sex of the Tornado. They only knew that this bulky figure in

10682-636: Was "forever" trapped in an extra-dimensional realm. The character was brought back in the 1990s due to fan interest. Rather than update Alan Scott as a contemporary young hero as had been done with Batman and Superman, Alan Scott was instead written as a veteran of World War II with a magically prolonged lifespan. To distinguish Alan Scott from Hal Jordan, his superhero codename was for a time changed to "Sentinel" and he lost his magic ring, manifesting his powers through his glowing hands instead. In JSA #50 (2003) he regained his classic codename and ring, though he remained apart from Hal Jordan's Green Lantern Corps. He

10791-495: Was a regular character in JSA and Justice Society of America . In 2011, DC Comics again rebooted their fictional properties, erasing Alan from Earth Prime and instead having a new version of Alan Scott that once again exists on Earth-2, where Hal Jordan and his Green Lantern Corps do not exist. This new Alan Scott is no longer a grizzled veteran of World War II, but a fresh young superhero. He first appears in Earth 2 #3 (2012) with

10900-457: Was a sign to end the team and move on. Maxine convinced him such an attitude was nonsensical and the Society was more than just a headquarters. In Dark Nights: Death Metal , Ma Hunkel is revealed to have died some time prior before Batman resurrects her with a Black Lantern ring. Furthermore, her name is the password to access the Valhalla superhero cemetery. In her prime, Ma Hunkel was

11009-432: Was allowed to live. Doctor Mid-Nite discovers that the injuries Alan sustained have rendered him paralyzed, and that any attempt to heal himself could break his constant concentration, which could result in the Starheart once again regaining control of his body. Jade visits her bed-ridden father in the Emerald City, and offers to use her abilities to help him walk again. Alan declines his daughter's offer, reasoning that if

11118-474: Was given his own bimonthly title, Scribbly , which ran for 15 issues, starting in September 1948. Mayer continued to write and draw the title, which is a romantic comedy about Scribbly trying to find a steady job and win the affection of his girlfriend Red Ringley, who was a famous cartoonist and coworker. The Red Tornado didn't appear in this reboot of the strip. Scribbly' s sales were unimpressive, and Mayer

11227-443: Was in All-Star Comics #57 (1951). He remained out of publication for 12 years, and after his revival he did not get another solo series until 2023. In 1959, DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz reinvented Green Lantern as a science fiction hero. The new Green Lantern, named Hal Jordan , was empowered by alien masters to serve as an interstellar lawman and had many adventures set in outer space. His powers were similar to Alan's but he

11336-440: Was inspired by the owner of a boarding house where Mayer lived, Mrs. Lindenbaum. Scribbly was also established as the brother of Mortimer "Dinky" Jibbet of the Cyclone Kids . With the skyrocketing popularity of the Superman comic in 1938, comic book publishers began featuring their own superhero characters. All-American Comics responded in 1939 with Gary Concord, the Ultra-Man , and followed in 1940 with Green Lantern and

11445-611: Was more interested in his new comic, Leave It to Binky , so the Scribbly comic was dropped in January 1952. Scribbly did appear as a backup feature in Leave it to Binky , as well as Buzzy , another DC teen comic. A last appearance of Scribbly in Sugar and Spike #30 reveals that he finally married his redhead girlfriend Red Ringley and had a son together. In 2015, Scribbly was briefly revived in DC Comics continuity by Paul Levitz , in

11554-408: Was nineteen. Mayer later explained: "Scribbly was a thing I dreamed up during my lunch hour one day in the cafeteria... I followed the old rule of writing only what you know about. What was more natural than writing about the adventures of a boy cartoonist?" In 1936, Mayer worked for Max Gaines , one of the pioneers of modern comic books, and the teenager's job was to cut and paste comic strips from

11663-538: Was otherwise completely unrelated—Alan Scott never existed as far as the new stories were concerned. Hal Jordan proved popular, but readers still had an interest in the old Green Lantern. Some years later, Alan Scott reappeared as a guest star in The Flash #137 (1963). To avoid continuity conflicts with the Hal Jordan character, Alan Scott and all his old stories were retconned as having existed on Earth-Two , in

11772-421: Was such that she was given a cameo in the first adventure of the Justice Society of America , visiting the JSA's headquarters but being forced by a humorous mishap, her pants splitting, to leave without having the chance to apply for membership. Later Justice Society stories have declared Ma to be an honorary member of the team. Due to her bright red costume and rotund build, she is sometimes jokingly referred to as

11881-504: Was then revived in his own series, Scribbly , from 1948 to 1952. All-American was one of the two companies that merged to form DC Comics in the 1940s, and, like all of DC's Golden Age characters, Scribbly was later considered part of the " Earth-Two " continuity. In 2015, Scribbly was briefly revived in DC Comics continuity by Paul Levitz , in the miniseries Convergence: World's Finest Comics . Sheldon Mayer began his career in cartooning at age fifteen, and he created Scribbly when he

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