The Green Lantern rebooted as gay

The twist, which comes more than 70 years after the character was first
introduced, means that the Green lantern’s superhero son, Obsidian, who was
also gay, will never be born and will thus no longer exist as a character in
the comic books.

It also presumably means that his two marriages will be written out of
history.

The storyline was written by British writer James Robinson, who said: “He’s
very much the character he was. He’s still the pinnacle of bravery and
idealism. He’s also gay.”

Mr Robinson said that the ‘rebooting’ of the Green Lantern meant that he would
be young and so Obsidian was yet to be born, this made the decision to
recast the Lantern as gay easier.

The writer added: “The only downside of his being young was we lose his
son, Obsidian, who’s gay. So I thought, ‘Why not make Alan Scott gay?’. That
was the seed that started it.”

Mr Robinson added that he hoped the character’s coming out would serve as an
inspiration to others.

He told the New York Post: “He’s a type-A personality who doesn’t hide in
the shadows. I hope he’s a positive figure. If there’s some kind of kid out
there who’s reading the comic and who’s worried about the person he is,
maybe it will give him a positive sense of who he is. Or maybe a different
kid will read it and decide I don’t need to bully some kind of kid in school.”

Last month Marvel Comics, DC’s main rival, announced
that one of their heroes in the X-Men series, Northstar, was getting married
to his long-term boyfriend
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