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Gay Green Lantern appears in alternate universe

By REUTERS

JUNE 1, 2012 22:01

NEW YORK - DC Comics is introducing a gay version of the Green Lantern, showing him in a romantic kiss with his partner in civilian life before donning his skin-tight unitard typically associated with straight superheroes.

Alan Scott is the gay Green Lantern in the title "Earth 2" that goes on sale this coming Wednesday, competing for attention with the Marvel comics character Northstar who is due to marry his boyfriend in an "Astonishing X-Men" issue due on comic book shelves on June 20.

"I'm sure there will be some controversy, but nothing like it might have been 20 years ago," said Gerry Gladston, the co-owner of Midtown Comics in New York. "Comic books, after all, are among the greatest of American art forms and great art reflects life, doesn't it?"

Most comic fans know the Green Lantern's alter ego to be Hal Jordan - a ladies' man played by Ryan Reynolds in the 2011 film - but "Earth 2" is an alternate universe in the DC world.

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