Alan Scott

FIRST APPEARANCE:Earth 2 #1 (July, 2012)

FIRST APPEARANCE (AS GREEN LANTERN): Earth 2 #3 (September, 2012)

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ORIGIN

Alan Scott was a young, openly gay media mogul, who dedicated his work to the heroes who gave their lives three years prior in the war against Darkseid. He was in a relationship with Sam Zhao, and while on a business trip in Sam's native China, he worked up the nerve to propose. Unfortunately, just before Sam could accept the proposal, the train crashed suddenly, killing nearly every passenger except Alan - including Sam.

After the crash, a Green Flame appeared before Alan Scott and told him that he had been chosen to become the protector of the Earth. With a threat on the horizon, it urged Alan to accept the combined power of the Earth's energies, using the engagement ring intended for Sam as a conduit for that power. This would allow him to create green energy constructs, limited only by his imagination. Though the Green Flame had saved Alan, it could not do anything to save the others, and so Alan accepted the offer for the sake of his lost love and the others who died.

GRUNDY, AVATAR OF THE GREY

Almost as soon as Alan became the protector of the Green, an opposing force chose its own Avatar. The Grey chose Grundy as its champion, and the dead man began sending the force of decay throughout the earth. He waited at Washington, D.C. for the Green's protector, claiming that they could not co-exist.

Alan, upon seeing the destruction caused by Grundy, went to confront him, and was joined by other heroes; The Atom, Hawkgirl and Flash. During the battle, Alan realized that the only way to defeat Grundy was to confront the Grey. Alan sent his essence to confront the Grey but the Grey used the image of his dead lover, Sam, to tempt him. However, Alan soon saw through the deceit and left the grey, returning to his body.

In order to defeat Grundy, he dragged the man to the moon, where he would be so far removed from the Grey as to be powerless. However, having been disconnected from the Green himself, and after exerting the last of his power to throw three nuclear missiles into outer space, Alan crashed down towards the Earth. At the last second, he was saved by Hawkgirl.

Once back on the ground, the Flash lamented the havoc wrought by the powers of Grundy, whom before his defeat, had succeeded in eradicating almost all plant life on Earth. The Green Lantern, driven by instinct proceeded to focus the Earth's energies and release them into the ground; causing new sprouts and crops to form at the area the energy touched. When the Flash inquired on what exactly he did, Alan replied that much of what he did was instinctual and that he was only partly aware of what he was doing, but that he believed that he had given the Earth the boost it needed to rid itself of Grundy's decay.

The Flash then went on to suggest that they form a new trinity, like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman before them. However, his youthful glee was immediately shot down by Alan who stated that although he was grateful for their assistance against Grundy, he doesn't agree. Amazed at the scope of his own powers and embittered by his recent loss, Alan instead tells them that further assistance was unnecessary and that his power alone was sufficient to protect the Earth. Reasoning that as long as he doesn't play "Icarus" again, he'd remain unchallenged. Having made his statement, Scott took off and left Hawkgirl and the Flash to ponder what to do next.

On the next day, it's revealed that not only did the Green Lantern succeed in restoring nature to its former glory, but that his influence had caused the Amazons to grow to encompass an even greater area of Brazil than they did before the coming of Grundy. However, at this time, the reality of his loss had finally hit Alan, and he woke to find himself angry at the world for taking his beloved Sam away from him. In a grief-induced rage Alan proceeded to decimate the interior of his penthouse apartment, destroying it in an effort to vent the emotions that had only recently escaped his steely conviction.

JUSTICE FOR SAM

After having collected himself somewhat, Alan walked out to the balcony where he discovered Hawkgirl waiting for him. Impressed by how she managed to deduce his identity as quickly as she did, he engaged in a conversation with her, inquiring on how she managed to discover his secret identity. She answered that she merely put two and two together in regards to the information acquired on the news, and that she came to the conclusion by examining his physicality and height. Hawkgirl then proceeded to unmask herself and reveal her name while making attempts at making Alan reconsider his earlier decision to deal with the threats on his own. Alan, as a billionaire and a successful businessman stated that he was still uninterested, as he's never been a man of teamwork, trusting in his own abilities and achievements above those of others.

Kendra reminded Alan, that although he may have great power, without Sam's ring he's just like any other man. She demonstrated her point by shooting a bolt from her crossbow which caught the ring on its shaft and pierced through an adjacent photo of Sam and Alan that pinned it to the wall. Enraged at this hostile act, Alan summoned the ring to his finger before he whirls around to face her, only to find her already gone.

Some time afterward, Alan had taken the time to visit Sam's grave in China together with his would-be father-in-law Mr. Zhao. Although Mr. Zhao never approved of Alan's relationship with his son he still admited that even he saw how happy Alan made him, and that he would rather his son be gay and alive than dead and gone. Soon Alan reveals that he blamed himself for Sam's death, believing that he was intended target of the attack. Mr. Zhao however refuted this immediately, and stated that he's done some investigation on his own and there were many rumors that point to a single thing. That the intended target of the attack was none other than Sam himself.

Later, Alan fought his way through the various Chinese gangs, hell-bent on finding answers about why Sam was murdered. Regrettably none of the gang members knew the reason he was targeted. Having found no answers whatsoever despite his efforts, Alan sought out Hawkgirl in Louisiana and admited that he might've been wrong to say that he didn't need any assistance, hoping that she could help him discover why Sam was killed.

Together with Kendra, Alan managed to learn much more about Sam, and within the span of a few hours the treasure huntress had completely outclassed all of the detectives earlier hired by Mr. Zhao. They were flying above the Chinese harbor when Kendra noted that they had reached the point where there was supposed to be a clue, as one of the containers contained something that was connected to Sam's death. Once they opened the container however, Alan and Kendra discovered to their surprise, numerous dead Parademons piled atop one another. Surprised by their findings and wondering how this got Sam killed, they decided to backtrack to their previous source, the mob leader Eddie Kai Lung.

Unfortunately, before they could continue their search, the Green reached out to Alan and implored him to return to America. While Alan resisted as much as he could, the force of the command proved too irresistible and he was forced to leave Kendra behind despite her protests, when he left however, he begged Kendra to keep looking in his place.

TOWER OF FATE

Alan ended up in Boston, where Flash and Doctor Fate were fighting Wotan. Alan helped Flash protect the pedestrians and keep the World Army at bay. After Fate defeated Wotan, Alan and the other Wonders escaped to Alan' penthouse to hide. The three discussed what to do next, but as they were, Fate told Alan to turn on the TV, because he had a vision of what was about to happen. Alan turned on the TV to discover that Steppenwolf had taken over Dherain and the World Army was declaring war on them.