Today we talk about Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, who went from a train engineer who makes a magic ring from a sentient lantern to a guy who still kinda did that but the lantern has a more convoluted existence and also he's gay now.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:

-This week I'm cheating and just giving you an Excel spreadsheet

-RDJ as Victor von Doom SDCC reveal

-Superboy in My Adventures With Superman s3
-IGN's list of everything announced at SDCC 2024
-NYX (2024) #1

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