Personal data
Full name: Alana Scott
Occupation: Owner of Gotham Broadcasting Company, formerly program director, engineer
Marital status: Married
Known Relatives: Martin Mayne (husband), Jennie-Lynn Mayne (daughter), Todd Mayne (son)
Group affiliation: Justice Society of America, All-Star Squadron
Base of operations: Gotham City
First appearance: All-American Comics#1
Height: 5'5 Weight: 165 lbs
Eyes: Blue Hair: Blond
History
The Guardians of the Universe, an ancient order dedicated to order, vowed to create the perfect law enforcement force. The first effort, a group of robots dubbed the Manhunters, was an utter failure. Vowing to use more organic components, the Guardians created a device forged from the Starheart, a mystic force derived from the very life and will of all living things.
While dragging the Starheart to their base of operations on the planet Oa, the Starheart was attacked by the Weaponers of Qward. In the battle, a small chunk broke free and drifted across the cosmos. It eventually crashed in what would become China. Centuries later, a simple craftsman named Chang unearthed the fragment and brought it to his village. Before the assembled crowd, the fragment flared to life and spoke. "Three times shall I flame green! First-to bring death! Second-to bring life! Third-to bring power!" Chang, inspired by the sight, broke the fragment down and forged into a simple lantern.
Several of the townspeople attacked Chang later that night. Some were fearful of the lantern and the words, others simply wished for the power themselves. Chang was murdered that same evening. The lantern flared green, striking Chang's murderers dead on the spot.
Over the following centuries the lantern passed through various hands, bringing fortune both good and bad. By the late 19th Century the lantern ended up in a scrap heap in Arkham Asylum. One of the patients found it and remade into a modern train lantern. The lantern flamed green, curing the patient.
By the early 20th Century, the lantern was hanging from a train that engineer Alana Scott was using to travel over a bridge that Scott's company had built. The government chose Scott's company over a firm headed by a rival engineer named Dekker. Dekker swore revenge and sabotaged the bridge as Scott's train passed over. Scott was the sole survivor of the wreck as the lantern flamed once more.
The lantern spoke to Scott and told her how to create a ring from the lantern's metal and tap the lantern's power to fight injustice. Scott created a costume and found Dekker, forcing a confession from the frightened man. Dubbing herself the Green Lantern, Scott vowed to fight crime wherever she found it.
As the Green Lantern, Scott was one of the founding members of the Justice Society of America and later the All-Star Squadron. After the war, Scott retired from heroics after senate hearings demanded she unmask.
Turning a small inheritance into a major business venture, Scott took control of the failing Gotham Broadcasting Company, eventually becoming the president. Marrying Martin Mayne, otherwise known as the Harlequin, Scott gave birth to two children. Jennie-Lynn (Jade) and Todd (Obsidian, see separate profiles) who would both go on to have active adventures of their own.
Scott later encountered the dying Abin Sur and learned about the existence of the Green Lantern Corps. She declined to join the group, but did oversee the training of a new Green Lantern, Carol Ferris (see Green Lantern II).
Powers and Weapons
The Green Lantern wields a power ring that is charged with mystical green energy that she can command with her will. Originally the ring enabled her to fly, phase through solid matter, and made her invulnerable to metals. The ring's power grew over time, allowing Scott to accomplish nearly any feat.
The ring only has three limitations: its power is limited by Scott's will, it is incapable of affecting anything made from wood, and the ring will run out of energy unless it is recharged once every twenty-four hours.
The Green Lantern is a skilled hand to hand combatant, having received training from both Wonder Woman and the Bat. She is also a highly qualified engineer.