WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for the "Green Lantern: Alan Scott" chapter of Infinite Frontier #0, by James Tynion IV, Stephen Byrne and ALW's Troy Peteri, on sale now.
In the DC Universe, the tale of Alan Scott is one of the publisher's most fascinating, emotive stories. As part of DC's fraternity of classic Golden Age heroes, the Justice Society of America, he's been revered as the original Green Lantern, and he serves as an inspiration to the Justice League as part of a generation that many admired and learned from.
And in Infinite Frontier #0, Alan takes a big step with his grown superhero kids, Jade and Obsidian, by coming out as gay in an honest, emotional moment.
While Alan Scott has been portrayed as a gay man in alternate reality series like Earth-2 and Injustice: Year Zero, James Tynion IV and Gary Frank's story in last year's Green Lantern 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular was the first real indication of Alan Scott's sexuality in the main DC Universe. Filling in the details around the train crash where Alan originally found the Green Lantern that gave him powers, this story saw Alan lose his partner, Jimmy Henton, after the crash,
While Scott has remained in the closet for much of his history after that story, this story sees Alan Scott come out and explicitly states that he is gay to his children, Jade and Obsidian, and to readers as well. Despite dating and marrying women, Scott says that he wants to publicly embrace this aspect of himself. He also adds that only some of his old Justice Society teammates knew, as did his romantic partners.
Obsidian, who was one of DC's first major gay superheroes, and Jade embrace him unconditionally. While this doesn't seem to be a surprise for Obsidian, both younger heroes reassert their love for their dad, accepting him for who he is.
While Scott's love life tends to end in tragedy in other corners of the DC Multiverse, this confession has a more triumphant ring to it. And seeing as he has to find missing JSA allies and help with the Totality, he'll need the full support of his kids and his full mental faculties to watch over the world. But having made this admission, it seems like Alan Scott's brightest days are still ahead of him.
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