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    Originally known as "National Publications", DC is a publisher of comic books featuring iconic characters and teams such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Justice League of America, and the Teen Titans, and is considered the originator of the American superhero genre. DC, along with rival Marvel Comics, is one of the "big two" American comic book publishers. DC Entertainment is a subsidiary of Warner Brothers and its parent company Warner Media.

    Green Lantern creator dead at 91

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    #1  Edited By Captain Cascader

    I'll admit, I've never been a green lantern fan. In fact even when I was buying almost every Marvel and DC ish, GL was one of the one's I refused to buy. It was always too weird for me. Anyways, still quite sad.

    http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/12/12/obit.nodell.ap/index.html

    MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Martin Nodell, the creator of Green Lantern, the comic book superhero who uses his magical ring to help him fight crime, has died. He was 91.

    Nodell died at a nursing home in Muskego, Wisconsin, on Saturday of natural causes, his son Spencer Nodell told The Associated Press on Tuesday. He previously lived in West Palm Beach.

    Nodell was looking for a new idea for a comic book in 1940 when he was waiting for a New York subway and saw a train operator waving a lantern displaying a green light, said Maggie Thompson, senior editor of Comics Buyer's Guide.

    ...more on their site.
    Post Edited:2006-12-12 20:42:52

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    #2  Edited By ScoodleDaddle

    Man, I heard about this a few days ago. He was the creator of Alan Scott, the original Golden Age Green Lantern, who is powered by magic rather than the tech of modern GLs. Luckily his legacy lives on with Alan Scott's great character in the Justice Society.

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    #3  Edited By gmanfromheck

    That's a bummer. At least he had a nice long life. It's really too bad creators like him aren't household names. Most people have no idea who created the classics.

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    such a shame

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    #5  Edited By Sinisteri

    "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine! Let it shine!"

    RIP Martin Nodell

    And thank you for creating a character which inspired and awed me. First saw Hal Jordan GL in Superfriends cartoon in 70s. When I started reading comics in the 80s, I learned of the JSA and Alan was quickly the character I sought to know more about and loved dearly.

    Thanks for letting that light shine!

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    Rest In Peace

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    @scouts1998: Why did you bump the oldest thread on Comic Vine???

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    I know this was a real shame but is there any real reason for it to be bumped?

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    @rustyroy: Crap didn't even notice. I am such a numbnut

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