The Green Lantern Is Gay

It's time to tally up the betting pools and start paying out: If you picked Green Lantern as DC Comics surprise gay character you won.

It's time to tally up the betting pools and start paying out: If you picked Green Lantern as DC Comics surprise gay character you won. But depending on who was making your odds, you probably didn't win much. As far as the speculation goes, the Green Lantern had been the favorite, mostly because rumors sourced to those in the know had been making their way around the Web for days saying as much.

At DC's own blog, Alex Nagorski says the newly reimagined Alan Scott experienced "a traumatic event [that] will serve as the catalyst for him assuming his superhero identity as The Green Lantern." And he quoted series writer James Robinson on reinventing the character, who first debuted in 1940:

I'm trying to show the ‘classic’ Alan Scott at the same time. He's still the same dynamic, heroic guy he was. He's still the head of a media empire like he was in his prior version, but of course with the form of media changing and evolving with the times. And in many ways, his origin mirrors the original one also. Oh, and on Earth 2 there is only one Green Lantern, so Alan's title is The Green Lantern. Alan's sexuality is just one facet of him, along with his innate goodness, valor, charisma and skill at leadership that makes him the perfect man to wield the power of the green light in the world of Earth 2.

The new comics go on sale Wednesday.