Alan Scott was one of the original DC Comics heroes. A true legend of the Golden Age, Scott became the first Green Lantern and went on to play a key role in the precursor to the Justice League - the Justice Society of America.
Sadly, with time, Alan's spark began to fade. As the Silver Age came in the old fascination with mystical heroes started to wane, and so he was replaced by a newer, space-age Green Lantern called Hal Jordan. Scott's story was erased from DC continuity for years, until subsequent retcons brought the character back into the fold, and there alongside his fellow Lanterns.
Because Scott was so inextricably linked to DC's multiverse, however, the character's origin took on a tragedy of its own - one only placed into an in-universe context with the release of Doomsday Clock.
Geoff Johns and Gary Frank's series reveals how Doctor Manhattan was responsible for the New 52, and how it came from him killing Alan Scott and stopping the advent of the JSA.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
