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In brightest day, in blackest night
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evil's might
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!
-- The Green Lantern's Creed
I was never a huge comic book fan, but as a kid I liked some of the "second-tier" superheroes a lot better than the "star" superheroes like Superman and Batman. I liked Captain America and Thor on the Marvel side, and on the DC side I liked Flash and Green Lantern. This was back in the 1970s, of course, before comic books turned into soap operas and every two years they had to "retcon the universe" to make up for crappy and out-of-control storylines. It was also before every superhero male looked like a billboard for steroids and before every female superhero had boobs the size of propane tanks and costumes that would never possibly fit a human being.
Anyway, Green Lantern was the shit. The comic books were very sci-fi compared to some of the others, and that was cool. Then there was the ring. I was always a sucker for a superhero with props (hence my interest in Cap and Goldilocks, too). And the poem. Much better than "SHAZAM!" or some other catchphrase. And the green motif was VERY popular in the 1960s and 70s -- Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Green Hornet, the Hulk, etc.
So, MAKEblog has a link this morning to a guy who can make his own Green Lantern rings. It's not something you will necessarily rush right out and do yourself; he obviously knows more about casting metal and such than the average comic book geek. But don't you want one reeeeeal bad? I do.
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