The Green Lantern's character originally appeared in 1940, barely two years after Superman's. ¹⁾

The Green Lantern in the 1940 Alan Scott version was unable to use his skills on wood. ²⁾

Following a drop in sales, DC Comics revived the Green Lantern series in 1959, with Hal Jordan as the new Green Lantern. ³⁾

Hal Jordan's talents could not be used against anything yellow. ⁴⁾

Other flaws of the ring include the wearer's drug usage, wrath, and the ring's battery life. ⁵⁾

Alan Scott's Green Lantern was redesigned as a homosexual man in the 2011 reboot of the DC fictional world in an effort to incorporate diversity into the DC universe. ⁶⁾

Unlike the other Green Lantern Corps members, Alan Scott created his own power ring from a lantern that housed an extraterrestrial magical force. ⁷⁾

The Starheart, an ancient artifact created by the Guardians of the Universe, is the cosmic entity that gives the Green power rings their strength. ⁸⁾

The Green Lantern isn't so much a single individual as it is a title for people who have the power ring and are members of the Green Lantern Corps, an interplanetary police organization. ⁹⁾

A sentient planet is a member of the Green Lantern Corps. ¹⁰⁾

There is also a Green Lantern Corps member who is a sentient mathematical equation—literally, a mathematical equation that is so complicated that it can convey emotion. ¹¹⁾

In the cartoon series Duck Dodgers, Daffy Duck owned a Green power ring. ¹²⁾

There are nine distinct lantern corps. Six of which use distinct emotions to fuel their rings, whilst the White and Black Lantern Corps use the embodiments of life and death to power their rings. ¹³⁾

The 2011 Green Lantern film starring Ryan Reynolds was initially planned to be a comedy starring Jack Black. ¹⁴⁾

Quentin Tarantino was approached about directing the Green Lantern film, but he declined. ¹⁵⁾