DC Comics recently announced that what long running comic character, introduced in 1940, is gay?
Green Lantern (comic book) Green Lantern (comic book) Green Lantern is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics heroes of the same name. The character's first incarnation, Alan Scott, appeared in "All-American Comics" #16 (July 1940), and was later spun off into the first volume of "Green Lantern" in 1941. That series was canceled in 1949 after 38 issues. When the Silver Age Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, was introduced, the character starred in a new volume of "Green Lantern" starting in 1960 and has been the lead protagonist of the Green Lantern mythos for the majority of the last 50 years.
Spectre (DC Comics character) Spectre (DC Comics character) The Spectre is the name given to several fictional antihero characters who have appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in "More Fun Comics" #52 (Feb. 1940). He was created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Baily, although several sources attribute creator credit solely to Siegel, limiting Baily to being merely the artist assigned to the feature. The Spectre debuted in "More Fun Comics" #52 (February 1940) when hard-boiled cop Jim Corrigan, on his way with his fiancee Clarice to their engagement party, is murdered by thugs who stuff him into