This was the rationale for the costume and the rejuvenation and the similarities to the GLC logo were in place because some wanted to pass the whole GL brand back to Alan.

I seem to recall hearing that Marz’s first choice would have been to make Alan the star but Carlin and the other editors really pushed him to create Kyle.

So the logo makes sense if you wanted to recontextualize the Corps as an “failed Alan Scott spinoff” and position Alan as the center of the GL brand, which is one avenue that some were looking at.

I don’t think there were a lot of Chinese influences in the GL mythos until the retcon in GL vol.3 no.19, where they tried to merge Alan’s story with the OAn GLs.

I prefer the 1990′s look, including the redesigned logo. The original logo is just too clunky. Actually there was an even better one (maybe from “Zero Hour”?)in which the top and bottom of the lantern continue all the way to the collar and beltline, rather than being truncated (as in the illustrations above). I wouldn’t mind seeing Jade wear something like this (“Jade Lantern”?), although the character herself resembles She-Hulk a bit too closely for my liking.

Glad I’m not alone in my dislike for the current look. Very clunkly looking. I once switche the colors on Alan Scott’s costume. Green Shirt with red pants and made the cape a dark green. While it should “work”, it didn’t. Guess I’m used to it know.

Havr you done Sandman? There’s a guy with color problems!

I’m liking the Kingdom Come armor better than the living armor one.

great column, as usual.

@Androoo – I’m the complete opposite. I can’t stand him not being called Green Lantern. I wasn’t reading comics when he was going by Sentinel, but I recently read the Starman storyline where he shows up as a 20 something and nobody’s calling him Green Lantern and my reaction was just “what the hell is this?” I hated that concept. That’d be like calling Jay Garrick “The Guardian” or “The Protector” or something generic like that (and then just getting rid of Wally and Bart) now that Barry is back. But then again, I’m a sucker for legacy characters like Green Lantern, Flash, and Starman. In my opinion, one of the coolest things about comics is their history, and nothing personifies more than characters like that.

Also, that “Justice Guild” episode of Justice League… Good stuff, but I don’t know that every character was a stand-in for the JSA. The “Catman” character… He sure looked like 1950′s era Batman to me. Having the kid sidekick riding in the sidecar of the motorcycle and all that. Plus, the villain he was chasing down (The Sportsman or something like that?) had a Riddler look to him.