Green Lantern: Evil's Might
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| Green Lantern: Evil's Might | |
 Cover to issue #1 |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
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| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Publication date | August 2002 - October 2002 |
| Number of issues | 3 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Howard Chaykin David Tischman |
| Penciller(s) | Marshall Rogers |
| Inker(s) | John Cebollero |
| Colorist(s) | Chris Chuckry |
Green Lantern: Evil's Might is a three-issue American comic book limited series published in 2002 by DC Comics in that company's Elseworlds imprint. It is written by Howard Chaykin and David Tischman, and illustrated by the late Marshall Rogers.
The story takes place in 1888 in New York City, and uses the infamous Boss Tweed as one of the main villains and Tammany Hall political machine as a plot device.
[edit] Plot summary
Set in New York City in the year 1888, political cartoonist Kyle Rayner, a.k.a. "Rain or Shine", discovers an old green lantern in a pawnshop one day. Inside the lantern is a magical green ring which, when charged, grants Kyle unlimited power. Becoming the Green Lantern, a symbol of hope for the downtrodden immigrant masses of New York, Kyle lashes back against the forces of Boss Tweed and the corrupt Tammany Hall, all the while romancing political suffragist Carol Ferris and dealing with psychopathic hoodlum Alan Scott and Carol's policeman fianceé, Hal Jordan.
[edit] Characters
- The Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner is a political cartoonist working under the pen name "Rain or Shine." Formerly an associate with Alan Scott and the Bowery Greens, Kyle broke off his ties with them when Alan killed a seventy-two year old shopkeeper named Angus Kelly. Kyle uses the magic ring he found inside the lantern for the benefit of the immigrant masses of New York. Kyle dies near the end in a showdown with Alan Scott, but not until he absorbs Alan into his ring and combines it with Alan's jewel piece. He then takes the bits and pieces of the Statue of Liberty and puts them together. He then gives Carol his ring and dies in her arms.
- Carol Ferris: A political suffragist and an independent and kind-hearted woman who seeks to win freedom for women in a world ruled by men. Originally engaged to Hal Jordan, she broke off the engagement and fell in love with Kyle Rayner. She becomes the new Green Lantern at the end of the story.
- Alan Scott: The leader of a gang called the Bowery Greens, Alan has absolutely no regard for human life and would sooner kill his own men just to save his life. He steals a magical green gem similar to Kyle's ring and later steals Kyle's lantern. In a final showdown, he fatally wounds Kyle, but is absorbed into Kyle's ring.
- Hal Jordan: A police inspector who is in love with Carol Ferris, Hal resorted to teaming up with Tammany Hall and and the Bowery Greens in order to keep Carol. He eventually betrays Tammany and the Bowery Greens to save Carol, but is later killed by Alan Scott.
- James Mulrooney: An Irishman who leads the mistreated workers in a revolt in the final volume. He dies from a shotgun wound to the head by Ed Ferris.
- Jimmy Mulrooney: The son of James Mulrooney and a friend to Kyle Rayner. Jimmy left the Bowery Greens when Kyle did. He becomes "Rain or Shine" in the final volume after Kyle's death.
- Ed Ferris: Big Ed Ferris enjoys his wealth and his status. He is willing to sell off his daughter to the highest bidder so long as it gets him respectability. He gets thrown off a balcony in the final volume.
- Boss Tweed: The corrupt head of Tammany Hall.
- William A. Carson: The editor of the New York Evening Graphic; he is killed by Alan Scott in the second issue when he refuses to name who Rain or Shine really is.
- Angus Kelly: Angus is the owner of a secondhand shop who is forced to pay the Bowery Greens ten dollars a week. He gave Kyle the old green lantern. He has his throat slit by Alan Scott.
- Martin: A homeless man who knows the origin of Kyle's ring, which he explains to Alan and who also ownes a jewel similar to the ring, which Alan steals.
- The Little People: As explained by Martin, the ring was originally a piece of the magical Blarney Stone, cleaved off by the Leprechaun King and given as a gift to King Harold of Ireland. They then melted down his sword and had it turned into a lantern.
