While the character of Green Lantern seems under-represented on screen, in the comics, it’s quite different, especially through his many aliases. But there’s a nickname once given that doesn’t make it through DC Comics anymore, due to its sexual connotation.
An under-represented character in cinema, but who has a future
A prominent member of the Justice League, Green Lantern is a superhero created in 1940 with The Green Lantern, published in issue 16 of All-American Comic by publisher DC Comics. The character was entitled to a film adaptation directed by Martin Campbell, released on August 10, 2011 in France, with Ryan Reynolds in the role of Hal Jordan.
The latter was originally supposed to appear in Zack Snyder’s latest Justice League, but was eventually cut to the edit at the request of Warner Bros. We thus learned that the studio had intentions for future projects affiliated with his character and therefore asked that he be removed from the film, in order to keep him for other projects. This project is a series Green Lantern under the leadership of Warner Bros for its HBO Max platform.
In the comics, the character of Green Lantern is much more represented, especially through that of Hal Jordan, perhaps considered the most popular. Through these various depictions, Green Lantern has been given many nicknames, but among them, there is one in particular that has been rather awkward, and deemed inappropriate by the DCEU.
A nickname that no longer passes
Thus, in Green Lantern #11, Hal Jordan loses his Green Lantern ring. Forced to act alone after catching a group of burglars stealing a safe, Hal Jordan sets out to chase them in costume. He punches one of the thieves, which surprises one of the accomplices. The text then describes it accordingly, as “excited crusader”.
A nickname that no longer passes with DC today, because considered too sexual for the current period. If at the time, sexual or even sexist remarks in comics were legion, and represented a normality, today, this is no longer the case.
No doubt the meaning of this moniker may not have had the same impact, or reach, when the publisher printed it six decades ago. Anyway, that of Emerald Knight seems much more appropriate today.