Thursday, March 16, 2006  Our First Look at John Stewart  I
wasn't going to keep doing this, but the yellow background is
nagging at me. Anywhere else, I'd accept that it's a random
color. But this is a panel found in Green Lantern. For 30 years,
this was the sole weakness of Green Lantern. Their powers were
unable to affect anything yellow (Please note the date on that
linked post). Yellow is not cavalierly thrown around in this
franchise. It's usually there as a means of hurting the main
character. It's been there as a mistake, which made Superfriends
interesting ("Everytime Green Lantern's ring affects yellow,
take a shot").  Sometimes, though, its symbolic. It's the color
of the ground on an alien planet, the background of choice for a
villain, or the color of an ex-girlfriend's scarf. It can be
representative of limitations, weaknesses, vulnerabilities,
restrictions, or fears.  This is the first time we get to see
John. He is about to be inducted into the Green Lantern Corps,
and he is surrounded by yell