Iron Lantern #2

Kurt Busiek, always a comic book writer to go above and beyond, posted the plot for Iron Lantern #2. Iron Lantern #1 was part of the second Amalgam Comics event, taking place in 1997. In brief, the Marvel and DC comic book universes were combined, such that each character was an amalgam of two (or occasionally more) characters, one from each universe. (You can read more about it at Wikipedia, of course.) Iron Lantern was an amalgom of Iron Man and Green Lantern. It ended on a cliffhanger, so Busiek satisfied fans who wanted to know what happened with this.

This is actually an archive of three posts. The first with the plot from Busiek, then a follow-up by Tom Galloway identifying amalgamated characters, and finally a follow-up by Busiek identifying the one obscure one Galloway didn't know. I've removed some of the quoting of previous posts in subsequent ones for brevity and clarity.


From: Kurt Busiek 
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Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 12:04:23 -0800
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Roland X wrote:
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> I wish they hadn't ended this one on a cliffhanger-I _really_ want
> to know what happens next! <g>

Okay.  Here's what happens next:

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Pepper Ferris does not know that Hal is really Iron Lantern, but Madame 
Sapphire does, and when she realizes just what that shooting star is, 
her submerged love for Hal spurs her to save him.  She powers up his 
armor with sapphire energy, and the two of them go looking for the 
lantern.  They catch up to Kyle just as he's realized that Mandarinestro 
is bout to kill him, and save both his life and the battery.  Kyle 
becomes the Green Guardsman, and the three of them open up a can of 
whupass on Mandarinestro -- which, for all their power, would go badly 
for them if not for the timely arrival of Tagak, Lantern-Lord.

Mandarinestro escapes, but Tagak has some revelations for Hal about Oa, 
the Living Planet -- and Janice Doremus is back at Stark Aircraft, and 
she's got secrets of her own, secrets that involve the deadly Lamplight 
Phantom...

kurt

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From: tyg@netcom.com (Tom Galloway)
Subject: Re: Immortal Reviews: Iron Lantern #1 [SPOILERS]
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In article <33455EBC.68ED@teleport.com> kdbusiek@teleport.com writes:
>for them if not for the timely arrival of Tagak, Lantern-Lord.

OooooK. Tagak the Leopard Lord (last appearance I believe in the
"You're a Defender, He's a Defender, Wouldn't you like to be a Defender
too" story way back when) and a Green Lantern amalgam.

>the Living Planet -- and Janice Doremus is back at Stark Aircraft, and 

Janice Cord, head of Cordco and a love interest of Tony Stark and 
Crimson Dynamo mark 3 or so amalgamed with Eve Doremus, Hal's love
interest after Carol Ferris and another heiress. A bit odd for this
amalgam to be a secretary, but perhaps that's part of her dark secrets.

>she's got secrets of her own, secrets that involve the deadly Lamplight Phantom...

OK, this one's got me. Lamplighter (obscure one issue GL foe) and who?
Space Phantom?

tyg   tyg@netcom.com

From: Kurt Busiek 
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Subject: Re: Immortal Reviews: Iron Lantern #1 [SPOILERS]
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 14:01:05 -0800
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Tom Galloway wrote:
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> OK, this one's got me. Lamplighter (obscure one issue GL foe) and who?  Space Phantom?

Night Phantom, obscure three-issue IM foe.

kurt