Are you sure you want context? I glanced through the last couple JSA comics to see if there was an explanation, and. Uh. Okay.
I gathered that Alan was recently injured quite badly (did not go further back to see how) and the robo-lantern outfit will be his idea of a mobility aid in the near future. It appears to be something he conjured with his ring.
But wait, you may be saying if you are familiar with the character, didn't his body get slowly consumed by magic ring energy over the decades, and at this point he only ages and bleeds because he likes to believe he has a regular human body? Indeed, even his doctor was asking if he couldn't just will himself to get better. If he wanted to.
But: "THIS IS HOW MUCH I BELIEVE I HAVE A REGULAR HUMAN BODY.*" And no one is about to challenge Alan Scott to a being stubborn contest.
*(Not actually the explanation given, but it is what I suspect is actually going on here.) I assume he'll magically get better in a couple storylines, so I have appx. zero patience for this side plot.
idk, maybe this would have struck me as better done if I read it through properly, instead of quickly scanning every third page or so.
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I gathered that Alan was recently injured quite badly (did not go further back to see how) and the robo-lantern outfit will be his idea of a mobility aid in the near future. It appears to be something he conjured with his ring.
But wait, you may be saying if you are familiar with the character, didn't his body get slowly consumed by magic ring energy over the decades, and at this point he only ages and bleeds because he likes to believe he has a regular human body? Indeed, even his doctor was asking if he couldn't just will himself to get better. If he wanted to.
But: "THIS IS HOW MUCH I BELIEVE I HAVE A REGULAR HUMAN BODY.*" And no one is about to challenge Alan Scott to a being stubborn contest.
*(Not actually the explanation given, but it is what I suspect is actually going on here.) I assume he'll magically get better in a couple storylines, so I have appx. zero patience for this side plot.
idk, maybe this would have struck me as better done if I read it through properly, instead of quickly scanning every third page or so.