Iron Lantern

1.9

Series: Marvel Comics

Summary

Iron Lantern is one of the special one-shots in the Amalgam Universe line, a 1996–1997 Marvel/DC collaboration that fused two sets of concepts into an entirely new character: Hal Stark. Founder and test pilot of Stark Aircraft, he is drawn by a surge of green energy during a test of a flight simulator and crashes beside a downed alien spacecraft. Its pilot, the Green Lantern Romann Sur, is dead, leaving behind only a lantern-shaped power battery. With metal shrapnel gravely wounding his chest, Stark can only assemble, from alien technology and the battery, a suit of armor that serves as both powered exoskeleton and life support—becoming Iron Lantern, able in his emerald machine to fly, raise force fields, and shape green energy constructs by will alone. This issue (Iron Lantern #1, titled Stark Aircraft Strikes!) is written by Kurt Busiek with pencils by Paul Smith. It opens with Iron Lantern delivering his nemesis H.E.C.T.O.R. to the living planet Oa for imprisonment; back on Earth, he is busy with the test flight of Stark Aircraft's S-41 fighter, only for the plane piloted by Pepper Ferris to be sabotaged. Senator Ferris publicly humiliates his daughter Pepper, who storms out and is transformed by a purple meteorite into Star Sapphire. She awakens the giant mechanical monster Great White, and Iron Lantern battles it, only to lose power when the Green Guardian Kyle O'Brien seizes the energy battery. The mastermind Mandarinestro appears on the far side of the Moon. This volume is a single issue in the Amalgam line, translated by the Blue Beatles fan translation group.

Editor's review

如果你只见过漫威与DC在大银幕上“各拍各的”，这本小册子会让你想起90年代两家公司真刀真枪的疯狂合作。Amalgam宇宙不是简单让英雄们打一架，而是把两条人物线、两套配角、两类反派按“设定对位”焊在一起：钢铁侠的富豪发明家＋绿灯侠的宇宙能源与意志造物，恰好是最自然、也最好看的组合之一。哈尔·斯塔克穿上一身翡翠色动力装甲的造型，一眼就能认出两位原型的影子，却又自成一体。布西克是擅长处理庞大设定与群像的老手，本期在22页里塞进了起源回顾、押送反派、试飞事故、父女冲突、反派转化与怪兽大战，节奏紧凑，彩蛋密度极高：斯图尔特·罗兹、哈皮·卡尔马库、绿灯卫士、星蓝石夫人、曼达林斯特罗，每一个名字都能让老读者会心一笑。保罗·史密斯的线条干净利落，机甲与能量造物的表现带着清晰的时代质感。对熟悉两家宇宙的读者来说，这是解谜式的乐趣；对新手而言，它也是一份轻快的“双宇宙入门地图”。

Who it's for

A good fit for

同时熟悉漫威与DC角色、想看两家设定如何对位融合的读者
对90年代美漫联动史、Amalgam宇宙感兴趣的漫画考据爱好者
喜欢机甲英雄与宇宙能量设定、看重造型设计的读者
想用一册短篇快速了解钢灯侠起源的入门读者

Not a good fit for

完全不熟悉钢铁侠、绿灯侠，期待独立完整长线故事的读者
偏好现代画风与连续剧式长篇叙事的读者
希望看到严格连续、设定自洽世界观的读者，Amalgam宇宙多为一次性的实验设定

Reading tips

先读一遍正文，再对照钢铁侠与绿灯侠的原设定，体会每个角色“一半对一半”的构成方式。
留意配角名字与反派设定中的双关，如斯图尔特·罗兹、哈皮·卡尔马库，这是本期最大的阅读乐趣。
可把它当作漫威/DC联动史的切片来读，配合了解DC vs. Marvel联动事件，理解Amalgam宇宙的由来。
读完可对照Amalgam系列其他特刊（如暗爪、超级士兵），比较哪一组融合更自然。

FAQ

钢灯侠是钢铁侠还是绿灯侠？

两者都是。钢灯侠本名哈尔·斯塔克，是钢铁侠托尼·斯塔克与绿灯侠哈尔·乔丹的融合体，既经营斯塔克飞机公司、穿动力装甲，又使用绿灯能源电池制造能量造物。

这本书是漫威还是DC出版的？

它属于Amalgam Comics，是1996—1997年漫威与DC联合推出的合作出版项目，两家角色在同一宇宙中被融合成新人物，单行本分别以两家名义发行。

这本书是系列中的第几册？

《钢灯侠》是Amalgam系列中的一册单行本特刊（Iron Lantern #1），并非长篇连载的第一卷；整个Amalgam项目在两年间共推出24册一次性特刊。

需要先读过钢铁侠和绿灯侠才能看懂吗？

不必。故事在22页内交代了起源与主要人物关系，但预先了解两位原型英雄的经典设定，会更容易看出彩蛋与设定对位之妙。

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