Nepenthes said:
Hmmpf. Was Gotham mentioned as his city in the original appearances, or was it established later?
Ok here go's...................................................................................
The lamp passed through many hands over the years. It brought good luck and fortune to the good of heart. To the evil, though they might achieve mighty conquests, in the end it brought destruction.
In the twentieth century, the lamp was brought to America by a trio of adventurers who had tracked the pirates of the China seas. Eventually, it was abandoned just north of Gotham City, outside the Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane.
The lamp was found in a trash can and given to one of the patients, Mr. Billings. He had killed his broker in the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929. Billings was fond of working with metals, and transformed the Chinese lamp into a train lantern.
As the lantern flamed with light, Billings was cured of his insanity. Soon, he walked out of Arkham Asylum a sane man. "Second - to bring life!"
In 1939, the lantern and engineer Alan Scott were onboard a train testing the newly constructed Trestle Bridge in the American West. A fellow engineer of Scott's was worried about their competitor in the bid for the bridge, an unscrupulous man named Albert Dekker. Scott did not believe Dekker would stoop so low as to sabotage their trial run, but he was wrong. While crossing the bridge there was a mighty explosion, the train was hurled to the ground below.
All on the train were killed, except for Alan Scott. The green lantern's flame illuminated the wreckage and spoke to Scott, telling him much of its story. The flame promised Scott that power over the dark, evil things would be his if he had faith in himself. If he lost his faith, he would lose his power, because willpower was the flame of the green lantern. Scott was told to carve away part of the lantern to make a ring of power. The ring would need to be touched to the green lantern once every twenty-four hours. Dazed and confused, Alan Scott swore revenge on Dekker. He returned to his office and set to work on creating a ring. Scott found the metal formed easily, almost as if the ring were willing itself to be shaped. The lantern was his power source.Alan Scott felt the call of destiny. He decided to make himself a dread figure to evil, dressing in a costume of red and green. He created an oath, based on the words of the green flame. "Third - to bring power!" From that day forth, Alan Scott was known as the Golden Age Green Lantern.
One of the Green Lantern's earliest adventures occurred a few weeks after gaining the power of the ring. In his hometown of Metropolis, the Green Lantern uncovered corrupt contractors and public officials. During one altercation, the force of his fist left the ring mark of the Green Lantern on a criminal's cheek.
Alan Scott relocated to Gotham City and took a job at WXYZ radio, under Apex Broadcasting Company. He befriended Brooklyn-born and bred Doiby Dickles, a cab driver who eventually learned his secret identity. Dickles' would drive the streets of Gotham in his taxi cab, named "Goitrude." The taxi cab was outfitted with a special rocket signal which Doiby used to warn the Green Lantern of emergencies. Shortly before World War II, the first major wave of "mystery-men" appeared in what would later become known as the Golden Age. Some mystery-men had paranormal "super powers" while others used advanced weaponry or finely honed athletic skills with martial arts. As the Green Lantern, Alan Scott was one of the most powerful beings on Earth.
