About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Rings of Power, Draupnir, Seal, Andvarinaut, Engagement ring, Wedding ring, Power ring, MIT class ring, One Ring, Magic ring, Claddagh ring, Tension ring, Titanium ring, Ring size, Super Bowl ring, Fainne, Anglo-Saxon runic rings, Three Rings, Iron Ring, SS-Ehrenring, Ring of Gyges, Posie ring, Ring of O, United States Military Academy class ring, Ring of the Fisherman, Neck ring, Thumb ring, Mood ring, Toe ring, Ring enhancers, Gimmal ring, Purity ring, Tucum ring, Eternity ring, Pre-engagement ring, Puzzle ring, Mother's ring, Poison ring, Cramp-ring, Finger armor ring, NTH Ring, Chemists' Ring, Arm ring, Engineer's Ring, Championship ring, Tiffany mount, Dinner ring, Mourning ring, Pinky ring, Sovereign ring, Doctoral ring, Dearest ring, Pledge Ring, Regards ring, Ring Pop. Excerpt: A power ring is a fictional object featured in comic book titles published by DC Comics. It first appeared in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940). The first appearance of a power ring was in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), the flagship title of comic book publisher All-American Publications, which featured the first appearance of Alan Scott. Green Lantern's original alter ego was Alan Ladd, a play on the name Aladdin, until a conflict arose regarding the actor Alan Ladd. Creator Marty Nodell has cited Richard Wagner's opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelungen and the sight of a trainman's green railway lantern as inspirations for the combination of a magical ring and lantern. It has been claimed that another original inspiration for the Silver Age interpretation of Green Lantern was the Lensman series, a serial science fiction space opera, by E.E. "Doc" Smith, but the creators have vehemently denied this claim. Alan Scott's ring is powered by the Green Flame (revised by later writers to be a mystical power called the Starheart), a m...
