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Contents 1 Deletion of Comparisons to Green Lantern 2 The comic book, the character(s) or the object itself? 3 Article problem? 4 Snipped out 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Quasar49 starbrand.jpeg

[edit] Deletion of Comparisons to Green Lantern

For the reasons see Wikipedia talk: WikiProject Comics#Help with Star Brand/Green lantern comparison.

As you can see there I was advised that it should go due to it violating Wikipedia policy on original research.

I'm sorry if I offended anyone. I though that since I created that section and more than 90% of what is written was written by me that my deleting it was no big deal. For all the reasons stated on the WikiProject Comics page, I do feal it has to go. (Stephen Day 00:47, 10 February 2006 (UTC))

• Let's preserve the section here and restore it if it can be supported. ike9898 21:24, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

The bigest criticism of Star Brand was the similarity between the Star Brand and the Green Lantern Ring.

There are certain similaities. The biggest of these would be that both are said to be the most powerful object in the universe of their origin, and that both allow their user to wield vast amounts of energy.

There are many more differences than similarities though. The biggest is the form of each object. The ring is of course a ring, while the Star Brand is a tatoo that can be moved anywhere on the body. The ring bearers are usually depicted creating energy constructs and this is something never done with the Star Brand. The Star Brand can resurrect its wielder and this is something that has never been shown as an abilty of a Green Lantern Ring.

Green Lantern got his ring from an alien, while Connel only believed he did for a brief time. Also, individual silver age Green Lanterns were part of a greater organization (see: Green Lantern Corps) and answerable for all their individual actions. The Star Brand weilders definitely were not.

The differences between Hal Jordan (the best known Green Lantern) and Ken Connel are even more staggering. Jordan is a confident and heroic man while Connel's best known attributes would be selfishness and being very insecure and self-centered.

[edit] The comic book, the character(s) or the object itself?

...which of the three is the actual focus of the page? The comic box suggests it's about the New Universe title, but the rest of the article doesn't quite reflect that. When newuniversal sees print, assuming that it's successful, this is going to get even more convoluted... is there an easy way to sort it out? --Mrph 22:44, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

The focus should be the the Star Brand itself. The character was important, but there have been many bearers of the Star Brand since Ken Connell. The title started things, but stories using the Star Brand continued well after it was cancelled. The object is the focal points around which the various topics of this article revolve. Stephen Day 21:15, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article problem?

I moved the following here from the article. I don't know anything about this subject, so someone else will have to deal with it:

This is incorrect. In the actual comic it was Jacob Burnsley who rescued Jim Hanrahan from the jet crash. In order to save Jim's life Jacob branded him with the Starbrand. This is also incorrectly stated in the bonus "history of the New Universe article" at the end of the the Exiles: Wolrd Tour Book 1 Volume 12.

ike9898 15:30, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Snipped out

"Technohol 13 - A comprehensive look at the Star Brand and New Universe characters and powers for gaming purposes. I propose this Wiki bring over some material from here." - I snipped out the last sentence for obvious stylistic reasons, although I don't think the linked material is really very encyclopaedic in any case. --Grey Knight 02:01, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Quasar49 starbrand.jpeg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 09:57, 21 January 2008 (UTC)