Why are they called Green Lanterns and not Green Rings?

>>90313454
Read the very first issue where the Green Lantern first appears.

>>90313454
Why is Robin not called Orphaned Kid?

>>90313454
Why is he called Batman and not Utility Belt Man?

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Why is Superman called Superman instead of "Space Alien" or something


He's not a man at all

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Why is Flash not called "Guy who goes fast"?

Why isn't hawk girl called lady-mace?

>>90313454

What is Aquaman not called Altlantean Human?

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>>90313454
HMM I WONDER WHY.

>>90313454
Why isn't Punisher just called Gun Man?

>>90313454
Or green guardians, lights, beams, white americans

>>90314957
Yeah, but the recharging thing is done in secret. Citizens/aliens/whatever see the ring, and the only thing lantern-like is the symbol. Which basically tells you that lanterns are important to them, which makes it a badly kept secret.

>>90316003
A lantern is a lightsource. GLs make things out of light. It's thematic.

>>90316003
>The recharging thing is a secret
No it's not.

>>90316003
Since when is it a secret?

>>90316003
The rings are made to be in the symbol of the Lantern. It's their whole shtick.

>>90316003
The very fact that everyone knows it's "Green LANTERN" and they wear a lantern shows you that it's not meant to be a secret. Where on Oa did you get that idea?