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. G'nort has made limited appearances in media outside comics, with Alexander Polinsky voicing him in '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold''.

Publication history

G'nort first appeared in '' Justice League International'' #10 (February 1988), and was created by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis. His appearance and personality were modeled after Ed Norton from '' The Honeymooners''.

Fictional character biography

G'nort is from the planet G'newt, and joins the Green Lantern Corps at the suggestion of his uncle G'newman. Despite his incompetence, he is consistently depicted as brave, loyal, and honorable. Later in his career, G'nort joins the Justice League International. It is later revealed that G'nort and G'newman were given their rings by the Weaponers of Qward, who sought to discredit the Green Lantern Corps. In '' Emerald Twilight'', G'nort loses his power ring and temporarily joins the Darkstars and Super Buddies Antarctica. During the Rann-Thanagar War, G'newt is destroyed and G'nort grapples with the loss of his family.CCI LIVE: Green Lantern Blackest Night Panel

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Other versions

* An alternate universe variant of G'nort appears in '' I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League''. This version is a rampaging flea-infested giant. * An alternate universe variant of G'nort makes a cameo appearance in '' Planetary'' as one of several dead Green Lanterns on display in the Planetary headquarters.

In other media

Television

* G'nort makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the '' Duck Dodgers'' episode "The Green Loontern". A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. * G'nort appears in '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', voiced by Alexander Polinsky. * G'nort makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the '' Justice League Action'' episode "The Fatal Fare".

Video games

G'nort appears as a character summon in '' Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure''.

Miscellaneous

* G'nort's career is examined in ''Green Lantern and Philosophy''. * G'nort received a paragraph in ''Planet Dog: A Doglopedia''. * G'nort appears in the ''

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'' tie-in comic. * A hologram of G'nort appears in '' Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century'' #6.

References

External links

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