Alan Scott (New Earth-Forty Seven)

The Origin
Alan Scott was born to white collar parents in Metropolis, where he grew up. His life was ordinary until he turned 18 and began attending college for a degree in business.

He would graduate and travel to Gotham City, where he would start the Gotham Broadcasting Company. During this time he would find a strange green gem that he would fashion into a ring. He would swear that the gem had luck associated with it and made him feel powerful.

Scott would grow his media empire from the ground up in Gotham with extreme success. He would eventually meet and marry a woman named Rose Canton and father, twin children, who they named Jennifer-Lynn and Todd Scott.

At the age of 28, Alan's luck would run out and his happy life would come to an end. He would board a train leaving Gotham for a meeting in Metropolis, but would forget to bring his lucky ring along with him. The train would be held up by armed thugs, who ordered everyone to hand over their valuables. Alan would resist and attempted to subdue the men, but was instead shot and killed in the process. The thugs would through him off the train as it passed Slaughter Swamp, where his body sank into the murky and dark waters.

Shortly after his death, Alan's body would be altered by the swamp by the natural force known as The Grey. His body would revive, but his mind was changed and no longer remembered his former life. He was no longer the man he once was, but was now a giant walking corpse and servant of The Grey.