Object Record
Images
Metadata
Accession Number |
2019.02.00 |
Catalog Number |
2019.02.01 |
Object Name |
Doll |
Collection |
Museum Purchase |
Description |
Action figure of the Green Lantern Simon Baz. Plastic figurine with movable legs and arms. Character wears and black suit with green boots, mask, and detailing on the chest, along with the green lantern symbol. Arabic tattoo meaning "courage" is visible on his right forearm. A gun is included with the figure and can been holstered on his left leg. Action figure is 2019.02.01a, box that it came in is 2019.02.01b. Simon Baz as the Green Lantern is a comic book superhero created by DC Comics and Arab American writer Geoff Johns. The Green Lantern superhero can "choose" different people, and the character Simon Baz was created for a reboot in 2012. Baz is written as a Lebanese American and Muslim teenager from Dearborn, the first Arab American comic book superhero. His background plays a role in his story arc. |
People |
Johns, Geoff |
Subjects |
Comic books Comics Figurines |
Lexicon category |
9: Recreational Artifacts |