Changes: Green Lantern and Flash: Faster Friends Part One

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Hurley brought a Spanish translation of a Green Lantern and Flash comic book entitled Green Lantern/Flash: Faster Friends Part One (1997) [1] aboard Oceanic Flight 815. ("Exodus, Part 2") Walt later found this comic amidst the wreckage. ("Pilot, Part 2")

Polar bear

Badbear3 — The polar bear as it appears in the comic ("Special")

See main article: Polar bear

Walt's father, Michael, threw the comic book into the fire after questioning him as to where he got it. Soon after, Walt was attacked by a polar bear similar to the one featured in the comic book. ("Special") As a child, Walt had received a gift of a stuffed polar bear from Michael. ("Adrift")

Castle

On the next page of the comic book, there is what appears to be an image of a castle or fortress in the middle of the ocean surrounded by a giant, glass dome, The image, found on page 34 in the comic book, shows the "castle" to actually be spires on the top of a shiny metal flying saucer buried in the frozen wastelands of the Arctic. ("Special") Later, in Season 2, Desmond returns to the Island, telling the survivors that the island is "like a snow globe. There's no way out." ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")

Translation

The following is the English translation for the comic book pages we see Walt reading:

On the page with the polar bear, (page 36 in the comic) it reads:

Modern Age Green Lantern: (thought bubbles) "Oh. One of those bearskin rugs... with the bear still in it."

The page with dialogue (page 38 in the comic) reads:

Golden Age Flash: "What are you planning to do? What's the harm in telling us that much? We're only puppets to you anyway."

Alien X: (whose cranium is exposed black brain matter and resembles billowing black smoke) "Dying is what I am doing. Because of Gunther and because of you, I am riddled with sickness, But I will share my pain."

Golden Age Green Lantern: "We understand how you must feel. What we did half a century ago, it was wrong, and what's been done to you since is beyond forgiveness. But if someone has to pay for that..."

Golden Age Flash: "Let it be us."

Golden Age Green Lantern: "No innocents need to be hurt."

Alien X: "Innocents. What would your world know of innocence..."

The next page (page 39 in the comic) shows the Modern Age Green Lantern and Flash stepping through circular hatchway spoiling for a fight, and reads:

Modern Age Green Lantern: "Hi. We let ourselves in."

The page with the "Castle" flying saucer in the Arctic (page 34 in the comic) reads:

Golden Age Green Lantern: "It's exactly the same. It looks just like it did... fifty years ago."

Synopsis

“

Green Lantern and Flash attacked and defeated a crashed alien known as "Alien X", without checking to see if it was hostile. Realizing their mistake, they hid the ship where it could not be found. Alien X, who had developed cancer as a result of testing at a government lab, escaped fifteen years later. It was not a coincidence when the original Green Lantern and Flash disappeared at the same time. Their wives called on the modern Green Lantern and Flash, who found the ship, but it was blown up by Alien X. The story continues in Faster Friends #2.

”

Trivia

The animated Justice League cartoon, set in the same universe as the comic, featured episodes called "Tabula Rasa" and "Hearts and Minds". These are both Lost episode titles.
Many of the Lost writers and production team are professed fans of the comic book genre and/or former/current comic writers themselves.

Unanswered questions

Unanswered questions
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For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Green Lantern and Flash: Faster Friends Part One/Theories

Why is a polar bear in the comic book?

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 ==Translation==
-The English translation for the comic book Walt is reading is more or less as follows:
+The following is the English translation for the comic book pages we see Walt reading:
-*On the page with the polar bear, it reads: "It's a bearskin rug.  With the bear inside."
+*On the page with the polar bear, (page 36 in the comic) it reads:<br>
+:'''[[Modern Age Green Lantern:]]''' (thought bubbles) "Oh. One of those bearskin rugs...  with the bear still in it."
-*The page with dialogue reads: (Flash) "What are your plans now? And how will it affect you to tell us this?  For all intents and purposes, we are your puppets."  (Alien X, whose head looks like Michael's) "My plan is to die.  Because of Gunther and you, I am plagued with sickness.  But I will share my pain."  "We understand how you feel.  What we did half a century ago was bad, and what we did since then was further away from any type of forgiveness."
+*The page with dialogue (page 38 in the comic) reads:<br>
-*The next page shows the Green Lantern saying, "Hello.  I will allow you to enter."
+:'''[[Golden Age Flash:]]''' "What are you planning to do? What's the harm in telling us that much? We're only puppets to you anyway."
+:'''[[Alien X:]]''' (whose cranium is exposed black brain matter and resembles billowing black smoke) "Dying is what I am doing. Because of Gunther and because of you, I am riddled with sickness,  But I will share my pain."
+:'''[[Golden Age Green Lantern:]]''' "We understand how you must feel.  What we did half a century ago, it was wrong, and what's been done to you since is beyond forgiveness. But if someone has to pay for that..."
+:'''[[Golden Age Flash:]]''' "Let it be us."
+:'''[[Golden Age Green Lantern:]]''' "No innocents need to be hurt."
+:'''[[Alien X:]]''' "Innocents. What would your world know of innocence..."
+*The next page (page 39 in the comic) shows the Modern Age Green Lantern and Flash stepping through circular hatchway spoiling for a fight, and reads:
+:'''[[Modern Age Green Lantern:]]''' "Hi.  We let ourselves in."
+*The page with the "Castle" flying saucer in the Arctic (page 34 in the comic) reads:
+:'''[[Golden Age Green Lantern:]]''' "It's exactly the same. It looks just like it did... fifty years ago."
 == Synopsis ==