Ring Slinging

One of the questions that was asked of me by one of the students at Magrath junior High School was regarding Titan's power ring and where I came up with it. It was thought then, and I'm sure by many others as well, that it was directly related and influenced solely by DC's Green Lantern. That was one of the sources, but not at all the only one. There are at least two other influences of the power ring that I conceptualised for Titan and they are The Lord of the Rings, and The Mighty Hercules cartoon. I had just finished reading LOTR when I was creating Titan, and I watched old reruns of Mighty Hercules everyday before school as a kid. Those are the obvious influences I consciously know of for the power ring that Michael wields. I wanted a talisman, and object to be the source of Titan's power and the ring seemed like a perfect totem for me. I had originally had him just find the Titan staff, but come on that just seems ludicrous to have Michael have to either walk around with this staff (imagine the excuses he would have to make for that) or have him run looking for it every time there was trouble. The ring fits, and there are some mystery that surrounds it still. It's secrets will eventually be revealed.