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Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, and the electromagnetic spectrum of emotional willpower. [ 1]
Green Lantern, American comic strip superhero created for DC Comics by artist Mart Nodell and writer Bill Finger. The character first appeared in All-American Comics no. 16 (July 1940). Alan Scott, the first hero to be known as the Green Lantern, discovers what appears to be a green railroad.
But despite the strain his Green Lantern identity has put on his life, Hal is an honest man who can operate without fear, and is always willing to protect those in need — whether alone, with the Corps or alongside the Justice League and Earth’s other Super Heroes.
Harold "Hal" Jordan, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created in 1959 by writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane, and first appeared in Showcase #22 (October 1959).
- Early Life
- Becoming Green Lantern
- Early Adventures
- New 52
- DC Rebirth
- Infinite Frontier
Hal was raised in a multi-religious household. His father is Catholic, while his mother is Jewish. As a child, Hal was traumatized by watching his father, a pilot, die in a plane crash.Refusing to bow down to fear, he followed in his father's footsteps and became a military test pilot, despite being terrified every time he flew.
Years later, Hal had been kicked out of the military for assaulting an officer, and was reduced to an engineer giving planes tune-ups. He was abducted by a dying alien, Abin Sur. Sur wanted Hal to replace him in the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic police force that had safeguarded the universe for billions of years. Hal accepted and was summo...
Rogues Gallery
Hal and Sinestro worked well together and became friends. At some point, however, Hal discovered Sinestro had enslaved Korugarusing his ring. He attacked Sinestro and turned him in to the Corps, earning Sinestro's lifelong enmity. At various points Hal has fought against Evil Star, Black Hand and Hector Hammond.
The Justice League
Hal was among founding members of the Justice League. While the team's actual first meeting is debated, prime amongst the contenders was when the heroes who would eventually comprise the league fought off an attack by the alien Appellaxians, which resulted in them nearly being turned into trees before emerging victorious. The heroes, inspired by their victory, formed a team not unlike the historical Justice Society of America or its lesser-known successor, the Justice Experience, christening...
Alliance with Sinestro
After being stripped of his ring by the Corps, Hal returned home, resigned. In his Coast City apartment, Jordan was hounded by his landlord for overdue rent. As he looked out the window, Hal noticed a woman in the building across the street being threatened. He jumped out his seventh story window, crashed through the window of the woman's apartment, and subdued her attacker. Only then does he look up to see the room filled with a camera crew and realized that the woman and her attacker are ac...
Secret of the Indigo Tribe
Hal refused to obey Sinestro's commands again, until Sinestro threatened Carol, causing Hal to attack him. As Hal and Sinestro fight, Sinestro held the advantage, as Hal's ring couldn't be used to hurt Sinestro, who effortlessly incapacitated Hal and told him about the Guardians' plans to replace the Green Lantern Corps. Suddenly, Indigo-1and a group of Indigo Lanterns appeared before Hal and Sinestro. Indigo-1 declared the Indigo Tribe's intentions to deal with Sinestro, saying that the Guar...
Revenge of Black Hand
As the Indigo Tribe releases Sinestro, Natromo inverts the link between Hal's and Sinestro's rings. Now, Hal can control Sinestro's ring instead of the other way around. Unfortunately, Black Hand has escaped the Indigo Tribe's control. Indigo-1 teleports the two Lanterns to Korugar, where Sinestro has hidden the Book of the Black. As they read the Book to find out more about the Guardians' plans to replace the Green Lantern Corps, they are teleported right to Black Hand's old home. After a le...
New Lanterns
Following the disappearance of the Green Lantern Corps and the Guardians, Hal Jordan had shifted into a being of willpower from his use of Krona's Gauntlet, causing him to fade into energy. To counter this Jordan forged a new ring from his own willpower to stabilize his person and began a search for any remaining Lanterns. Sometime after this Darkseid War, Hal arranged a training exercise for new Lanterns Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz. After they failed to work together, Hal merged their power b...
Return of the Lanterns
Main articles: Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Sinestro's Law (Collected) and Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Bottled Light (Collected) Coming across Sector 563 Jordan attempted to stop the Sinestro Corps present, but became overwhelmed by the growing number and power of Sinestro's forces. Captured but placed in the healing care of Yellow Lantern Soranik, who wished to stop her father, the now reinvigorated Jordan began a full assault on Warworld. Wreaking Havoc on the artific...
Quest for the Blue Lanterns
Main article: Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Quest for the Blue Lanterns (Collected) Jordan alongside Kyle was sent with the guardians to find The Blue Light of Hope on a dying world. However the two found Saint Walker under attack by the Misery Mound, a hope consumer and was subsequently captured themselves. Bombarding them with mental images to wane their hope, Jordan and Kyle connected with each other and destroyed the Mound allowing life to flourish on the world once again. There...
Dark Crisis
After the apparent death of the Justice League, Hal, Superman, Black Adam, and the Flash came up with plans to confront the Dark Army. Hal met up with Kyle Rayner and Jo Mullein in order to rally the Corps to confront the Dark Army. The Green Lantern Corps arrived at Ryut in Sector 666 and Hal, Jo, and Kyle decided to go to Multiverse-2 and fight Pariah. During the fight, Hal got trapped in John Stewart's paradise world. The Flash saved Hal and they, along with other alleged dead heroes reuni...
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The Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) is a superhero in the DC Universe and a member of the Green Lantern Corps. Hal Jordan was a test pilot who found a dying alien named Abin Sur. Abin gave him a ring...
Green Lantern is a name that has been used by many characters in the DC Universe, appearing in two distinct legacies. The original (during the Golden Age) was businessman Alan Scott, who wore a magic power ring that created energy constructs and had to be charged using his mystic lantern.