Hal Jordan

This article is about the fictional superhero. For the computer programmer and U.S. congressional candidate, see United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2010.

Hal Jordan
Hal Jordan as depicted in Green Lantern Gallery #1 (December 1996). Art by Gil Kane (penciler), Kevin Nowlan (inker), and Matt Hollingsworth (colorist).
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Showcase #22 (October 1959)
Created by	John Broome Gil Kane
In-story information
Full name	Harold "Hal" Jordan
Species	Human
Place of origin	Coast City
Team affiliations	Green Lantern Corps Justice League United States Air Force White Lantern Corps Justice League Europe
Partnerships	Flash (Barry Allen) Green Arrow Black Canary (Dinah Laurel Lance) Batman Aquaman Carol Ferris John Stewart Guy Gardner Kyle Rayner Kilowog
Notable aliases	Green Lantern Pol Manning Parallax Spectre Highball
Abilities	Trained aircraft pilot Skilled hand-to-hand combatant Use of power ring grants: Flight Enhanced strength, speed, and durability Energy projection Force field Generation of hard-light constructs Real-time translation of all languages Space travel Limited cellular regeneration

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). Hal Jordan is a reinvention of the previous Green Lantern, who appeared in 1940s comic books as the character Alan Scott.

Hal Jordan is a former fighter pilot who works for Ferris Aircraft as a test pilot, a member and occasionally leader of an intergalactic police force called the Green Lantern Corps, as well as a founding member of the Justice League, DC's flagship superhero team, alongside well-known heroes such as Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. He fights evil across the universe with a ring that grants him various superpowers but is usually portrayed as one of the protectors of Sector 2814, where Earth resides. His powers derive from his power ring and Green Lantern battery, which, in the hands of someone capable of overcoming great fear, allows the user to channel their willpower into creating all fantastic constructs. Jordan uses this power to fly, even through the vacuum of space, to create shields, swords, and lasers, and to construct his Green Lantern costume, which protects his secret identity in his civilian life on Earth. Jordan and all other Green Lanterns are monitored and empowered by the mysterious Guardians of the Universe, who were developed by editor Julius Schwartz. Broome had originally conceived years prior in a story featuring Captain Comet in Strange Adventures #22 (July 1952) entitled "Guardians of the Clockwork Universe". ^[1]

During the 1990s, Jordan also appeared as a villain. The Emerald Twilight and Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! storylines see him become the villain Parallax following Mongul's destruction of his hometown Coast City, kill most of the Green Lantern Corps, and threaten to destroy the universe. ^[2] In subsequent years, Parallax is revealed to be an evil cosmic entity who corrupted Jordan. Between his stint as Parallax and return to being a Green Lantern, Jordan also briefly served as the Spectre, an agent of God and the embodiment of his wrath.

Outside of comics, Hal Jordan has appeared in various animated projects, video games and live-action. Jordan's original design in the comics was based on actor Paul Newman, ^[3] and the character is ranked 7th on IGN's in the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes in 2011. ^[4] In 2013, Jordan placed 4th on IGN's Top 25 Heroes of DC Comics. ^[5]

Hal Jordan's first live action appearance was in the 1978 television special Legends of the Superheroes , where he was played by Howard Murphy. He made his cinematic debut in the 2011 film Green Lantern , portrayed by Ryan Reynolds, and will be portrayed by Kyle Chandler in the DC Universe original series Lanterns . In animation, Jordan has notably been voiced by Jonah Hill, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rye, and Josh Keaton.

Publication history

Recreated for the Silver Age

After achieving great success in 1956 in reviving the Golden Age character The Flash, DC editor Julius Schwartz looked toward recreating the Green Lantern from the Golden Age of Comic Books. ^{[6] [7]} Drawing from his love for science-fiction, ^{[8] [ self-published source? ]} Schwartz intended to show the new Green Lantern in a more modern light, enlisting writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane, who in 1959 would reintroduce Green Lantern to the world in Showcase #22 (October 1959) by creating Hal Jordan.

The character was a success, and it was quickly decided to follow up his three-issue run on Showcase with a self-titled series. Green Lantern #1 began in July–August 1960 and would continue until #89 in April–May 1972.

Cover to Showcase #22 (October 1959), the first appearance of Hal Jordan. Art by Gil Kane.

Starting in issue #17, Gardner Fox joined the book to share writing duties with John Broome. The quartet of Schwartz, Broome, Fox, and Kane remained the core creative team until 1970.

O'Neil/Adams and socially-conscious Green Lantern/Green Arrow

Starting with issue #76 (April 1970), Dennis O'Neil took over scripting and Neal Adams, who had drawn the cover of issue #63, became the series' artist. O'Neil and Adams had already begun preparation for the classic run in the form of their re-workings of another DC superhero, the archer Green Arrow. ^[9]

Three panels ushering in the O'Neil/Adams run in Green Lantern #76.

In an introduction to the 1983 reprinting of this O'Neil/Adams run, O'Neil explains that he wondered if he could represent his own political beliefs in comics and take on social issues of the late sixties and early seventies. O'Neil devised the idea of portraying Hal Jordan, effectively an intergalactic law enforcement officer, as an establishment gradualist liberal figure against Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), who O'Neil had characterized as a lusty outspoken anarchist who would stand in for the counter-culture movement. ^[10] The first of these socially motivated Green Lantern/Green Arrow stories was written with Gil Kane slated to be the artist, but Kane dropped out and was replaced by Neal Adams. ^[11] The stories tackled questions of power, racism, sexism, and exploitation, and remain viewed in the comics community as the first socially-conscious superhero stories. ^[12]

Despite the work of Adams and O'Neil, Green Lantern sales had been in a major decline at the time Green Arrow was brought on as co-star, and their stories failed to revive the sales figures. ^[9] Green Lantern was canceled with issue #89 (April/May 1972), and the climactic story arc of the Green Lantern/Green Arrow series was published as a back-up feature in The Flash #217 through #219. In sharp contrast to the socially relevant tales which preceded it, this story centered on emotional themes, with Green Arrow struggling to deal with the guilt of having killed a man. ^[9] Green Lantern continued to appear in backup stories of Flash from 1972 until the Green Lantern title was resumed in 1976.

1980s exile

In Green Lantern #151 (April 1982) through #172 (January 1984), Jordan is exiled into space for a year by the Guardians to prove his loyalty to the Green Lantern Corps, having been accused of paying too much attention to Earth when he had an entire "sector" of the cosmos to patrol. When he returns to Earth, he finds himself embroiled in a dispute with Carol Ferris. Faced with a choice between love and the power ring, Jordan resigns from the Corps. The Guardians call Jordan's backup, John Stewart, to regular duty as his replacement.

In 1985, the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" storyline that rebooted much of DC Comics' character continuity saw Jordan again take up the mantle of Green Lantern. The new Corps, with seven members residing on Earth, included several aliens, John Stewart, and Guy Gardner. Jordan becomes romantically involved with an alien Lantern named Arisia Rrab, for which he comes under fire due to Arisia being only a teenager. The alien Lanterns take a more direct hand in human affairs, a fact not appreciated by human governments. Eventually, the Earth corps break up, several members returning to their home sectors. The Guardians soon return to this dimension, and Jordan works with them to rebuild the fractured Corps.

1990s

During this time, the character's origin story is re-told and expanded in two limited series by Keith Giffen, Gerard Jones, and James Owsley, Emerald Dawn and Emerald Dawn II. The first series expanded the role of the Corps in his origin and also provided more details about his childhood and his relationship with his father and brothers, while the sequel detailed the role of Jordan in the downfall of Sinestro.

In the 1992 prestige format graphic novel Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale , Hal Jordan first encounters Ganthet, one of the Guardians of the Universe. Ganthet asks Hal to help him battle a renegade Guardian who has attempted to use a time machine to change history.

Hal Jordan becomes Parallax. Interior artwork from Green Lantern vol. 3, 50 (Mar, 1994) Art by Darryl Banks.

Reign of the Supermen, Destruction of Coast City, and transformation into Parallax

In the 1993 Reign of the Supermen! storyline, the alien tyrant Mongul and his forces destroy Coast City (Jordan's former home), murdering all of its seven million inhabitants, while Jordan was off world. Angered, he flies to Engine City and attacks Mongul, eventually knocking him out with Steel's hammer. ^[13] This leads into the Emerald Twilight arc, which sees Jordan using his power ring to recreate Coast City as an instrument in the process of overcoming his grief, and talking to ring-created versions of his old girlfriend and parents. After his ring's power expires, a projection of a Guardian appears and admonishes him for using the ring for personal gain and summons him to Oa (the homeworld of the Guardians and the Green Lantern Corps) for disciplinary action. ^[14] Angered at what he sees as the Guardians' ungrateful and callous behavior, Jordan absorbs the energy from the Guardian's projection, goes insane and attacks Oa to seize the full power of the Central Power Battery (the source of power for all Green Lanterns), defeating and severely injuring several members of the Green Lantern Corps in the process, taking their power rings as his own and leaving them to die in space. He arrives on Oa and kills Kilowog, Sinestro, and all the Guardians except for Ganthet, who was protected by the other Guardians and survived without Jordan's knowledge. ^[15] He then renounces his life as Green Lantern, adopting the name Parallax after absorbing the Power Battery's vast powers.

Ganthet designates Kyle Rayner to replace Jordan as the Green Lantern of Earth when Rayner comes into possession of the last power ring, created from the shattered remains of Jordan's. Guy Gardner has visions of the Green Lantern Corps' destruction and his yellow power ring's energy (being powered by residual Green Lantern's energy) starts to fluctuate. Soon after, Gardner goes to Oa to investigate, bringing Martian Manhunter, Darkstar (Ferrin Colos), The Ray, Wonder Woman, Captain Atom, Alan Scott and Arisia Rrab with him. Jordan uses the element of surprise, attacks, and easily defeats them, leaving Guy in a coma. After the battle, Jordan sends them all back to Earth warning them to leave him alone in the future. Not long afterwards, Parallax attempts to rewrite history to his own liking with the help of Extant in the universe-wide event Zero Hour: Crisis in Time . Parallax destroys the Time Trapper and attempts to remake the universe into a perfect, peaceful place, causing time disruptions throughout the universe. Superman, Kyle Rayner and Metron call upon Earth's heroes to stop the mysterious disturbances. Jordan and Extant are eventually defeated when Hal exhausts most of his power from both fighting and manipulating the time stream. Green Arrow then takes advantage of Jordan's drained state and shoots an arrow into a weakened Jordan's chest.

Jordan makes a brief and redemptory appearance as Parallax in the 1996 Final Night miniseries/crossover storyline, apparently sacrificing his life to combat a threat to the solar system. ^[16]

Transformation into Spectre

Hal Jordan as the Spectre's host. Interior artwork from Day of Judgment: Secret Files and Origins 1 (Nov, 1999  DC Comics )
Art by Howard Porter

In the 1999 mini-series Day of Judgment , Jordan becomes the newest incarnation of the Spectre, released from Purgatory after a fallen angel attempted to take that power. ^[17] Soon after assuming this mantle, Jordan chooses to bend his mission from a spirit of vengeance to one of redemption, also making other appearances through some of DC Comics' other story lines, such as advising Superman during the Emperor Joker storyline (where the Joker steals the reality-warping power of Mister Mxyzptlk) and erases all public knowledge of Wally West's identity as the Flash after his terrible first battle with Zoom, which led to his wife miscarrying their twins. He also appeared in a 4-part story arc in the series Legends of the DC Universe (issues #33–36). A new series based on this premise, titled The Spectre (vol. 4), ran for 27 issues from 2001 to 2003. In it, Hal loses his beloved brother, Jack Jordan, to a supernatural assassin. After the series ended, Jordan was forced to return, temporarily, to the Spectre's mission of vengeance, following a confrontation between the new Justice Society of America and the Spirit King, an old foe of the Spectre and Mister Terrific, who had managed to "resurrect" the ghosts of all those the Spectre had damned to Hell when Jordan's attempt to turn the Spectre's mission to redemption weakened his hold on the damned, until Hal 'accepted' his original mission of vengeance.

During the Identity Crisis storyline, Green Arrow visits Jordan at his grave, asking to exact revenge on Sue Dibny's killer. Although Hal admits knowing the culprit's identity (revealed later was Jean Loring), he refused as the Spectre to a higher purpose, and implying to Oliver that the killer would eventually be caught, thus explaining the Spectre's inaction. ^[18]

2000s

In 2004, DC launched the Green Lantern: Rebirth miniseries which brought Hal Jordan back to life and made him a Green Lantern once again, and in a redesigned Corps uniform. Shortly after the conclusion of Rebirth, DC Comics began a new Green Lantern (vol. 4) series, beginning with a new #1 and retconning his past murders as Parallax as the result of an intergalactic fear-driven parasite. The Green Lantern Corps has also been successfully rebuilt. Despite the revelation that Hal's past villainous activity was because of the influence of the parasite Parallax, many of his fellow Corps officers are unwilling to trust him, even Jordan, on some levels, believes the reason that Parallax succeeded in possessing him was because he surrendered to it, and thus acknowledges that he truly has a dark side. Despite being freed from Parallax, his experience also leads him occasionally to have a lack of confidence and self-doubt, making him no longer a daredevil he once was. Jordan also becomes friends with Kyle Rayner after their first battle with Parallax. In the new volume, Jordan moves to the nearly deserted Coast City, which is slowly being rebuilt. Reinstated as a pilot in the United States Air Force, Jordan now works in the test pilot program at Edwards Air Force Base. The series introduces new supporting characters for Hal, including a man from his and his late-father's pasts, Air Force General Jonathan "Herc" Stone, who learns his secret identity during a battle with the Manhunters and acts as his ally. He also begins to develop a romantic attraction with his fellow pilot, the beautiful Captain Jillian "Cowgirl" Pearlman. ^{[19] [20] [21]} Returning characters also include Carol Ferris, Tom Kalmaku, and Jordan's younger brother James Jordan with his sister-in-law Susan and their children, Howard and Jane.

In this new title, he faces revamped versions of his Silver Age foes such as Hector Hammond, The Shark and Black Hand. ^{[22] [23] [24]} A new account of Green Lantern's origins is also released as part of this series. In this new origin, Hal Jordan is working as an assistant mechanic under Tom Kalmaku, barred from flying due to his insubordination while in the USAF and his employer's lingering guilt about his father's death in the line of duty. Green Lantern Abin Sur, while fighting the villain Atrocitus, crashes near Coast City. Knowing he is close to death, Sur sends his ring to seek a replacement (as all rings do when their wearer dies), and his ring fetches Jordan. Sur then informs Jordan that he is to replace him as the Green Lantern of Sector 2814. ^{[25] [26]}

Infinite Crisis

As part of DC's 2006 event Infinite Crisis, Hal helps briefly with the attack of the OMACs and Brother Eye. ^[27] He also fights alongside a group of heroes against the Society of Supervillains, defending Metropolis. Guy Gardner leads the Green Lantern Corps attack against Superboy-Prime with Hal appearing in the group. ^[28]

As part of DC's post-Infinite Crisis retconning of the entire universe, all current stories skipped ahead one year in an event called One Year Later. This brought drastic changes to Hal Jordan's life, as with every other hero in the DC Universe. It is revealed that Jordan spent time as a P.O.W. in an unnamed conflict and has feelings of guilt from his inability to free himself and his fellow captives. ^[29]

Sinestro Corps War and other Pre-Flashpoint stories

Hal and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps find themselves at war with Sinestro and his army, the Sinestro Corps during the events of the Sinestro Corps War ^[30] As a Green Lantern native to Earth, Hal is featured in the Final Crisis mini-series by Grant Morrison. ^[31]

In the Agent Orange story arc, Jordan is briefly in command of Agent Orange's power battery after he steals it from Agent Orange in a battle. The orange light of avarice converses with Jordan, his costume changes, and he becomes the new Agent Orange. However, Larfleeze quickly takes his power battery back from Jordan. ^[32]

Jordan is also a character of focus in the new Justice League of America series as a charter member of the revamped JLA. He is also involved in the first plotline of the Brave and the Bold monthly series, teaming up first with Batman and later Supergirl. When teamed with the fledgling Supergirl, Hal is very impressed with her cleverness, although he finds her flirtatious behavior somewhat unnerving. ^[33]

In the Justice League: Cry for Justice mini-series, Hal leads his own Justice League with Green Arrow, Shazam, Supergirl, Congorilla, Starman, Batwoman, and the Atom to avenge the deaths of Martian Manhunter and Batman. ^[34] Jordan eventually recruits some of the former Titans members for the League's new lineup, including Batman's successor Dick Grayson, Donna Troy, and Starfire.

2010s

During the Blackest Night event, Hal allies himself with six other Lantern Corps during The War of Light. He finds himself facing many of his deceased allies, enemies, and people he failed to save reanimated as undead Black Lanterns under the control of the Green Lantern Corps' ancient enemy Nekron. Hal finds himself not only teaming up with Barry Allen (otherwise known as The Flash), who is also resurrected from his death, but also must work with his enemies Sinestro, Atrocitus, Larfleeze, and his former lover Carol Ferris.

The New 52

In 2011, after the universe-altering event Flashpoint, DC Comics relaunched its entire line of stories. In this era, Jordan returns to civilian life on Earth, having been discharged from the United States Air Force. This iteration of the hero, written by Geoff Johns and Robert Venditti, sees him team up with the villain Sinestro as the pair encounter ramifications of the Brightest Day/Blackest Night storylines, as well as a crossover with New Gods characters in Green Lantern: Godhead.

Hal Jordan is featured as a part of Justice League series relaunch as well. The initial issues of the title take place five years prior as Jordan assists Batman against a mysterious threat. ^[35] It is shown he is already friends with Barry Allen and each know the other's secret identity. ^[36] Hal also believes with the ring he can overcome anything by himself by sheer force of will. This leads to reckless behavior that almost gets him killed. It is only when Batman reminds him of his mortality by revealing his own identity as Bruce Wayne that Hal reconsiders his approach. ^[37] Five years after the team forms, Green Lantern resigns from the Justice League in an effort to keep the group functioning after his behavior put the team in peril during their fight with David Graves. ^[38] Subsequently, he returns to the Justice League to help Jessica Cruz learn how to control her powers.

In the aftermath, Hal gets a new look as he goes rogue from the Green Lantern Corps to create a scapegoat for the Corps and be the focus of the universe's blame and distrust for everything that had taken place in recent issues, such as the Third Army's assault or Relic's attack. The Corps itself – unaware of Jordan's intentions to show the universe that the Green Lanterns are not corrupt and will go after one of their own – believes that he has actually betrayed them when he attacks Kilowog. Along the way, Jordan steals a Green Lantern prototype gauntlet and power pack from the armoury, allowing him to continue to operate as a hero without the need for a power ring, although he is sometimes required to fight other Lanterns to maintain the illusion of independence.

DC Rebirth

In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called "DC Rebirth", which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to "The New 52". Jordan returns to Earth temporarily to assign Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz the task of protecting Earth while he and the rest of the human Green Lanterns are away. He takes their power batteries and fuses them into a single battery to help the two bond as Lantern partners.

Subsequently, in DC Rebirth , Hal returns as Green Lantern again, now equipped with his self-constructed power ring, searching for the rest of the Green Lanterns and hunting down the Sinestro Corps. Hal takes on several Yellow Lanterns before fighting Sinestro and getting injured. He is healed by Soranik, Sinestro's daughter who now is a Yellow Lantern like her father. After being healed, he takes on and defeats Sinestro and saves Guy Gardner, who was being tortured by Sinestro. Hal is now reunited with the Green Lanterns who have entered a war with the Sinestro Corps. The battle leads them to the planet of Green Lantern Tomar-Tu. As they fight, Braniac shrinks the planet with the Lanterns in it. The shrunken planet is given to the Grand Collector which turns out to be Larfleeze, the Orange Lantern. Hal is believed to be dead in the destruction that came with the shrinking of the planet. He has been transported to the Emerald Space, an afterlife for deceased Lanterns. Guardians, Ganthet and Sayd call upon White Lantern Kyle Rayner to rescue Hal. Kyle pulls him out of the Emerald Space and the two meet up with the rest and escape from the shrunken planet and restore it. Larfleeze escapes with his orange construct Lanterns. The Green and Yellow Lanterns form an alliance.

Jordan appears with the Justice League in the Dark Nights: Metal mini-series.

The Green Lantern

With writer Grant Morrison taking the helm, Jordan returns to interstellar duty and infiltrates Controller Mu's Blackstars to discover the mole within them. He later becomes a full member of the Blackstars and reassumes the Parallax mantle before seemingly sacrificing himself to stop Mu's U-Bomb. However, he is rescued by his ring and meets its artificial intelligence, Pengowirr.

Hal reunites with Green Arrow and goes on an adventure busting up an assassin from a cosmic cartel of Hadea Maxima, while dealing with a drug dealer from Dimension Zero, Glorigold DeGrande. Teaming up with Xeen Arrow and Xeen Lantern, the heroes save the day by shooting a giant cosmic arrow at the assassin Azmomza on Earth's moon. Hal then takes off for R&R on Athmoora, the fantasy world of 2814 and faces the evil wizard Ah-Bah-Nazzur, who turns out to be a mind-controlled alternate universe variant of Abin Sur. Teaming up with him and The Guardians Of The Multiverse, a team of multiversal Green Lanterns, a cosmic interpol, Hal faces off against The Anti-Man/The Qwa-Man, The Mad Lantern, who is his Anti-Matter counterpart, set loose by Controller Mu and The Blackstars. From there on, he reunites with Uugo, The Conscious Planet, Strong-Woman Of Thronn and joins this team on a rescue operation for The Star Sapphire of Earth-11 on the forbidden universe of Earth-15. Becoming part of The Cosmic Grail Quest, Jordan finds himself in grave danger facing a mysterious Lantern figure.

2020s

Infinite Frontier

During Dark Crisis, Hal Jordan returns to Earth and is shocked to see Earth in chaos due to the "death" of the Justice League. He encounters a grown up Jonathan Samuel Kent, as well as Wally West. He learns from Black Adam that Pariah has teamed up with The Great Darkness and corrupted multiple cosmic villains to take down the Justice League and Justice League Incarnate. Hal Jordan tells Wally West to go find Barry Allen while he goes find where Pariah is. ^[39] Hal Jordan meets up with the rest of the Green Lantern Corps, rescues Kyle Rayner from his prison, and formally introduces Kyle to Simon Baz, Sojourner Mullein, Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz. Hal Jordan, Sojourner, and Kyle go confront Pariah, where Hal Jordan realizes that Pariah has trapped the Justice League into fantasy worlds where it will turn into weapons. ^[40]

Hal Jordan is trapped in a world where he is attacked by a samurai Lantern version of Kyle Rayner, but is saved by Barry Allen. They decide to travel to the Justice League prisons to free everyone. They all confront Pariah, but Pariah vanishes to destroy Earth-Prime. ^[41] Hal Jordan and Barry Allen create a plan where he will use his power Ring to connect the rest of the Justice League back home while Barry Allen will use his connection of the Multiversal vibrations to navigate. They manage to arrive back home to confront a possessed Deathstroke and his army ^[42] Black Adam uses his powers to empower the rest of the Justice League to defeat Deathstroke's army, and Hal Jordan tells Barry he will stay on Earth for a while in order to be more grounded. They watch how the new heroes rebuild the Hall of Justice and are impressed by their bravery, and Hal Jordan goes out to hang with his Green Lantern Corps. ^[43]

Dawn of DC

During Jeremy Adams' run on Green Lantern, Jordan quits the Green Lantern Corps after the Guardians of the Universe disappear and the United Planets take over the group. ^[44]

Powers and abilities

Main article: Power ring (DC Comics)

As a Green Lantern, Hal Jordan is semi-invulnerable, capable of projecting hard-light constructions, flight, and utilizing various other abilities through his power ring which are only limited by his imagination and willpower. Jordan, as a Green Lantern, has exceptional willpower.

As Parallax, Hal was one of the most powerful beings in all of the DC Universe. In addition to his normal Green Lantern powers, he was able to manipulate and reconfigure time-space to his will, manipulate reality at a large scale, had vast superhuman strength which he demonstrated by being able to knock out Superman with one punch, a higher sense of awareness and enhanced durability. As Parallax, he was still able to be harmed nearly just as easily as a normal Green Lantern but seemed to be able to endure more physical punishment. While Hal Jordan was Parallax, he was never defeated by physical force; all of his defeats were of a changed mental state during or after the battle, which was usually the result of dealing with his own conscience, and he would just give up, leave the battle, and hide himself.

Other versions

• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in JLA: Age of Wonder . ^[45]
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in Green Lantern: Evil's Might .
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in Superman & Batman: Generations 2 . ^[46]
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in The Dark Knight Returns . ^{[47] [48]}
• Hal Stark / Iron Lantern, a fusion of Hal Jordan and Marvel Comics character Iron Man, appears in the Amalgam Comics universe.
• Hal Jordan appears in JLA/Avengers .
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in JLA: The Nail . ^[49] This version is the leader of the Justice League.
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan makes a cameo appearance in Thy Kingdom Come .
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in Superman: Red Son . ^[50]
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in DC: The New Frontier . ^[51]
• A Bizarro Yellow Lantern counterpart of Hal Jordan appears in Action Comics #856. ^[52]
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan from Earth-5 appears in Countdown to Final Crisis . ^[53]
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder . ^[54]
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in Flashpoint . This version never became a Green Lantern due to the government capturing Abin Sur and is later killed performing a suicide bombing on New Themyscira. ^{[55] [56] [57] [58] [59]}
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in The New 52: Futures End . This version abandoned the Green Lantern Corps after a war killed thousands of people, including his mother. However, he is forced to return to the group to stop Relic, being mortally wounded in the process and placed inside the Source Wall. ^[60]
• Hal Jordan appears in Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War. ^[61] This version was transported to the Star Trek universe after Nekron destroyed the DC Universe. ^{[62] [63]}
• The Zero Hour-era version of Hal Jordan appears in Convergence . ^{[64] [65] [66]}
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in DC Comics Bombshells . ^[67]
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in Green Lantern: Earth One . This version is an asteroid miner and former astronaut who discovered a Green Lantern ring during an excavation. ^[68]

In other media

Main article: Green Lantern in other media

Television

• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure , voiced by Gerald Mohr. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Challenge of the Superfriends , voiced by Michael Rye. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan appears in Legends of the Superheroes , portrayed by Howard Murphy. ^[70]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Super Friends , voiced again by Michael Rye. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show , voiced again by Michael Rye. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians , voiced again by Michael Rye. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern makes a cameo appearance in the Duck Dodgers episode "The Green Loontern", voiced by Kevin Smith. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern makes a cameo appearance in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Once and Future Thing, Part 2: Time, Warped", voiced by Adam Baldwin. ^[69] Due to time distortions caused by Chronos, Jordan temporarily replaces John Stewart while retaining his knowledge of the Justice League's mission to stop Chronos.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Batman , voiced by Dermot Mulroney. ^[69] This version is a founding member of the Justice League.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold , voiced by Loren Lester. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse, voiced by Grant Monigher. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Young Justice , voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. This version is a member of the Justice League.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Green Lantern: The Animated Series , voiced by Josh Keaton. ^{[71] [69]} This version is a member of the Green Lantern Corps' Honor Guard and initially a rival to Guy Gardner before later befriending him.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in the Mad segment "Does Someone Have to GOa?", voiced by Chris Cox.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in DC Super Friends , voiced by Wally Wingert. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Justice League Action , voiced again by Josh Keaton. ^{[72] [69]}
• The Green Lantern: The Animated Series incarnation of Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in the Teen Titans Go! episode "The Academy" via archival footage. ^[73]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in DC Super Hero Girls (2019), voiced by Jason Spisak. ^[69] This version is a student at Metropolis High School, ex-boyfriend of Star Sapphire, second-in-command of the "Invinci-Bros", and a stereotypical jock with a strong, charming, and somewhat narcissistic demeanor.
• Hal Jordan will appear in Lanterns , portrayed by Kyle Chandler. ^[74]

Film

Animation

• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Justice League: The New Frontier , voiced by David Boreanaz. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Green Lantern: First Flight , voiced by Christopher Meloni. ^{[75] [69]}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths , voiced by Nolan North. ^[69] This version is a member of the Justice League.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights , voiced by Nathan Fillion. ^{[76] [77] [69]} This version's power ring was originally wielded by Avra, the first Green Lantern to use their ring to create constructs.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Justice League: Doom , voiced again by Nathan Fillion. ^{[78] [69]}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite , voiced by Cam Clarke. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom , voiced again by Josh Keaton. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash , voiced again by Josh Keaton. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Lego Movie , voiced by Jonah Hill. ^[69] This version is a Master Builder.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Lego Batman Movie , voiced again by Jonah Hill. ^[69] This version is a member of the Justice League.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part , voiced again by Jonah Hill. ^[79]
• The Red Son incarnation of Hal Jordan appears in Superman: Red Son , voiced by Sasha Roiz. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Injustice , voiced by Brian T. Delaney. ^{[80] [69]}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse , voiced by an uncredited Jason Spisak. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan appears in films set in the Tomorrowverse, voiced again by Nolan North. ^[69]
  • Jordan as Green Lantern and Parallax appears in Green Lantern: Beware My Power . ^{[81] [69]} This version was infected by Sinestro with the Parallax entity, which uses his body in an attempt to gain godhood before Green Arrow kills him.
  • Jordan appears in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths . ^[82]

DC Animated Movie Universe

Main article: DC Animated Movie Universe

• The Flashpoint incarnation of Hal Jordan appears in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox , voiced again by Nathan Fillion. ^{[83] [84]} In this version of events, he is chosen by the U.S. government to fly Abin Sur's spacecraft and bomb the Atlantean fleet amidst their war with the Amazons. However, he is eaten by a sea monster before he can do so.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Justice League: War , voiced by Justin Kirk. ^{[85] [69]} This version is a founding member of the Justice League.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Justice League: Throne of Atlantis , voiced again by Nathan Fillion. ^{[86] [69]}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Death of Superman , voiced again by Nathan Fillion. ^{[87] [69]}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Reign of the Supermen , voiced again by Nathan Fillion. ^{[88] [69]}

Live-action

• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in a self-titled film, portrayed by Ryan Reynolds. ^[89]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Death and Return of Superman , portrayed by Zach Cregger. ^{[90] [91]}

Video games

• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Justice League Heroes , voiced by John Rubinow. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe , voiced by Josh Phillips. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in the Nintendo DS version of Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame , voiced again by Loren Lester. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters , voiced by Ryan Reynolds. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in LittleBigPlanet 2 , voiced by Joseph May. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in DC Universe Online , voiced by Aaron Mace. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes , voiced by Cam Clarke. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in LittleBigPlanet PS Vita , voiced again by Joseph May. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Injustice: Gods Among Us , voiced again by Adam Baldwin. ^[69] This version is a member of the Justice League. Additionally, an alternate universe incarnation of Jordan who supports Superman's Regime and was manipulated by Sinestro into becoming a Yellow Lantern also appears.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Infinite Crisis , voiced again by Adam Baldwin. ^[69]
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham , voiced again by Josh Keaton. ^[69]
• The Injustice incarnation of Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Injustice 2 , voiced by Steve Blum. ^[69] After being rehabilitated by the Guardians of the Universe and re-assuming his Green Lantern powers, he returns to Earth to aid Batman's Insurgency in thwarting Brainiac's attack on Earth despite being hunted by Atrocitus, who seeks to make him a Red Lantern.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains , voiced again by Josh Keaton. ^[69]

Miscellaneous

• A hologram of Hal Jordan appears in Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century #6. ^[92]
• The Injustice incarnation of Hal Jordan appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic. While supporting Superman's Regime, Sinestro manipulates Jordan into killing Guy Gardner before converting him into a Yellow Lantern.
• Hal Jordan appears in DC Super Hero Girls (2015), voiced again by Josh Keaton. ^[69] This version is a student at Super Hero High.
• The Injustice incarnation of Hal Jordan appears in the Injustice 2 prequel comic. While standing trial on Oa for his actions under the Regime, a guilt-ridden Jordan confesses to everything he had done and agrees to be imprisoned and undergo rehabilitation. All throughout, he is haunted by Gardner's spirit and temporarily becomes a Red Lantern to rescue the Green Lantern Corps before breaking free of his red power ring upon learning the Red Lantern Corps recruited Starro. Amidst the Red Lantern Corps' attack on Oa, Jordan reassumes his Green Lantern powers to fend them off.

Collected editions

Main article: List of Hal Jordan comics collected editions

See also

• 1950s portal

• Kristogar Velo

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External links

• Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original )
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• Green Lantern (1959) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016.
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• Green Lantern's (Hal Jordan's) origin @ dccomics.com Archived 2008-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Bio at the Unofficial Green Lantern Corps Webpage