Hal Jordan#Other versions

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.{{Cite news |last=Nash |first=Eric |date=February 12, 2004 |title=Julius Schwartz, 88, Editor Who Revived Superhero Genre in Comic Books |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/12/arts/julius-schwartz-88-editor-who-revived-superhero-genre-in-comic-books.html |accessdate=November 26, 2017 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/articles/07schwartz.html|title=TwoMorrows Publishing - Alter Ego #7 - Julius Schwartz Interview|website=www.twomorrows.com|accessdate=2017-11-26}} Drawing from his love for science-fiction,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m43zCAAAQBAJ&q=julius+schwartz+green+lantern&pg=PA195|title=Green Lantern History: An Unauthorised Guide to the DC Comic Book Series Green Lantern|last=Jordan|first=Darran|date=2015|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781326139636|language=en}}{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}} 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.

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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.

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.{{cite journal|last= Wells|first= John|date= December 2010|title = Green Lantern/Green Arrow: And Through Them Change an Industry|journal= Back Issue!|issue= 45|pages= 39–54|publisher= TwoMorrows Publishing}}

File:GLGA76BS.jpg 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.Green Lantern/Green Arrow #1 (October 1983) 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.{{cite news|last= Zimmerman|first= Dwight Jon|date= August 1986|title= Denny O'Neil | work= Comics Interview|issue= 35|pages= 22–37|publisher= Fictioneer Books}} The stories tackled questions of power, racism, sexism, and exploitation, and remain viewed in the comics community as the first socially-conscious superhero stories.{{Cite news |date=April 8, 2017 |title=Hard-Traveled Tales: Is Green Lantern/Green Arrow Still Relevant? |url=https://www.cbr.com/green-lantern-green-arrow-still-relevant/ |accessdate=November 26, 2017 |work=CBR |language=en-US}}

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. 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. Green Lantern continued to appear in backup stories of Flash from 1972 until the Green Lantern title was resumed in 1976.

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.

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.

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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.Green Lantern (vol. 3) #46. DC Comics. 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.Green Lantern (vol. 3) #48. DC Comics. 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 and Sinestro, and the Guardians commit suicide to pool all their life force in Ganthet.Green Lantern (vol. 3) #50. DC Comics. 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 his 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.Final Night #4. DC Comics.

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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.Day of Judgement #5. DC Comics. 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.Identity Crisis #4 (October 2004). DC Comics.

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.Green Lantern (vol. 4) #1 (May 2005). DC Comics.Green Lantern (vol. 4) #2 (June 2005). DC Comics.Green Lantern (vol. 4) #3 (August 2005). DC Comics. 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.Green Lantern (vol. 4) #4 (August 2005). DC Comics.Green Lantern (vol. 4) #5 (November 2005). DC Comics.Green Lantern (vol. 4) #6 (December 2005). DC Comics. 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.Green Lantern (vol. 4) #29 (March 2008). DC Comics.Green Lantern (vol. 4) #30 (April 2008). DC Comics.

As part of DC's 2006 event Infinite Crisis, Hal helps briefly with the attack of the OMACs and Brother Eye.Infinite Crisis #6. DC Comics. He also fights alongside a group of heroes against the Secret Society of Super Villains, defending Metropolis. Guy Gardner leads the Green Lantern Corps attack against Superboy-Prime with Hal appearing in the group.Infinite Crisis #7. DC Comics.

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.Green Lantern (vol. 4) #14 (September 2006). DC Comics.

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 WarGreen Lantern Sinestro Corps Special. Marvel Comics. As a Green Lantern native to Earth, Hal is featured in the Final Crisis mini-series by Grant Morrison.Final Crisis #1. DC Comics.

In the Agent Orange story arc, Jordan is briefly in command of Larfleeze's power battery after he steals it from him 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.Green Lantern (vol. 4) #42 (June 2009). DC Comics.

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.The Brave and the Bold (vol. 3) #2. DC Comics.

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 (Ray Palmer and Ryan Choi) to avenge the deaths of Martian Manhunter and Batman.Justice League: Cry for Justice #1 (July 2009). DC Comics 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.

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, who is also resurrected from his death, but also must work with his enemies Sinestro, Atrocitus, Larfleeze, and his former lover Carol Ferris.

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.Justice League (vol. 2) #1 (August 2011). DC Comics. It is shown he is already friends with Barry Allen and each know the other's secret identity.Justice League (vol. 2) #2 (October 2011). DC Comics. 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.Justice League (vol. 2) #5 (January 2012). DC Comics. 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.Justice League (vol. 2) #12 (August 2012). DC Comics. 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.

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.

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.

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.{{Cite web |author1=Puc |first=Samantha |date=June 7, 2022 |title=Hal Jordan plays a major role in Dark Crisis |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/hal-jordan-plays-a-major-role-in-dark-crisis/ |accessdate=May 19, 2024 |website=gamesradar |language=en}} 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, and Jessica Cruz. 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.{{Cite web |last=Herbison |first=Andrew |date=August 4, 2022 |title=Pariah Taunts Hal Jordan With His Greatest Failure - Becoming Parallax |url=https://www.cbr.com/dark-crisis-hal-jordan-parallax-dc/ |accessdate=May 19, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Finch |first=Nicholas |date=October 5, 2022 |title=Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 review |url=https://batman-news.com/2022/10/05/dark-crisis-on-infinite-earths-5-review/ |accessdate=May 19, 2024 |website=Batman News |language=en-US}} 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 {{Cite web |last=Erdmann |first=Kevin |date=November 14, 2022 |title=Flash & Green Lantern Redefine Their Powers by Conquering Death Itself |url=https://screenrant.com/flash-green-lantern-redefine-powers-conquering-death-dark-crisis/ |accessdate=May 19, 2024 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Franey |first=Christopher |date=December 20, 2022 |title=Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 review |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2022/12/20/dark-crisis-on-infinite-earths-7-review/ |accessdate=May 19, 2024 |website=aiptcomics.com |language=en-us}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Schreur |first=Brandon |date=May 8, 2023 |title=DC Reveals Why Hal Jordan Quit the Green Lantern Corps |url=https://www.cbr.com/hal-jordan-quits-green-lantern-corps/ |accessdate=May 19, 2024 |website=CBR |language=en}}

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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.

• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in JLA: Age of Wonder.JLA: Age of Wonder #1. DC Comics.
• 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.Superman and Batman: Generations 2 #2. DC Comics.
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in The Dark Knight Returns.The Dark Knight Strikes Again #3. DC Comics.Dark Knight Universe Presents: Green Lantern #1. DC Comics.
• 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.JLA: The Nail #1–3. DC Comics. 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.Superman: Red Son 3. DC Comics.
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in DC: The New Frontier.DC: The New Frontier #4. DC Comics.
• A Bizarro Yellow Lantern counterpart of Hal Jordan appears in Action Comics #856.Action Comics #856. DC Comics.
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan from Earth-5 appears in Countdown to Final Crisis.Countdown: Arena #2. DC Comics.
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder.All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #9. DC Comics.
• 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.Flashpoint: Hal Jordan #1 (June 2011). DC Comics.Flastpoint: Abin Sur – The Green Lantern #2 (July 2011). DC Comics.Flashpoint: Hal Jordan #2 (July 2011). DC Comics.Flashpoint #4 (August 2011). DC Comics.Flashpoint: Hal Jordan #3 (August 2011). DC Comics.
• 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.Green Lantern: Futures End #1. DC Comics.
• Hal Jordan appears in Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War.Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War #3. DC Comics. This version was transported to the Star Trek universe after Nekron destroyed the DC Universe.Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War #1. DC Comics.Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War #6. DC Comics.
• The Zero Hour-era version of Hal Jordan appears in Convergence.Convergence: Green Lantern/Parallax #1–2. DC Comics.Convergence #7. DC Comics.Convergence #8. DC Comics.
• An alternate universe variant of Hal Jordan appears in DC Comics Bombshells.DC Bombshells #4. DC Comics.
• 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.Green Lantern: Earth One Volume 1. DC Comics.

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• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, voiced by Gerald Mohr.{{cite web |title=Green Lantern / Hal Jordan Voices (Green Lantern) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Green-Lantern/Green-Lantern-Hal-Jordan/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.}}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Challenge of the Superfriends, voiced by Michael Rye.
• Hal Jordan appears in Legends of the Superheroes, portrayed by Howard Murphy.{{cite web |last1=Halen |first1=Adrian |title=Film Review: Legends of the Superheroes (1979) |url=https://horrornews.net/54476/film-review-legends-of-the-superheroes-1979/ |website=HorrorNewsNet.com |date=6 December 2018 |publisher=Horror News Net |accessdate=23 August 2022}}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Super Friends, voiced again by Michael Rye.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, voiced again by Michael Rye.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, voiced again by Michael Rye.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern makes a cameo appearance in the Duck Dodgers episode "The Green Loontern", voiced by Kevin Smith.
• 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. 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. 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.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in DC Super Friends: The Joker's Playhouse, voiced by Grant Monigher.
• 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."[http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1104/07/index.htm Thursday, April 7, 2011]," Comics Continuum 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.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Justice League Action, voiced again by Josh Keaton.{{cite tweet|user=joshkeaton|author=🕎Josh🎄hanukKeaton🕎|number=756242632913723392|date=21 July 2016|title=Glad to be coming back as Hal Jordan on #JusticeLeagueAction #SDCC2016 and joining this incredible cast and crew!}}
• The Green Lantern: The Animated Series incarnation of Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in the Teen Titans Go! episode "The Academy" via archival footage.{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2019 |title=Teen Titans Go! {{!}} No Awards for the Titans! {{!}} Cartoon Network - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1AWvnYea7c |accessdate=July 23, 2023 |website=YouTube}}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in DC Super Hero Girls (2019), voiced by Jason Spisak. 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 / Green Lantern will appear in Lanterns, portrayed by Kyle Chandler.{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |last2=Porter |first2=Rick |date=September 23, 2024 |title=Kyle Chandler to Star in HBO's Lanterns Series |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kyle-chandler-hbo-green-lantern-series-hal-jordan-1236009683/ |access-date=September 24, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Justice League: The New Frontier, voiced by David Boreanaz.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Green Lantern: First Flight, voiced by Christopher Meloni.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=372 |title=World's Finest Online article |website=Worldsfinestonline.com |accessdate=January 30, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330133627/http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=372 |archivedate=March 30, 2009 }}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, voiced by Nolan North. This version is a member of the Justice League.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, voiced by Nathan Fillion.{{cite web|last=Guerrero|first=Tony|url=http://www.comicvine.com/news/nathan-fillion-is-hal-jordan-in-green-lantern-emerald-knights/142799/|title=Nathan Fillion is Hal Jordan in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights|website=Comic Vine|date=February 8, 2011|accessdate=February 21, 2011}}{{cite web|last=Harvey |first=James |url=http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=1045 |title=Cast And Crew Details For Upcoming "Green Lantern: Emerald Knights" Animated Title |website=Worldsfinestonline.com |date=May 3, 2011 |accessdate=August 20, 2011}} 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 a self-titled film, portrayed by Ryan Reynolds.[http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/07/ryan-reynolds-is-the-green-lantern.html Ryan Reynolds is the "Green Lantern"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713003608/http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/07/ryan-reynolds-is-the-green-lantern.html |date=2009-07-13 }}, Variety, July 10, 2009
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Justice League: Doom, voiced again by Nathan Fillion.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php/news.php?action=fullnews&id=1001 |last=Harvey |first=James |title="Justice League: Doom" Named First 2012 DC Universe Animated Original Movie |website=Worldsfinestonline.com |date=April 2, 2011 |accessdate=April 16, 2011}}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite, voiced by Cam Clarke.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom, voiced again by Josh Keaton.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash, voiced again by Josh Keaton.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Lego Movie, voiced by Jonah Hill. This version is a Master Builder.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Lego Batman Movie, voiced again by Jonah Hill. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tiffany-haddish-joins-lego-movie-2-1096269|title = Tiffany Haddish to Voice-Star in 'Lego Movie 2'| website=The Hollywood Reporter |date = 23 March 2018}}
• The Red Son incarnation of Hal Jordan appears in Superman: Red Son, voiced by Sasha Roiz.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Injustice, voiced by Brian T. Delaney.{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=July 21, 2021 |title=DC's 'Injustice' Sets Cast for Animated Movie (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/injustice-gods-among-us-movie-dc-1234985568/ |accessdate=July 21, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse, voiced by an uncredited Jason Spisak.
• Hal Jordan appears in films set in the Tomorrowverse, voiced again by Nolan North.
• Jordan as Green Lantern and Parallax appears in Green Lantern: Beware My Power.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/dc-animated-movies-for-2022-teen-titans-go-green-lantern|title = DC Announces Four New Animated Films at DC FanDome 2021| date=16 October 2021 |publisher=IGN}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=James |date=2023-12-05 |title="Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths, Part One" Release Date |url=https://dcanimated.com/2023/12/justice-league-crisis-on-infinite-earths-part-one-arrives-january-2024/ |accessdate=2023-12-05 |website=The World's Finest |language=en-US}}

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• The Flashpoint incarnation of Hal Jordan appears in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, voiced again by Nathan Fillion.{{cite web|last=Siegel |first=Lucas |url=http://www.newsarama.com/film/dc-animated-flashpoint-paradox-news.html |title=UPDATE: FLASHPOINT PARADOX Reveals Reverse Flash, Director |publisher=Newsarama.com |date=April 9, 2013 |accessdate=April 19, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Sands |first=Rich |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Greys-Anatomy-Kevin-McKidd-Justin-Chambers-Justice-League-Flashpoint-Paradox-1064095.aspx |title=First Look: Grey's Anatomy Stars Get Animated for Justice League |work=TV Guide |date=April 16, 2013 |accessdate=April 19, 2013}} 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.{{cite web|title=BACKSTAGE - CAST AND CREW|url=http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/dcuam/justiceleaguewar/backstage/castcrew.php|website=The World's Finest|accessdate=June 18, 2016}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/justice-league-throne-of-atlantis-will-be-dc-comics-next-animated-movie|title='Justice League: Throne of Atlantis' Will Be DC Comics Next Animated Movie|website=MovieWeb.com|date=June 27, 2014|accessdate=June 27, 2014|archive-date=June 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629212016/http://www.movieweb.com/news/justice-league-throne-of-atlantis-will-be-dc-comics-next-animated-movie|url-status=dead}}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in The Death of Superman, voiced again by Nathan Fillion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/676471/the-death-of-superman-movie-jerry-oconnell-rebecca-romijn-rainn-wilson/|title = 'The Office,' 'The Librarians' & More TV Faves Join 'The Death of Superman'| date=26 March 2018 }}
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Reign of the Supermen, voiced again by Nathan Fillion.{{cite web|last1=Burlingame|first1=Russ|title='Reign of the Supermen' Gets January Release Date|url=https://comicbook.com/dc/2018/10/24/reign-of-the-supermen-gets-january-release-date/|publisher=comicbook.com|accessdate=October 24, 2018|date=October 24, 2018}}

• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Justice League Heroes, voiced by John Rubinow.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, voiced by Josh Phillips.
• 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.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, voiced by Ryan Reynolds.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in LittleBigPlanet 2, voiced by Joseph May.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in DC Universe Online, voiced by Aaron Mace.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, voiced by Cam Clarke.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in LittleBigPlanet PS Vita, voiced again by Joseph May.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Injustice: Gods Among Us, voiced again by Adam Baldwin. 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.
• Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced again by Josh Keaton.
• The Injustice incarnation of Hal Jordan / Green Lantern appears as a playable character in Injustice 2, voiced by Steve Blum. 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.

• A hologram of Hal Jordan appears in Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century #6.{{Cite web |title=Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century #6 - Attack of the Green Lantern Corps (Issue) |url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/legion-of-super-heroes-in-the-31st-century-6-attac/4000-114792/ |accessdate=July 29, 2023 |website=Comic Vine |language=en}}
• 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. 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.

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• Daniels, Les DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes. Boston, MA: Bulfinch, 1995. {{ISBN|0-8212-2076-4}}
• O'Neil, Dennis "Introduction by Dennis O'Neil". Green Lantern/Green Arrow Volume One. Ed. Robert Greenberger. New York, NY: DC Comics, 2000. {{ISBN|1-4012-0224-1}}
• Giordano, Dick "Introduction by Dick Giordano". Green Lantern/Green Arrow: More Hard-Traveling Heroes. Ed. Robert Greenberger. New York, NY: DC Comics, 1993. {{ISBN|1-56389-086-0}}
• Lawrence, Christopher "Neal Adams". Wizard. Sept. 2003.
• Casey, Todd "Green Mile". Wizard. Nov. 2004.

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• [http://www.dccomics.com/sites/greenlantern/ Official Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717151046/http://www.dccomics.com/sites/greenlantern/ |date=2007-07-17 }}
• [http://toonopedia.com/lantern2.htm Green Lantern (1959)] at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. [https://archive.today/20240527224529/https://www.webcitation.org/6k8QB5pFb?url=http://toonopedia.com/lantern2.htm Archived] from the original on August 29, 2016.
• {{cite web| url = http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=98511 | title=Geoff Johns, Amon Sur, and Everything Green Lantern | date=January 22, 2007|first=Matt |last=Brady|publisher=Newsarama.com|archive-date=January 28, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070128122126/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=98511}}
• [http://www.dccomics.com/heroes_and_villains/?hv=origin_stories/green_lantern Green Lantern's (Hal Jordan's) origin @ dccomics.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810202625/http://www.dccomics.com/heroes_and_villains/?hv=origin_stories%2Fgreen_lantern |date=2008-08-10 }}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070415181803/http://glcorps.dcuguide.com/profile.php?name=greenlantern2 Bio at the Unofficial Green Lantern Corps Webpage]

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