Green Lantern
Green Lantern:
Hal Jordan - Green Lantern
Hal Jordan as Green Lantern
Art by Ethan Van Sciver
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Showcase #22
(October 1959)
Created by John Broome
Gil Kane
In-story information
Alter ego Harold "Hal" Jordan
Team affiliations Green Lantern Corps
Justice League
US Air Force
Blue Lantern Corps
Red Lantern Corps
Notable aliases Pol Manning, Parallax, Spectre, Human Starburst, Blue Lantern Corps, Red Lantern
Abilities Green Power Ring, Blue Power Ring
Green Lantern:
Harold "Hal" Jordan is a fictional character, a DC Comics superhero. He is the second Green Lantern and the first earthman ever inducted into the Green Lantern Corps and founding member of the Justice League of America. Created by John Broome and Gil Kane, he first appeared in Showcase #22 (October 1959).[1]
The revamp of Green Lantern as Hal Jordan was one of many old DC Comics characters to emerge in the Silver Age of comics. Controversy erupted among comic book readers in 1994 when Hal Jordan was turned into the supervillain Parallax to boost sales and promote the new Kyle Rayner as the only Green Lantern.
Green Lantern:
Jordan underwent a number of further changes in the 1990s including dying and later returning as a new incarnation of The Spectre. Hal Jordan returned to the role of Green Lantern in 2004's Green Lantern: Rebirth miniseries and is currently the protagonist of the current volume of Green Lantern.
Green Lantern:
Cover to Showcase #22 (October 1959), the first appearance of Hal Jordan. Art by Gil Kane.
Green Lantern:
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[citation needed]. Like The Flash, Schwartz wanted this new character to have a different secret identity, origin, and personality than his 1940s counterpart. A long time science-fiction fan and literary agent, Schwartz wanted a more sci-fi based Green Lantern, as opposed to the mystical powers of Alan Scott, the forties Green Lantern. He enlisted writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane, who in 1959 would reintroduce Green Lantern to the world in Showcase #22 (September-October 1959).
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