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As mostGreen Lanternfans know , Hal Jordan , one of the fine band - slinger around , just about has the bad fortune of any superhero in the DC Universe . give , the hero has fly high thanksto the Power Ringon his finger’s breadth , but trouble always seems to find Hal no matter where he goes .
To his credit , Hal is a full submarine and probably one ofthe finest Green Lanternsin the history of the Corps . However , thisGreen Lantern also has a turbulent history , both in the Prime DC Universe and in the mankind beyond . But how much bad luck has Green Lantern really had over the old age , and why does Hal draw trouble like a magnet ?
Green Lantern Just Can’t Help But Find Himself in Bad (or Worse) Situations
From Being Ejected from the Corps to Being Possessed by a Space Bug
Hal did n’t just luck into becoming Green Lantern . He was essay out when Abin Sur was fatally offend on Earth and his Power Ring determined Hal was a being of great willpower . Though he was the first human being inducted into the Green Lantern Corps , Hal prove that he was indeed a perfect paroxysm for the interstellar peacekeeping force play . That being said , his bad luck started from the beginning when he put his corporate trust in the unseasonable soul , Green Lantern ’s future curse , Thaal Sinestro .
… Jordan finally faced one of the darkest moments of his life when Mongul and Cyborg Superman wiped out Coast City …
Hal got over the fact that his mentor was in reality a fascistic hatchet man and did his best to be a practiced Corps member and a great superhero . But Jordan finally confront one of the dark moments of his life when Mongul and Cyborg Superman wipe out Coast City , Green Lantern ’s home Ithiel Town . Hal was devastated by this deprivation and during this nerve-wracking sentence , Sinestro used Hal ’s tenuous emotional nation to infect him with the veneration entity , Parallax . This cause Green Lantern to go insane and actually destroy the Green Lantern Corps , which stayed drained for years .
determine out the " Emerald Twilight " plot line to see Hal plunge into him hit rock candy bottom .
gratefully , Hal was capable to find buyback after serving as the Spectre and even rejoined the Corps when it was at last rebuilt . However , few Lanterns intrust Hal and hearsay of him being a danger were validate to the Guardians of the Universe when Hal killed Krona during the “ War of the Green Lanterns ” plot line . Hal was bring up from the Corps , and was forced to contend on the sidelines ( though he eventually got back in ) . To this day , Green Lantern continues to have bad destiny , both in the mainline universe and its conterminous Earths .
Even in Other Worlds, Green Lantern Can’t Catch a Break
Zombification, Vamprism, Infection, Nothing’s Off Limits
Yeah , Hal has it bad in the Prime DC Universe , but he got off light equate to some of his counterparts across the DC multiverse . Take Power Ring , his vicious counterpart from Earth-3 . Rather than gain a powerful artefact to apply for good , his iconic weapon is a leechlike entity that took ascendence of Power Ring and become the weak - willed humanity into a terrifying killer . While Earth-3 ’s Power Ring has his own issues , what pass off to him is nothing compare to what happened to Green Lantern in two other horrific universes .
Worse , the get-up-and-go wo n’t let Hal die , force him to keep the deadly energy alert and affixed to Jordan .
The seriesDCeasedintroduced a new take on the Anti - Life Equation , change by reversal it into a deadly virus that zombified anyone exposed to it . One of the earliest heroes to come to it was Green Lantern , nearly cause him to kill his friends Black Canary and Green Arrow ( though the former kill Hal thanks to her snitcher cry ) . Similarly , DC vs. Vampiressaw sub fall to a waving of vampirism andHal was turn almost immediately , spying on the Justice League for the Vampire King . But this undead Green Lantern was put out of his misery thanks to Green Arrow .
accord , Hal ’s not the only superhero whose variants have had a hard go of thing . But even the Absolute Universe , a world built on hard knocks , seems to have thrown him the high-risk challenge of all . InAbsolute Green Lantern # 1 , Hal is granted a ‘ natural endowment ’ by his Earth ’s interlingual rendition of Abin Sur that actually seems more like a torment . He ’s gotblack energy emanating from his mitt that completely annihilates anyone who threaten Hal . Worse , the DOE wo n’t let Hal die , forcing him to keep the deadly energy live and affixed to Jordan .
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What is it That Makes Green Lantern a Magnet for Trouble?
Is it His Cockiness, His Planning Without Thinking or Something Else?
It ’s not like there ’s anything improper with Hal or that people want to make him ache more than anyone else . But something has to calculate for his troubles , veracious ? He is the sort of person who runs into things without think . And while that does present his fearlessness , it also land him in to trouble ( at least , that ’s how things seem to be shaking out inAbsolute Green Lantern # 1 ) . And sure , Green Lantern can be cocky , maybe more so than other heroes , and that tends to rub villains ( namely Sinestro ) the wrong fashion .
What establishes a threat or shows how mellow the post are more than when a hero who has the big self-will in the DC Universe gets knocked down a few pin ?
Maybe it ’s not anything to do with Jordan specifically , but rather what he represents . Think about it . Hal Jordan is the good of the skilful when it comes to Green Lanterns . What establishes a scourge or shows how high the stake are more than when a torpedo who has the heavy willpower in the DC Universe gets knocked down a few pegs?Green Lantern lose Coast City and going made or turn over out to be a three-fold agent for lamia right away communicates how shaft up things really areif Hal has been taken down in some way .
There ’s nothing haywire with Hal Jordan , inevitably . He ’s not done anything deserving of the bad luck that seems to find him . He ’s just a great hero and the truth is , story are more entertaining when a hefty hoagie struggles . While it ’s hard to speak for alternating Earths , the honorable thing about Hal in the Prime Universe is that no matter what trouble finds him , he always ends up hunky-dory . Green Lanternmay not be the luckiest hero around , but he ’s get the willpower to overtake anything thrown his way .
