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 .
103-549: 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
206-569: A kung fu character named Richard Dragon , and later adapted those novels to comic book form for DC. O'Neil wrote a four-part column series for Marvel's 1978 The Hulk! magazine, under the pseudonym Jeff Mundo . "Jeff Mundo's Dark Corners" ran from issue #21 through issue #24 and covered various pop culture topics. O'Neil wrote a column for ComicMix. Joining Marvel's editorial staff in 1980, O'Neil edited Daredevil during Frank Miller's run as writer/artist. He fired writer Roger McKenzie so that Miller could both write and pencil Daredevil ,
309-399: A character O'Neil created be killed off. O'Neil instead left Azrael's fate vague, preferring to let readers decide what happened to him. O'Neil wrote several novels, comics, short stories, reviews and teleplays, including the novelizations of the films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight . Under the pseudonym Jim Dennis with writer Jim Berry, O'Neil scripted a series of novels about
412-510: 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
515-584: A couple of years. ... Deteriorating marriage, bad habits, deteriorating relationships with human beings – with anything that wasn't a typewriter, in fact. It was a bad few years there." O'Neil and Adams also created the Green Lantern character John Stewart , who debuted in Green Lantern vol. 2 #87 (December 1971/January 1972). O'Neil's 1970s run on the Batman titles, under the direction of editor Julius Schwartz,
618-515: A decision which then-Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter says saved the series from cancellation. O'Neil encouraged Miller to develop a believable fighting style for Daredevil, and according to Miller, this directly led to his incorporating martial arts into Daredevil and later Ronin . In the early to mid-1980s, O'Neil edited such Marvel titles as Alpha Flight , Power Man and Iron Fist , G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero , and Moon Knight . According to Bob Budiansky , O'Neil came up with
721-484: A different name ( Hal Jordan ), costume, and origin story, and no connection to the original Green Lantern. Whereas the Green Lantern of the 1940s was a lone vigilante who only had adventures on Earth, the new Green Lantern was but one of a group of interstellar lawmen who all called themselves Green Lanterns. The group is first mentioned in Showcase #22 (1960) when a dying Green Lantern passes on his ring to Hal Jordan. Over
824-415: A job. O'Neil had never considered writing for comics, and later said he'd done the test "kind of as a joke. I had a couple of hours on a Tuesday afternoon, so instead of doing crossword puzzles, I did the writer's test." He had intended to only work in the comics industry for six months to make some extra money, but soon found enjoyment from creating comic book scripts, and abandoned his plans to move back to
927-524: 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
1030-439: A lot more weight than the hero of a popular sitcom that lasts maybe four years. They have become postindustrial folklore, and part of this job is to be the custodian of folk figures. Everybody on Earth knows Batman and Robin. O'Neil said that he saw editing as a support role which should be invisible to the reader, and that if it were his choice his name would not appear in the credits when working as an editor, only when working as
1133-435: A lusty outspoken anarchist who would stand in for the counter-culture movement. 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. The stories tackled questions of power, racism, sexism, and exploitation, and remain viewed in the comics community as the first socially-conscious superhero stories. Despite
SECTION 10
#17328591068581236-735: 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 . 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 . A new account of Green Lantern's origins
1339-536: 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
1442-415: 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. Green Lantern Corps The Green Lantern Corps
1545-551: A possessed Deathstroke and his army 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. During Jeremy Adams' run on Green Lantern , Jordan quits
1648-465: A renegade Guardian who has attempted to use a time machine to change history. 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. This leads into
1751-510: 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. As part of DC's 2006 event Infinite Crisis , Hal helps briefly with the attack of the OMACs and Brother Eye . He also fights alongside a group of heroes against the Society of Supervillains , defending Metropolis . Guy Gardner leads
1854-520: 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. 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
1957-490: A screwball trio of incompetent supervillains that also includes the Mastermind (a caricature of Mike Carlin ) and Mr. Nice (a caricature of Archie Goodwin ). The Perfesser is depicted as a tall, pipe-smoking genius who often gets lost in his own thoughts; his name is likely derived from Cosmo "Perfessor" Fishhawk of Shoe , which O'Neil was a known reader of. In 2013, O'Neil was among the comic book writers interviewed in
2060-730: A series starring a new hero, the Creeper , created by artist Steve Ditko . From there, DC moved O'Neil to Wonder Woman and Justice League of America . With artist Mike Sekowsky , he took away Wonder Woman's powers, exiled her from the Amazon community, and set her off, uncostumed, into international intrigues with her blind mentor, I Ching. These changes did not sit well with Wonder Woman's older fans, particularly feminists, and O'Neil later acknowledged that de-powering DC's most well-known superheroine had unintentionally alienated readers. In Justice League , he had more success, introducing into that title
2163-548: 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
SECTION 20
#17328591068582266-553: A writer. After graduating college, O'Neil taught English in the St. Louis public school system for one year. O'Neil spent several years in the late 1990s teaching a Writing for the Comics course at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts , sometimes sharing duties with fellow comic book writer John Ostrander . O'Neil was married to Marifran O'Neil, until her death. He was the father of writer/director/producer Lawrence "Larry" O'Neil, best known for
2369-452: A year and a half from Charlton's editor Dick Giordano . In 1968, Dick Giordano was offered an editorial position at DC Comics and took a number of Charlton freelancers with him, including O'Neil. O'Neil's first assignments involved two strategies for bolstering DC's sales. One approach centered on the creation of new characters, and O'Neil scripted several issues of Beware the Creeper ,
2472-570: Is a fictional intergalactic law enforcement agency and superhero team appearing in comics published by DC Comics . They patrol the farthest reaches of the DC Universe at the behest of the Guardians, a race of immortals residing on the planet Oa . According to DC continuity, the Green Lantern Corps have been in existence for three billion years. Currently operating amongst the 3600 "sectors" of
2575-564: 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
2678-456: 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
2781-514: 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
2884-446: 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
2987-411: Is perhaps his best-known endeavor, getting back to the character's darker roots after a period dominated by the campiness of the 1960s TV series . Comics historian Les Daniels observed that "O'Neil's interpretation of Batman as a vengeful obsessive-compulsive, which he modestly describes as a return to the roots, was actually an act of creative imagination that has influenced every subsequent version of
3090-446: 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. Hal Jordan meets up with
3193-582: 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
Hal Jordan - Misplaced Pages Continue
3296-516: Is very impressed with her cleverness, although he finds her flirtatious behavior somewhat unnerving. 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. Jordan eventually recruits some of the former Titans members for
3399-458: 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
3502-483: The DC Universe original series Lanterns . In animation, Jordan has notably been voiced by Jonah Hill , Nathan Fillion , Michael Rye , and Josh Keaton . 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 . Drawing from his love for science-fiction, Schwartz intended to show
3605-728: 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
3708-581: The Green Lantern character John Stewart in 1971. As an editor, he is principally known for editing the various Batman titles beginning in 1986 after returning to DC. In 1989, O'Neil launched the Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight series, and was the writer for the "Shaman" and "Venom" stories. O'Neil led the Batman creative teams for the Batman: Knightfall (1993–1994) story arc. O'Neil co-created
3811-629: The Joker in "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge!" in Batman #251 (Sept. 1973), a landmark story bringing the character back to his roots as a homicidal maniac who murders people on a whim and delights in his mayhem. O'Neil and Giordano created the Batman supporting character Leslie Thompkins in the story "There Is No Hope in Crime Alley" in Detective Comics #457 (March 1976). O'Neil and artist Don Newton killed
3914-541: The Midwestern United States to be a journalist. When Marvel's expansion made it impossible for Lee to continue writing the company's entire line of books, Lee passed as much on to Roy Thomas as he could, but still needed writers, so O'Neil took the reins for a short-term run of Doctor Strange stories in Strange Tales , penning six issues. He also wrote dialog for such titles as Rawhide Kid and Millie
4017-433: 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
4120-602: The 100-issue Azrael comic series, chronicling Valley's battles against the Order of St. Dumas, between 1995 and 2003. O'Neil modeled the series on Arthurian legends, comparing Azrael's quest to discover the truth about himself to the Holy Grail . The series was originally intended to conclude with Azrael's death. However, after O'Neil suffered a heart attack in September 2002, editor Mike Carlin decided it wouldn't be appropriate to have
4223-542: The 1930s pulp hero in The Shadow series. In 1975, O'Neil wrote a comic book adaptation of the 1930s hero the Avenger . A revival of the Green Lantern title in 1976 was launched by O'Neil and artist Mike Grell . Reuniting with Adams, O'Neil co-wrote the oversize Superman vs. Muhammad Ali (1978) which Adams has called a personal favorite of their collaborations. Upon O'Neil's return to Marvel Comics in 1980, he took on
Hal Jordan - Misplaced Pages Continue
4326-544: The 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retirement. His best-known works include Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman with Neal Adams . For Batman , the team are credited with returning the Batman character to his dark gothic roots, in contrast to the campy Batman television series of the 1960s. However, comics historian Les Daniels considers O'Neil's "vengeful obsessive-compulsive" Batman to be an original interpretation that has influenced all subsequent portrayals of
4429-518: The 1980s. In the late 1990s, O'Neil taught a comics writing course at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts . He also sat on the board of directors of the charity The Hero Initiative and served on its Disbursement Committee. O'Neil was born into an Irish Catholic household in St. Louis , Missouri on May 3, 1939. On Sunday afternoons he would accompany his father or his grandfather to the store for some light groceries and an occasional comic book. O'Neil graduated from Saint Louis University around
4532-587: The 1996 Final Night miniseries/crossover storyline, apparently sacrificing his life to combat a threat to the solar system. 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. 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
4635-534: The 1997 film Breast Men starring David Schwimmer . He died of cardiopulmonary arrest on June 11, 2020, at the age of 81. The animated feature Batman: Soul of the Dragon was dedicated in his memory. The following year, Larry O'Neil wrote a six-page tribute to his father, "Tap Tap Tap," which was illustrated by Jorge Fornés and published in Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 (August 2021);
4738-556: The Dark Knight." O'Neil and Adams' creation Ra's al Ghul was introduced in the story "Daughter of the Demon" in Batman #232 (June 1971). O'Neil and artist Bob Brown also created Talia al Ghul . During this period, O'Neil frequently teamed up with his regular collaborator Adams (with Giordano often assisting on inks) on a number of memorable issues of both Batman and Detective Comics . The creative team would revive Two-Face in "Half an Evil" in Batman #234 (Aug. 1971) and revitalize
4841-526: The Green Lantern Corps after the Guardians of the Universe disappear and the United Planets take over the group. 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
4944-507: The Green Lantern Corps attack against Superboy-Prime with Hal appearing in the group. 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. Hal and
5047-512: 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
5150-706: The Green Lantern Corps) for disciplinary action. 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
5253-456: 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,
SECTION 50
#17328591068585356-512: The Guardians except for Ganthet , who was protected by the other Guardians and survived without Jordan's knowledge. 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
5459-641: 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
5562-605: 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 (otherwise known as The Flash ), who
5665-606: The Model , as well as scripting the final 13 pages of Daredevil #18 over a plot by Lee, when Lee went on vacation. O'Neil and artist Neal Adams revived the Professor X character in X-Men #65 in one of the creative team's earliest collaborations. The available jobs writing for Marvel petered out fairly quickly, and O'Neil took a job with Charlton Comics under the pseudonym of Sergius O'Shaugnessy . There he received regular work for
5768-555: The Spectre's inaction. 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
5871-464: 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
5974-504: The antihero Azrael ( Jean-Paul Valley ) in 1992, who temporarily became the new Batman during Knightfall . After the storyline's conclusion, O'Neil was the writer for an Azrael monthly series that had 100 issues. His other notable work includes creating Richard Dragon with Jim Berry , and runs on The Shadow with Michael Kaluta and The Question with Denys Cowan . While working for Marvel, O'Neil scripted issues for The Amazing Spider-Man , Iron Man , and Daredevil during
6077-472: The archer Green Arrow . 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
6180-425: 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,
6283-482: The character Azrael , who was introduced in the four-issue miniseries Batman: Sword of Azrael in 1992. That same year, O'Neil wrote the Batman: Birth of the Demon hardcover graphic novel. Another DC one-shot issue that O'Neil wrote in 1992 was Batman/Green Arrow: The Poison Tomorrow . O'Neil led the Batman creative teams for the Batman: Knightfall (1993–1994) story arc, during which Azrael temporarily became
SECTION 60
#17328591068586386-401: The character. It was during this run that O'Neil co-created the Batman villains Ra's al Ghul and Talia al Ghul . During their Green Lantern/Green Arrow run, O'Neil and Adams introduced a mature, realistic tone through stories such as " Snowbirds Don't Fly ", in which Green Arrow 's young ward Roy "Speedy" Harper is revealed to have become addicted to drugs. They also created and introduced
6489-582: The comics was based on actor Paul Newman , and the character is ranked 7th on IGN 's in the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes in 2011. In 2013, Jordan placed 4th on IGN 's Top 25 Heroes of DC Comics. 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
6592-473: 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
6695-452: The elimination of kryptonite . In 1973, O'Neil wrote revivals of two characters for which DC had recently acquired the publishing rights. A new series featuring the original Captain Marvel was launched with a February cover date and featured art by the character's original artist C. C. Beck . Later that same year, O'Neil and artist Michael Kaluta produced an "atmospheric interpretation" of
6798-552: The first socially and politically themed stories, setting the stage for later work on Green Lantern/Green Arrow . He and artist Dick Dillin made several changes to the membership of the JLA by removing founding members the Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman. Following the lead set by Bob Haney and Neal Adams in a Brave and the Bold story that visually redefined Green Arrow into
6901-443: The group functioning after his behavior put the team in peril during their fight with David Graves . 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
7004-519: 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
7107-588: 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,
7210-571: 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". During the 1990s, Jordan also appeared as a villain. The Emerald Twilight and Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! storylines see him become
7313-593: The name for the Transformer Optimus Prime , leader of the Autobots . In 1986, O'Neil moved over to DC as an editor, becoming group editor for the company's Batman titles. Speaking about his role in the death of character Jason Todd , O'Neil remarked: It changed my mind about what I do for a living. Superman and Batman have been in continuous publication for over half a century, and it's never been true of any fictional construct before. These characters have
7416-405: 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
7519-451: The new Agent Orange. However, Larfleeze quickly takes his power battery back from Jordan. 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
7622-492: The new Batman. In 1994, O'Neil wrote a novelization of Knightfall . In the opening of the novelization, O'Neil stated that part of the reason "Knightfall" was written was due to the recent popularity of more "ruthless" heroes such as the Terminator and James Bond in films, as editors were starting to wonder if readers would prefer a Batman who was willing to kill his opponents. After the conclusion of Knightfall , O'Neil wrote
7725-641: 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. Starting in issue #17, Gardner Fox joined
7828-463: The ongoing Green Lantern Corps series: This listing is for the "core" series or limited series to feature the Green Lantern Corps in their various incarnations over the years: Some of the stories have been collected into trade paperbacks and hardcover : Dennis O%27Neil Dennis "Denny" Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from
7931-482: The original version of Batwoman in Detective Comics #485 (Aug.–Sept. 1979). He wrote a short Christmas story, "Wanted: Santa Claus – Dead or Alive", for DC Special Series #21 (Spring 1980) which featured Frank Miller's first art on a Batman story. When Julius Schwartz became the editor of Superman with issue #233 (Jan. 1971), he had O'Neil and artist Curt Swan streamline the Superman mythos, starting with
8034-413: The other's secret identity. 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. Five years after the team forms, Green Lantern resigns from the Justice League in an effort to keep
8137-655: The political concepts that would define that work. It was during this period that the most famous Green Arrow story appeared, in Green Lantern #85–86 ("Snowbirds Don't Fly"), when it was revealed that Green Arrow's ward Speedy was addicted to heroin . As a result of his work on Green Lantern and Green Arrow , O'Neil recounted, "I went from total obscurity to seeing my name featured in The New York Times and being invited to do talk shows. It's by no means an unmixed blessing. That messed up my head pretty thoroughly for
8240-468: The popular X-Men villain Lady Deathstrike . While working for Marvel, he helped write the original character concept for The Transformers , and is credited as the person who named Optimus Prime . After returning to DC Comics in 1986, he became the editor of the various Batman titles and served in that capacity until 2000. In February 1987, O'Neil began writing The Question ongoing series which
8343-723: 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 As a Green Lantern native to Earth, Hal is featured in the Final Crisis mini-series by Grant Morrison . 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
8446-408: 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. Hal Jordan is trapped in a world where he is attacked by
8549-497: 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
8652-431: 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
8755-460: 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
8858-540: The scripting chores for The Amazing Spider-Man , which he did for a year. O'Neil wrote two issues of The Amazing Spider-Man Annual which were both drawn by Frank Miller . The 1980 Annual featured a team-up with Doctor Strange while the 1981 Annual showcased a meeting with the Punisher . He and artist John Romita Jr. introduced Madame Web in The Amazing Spider-Man #210 and Hydro-Man in #212. O'Neil
8961-436: 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
9064-516: The space with a series on the revival of the comics industry. This attracted the attention of Roy Thomas , who would eventually himself become one of the great names in the history of the medium. When Roy Thomas left DC Comics to work for Stan Lee at Marvel Comics, he suggested that O'Neil take the Marvel writer's test, which involved adding dialogue to a wordless four-page excerpt of a Fantastic Four comic. O'Neil's entry resulted in Lee offering O'Neil
9167-836: The story summarizes O'Neil's life from childhood to death without any written dialogue, instead using logos and other pictograms to describe his many fascinations and achievements (from the Lone Ranger TV series to his battle with alcoholism). O'Neil's work won him a great deal of recognition in the comics industry, including the Shazam Awards for Best Continuing Feature Green Lantern/Green Arrow , Best Individual Story for "No Evil Shall Escape My Sight" in Green Lantern #76 (with Neal Adams), for Best Writer (Dramatic Division) in 1970 for Green Lantern, Batman, Superman, and other titles, and Best Individual Story for " Snowbirds Don't Fly " in Green Lantern #85 (with Adams) in 1971. O'Neil
9270-587: The turn of the 1960s with a degree centered on English literature, creative writing, and philosophy. From there he joined the U.S. Navy just in time to participate in the blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis . After leaving the Navy, O'Neil moved on to a job with a newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri . O'Neil wrote bi-weekly columns for the youth page, and during the slow summer months he filled
9373-464: 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
9476-515: The universe, there are 7204 members (known commonly as Green Lanterns). Each Green Lantern is given a power ring, a weapon granting the use of incredible abilities that are directed by the wearer's own willpower. In 1959, during a revival of the popularity of superhero comics in America, DC Comics' editor Julius Schwartz decided to reinvent the 1940s superhero character Green Lantern as a science fiction hero. Schwartz's new conception of Green Lantern had
9579-416: 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
9682-482: The version that appeared in comics between 1969 and 1986, O'Neil stripped him of his wealth and playboy status, making him an urban hero. This redefinition would culminate in the character that appeared in Green Lantern/Green Arrow (with many stories also drawn by Adams), a socially conscious, left-wing creation that effectively took over Green Lantern's book to use him as a foil and straw man in sounding out
9785-598: 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. 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
9888-633: 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 . It is shown he is already friends with Barry Allen and each know
9991-524: 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
10094-757: The years, writers have introduced a large cast of Green Lanterns in both supporting and starring roles. The Green Lantern Corps is featured in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Smallville Season 11 digital comic based on the TV series . The Green Lantern Corps appear in Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century #6. The Green Lantern Corps are reinterpreted as the Avant Guard in The Refrigerator Monologues . The following writers have been involved in
10197-610: Was given a Goethe Award in 1971 for "Favorite Pro Writer" and was a nominee for the same award in 1973. He shared a 1971 Goethe Award with artist Neal Adams for "Favorite Comic-Book Story" for "No Evil Shall Escape My Sight." O'Neil received an Inkpot Award in 1981 and in 1985, DC Comics named O'Neil as one of the honorees in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great . In The Batman Adventures —the first DC Comics spinoff of Batman: The Animated Series —a caricature of O'Neil appears as The Perfesser, one of
10300-438: 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
10403-460: Was primarily drawn by Denys Cowan . Between the years of 1988 and 1990, O'Neil would return to Green Arrow writing the Annual s alongside the main title. Because he was also in charge of The Question , he would appear in all three Annual s that he wrote. The Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight series began in 1989 with the five-part "Shaman" storyline by O'Neil and artist Ed Hannigan . The series
10506-499: Was the first new Batman title in almost fifty years, and the first issue sold almost a million copies. Armageddon 2001 was a 1991 crossover event storyline. It ran through a self-titled two-issue limited series and most of the Annual s DC published that year from May through October. Each participating annual explored potential possible futures for its main characters. The series was written by O'Neil and Archie Goodwin and drawn by Dan Jurgens . He and artist Joe Quesada created
10609-617: Was the regular scripter for Iron Man from 1982 to 1986 and Daredevil from 1983 to 1985. During his run on Iron Man , O'Neil introduced Obadiah Stane , later the Iron Monger, plunged Tony Stark back into alcoholism, turned Jim Rhodes into Iron Man, and created the Silver Centurion armor. O'Neil's run on Daredevil bridged the gap between Frank Miller 's two runs on the title, usually with David Mazzucchelli as artist. He introduced Yuriko Oyama during his stint, who would later become
#857142