GREEN LANTERN EMERALD DAWN #1:

[starwolf_oakley]

GREEN LANTERN EMERALD DAWN #1 was the start of the origin for the Post-Crisis Hal Jordan. It had Hal serving 90 days on a drunk driving charge, and also established a lot of the "Hal Jordan: Screw-up!" characterization that was very common for a while. Still is, in some ways.

Story by Jim Owsley, Gerard Jones and Keith Giffen. Art by MD Bright.





MD Bright seems to be doing a "shout out" to WATCHMEN here.

I'm not sure why Hal would be a poor pilot.

Comments

[tcampbell1000]

IIRC, Hal was a little too fearless every now and again, and also a little too honest with would-be sponsors to serve Carol's business interests. And he got the DUI charge here, but didn't serve out his sentence until the sequel. ("Emerald Dawn II?" Does that mean... it's just a really slow sunrise, or is it supposed to be the next DAY, or... oh, forget it.)

Hal the screw-up goes back well before this, though exactly where it starts depends on how you define "screw-up." Grant Morrison gave a pretty interesting summary of the character's history as he was promoting the new book.

[starwolf_oakley]

"Emerald Dawn II" takes place during the last few pages of "Emerald Dawn."
Hal serves his 90 Day sentence, meets Guy Gardner, undergoes training with Sinestro, realizes Sinestro rules Korrugar for its own good, tesitfies at Sinestro's trial and sees Sinstro get banished to the Anti-Matter world of Qward.

https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/5421017.html

Geoff Johns brought up the idea that maybe Korrugar really DID need Sinestro to rule it for its own good, without it being definite.

[tcampbell1000]

Ah, I see what you mean about the nested structure there. That'd make II an inquel, I guess.