very useful list for research (catch up on backstory + look up reference for a specific outfit)
sometimes you see an outfit like renegade Hal and you wonder where that's from. This list is the list to go to for such times.
Hal Jordan Reading List
Hal Jordan is a man of many names and many legends. He was once the Green Lanterns' best and brightest. His name and legend is written into the stars. He fell, brilliantly and terribly. He rose again as the Spirit of Vengeance, the Spirit of Redemption! He returns in the end to his place among the Green Lanterns. But to truly know the man, you must read the stories.
Most important stories are bolded and my favorites are asterisked
Origin Stories
Some of these repeat, not all are necessary but I advise reading at least Emerald Dawn/Emerald Dawn II or Secret Origins or Showcase #22
Emerald Dawn (1990), first appearance of the Martin Jordan backstory
Emerald Dawn II (1991)*, Hal is trained by Sinestro for the first time
Secret Origins (Green Lantern (2005) #29-35), Geoff Johns’ version of Hal’s backstory if reading modern Hal stuff, its important
Showcase #22*, what actually started it all
Superman: Man of Steel Annual #4*, Hal meets Clark for the first time
Secret Origins (1986) #36, Hal retells his origin to a new friend (set post Action Comics (1938) #606)
One Shots
Green Lantern Secret Files (2004) #1 “Flight”, three flights in Hal Jordan’s life*
Justice League: The Darkseid War - Green Lantern #1, Hal becomes a God and gives it up*
Green Lantern 80th Anniversary, a tribute to the Green Lanterns across the ages* (Skip Geoff’s story. You’ll thank me. Four should be read after Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #35.)
Early Days
Green Lantern (1960) #6, first appearance of Tomar-Re*
Green Lantern (1960) #7, first appearance of Sinestro*
Green Lantern (1960) #8, introduction of the Solar Director of 5780 plot*
Green Lantern (1960) #9, second appearance of Sinestro + first appearance of Hal’s brothers*
Green Lantern (1960) #13, first team-up with The Flash (Barry Allen)
Green Lantern (1960) #16, first appearance of Star Sapphire
Green Lantern (1960) #26, second appearance of Star Sapphire
Green Lantern (1960) #30, first appearance of Katma Tui*
Green Lantern (1960) #36, Hal falls in love with an alien*
Green Lantern (1960) #45, Hal and Alan team up issue*
Green Lantern (1960) #49, Hal leaves Coast City
Wanderer
Green Lantern (1960) #51, conclusion of the Solar Director of 5871 arc
Green Lantern (1960) #53, family team up issue*
Green Lantern (1960) #57, an old enemy returns
Green Lantern (1960) #63, Hal saves the world from an alien who wants to destroy it*
Green Lantern (1960) #64, Hector Hammond returns*
Green Lantern (1960) #70, Hal gets a new job + first questioning of Guardians*
Green Lantern (1960) #73-74, Hal returns to Coast City and fights Sinestro and Star Sapphire* (note: there will be a panel that will make your jaw drop in how racist it is, there’s some good meat besides that panel but that panel…its bad)
Questioning and Politics
Green Lantern/Green Arrow
Green Lantern (1960) #76-#87, #89
The Flash (1959) backup stories: #217-#219, #226
Hal’s solo backups in The Flash (1959)
The Flash (1959) #220-#225
Space Exile and Return (I frankly rec reading all of Green Lantern (1960) #133 to #200, but these are the best issues out of it)
Green Lantern (1960) #149-150, 164-170, space exile!
Green Lantern (1960) #172, Hal gets to return to Earth
Green Lantern (1960) #181, Hal quits
Green Lantern (1960) #191-192, the Predator is revealed
Green Lantern Corps (1986) (might be under Green Lantern (1960) depending on website) #220-224, Sinestro is executed (warning, this is part of Englehart glc and thus includes small references to hal/arisia, that relationship is out of character for everyone involved and I don't support it, but these issues are otherwise good)
The Return
Action Comics (1938) #606 "The List", Hal reaches out and no one responds*
Green Arrow (1988) #20, Hal goes and helps Ollie once again*
Secret Origins (1986) #50, Hal and Ollie make up from their fight (last story, only)
At this point, Hal has been wandering and questioning for years. He’s a drifter, especially since the Guardians left the Universe to go make new Oans.
Green Lantern (1990) #1-8, the reintroduction of the Corps*
Green Lantern (1990) #25, Hal and Guy fight
Green Lantern: Ganthet’s Tale, Hal learns the Guardians have been lying to him
Parallax
Superman (1987) #80, the Destruction of Coast City
Green Lantern (1990) #46, Hal fights against Mongol and speaks of hearing voices*
Green Lantern (1990) #47, Hal and Ollie team up
Green Lantern (1990) #48-50, Emerald Twilight* (if you read one thing on this list read this)
Guy Gardner: Warrior (1994) #18-21, Guy learns about the destruction of Coast City + what Hal did
Zero Hour (1994) #4-0, Hal destroys time*
Green Lantern (1990) #0, Hal and Kyle finish their fight from Zero Hour*
Green Arrow (1988) #96, Hal meets Ollie once again*
Green Lantern (1990) #61-63, Hal attempts to get Kyle’s ring back
Final Night (1996) #1-4, Hal dies to save the universe
Parallax: Emerald Night (1996) #1, read between issues #3 and #4 of Final Night, Hal looks over his life
Green Lantern (1990) #99-106, Kyle travels through time and meets Hal Jordan, in the middle of his first fight with Sinestro. Young!Hal returns to the present with Kyle.* (Read Green Arrow (1988) #136 inbetween #104 and #105, One of my favorite arcs of all time. Please read it 🥺)
The Spectre
Day of Judgment (1999) #1-5, Hal becomes the Spectre
Day of Judgment: Secret Files #1, Hal gives others the way to kill him
Legends of the DC Universe #33-#36, Hal’s first mission as the Spectre*
Green Arrow (2001) #7, Hal reveals that he’s the reason why Ollie is alive*
The Spectre (2001) #1-27
Especially read
The Spectre (2001) #1
The Spectre (2001) #5, Hal and Carol reunite*
The Spectre (2001) #15-17, Spectre but in Space!
The Spectre (2001) #21-23, the return of Sinestro*
Geoff Johns era Hal
Green Lantern: Rebirth #1-6, Hal comes back to life
Green Lantern (2005) #7-8, Hal and Ollie get stuck in Hal’s version of their perfect world
Green Lantern (2005) #10-13, the lanterns Hal killed come back to life*
Green Lantern (2005) #14-17, Hal deals with his time as a POW and gets wanted in Russia*
Green Lantern (2005) #18-20, creation of the Star Sapphire corp (note; this is the most sexist set of issues I’ve ever had the misfortune of reading, I will tell you what happened if you want)
Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War (You’ll be confused but the Hal portions are in Green Lantern (2005) #21-28)
Blackest Night (2009) #1-8, the dead return
Green Lantern (2005) #43-52, Green Lantern tie in to blackest night
War of the Green Lanterns, the 4 Earth GLS must become members of the other corps to save the Green Lanterns*
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #7
Green Lantern Vol. 4 #63
Green Lantern Vol. 4 #64
Green Lantern Corps Vol. 2 #58
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #8
Green Lantern Vol. 4 #65
Green Lantern Corps Vol. 2 #59
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #9
Green Lantern Vol. 4#66
Green Lantern Corps Vol. 2 #60
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #10
Green Lantern Vol. 4 #67
War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath #1 (2011)
War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath #2
N52
Green Lantern (2011) #1-20, Sinestro is a Green Lantern and Hal Jordan isn’t!* (Conclusion of Geoff Johns’ run, Actually one of my favorites especially issue 20)
Green Lantern (2011) #21-26, Annual #1, Hal is in charge of the GLC
Green Lantern (2011) #29, Hal tells Jim he can't come back to Earth
Green Lantern (2011) #41-46, Annual #4, Hal steals Krona’s gauntlet and becomes a Renegade Green Lantern*
Convergence: Zero Hour #1-2, Parallax Hal returns!*
Green Lantern (2011) #47-52, Renegade!Hal meets Parallax Hal*
Rebirth
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Rebirth #1, Hal makes his own Green Lantern ring*
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #1-7, Hal fights the Yellow Lantern corps!
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #8-12, Kyle helps revives Hal while Soranik and John try to work out the Sinestro Corps-Green Lantern Corps partnership
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #14-17, Hal and Kyle attempt to revive the Blue Lantern Corps
You can read Prism of Time and Fracture (#18-#25) but also you can chew glass. So. Soranik is evil now and Tomar-Tu killed a Yellow Lantern from Xudar named Romat-Ru. Don’t read it, it took me three days to finish those issues at a point where I was reading more than 30 issues a day.
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #30-31, Hal meets Parallax again, this time possessing Clark Kent*
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #33-36, the Earth GLs work together to save the Guardians
Famous Quotes- “Four legs on a table, four walls on a house, and four seats in a mustang gt. We’re the four corpsmen. You don’t screw with what works.” (Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #35)
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #37-41, Hal is captured by Zod*
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #42-50: Rise of the Blackstars*
The Green Lantern (2018) #1-12, Morrison writes some very interesting Hal stories
Green Lantern: Blackstars #1-3, Hal creates a perfect world*
The Green Lantern Season Two (2020) #1-12, major stories include the multiversal Green Lanterns and Carol Jordan and Hal Ferris
Present
Green Lantern (2021) #1-12, more John and Jo focused but Hal has some fun moments.
Green Lantern (2023) is currently coming out.
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