Overview
By the early 1980s, Hal Jordan was firmly established as DC's best-known Green Lantern. As a member of the Green Lantern Corps, Jordan wielded a power ring capable of transforming his imagination into energy constructs, while his adventures expanded DC's universe far beyond Earth.
Kenner's 1984 Green Lantern figure captured the classic Hal Jordan appearance, complete with his distinctive green-and-black uniform and lantern accessory. Its Power Action Ring Thrust feature provided a particularly fitting play feature for a character whose extraordinary abilities centered on his power ring.
About Green Lantern
Hal Jordan. a test pilot for Ferris Aircraft. had been checking over the company's new flightless training module when he and the module were suddenly yanked skyward by a bolt of emerald energy. The green glow carried the module to the heart of the Sierra Madre mountain range, and deposited it in front of what appeared to be the wreckage of an alien spacecraft.
Cautiously, Jordan entered the ruined ship, to find a red-skinned alien clad in a green-and-black uniform lying on the floor. The alien's name was Abin Sur, and he was dying
Through telepathy, Abin Sur explained that he was a member of the intergalactic peace-keeping force known as the Green Lantern Corps (see Green Lantern Corps). and that it was his duty, as death approached, to pass on his power to someone who was utterly honest and born without tear. By the light of his power ring. he could see Hal Jordan was both. Quickly Abin Sur explained the use of his power ring and its attendant power battery, then, having placed the ring on Jordan's finger Abin Sur expired.
Following Abin Sur's final instructions Jordan donned Sur's uniform, then used the power ring to bury Abin Sur and the remains of his spacecraft beneath one of the Sierra Madre mountains.
Returning to Ferris Aircratt, Hal Jordan began a lengthy career as the Emerald Crusader known as Green Lantern. He soon met the Guardians of the Universe (see Guardians of the Universe), those immortal old men who had founded the Green Lantern Corps untold centuries before, and eventually rose to the forefront of the Corps.
As the years passed, Hai Jordan's personal life had many ups and downs. For a time, he left Ferris Aircraft and pursued careers as an insurance investigator, a toy salesman, and an independent trucker. But, eventually. he returned to Ferris Aircraft and, more specifically, to Carol Ferris, owner of the aircraft company and the woman Jordan loved.
At last, after Jordan's duties as Green Lantern kept him occupied elsewhere across the cosmos while Ferris Aircraft was almost destroyed by the super-villains known as the Demolition Team (see Demolition Team), Carol offered him a choice: either the Green Lantern Corps or her. She simply couldn't stand the insecurity any longer. After a great deal of soul-searching Jordan realized he was tired of his seemingly endless efforts as Green Lantern and chose to resign from the Corps to be with the woman he loved.
Though he is no longer Green Lantern. at this writing, Hal Jordan is still involved with the adventures and problems of John Stewart, his successor in the role of Earth's Green Lantern (see Green Lantern Ill).
