Once upon the time, in the mid-1990s, DC Comics utterly destroyed one of its most important characters: Hal Jordan, the Silver/Bronze Age Green Lantern, at the time perhaps the best-known iteration of Green Lantern. Through stories such as EMERALD TWILIGHT, ZERO HOUR, and FINAL NIGHT, DC dismantled Hal's character, leading to a decade-long period in the wilderness for Hal. At the turn of the century, prospects were dim for Hal ever returning to glory as Green Lantern.
In 2005, the improbable happened: Geoff Johns restored Hal to life as a Green Lantern, and provided a reason for Hal's past transgressions that absolved him of all blame. Almost miraculously, Hal was rehabilitated and restored to his former glory.
Could Hal's journey become the model for the restoration of Wally West?
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