Originally Posted by
j9ac9k
The various retcons surrounding GL's origins have been situational or odd, but rarely stick. At one point, Abin Sur crashed because he was duped by the Five Inversions, then it was because of Legion, then it was because of Atrocitus. Guy was retconned in as being chosen as well, but wasn't as close, then John was well, but he was too young. In "ACW", Clark Kent was chosen first and *he* picked Hal. And then there was the lobotomy thing to make Hal literally "fearless", then later Kyle's father somehow got involved, etc. None of that seems to stick though - it's always Hal was chosen by a dying alien who crashed in his ship. That never changes so all the rest of it, even the horrible ones from "ACW" never matter.