Hal Jordan: The Green Lantern Appreciation 2021

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Wonder what must have been like to be a fan then. I'm a 90s kid but I didn't become a DC fan until around the mid-2000s. Actually going through Emerald Twilight at the time must have been a trip. lol

It was not a fun time, but the experience gave me a lot of perspective that I'm glad I have today.

Emerald Twilight and its aftermath in Zero Hour were the first time I ever gave up comics. It wasn't until Kingdom Come and this message board (which was originally called the Kingdom Come Message Board) that I got pulled back in.

[mrumsey]

Wonder what must have been like to be a fan then. I'm a 90s kid but I didn't become a DC fan until around the mid-2000s. Actually going through Emerald Twilight at the time must have been a trip. lol

It was a rough time to be a GL fan. The entire mythology was wiped out and the story's plot holes, combined with the nonsensical turn of Hal, left many fans like myself feeling disenfranchised. It felt like a real slap in the face and I left comics altogether after giving the new run a chance for a year or so. I didn't return to comics until a friend gave me a couple of issues of Geoff Johns first JSA run and that pulled me back in.

[silly]

Besides the armor, I felt awful about ET. But at the same time still felt that Hal wasn't being singled out. Superman died, and there were new people who carried the name of Batman and Wonder Woman. It sucked though that Hal became a villain. I guess it's not a good feeling whenever your heroes are treated like that.

I was actually thinking then that it was all temporary. Even when the title reached past GL 50. I expected Clark and Bruce to get back, so I had the same expectations for Hal. I was like "Okay. This must all be a dream or something. What a mystery, how are they going to get Hal back?" I didn't expect for Zero Hour at all.

[liwanag]

It was a rough time to be a GL fan. The entire mythology was wiped out and the story's plot holes, combined with the nonsensical turn of Hal, left many fans like myself feeling disenfranchised. It felt like a real slap in the face and I left comics altogether after giving the new run a chance for a year or so. I didn't return to comics until a friend gave me a couple of issues of Geoff Johns first JSA run and that pulled me back in.

i don't remember the timeline, but i think i left dc after zero hour. but i don't think i totally left. i remember buying final night and day of judgement just because of hal.

although for some reason i wasn't able to follow the spectre. geoff's emerald rebirth brought me back to collecting.

[liwanag]

[Gaius]

George Perez

[Robanker]

George Perez

Good taste in Lanterns.

[EmeraldGladiator]

George Perez

two of my three favorite DC characters right there. shame Perez doesn't do commissions anymore I'd love to get him to do a Hal, Alan and Lightning Lad one. My favorite DC characters by my all time favorite artist, sigh.

[Frontier]

George Perez

Classic .

[silly]

George Perez

Where was this from?

[Captain Nostalgia]

Classic .

That it is. I miss Perez's work. (I'd like to see another Hal/Alan team up again)

[WestPhillyPunisher]

George Perez

Excellent! Absolutely excellent!

[liwanag]

[silly]

That it is. I miss Perez's work. (I'd like to see another Hal/Alan team up again)

I would too. Ornjust about any title that regularly portryed Hal.

[EmeraldGladiator]

yeah though I treasured the Hal/Alan adventures there are far too few of them. I wouldn't mind even flashbacks of their past adventure tales.