Hal Jordan: The Green Lantern Appreciation 2021

[Vordan]

Waid's Hal reminds me more of Johns than Morrison personally, at least from what I've read. Maybe a little more straightlaced than either take.

Of course the last time he wrote Hal was back during the peak of the Johns era on GL, so who knows how he’d write him now.

[Frontier]

Of course the last time he wrote Hal was back during the peak of the Johns era on GL, so who knows how he’d write him now.

Was Hal back by the time of that Flash/GL mini? I think you're thinking of Waid writing him during his Brave and the Bold run.

[Vordan]

Was Hal back by the time of that Flash/GL mini? I think you're thinking of Waid writing him during his Brave and the Bold run.

B&tB is what I’m thinking of yeah

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Waid's Hal reminds me more of Johns than Morrison personally, at least from what I've read. Maybe a little more straightlaced than either take.

Waid was writing young Hal in Year One and Brave & Bold and Johns's Hal was heavily indebted to that characterization.

My issue isn't with that characterization of Hal. I enjoy hotshot Hal Jordan very much, but Morrison evolved the character further into something even more interesting that feels like the next logical step from that.

Like I said, Waid is a good enough writer that he wouldn't simply ignore Morrison's work in order to bring Hal back to where he was when he last wrote him.

[j9ac9k]

I wasn't really crazy about Waid's depiction of Hal in JLA:Y1 and B&B. Not to mention that whole "She's only 17.... 17, 17, 17" thing when he wrote Hal's teamup with Supergirl.

[silly]

By Mike McKone.

That's awesome.

[Frontier]

Waid was writing young Hal in Year One and Brave & Bold and Johns's Hal was heavily indebted to that characterization.

My issue isn't with that characterization of Hal. I enjoy hotshot Hal Jordan very much, but Morrison evolved the character further into something even more interesting that feels like the next logical step from that.

Like I said, Waid is a good enough writer that he wouldn't simply ignore Morrison's work in order to bring Hal back to where he was when he last wrote him.

I think I would more expect Waid to build off a "classic" Hal than to write him like Morrison did but a Waid Hal would probably be assured and confident like Morrison's Hal.

[Vordan]

I think I would more expect Waid to build off a "classic" Hal than to write him like Morrison did but a Waid Hal would probably be assured and confident like Morrison's Hal.

Maybe, but Waid doesn’t write Clark like a Pre-Crisis throwback despite having a lot of love for that incarnation. Don’t think he’d write a Hal that feels straight out of the Silver Age.

[Frontier]

Maybe, but Waid doesn’t write Clark like a Pre-Crisis throwback despite having a lot of love for that incarnation. Don’t think he’d write a Hal that feels straight out of the Silver Age.

Would anyone ?

[silly]

Wasn't Mark Waid also the writer of Kingdom Come? That turned out as a best seller.

[Vordan]

Wasn't Mark Waid also the writer of Kingdom Come? That turned out as a best seller.

He’s written numerous high profile hits over his career with KC being one of them yeah.

[j9ac9k]

Some version of Hal/Spectre pops up in "Justice League Incarnate" #2...
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[Johnny]

Quite the company to keep. I take it it's an Earth where he didn't get a "Rebirth" and just remained The Spectre.

[Frontier]

Quite the company to keep. I take it it's an Earth where he didn't get a "Rebirth" and just remained The Spectre.

That and it's Hal's "Supernatural" identity which is probably why he turned up.

[sifighter]

Quite the company to keep. I take it it's an Earth where he didn't get a "Rebirth" and just remained The Spectre.

Earth-13, the magic/horror-type world. Where the Justice League is the league of shadows, Etrigan is Superman, and John Constantine is actually in a heroic outfit called the Hellblazer.