Hal Jordan Appreciation

[j9ac9k]

I don't actually get why Hal stayed. He wasn't covering Kyle's escape or accomplishing some other task. He could have flown them both away, no?

[HAN9000]

I don't actually get why Hal stayed. He wasn't covering Kyle's escape or accomplishing some other task. He could have flown them both away, no?

Me neither... That's just a stiff way to show heroism.

[vartox]

I don't actually get why Hal stayed. He wasn't covering Kyle's escape or accomplishing some other task. He could have flown them both away, no?

I'm guessing he wants to investigate what Zod is doing with the crystals more and maybe retrieve Kyle's ring. Or he didn't think both of them could make it out unnoticed.

[AimToTheStar]

I don't actually get why Hal stayed. He wasn't covering Kyle's escape or accomplishing some other task. He could have flown them both away, no?

1.He is Hal Jordan he's not gonna run and he's a Green Lantern they don't run.

2.Hal know Kyle need the ring more than him.

3.He's not finish with Zod yet.

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[Anthony Shaw]

Hal will not sit back, and watch people suffer. If he has to go through hell in order for others not to....then so be it. This has been a consistent trait for decades.

The simplicity of Hal's heroism is beautiful, imo.

[Anthony Shaw]

1.He is Hal Jordan he's not gonna run and he's a Green Lantern they don't run.

2.Hal know Kyle need the ring more than him.

3.He's not finish with Zod yet.

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In the real world, Hal Jordan & Bernie Mack (RIP) would have gotten along quite well.

[j9ac9k]

Okay - I buy your guys' reasoning for Hal staying behind. His "take me to your leader" line seemed at first to me that he was just raising a white flag since he was defenseless, but I am also thinking now that Hal actually intended to be captured and has something in mind. Good thing we only have to wait two weeks to find out

I'm also sure there's a reason there are four Kryptonians and "Four Corpsmen" ... I wonder who will end up facing off with whom? (Actually I really hope Venditti doesn't do that and we can see the "other Corpsmen" in action.)

[AngryComicBookNerd]

Okay - I buy your guys' reasoning for Hal staying behind. His "take me to your leader" line seemed at first to me that he was just raising a white flag since he was defenseless, but I am also thinking now that Hal actually intended to be captured and has something in mind. Good thing we only have to wait two weeks to find out

I'm also sure there's a reason there are four Kryptonians and "Four Corpsmen" ... I wonder who will end up facing off with whom? (Actually I really hope Venditti doesn't do that and we can see the "other Corpsmen" in action.)

You can hope in one hand and crap in the other, then see which one gets filled first.

[liwanag]

mrumseys review of hjglc 38.

http://www.blogofoa.com/2018/02/hal-...38-review.html

[liwanag]

hal is "dc's sci-fi leading man"

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...ng-man-1084639

[Johnny]

hal is "dc's sci-fi leading man"

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...ng-man-1084639

First time I've heard anyone describe Hal like that. And probably the last.

[AngryComicBookNerd]

hal is "dc's sci-fi leading man"

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...ng-man-1084639

I don't know..... do they really have to crap all over the stuff from continuity so much? Yeah the oath is silly, but who are you to tell us that?

[AimToTheStar]

Variant cover for Hal Jordan and GLC #40 by Tyler Kirkham.

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It seems Guy is the next victim.

[phantom1592]

I don't know..... do they really have to crap all over the stuff from continuity so much? Yeah the oath is silly, but who are you to tell us that?

Yeah... I don't even find it very silly. There are two main ways I've seen it done before. 1) It's a very special oath that reminds him of what his purpose is that he never wants to forget. It's a core belief system that makes him who he is... and 2) It's an activation code that verbally turns on the lantern for recharging. It's a technological thing that's like complaining about having to enter a PIN number to get your money out of an ATM machine...

Both work and neither is really 'silly', especially in the grand scheme of Superhero comics. There are a lot more 'arbitrary' things in the books that are sillier than that.

I also see too much crap thrown on his 'being chosen' as opposed to an 'everyman'. Hal was the perfect man for the job based on Abin Sur's instructions. AT THAT TIME... He wasn't BORN the perfect hero, but all the decisions that he made in his life from childhood to adulthood had honed him into exactly who Abin wanted him to be.

I wish that was focused more on. He wasn't born without fear or perfectly honest... He was brave and honest through years of choosing to be brave and honest. His 'heroes journey' didn't begin with the ring. That was already going on.

[jbmasta]

It's not the first time Hal has evacuated Kyle from a situation while staying behind. In the second issue of Convergence Green Lantern/Parallax Hallax flies Kyle out of the city opposing their own.