Hal Jordan has gone through a roller coaster ride of a life, rivaling the difficulties of DC big sellers like Batman and Superman. Hal is known as the greatest Green Lantern of all, but he's also gone by the names Parallax and Specter (not to mention Dead). As of the events of Green Lantern: Rebirth, however, he is simply Hal Jordan, Green Lantern of 2814.
Well, not simply. Following Rebirth, Green Lantern (Volume 4) is a type of renaissance for Hal Jordan, reminding readers that Hal Jordan is a cocky flirt who leaves his power ring behind and risks his life as a fighter jet pilot. He's Tom Cruise's Maverick from Top Gun. But the ongoing series also serves as a sort of purgatory for Hal Jordan (as if he hasn't already been there). He encounters the Manhunters (the Guardians' first attempt at policing the universe), Amon Sur (the disenfranchised son of Abin Sur), the return of not only the lanterns Jordan left to die but also of Mongul (the bane of Coast City) and Sinestro (Jordan's greatest foe). Hal Jordan is inclined to do good even in a universe that no longer trusts him, and it makes for a good series.
In the end, even Jordan's biggest critic, Batman/Bruce Wayne, welcomes Hal back. As for me, I'm with Batman. Geoff Johns writes some fantastic Green Lantern stories that continuously force Hal to question who he is. You'll find few better stories in the last decade of comics. So, pick it up already.
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