Green Lantern Corps

Hal Jordan is a former military test pilot and a veteran member of the intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps. Jordan returned to his home town of Coast City to receive a lifetime achievement award in heroics. He is accompanied by fellow Green Lantern John Stewart, who was a former marine and architect from Detroit. During the ceremony, Coast City is attacked by the Manhunters, the first attempt by the Guardians of the Universe at creating an intergalactic policing force. The two Green Lanterns get into action but most of Coast City is destroyed in the process. Hal Jordan returns to the Corps’ headquarters on the planet Oa to plead with the Guardians to investigate Sinestro, a former Green Lantern turned evil, for being behind the attack. The Guardians refuse as they do not want to cause a war with the Yellow Lanterns, leaving Hal angry. John Stewart convinces Hal to investigate the attack anyway, and the two bring in Green Lanterns Kilowog and Katma Tui to help. Hal noticeably becomes more irritable as the investigation continues. The team goes to several planets, investigating other attacks done by the manhunters. John notices that each attack occurs on a planet of significance to Hal. First on Earth where Hal is from, then Ungara where the Lantern that gave Hal his ring was from, then Mogo who is a sentient planet. The team traces back the attacks to Warworld, a mobile asteroid ruled over by the tyrant Mongul. On Warworld is the power battery of the Yellow Lanterns, which is revealed to contain Parallax, a being of pure fear. Parallax has infiltrated Hal’s body and has taken over, turning him into a Yellow Lantern. The Guardians of the Universe give John Stewart a special ring that is not rendered useless by the color yellow. Now the Green Lantern Corps must fight against both Mongul and Hal Jordan to save the universe.

Story added by jreeve50 on April 29, 2026