comic cartoons: Hal Jordan (Green Lantern)

Super Name: Hal Jordan
Real Name: Harold Jordan
Occupation: pilot for Ferris Aircraft, Green Lantern, Jusitce League member, Spectre, superhero
Height: 6ft 2in
Weight: 186 lbs
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown

Base: Utah desert, Oa'
Aliases: Harold Jordan Green Lantern Pol Manning Parallax Spectre Red Lantern Green Jeans Blue Lantern Agent Orange Highball Castle Emerald Gladiator Green Lantern 2814.1 Brightest Light In The Universe Greatest of the Green Lanterns The Brave Ring Slinger Emerald
Publisher: DC Comics
Creators: Gil KaneJohn Broome
Gender: Male
Character Type: Human
First Appearance: Showcase #22 (Oct. 1959)
Appears in: 2854 issues
Birthday: n/a
Died: The Final Night #4 - The Final Knight, Green Lantern Annual #1 - Rise of the Third Army, Prologue; The First Soldier,Green Lantern #19 - Wrath of the First Lantern, Part Nine

Creation:

With the insistence of the then DC editor, Julius Schwartz to bring in a new science fiction age of comics and to revamp the superhero genre, Hal Jordan was the Silver Age Green Lantern created by John Broome and Gil Kane. He first appeared in Showcase #22 (October 1959).

His first appearance signaled the reboot of characters away from the magic and supernatural based stories of the Golden Age and replaced them with science fiction based stories. Along with the newly reimagined Atom, Flash and Hawkman, this was a landmark moment which many consider to be the beginning of the Silver Age at DC Comics.

Gone was the magic based Green Lantern of Alan Scott, and now came Hal Jordan, wielder of a ring of alien origins, part of an intergalactic police force protecting the universe.

Origins:

Hal Jordan was born in Coast City to Martin Jordan and Jessica Jordan, the middle of three children with older brother Jack and a younger brother Jim. As a young child, he idolized his father, a test pilot who worked for Ferris Aircraft. At a very young age, he had to face his greatest fears when his father died in a plane crash right before his eyes. Despite his family's wishes, he followed in his father's footsteps and eventually joined the United States Air Force on his 18th birthday – turning up that very morning outside the Armed Forces Career Center before it had even opened.

Many years later, a dying alien named Abin Sur, member of the Green Lantern Corps, crash-landed his ship in the Californian desert. Having selected a replacement officer for his position, the power ring chose Hal Jordan for his ability to overcome great fear. The ring and its abilities were explained to him, and he inherited the mantle of Green Lantern. Acting as a galactic police officer, it was his job to serve and protect all life in Sector 2814. He would soon learn that there were another 3599 Green Lanterns across the universe, all monitored and empowered by mystical creatures called the Guardians. Hal received training from some of the best the Corps had to offer, including drill sergeant Kilowog, and his mentor Sinestro. During his training, Hal learned that Sinestro has been subjugating his home planet, Korugar, through fear, using his ring. After Hal reported these acts to the Guardians and fellow Corps members, he battled Sinestro, and emerged victorious. Along with the rest of the Corps, he then testified against Sinestro at his trial. Expelled from the Corps and banished by the Guardians to the Antimatter Universe as punishment, Sinestro became a sworn enemy to the Corps and gained a new Qward power ring, exacting the start of his revenge.

As Green Lantern, Hal Jordan patrolled the galaxy and took on many missions in space. He continued to spend his time at home working at Ferris Aircraft, where he romantically pursued his boss, the lovely Carol Ferris. He would entrust his secrets to a young Eskimo lad who worked as his mechanic, Tom Kalmaku.

Major stories:

Green Lantern/Green Arrow
Tales of the Green Lantern
Ganthet's tale
Emerald Twilight
Zero Hour

Rebirth of Green Lantern
Infinite Crisis
Revenge Of The Green Lanterns
Wanted
Mystery of the Star Sapphire
Justice League
Sinestro Corps War
Origins & Omens of Green Lantern
Agent Orange
Brightest Day/ The New Guardians
Guardian
War of The Green Lanterns
Sinestro
The Secret of the Indigo Tribe
The Revenge of Black Hand
Rise of the Third Army
The First Lantern

Lights Out

Powers and Abilities:

Animating
Artificial Intelligence:
Communicator
Burglar Alarm
Costumes

Energy Projection
Energy Constructs
Flight
Invisibility
Matter Manipulation
Mind Control
Mirages
Phasing
Power Absorbing
Probing
Recharging
Ring Duplication
Temperature Control
Transforming (former)
Electro-magnetic scanning
Wormhole/Warps
Healing
Energy twin
Pocket dimension
Sub-routines
Aviation
Leadership
Indomitable Will