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| Real name: | Harold Jordan |
| AKA: | Colonel Hal Jordan |
| Species: | Human |
| Homeworld: | Earth |
| Universe: | Earth-1A |
| Hair: | Brown |
| Eyes: | Brown |
| Relatives: | Harold Jordan (cousin) |
| Apprentice: | Kyro |
| Base: | Sector 2814 Hall of Justice Oa Coast City |
| Affiliations: | Justice League of America SuperFriends Green Lantern Corps Ferris Aircraft U.S. Air Force |
| Rogue of: | Sinestro (arch-enemy) |
| Abilities: | Energy constructs |
| Weaponry: | Power Ring Power Battery |
| Voiced/Played: | Michael Rye |
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SuperFriends Team Member
Hal Jordan [1]
Hal's Filmation appearance, 1967.
Hal Jordan is the greatest Green Lantern, an Intergalactic Space Patrolman and member of the Green Lantern Corps, chosen by the Guardians of the Universe for his ability to overcome great fear. The strength of his willpower allows him to wield the universe's mightiest weapon, a power ring controlled by his thoughts. In his secret identity he is a test pilot working for Ferris Aircraft where his boss Carol Ferris is also his romantic interest. His powers are useless against anything colored yellow. He is also a founding member of the Justice League.
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Background Information
The Secret Origin Of Green Lantern 1978
The Origin of Green Lantern
In the parallel-universe of Earth-One, a space-patrolman named Abin Sur of the Green Lantern Corps crash lands in the middle of the California desert. As he lays dying, he commands his power ring to seek out a worthy successor for Sector 2814 – one who proves to be fearless and strong-willed. Miles away, test pilot Hal Jordan is examining a stationary ‘flight simulator’ at the Ferris Aircraft Company when a corona of green light envelops him, pulling him along with the simulator to the spot of Abin Sur's crashed vessel. Abin Sur tells Hal that the 'power' of the ring selected him to take on the role of the Green Lantern. He gives him the ring and a power battery. He instructs him that the ring will obey his every command but is powerless against anything colored yellow. He also tells him that the ring's energy must be charged from the power battery once every twenty-four hours. Hal agrees to accept the responsibility of wielding the ring in the cause of justice, and, with that, Abin Sur passes away. Hal Jordan is now Green Lantern. [2]
This historical-transaction was concealed from the Guardians because of an Ion-Storm. About a year later, the Guardians decide to check on their new recruit. While he is in-flight, testing a new aircraft, his ‘astral-form’ is transported to the world of the Guardians, who seek to know who took over the role of Green Lantern in that sector of space from Abin Sur. Hal recounts the events that led to him becoming the Green Lantern. Convinced that Hal is worthy of the title, but not ready to know of their existence; they erase his memory and return his astral form to his physical body. Aside from a feeling of dizziness, Hal is unaware of what just happened.[3]
It was not long before he became one of the co-founders of the Justice League of America.[4]
According to Earth-1A continuity, Lex Luthor, Cheetah and Sinestro team-up to target a few of the "greater Superfriends". They devise a plan to travel back in time to weaken the team by making sure that certain Justice Leaguers never existed (in addition to Green Lantern, Superman and Wonder Woman were also targeted). Lex Luthor wanted to target the Green Lantern. So he travels back to the day Abin Sur was looking for a successor. Luthor convinces Colonel Jordan his life is in danger and instead is carried off by Abin Sur's green beam, Luthor was and becomes the Green Lantern instead. The damaged timeline is corrected when Black Vulcan, The Flash and Batman also go back in time to thwart Luthor and ensure Jordan fulfills his destiny of being the Green Lantern, thus saving their teammate.[5]
Continuity From His Filmation Appearances
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Powers and Abilities
Powers
None.
Abilities
- Green Lantern Ring Mastery: Jordan's constructs are among the most powerful. When he creates them, one often witnesses an "afterburner" behind Jordan of all his stray thoughts unconnected to the job at hand.
- Indomitable Will
- Boxing
- Aviation
- Leadership
Paraphernalia
Equipment
Weapons
- Green Lantern Ring
- Energy constructs: creates objects out of pure energy (swords, cannons, motorcycles, jets, etc.) limited to his imagination
- Force field
- Energy blasts
- Flight: allows user to fly and survive in the vacuum of space
- Translate Language: able to translate any language to the wearer's native tongue
The ring is ineffective against anything colored yellow.[6]
It must also be recharged at Green Lantern's power battery every 24 hours to remain functional.
Justice League Team Members
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Notes
- Like the recreation of the Golden Age Flash for the Silver Age version, Schwartz wanted a new version of Green Lantern to have a different secret identity, origin, and personality than his 1940s counterpart. He enlisted writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane, who in 1959 would reintroduce Green Lantern to the world in Showcase vol. 1, #22 (October, 1959).[7]
Gallery
![Green Lantern[8]](/wiki/File:GreenLanternLeft.jpg "GreenLanternLeft.jpg (160 KB)")
External Links
- See Hal Jordan at DCAU
- See Hal Jordan at DC Database
- See Hal Jordan at the Green Lantern Wiki
References
- ↑ Image from theChallenge of the SuperFriends Episode: Conquerors of the Future (November 18, 1978).
- ↑ Origin revealed in Showcase, #22 (October, 1959). This origin is also depicted in the Season 3 episode: Secret Origins of the Super Friends (October 28, 1978).
- ↑ As revealed in Green Lantern, #1 (July/August 1960).
- ↑ As revealed in Justice League of America, #9 (February, 1962).
- ↑ Origin from theSeason 3 episode: Secret Origins of the Super Friends (October 28, 1978). As a side note, this means that Luthor and perhaps the rest of the Legion of Doom knows Hal Jordan’s secret identity.
- ↑ Although there has been some instances, which were likely mistakes on the animator's part, in which this wasn't the case.
- ↑ Go to the DC Database for more on Showcase, #22 (October, 1959).
- ↑ As seen in The Challenge, episode one of Legends of the Superheroes.