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| Issue |
Green
Lantern: Emerald Dawn #1 |
| Subtitle |
The
Sign |
| Date |
December
1989 |
| Writer(s) |
Jim
Owsley |
| Artist(s) |
MD
Bright, Romeo Tanghal |
| storyline |
Years
after watching his father, a Ferris Aircraft test pilot,
die in a crash, Hal Jordan was demoted at Ferris Aircraft.
After having some drinks, he crashed his Jeep and was
hospitalized. He snuck out of his room and back to the
test simulator at Ferris. An outside force plucked the
simulator up and carried it into the desert.
A green light picked Jordan up and carried him into
a space craft. Inside, a being - a Green Lantern - was
dying. He told Jordan that he'd been picked as his successor.
The alien died, and his power ring attached to Jordan,
cloaking him in a green and black costume. The ring
gave Jordan the power of his mind - he could fly. Hal
called Ferris and learned about the other victims of
his crash - two, including his brother were being released
from the hospital, but Andy - another Ferris pilot,
was paralyzed.
Hal Jordan crashed himself through the sing which caused
his wreck. |
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| Issue |
Green
Lantern: Emerald Dawn #2 |
| Subtitle |
The
Trail |
| Date |
January
1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Gerard Jones |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Romeo Tanghal |
| storyline |
Hal
woke up in the desert and hitched a ride back to the
hospital. He visited Andy, who told him the cops knew
he was drunk when the wreck occurred. He flew off and
scared a fellow Ferris pilot, then had to save him from
crashing.
A yellow being found the crashed ship of Abin Sur, the
Green Lantern who'd died. He realized the ring had gone
to anther and picked up its trail. Hal turned himself
into the police and was jailed.
The yellow being crashed the jail. Jordan got past him
and grabbed his ring. He suited up and prepared for
battle, but the ring had no power. |
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| Issue |
Green
Lantern: Emerald Dawn #3 |
| Subtitle |
The
Ring |
| Date |
February
1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Gerard Jones |
| Artist(s) |
Keith
Giffen, MD Bright, Romeo Tanghal |
| storyline |
The
creature let Jordan go when he realized he had no power.
It then destroyed the hospital and Ferris Aircraft.
Hal went back to Abin Sur's wrecked ship and recharged
the ring. It told him about the power and about Legion
- the creature who'd killed four other Green Lanterns
and was now after him. It showed him how Legion attacked
Abin and caused him to crash to Earth.
When Legion attacked him, Jordan exploded the nuclear
engines of the crashed ship.
Sinestro, who let loose Parallax, attacked Kyle and
Oliver. |
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| Issue |
Green
Lantern: Emerald Dawn #4 |
| Subtitle |
The
Corps |
| Date |
March
1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Gerard Jones |
| Artist(s) |
MD
Bright, Romeo Tanghal |
| storyline |
Jordan
realized the ring had protected him from the blast.
He asked it to take him to another Green Lantern. It
did - Tomar-Re. Legion followed. Tomar-Re took Jordan
to Oa and the Central Power Battery. There, they met
other Green Lanterns. Jordan learned of the Guardians
and their book.
Tomar got an instructor for Hal - Kilowog. Before he
began his training, he projected himself to Andy's funeral.
After a week of training, Legion arrived. |
|
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| Issue |
Green
Lantern: Emerald Dawn #5 |
| Subtitle |
The
Test |
| Date |
April
1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Gerard Jones |
| Artist(s) |
MD
Bright, Romeo Tanghal |
| storyline |
Legion
got to the Guardians, killed Green Lanterns on the way.
Legion was bound and Jordan took the bindings away from
the slumbering Guardians. Since the being of yellow
was unaffected by their rings, Jordan slammed it into
mud and began pummeling it. Legion pleaded with Jordan
- they were all that was left of the Tchk-Tchk race,
who'd been imprisoned on their own planet by the Guardians.
He refused to kill it, but he did knock Legion out of
it's yellow armor. Released was a huge monstrosity which
continued its attack. |
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| Issue |
Green
Lantern: Emerald Dawn #6 |
| Subtitle |
The
Dawn |
| Date |
May
1990 |
| Writer(s) |
Keith
Giffen, Gerard Jones |
| Artist(s) |
MD
Bright, Romeo Tanghal |
| storyline |
The
biomass attached itself to Oa, drawing from its power.
The Guardians ordered the Green Lanterns to retreat,
but Jordan stayed behind. Though no one had ever done
it, he tapped into the Central Battery's power and defeated
the Tchk Tchk. The Guardians, stunned, ordered the other
Lanterns to return it to its home planet while they
spoke with Jordan. They named him the official Green
Lantern of Earth's sector (2814).
He returned home, served his time, and was welcomed
back to Ferris Aircraft. |
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| Notes,
references to time, and chronology: |
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For details
on Hal's prison sentence, see Emerald
Dawn II. |
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