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Green Lantern: Rebirth is a storyline that reintroduces Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps to the DC Universe, beginning anew after the disbanding of the Corps in Emerald Twilight. It was written by Geoff Johns with art by Ethan Van Sciver.
Synopsis
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In Sector 3599, Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) saves a group of aliens from a giant insect. The aliens clamor around him, and when his Green Lantern Power Ring translates their language, he learns that they are not thanking him, they are trying to warn him that Parallax is coming. Meanwhile, on Earth, Hal Jordan (Spectre) observes an air show, when one of the planes suffers engine failure. He becomes the Spectre and saves the pilot, but the Spectre Entity chastises him, saying that the pilot was sinless and would have been welcomed to Heaven. The Spectre (Aztar) is more concerned with punishing a drunk driver who killed a young child. Hal refuses, saying that he is no murderer, but he has a vision of himself as Parallax (Hal Jordan). The vision accuses Aztar and Jordan of being murderers. The Spectre (Aztar) responds that vengeance is their mission in the Universe, which the vision of Parallax notes is filled with fear.[1]
In New Mexico, a spacecraft suddenly falls out of the sky, crashing near two hikers, and inside they find Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), injured and weak. He emerges, issues a cryptic warning, and then collapses near a long green object that appears to be a coffin. Meanwhile, a series of strange and disturbing incidents then begin to occur. In Star City, Green Arrow and Speedy are attacked at their training facility by the Black Hand. Strangely, Black Hand has come looking for a Green Lantern Power Ring. Spectre (Hal Jordan) appears and defeats the Black Hand. As he fades away, Jordan tells Queen that something feels wrong. Queen picks up the Ring, saying Jordan gave it to him in the event of an emergency. Later, John Stewart (Green Lantern) and Guy Gardner (Warrior) are visited by Jordan at a baseball game. After the game, Gardner and Stewart head to Warriors bar, where Gardner begins to lose control of his shape-shifting Vuldarian physiology. Gardner is taken to the Justice League of America for treatment. Meanwhile, in the ruins of Coast City, two pilots witness a single restored building, Hal Jordan’s old home. Wonder Woman and the Justice Society of America investigate and find that, among the ruins, a statue of Jordan is the only thing that remains. When they report this to the League, Batman voices suspicions that the strange events are connected to Jordan. When Queen appears with Jordan’s Green Lantern Power Ring and recounts his encounter with Jordan, Batman believes his suspicions are confirmed. Meanwhile, Jordan visits Carol Ferris at Ferris Airfield.[2]
In New Mexico, Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) is still in the care of the hikers that found him after he crashed to Earth. Although Rayner remains incapacitated, his Green Lantern Power Ring begins repeating a message, “Parallax is coming.” Batman, Superman , Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Zatanna, the Flash), and Green Lantern (John Stewart) locate Jordan at Ferris Airfield and go to confront him. They find him reminiscing with Carol Ferris. Jordan insists that he is not responsible for the restored Coast City. Stewart, however, suddenly goes berserk, attacking the other heroes. While he does so, his Green Lantern Power Ring begins to repeat the message “Parallax is coming.” Meanwhile, at the Justice League of America Watchtower, the Ring brought there by Queen duplicates itself, and places itself on Guy Gardner's finger, restoring him as a Green Lantern. Back in New Mexico, Green Lantern (Kilowog) appears, and inexplicably attacks Kyle Rayner. However, the Guardian of the Universe Ganthet, appears to stop Kilowog.[3]
The Guardian of the Universe Ganthet confronts Green Lantern (Kilowog) attempting to protect the coffin, which it is revealed holds the corpse of Hal Jordan. Ganthet and Kilowog engage in a fierce battle, and Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) feels something within his Green Lantern Power Ring attempting to take over his will, like the other Green Lanterns have been experiencing. Ganthet teleports Rayner and Jordan's body to the Justice League of America Watchtower. In the ruins of Coast City, Jordan investigates the reappearance of his former home. He is again confronted by a vision of himself as Parallax (Hal Jordan). The vision is seemingly more than that, as it begins to engages in a battle of wills with the Spectre (Aztar), who has been bonded to Jordan's soul. At the Watchtower, Rayner recounts the tale of the Parallax (Entity) for Queen and, simultaneously, the vision of Parallax (Hal Jordan) does the same for Jordan. It is explained that that Parallax (Entity) is a parasitic entity that was born at the beginning of sentience, feeding on fear, creating terror in anything it encountered, and causing entire civilizations to destroy themselves out of paranoia. The Guardians of the Universe imprisoned Parallax (Entity) within the Central Power Battery on Oa, using fear's opposite energy, willpower. It is further explained that there is an Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum fueled by the emotions of the universe. The willpower spectrum, which is represented by the color green, was collected by the Central Power Battery of Oa. Parallax (Entity) had lain dormant there for eons, and its legend was purposely forgotten by the Guardians to prevent anyone from trying to free it. Thus, it had eventually come to be referred to as simply “the yellow impurity.” This was the reason why the Green Lantern Power Rings were useless against the color yellow; Because yellow represented fear in the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum and Parallax (Entity), the physical manifestation of fear, was the flaw in the Central Power Battery that fueled the Green Lantern Power Rings. Thus, only someone capable of overcoming great fear could master a Green Lantern Power Ring. The Guardians, therefore, selected only such persons to become Green Lanterns. However, at some point in recent history, Parallax (Entity) was awakened, weak and hungry. It reached out to Jordan through his Green Lantern Power Ring when Jordan was at his weakest, spending years influencing him, causing him increasing self-doubt and fear. The entity was finally able to exert control over Jordan through his grief over the destruction of Coast City. It was Parallax (Entity) who was responsible for Jordan's subsequent actions as Parallax (Hal Jordan). When Jordan destroyed the Central Power Battery, he unknowingly freed Parallax (Entity), which grafted itself onto Jordan's soul. It was because Parallax (Entity) was now free that Kyle Rayner's own ring did not have any weakness against yellow. After the story is told, the Spectre (Aztar) reveals to Jordan that he chose Jordan to bind with in hopes that he could to eradicate the parasitic Parallax (Entity) from it. However, Parallax (Entity) emerges from Jordan, taking control of him and again making him into Parallax (Hal Jordan/Entity).[4]
Queen and Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) have little time to absorb the immensity of the tale of Parallax (Entity) because soon, they are attacked by Sinestro. Sinestro reveals that it was he who used his Yellow Power Ring to tap into the power of Parallax (Entity) and awakened it. When Hal Jordan (Parallax) murdered Sinestro, it was merely an illusion created by Parallax (Entity), so that his murders would serve as the final step in breaking Jordan's will, making him fully susceptible to the entity. Soon, the Justice League of America, the Justice Society of America, and the Teen Titans arrive in Coast City to attack Parallax (Hal Jordan/Entity), but the entity inhibits their efforts by causing them to feel fear. The Spectre (Aztar), however, manages to overpower Parallax (Entity), and finally removes the parasite from Jordan's soul. Needing a soul to inhabit, Parallax attacks Ganthet, while Jordan's soul is pulled toward the light of the afterlife. Ganthet manages to guide Jordan's soul back to his corporeal body on the Moon. His soul and thoughts clear for the first time in a long time, Jordan emerges from the coffin resurrected as a mortal human again, once again taking his place as a Green Lantern, the white portions of his hair even restored to their original brown. Jordan and Sinestro engage in a fierce battle on the Moon, and across entire star systems. Eventually, Jordan forces the renegade back into the antimatter universe to which he was first banished. Jordan and Rayner then journey to Coast City, where they, along with John Stewart, Guy Gardner and Kilowog, free Ganthet from Parallax's possession, and imprison the parasite back in the Central Power Battery on Oa. The Guardians then announce that it is time to the rebuild the Green Lantern Corps. After the battle, Batman is not entirely convinced that Jordan was not responsible for his actions as Parallax (Hal Jordan), but nevertheless decides that the universe “needs a little more light.” Later, Jordan reestablishes his relationships with Ferris, who decide to reopen the Ferris Airfield, and Queen offers to let Jordan stay in his home until he is back on his feet. Elsewhere, at Belle Reve prison, Hector Hammond senses Jordan's resurrection, and is delighted and awaiting the opportunity to engage with his foe once more.[5]
Issues
- Green Lantern Secret Files and Origins 2005 (story "The Day Before", which originally appeared in Wizard X, 2004)
- Green Lantern: Rebirth #1
- Green Lantern: Rebirth #2
- Green Lantern: Rebirth #3
- Green Lantern: Rebirth #4
- Green Lantern: Rebirth #5
- Green Lantern: Rebirth #6
Notes
- Before this story there was a popular fan theory that the reason Hal went crazy was he was wearing Lord Malvolio's ring. Also Kyle was wearing a reforged version of this ring when he unknowingly created Oblivion.
Links and References
- "Green Lantern: Rebirth" at Wikipedia
- Geoff Johns on the return of Hal Jordan at ComicBookResources
  War of Light Crossover Green Lantern: Rebirth
Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 • Green Lantern #21 • Green Lantern Corps #14 • Green Lantern #22 • Sinestro Corps: Parallax #1 • Green Lantern Corps #15 • Green Lantern #23 • Green Lantern Corps #16 • Sinestro Corps: Cyborg Superman #1 • Green Lantern #24 • Green Lantern Corps #17 • Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime #1 • Green Lantern Corps #18 • Green Lantern #25 • Sinestro Corps: Ion #1 • Green Lantern Corps #19 |
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