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| Volume = 3
  
| Volume = 3
 
| Issue = 1
  
| Issue = 1
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| Day = 17
 
| Month = June
  
| Month = June
 
| Year = 1990
  
| Year = 1990
   
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| Executive Editor = Jenette Kahn
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| Executive Editor = Dick Giordano
 
| CoverArtist1 = Pat Broderick
  
| CoverArtist1 = Pat Broderick
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| CoverArtist2 = Mark Nelson
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| CoverArtist3 = Anthony Tollin
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| CoverArtist4 = Bob Le Rose
   
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| PreviousIssue = —
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| Editor1_1 = Kevin Dooley
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| NextIssue = [[Green Lantern Vol 3 2|Green Lantern #2]]
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| Editor1_2 = Andrew Helfer
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| Writer1_1 = Gerard Jones
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| Penciler1_1 = Pat Broderick
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| Inker1_1 = Nelson DeCastro
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| Colourist1_1 = Anthony Tollin
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| Letterer1_1 = Albert DeGuzman
   
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| Quotation = Sometimes you follow a road for years and then it drops off in front of you. Where all your destinations used to be, now there's just a hole. A lot's dropped out from under me in fifteen years. Fifteen years since I crash-landed that plane, since I picked up the ring from the desert floor. The "Guardians of the Universe" and the Green Lantern Corps. Tomar-Re, Katma-Tui, and a dozen other friends on a dozen different planets. Carol Ferris and the aircraft company that bears her name. An engineering group called the gremlins, who won't talk to me anymore. Jets. When you start on them, the roads stretch away endlessly into the countryside. But then you top the last ride and you find nothing but the hole. And when you reach the hole, there's nowhere to go. Nowhere--and everywhere!
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| Quotation =
 
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| Speaker =
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| Speaker = [[Hal Jordan (New Earth)|Hal Jordan]]
   
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| StoryTitle1 = "Down to Earth"
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| StoryTitle1 = Down to Earth
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| Synopsis1 = It's been 15 years since [[Hal Jordan (New Earth)|Hal Jordan]] first found the fallen spacecraft of [[Abin Sur (New Earth)|Abin Sur]], and was given his [[Green Lantern Ring]].
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| Synopsis1 = Hal Jordan visits the headquarters of Justice League International to see if there is anything there that might inspire him to rejoin the team. But the playful antics of the League members, more specifically Guy Gardner, convince him that the League simply isn't the place for him.
 
   
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Hal visits the headquarters of [[Justice League of America (New Earth)|Justice League of America]] to see if there is anything there that might inspire him to rejoin the team. When he arrives, it becomes clear that many of the League members would like him to replace their current Green Lantern, [[Guy Gardner (New Earth)|Guy Gardner]]. The playful antics of the League members, and more specifically, Guy Gardner's bad attitude, convince him that the League simply isn't the place for him. Truthfully, Hal feels that too much time spent around super-powered people has been wearing on him.
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So Hal embarks upon a journey to "find himself". His travels take him to the town of Hope Springs, West Virginia (Also known as Desolation). He tracks down a woman he met once named Rose Lewis-Hardin. Rose only met him once as Green Lantern and has no idea who Hal really is. Hal offers to help her with the farm work for some room and board. He befriends Rose's young son, Toby.
 
   
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So, Hal embarks upon a journey to reconnect with himself, as a non-powered human. He recalls earlier years in his life, like his [[Green Lantern/Green Arrow Vol 1|cross-country trip]] with his friend [[Oliver Queen (New Earth)|Green Arrow]], fondly.
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But Guy Gardner arrives and bullies Hal into competing with him once again. The two engage in a ring-inspired arm wrestling match. Rose walks out and realizes that Hal is a super-hero. She asks him to leave.
 
   
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Meanwhile, John Stewart is suffering from a nervous breakdown due to his actions, which once led to the destruction of a planet called Xanshi. Unable to deal with his guilt any longer, he flies to the ruins of the planet Oa.
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Meanwhile, [[John Stewart (New Earth)|John Stewart]] is suffering from a nervous breakdown due to his actions, which led to the destruction of the planet [[Xanshi]]. Unable to deal with his guilt any longer, he flies to the ruins of the planet [[Oa]].
   
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Hal's travels take him to the town of [[Hope Springs]], [[West Virginia]], which had been called Desolation when last he'd been there. He tracks down a woman he'd met there named Rose Lewis-Hardin. Rose had only met him as the Green Lantern, and therefore has no idea who Hal is. Even so, he offers to help her with the farm work for some room and board. In the meantime, he befriends Rose's young son, Toby. Hal senses a romantic tension between himself and Rose, but he is content to let nothing come of it.
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| Editor1_1 = Kevin Dooley
  
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| Editor1_2 = Andrew Helfer
  
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Eventually, Guy Gardner shows up, and bullies Hal into competing with him once again, and the two engage in a ring-powered arm wrestling match. Unfortunately, Rose witnesses their argument, and despite Hal's assurances that he is ''just'' a man, she believes that he can never be anything but a super-hero. As such, she asks him to leave.
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| Writer1_1 = Gerard Jones
  
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| Penciler1_1 = Pat Broderick
  
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| Inker1_1 = Bruce D. Patterson
  
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| Inker1_2 = Nelson DeCastro
  
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| Colourist1_1 =
 
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| Letterer1_1 =
 
   
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| Appearing1 =
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| Appearing1 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
  
'''Featured Characters:'''
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* [[Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)]]
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* {{a|[[Hal Jordan (New Earth)|Green Lantern Hal Jordan]]}}
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'''Supporting Characters:'''
  
'''Supporting Characters:'''
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* {{a|[[Appa Ali Apsa (New Earth)|Appa Ali Apsa]]}} {{flashback}}
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* [[Green Lantern (John Stewart)]]
  
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* {{a|[[Oliver Queen (New Earth)|Green Arrow]]}} {{flashback}}
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* {{a|[[John Stewart (New Earth)|Green Lantern John Stewart]]}}
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* [[Justice League International]]
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* {{a|[[Justice League America]]}}
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:*[[Batman (Bruce Wayne)]]
  
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:*[[Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)]]
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**{{a|[[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Batman]]}}
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**{{a|[[Theodore Kord (New Earth)|Blue Beetle]]}}
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:*[[Fire (Beatriz da Costa)]]
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**{{a|[[Beatriz da Costa (New Earth)|Fire]]}}
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:*[[Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)]]
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**{{a|[[Guy Gardner (New Earth)|Green Lantern Guy Gardner]]}}
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:*[[Ice (Tora Olafsdotter)]]
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**{{a|[[Tora Olafsdotter (New Earth)|Ice]]}}
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'''Villains:'''
  
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* None
  
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'''Other Characters:'''
  
'''Other Characters:'''
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* {{a|[[Rose Lewis (New Earth)|Rose Lewis Hardin]]}} {{1st}}
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* [[Oberon]]
  
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* {{a|[[Toby Hardin (New Earth)|Toby Hardin]]}} {{1st}}
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* [[Priest]] <small>(deceased)</small>
  
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* [[Rose Lewis Hardin]] {{1st}}
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* {{a|[[Oberon (New Earth)|Oberon]]}}
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* [[Toby Hardin]] {{1st}}
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* {{a|[[Priest (New Earth)|Priest]]}} {{corpse}}
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'''Locations:'''
  
'''Locations:'''
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* [[New York City]]
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* {{a|[[Oa]]}}
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**{{A|[[Central Power Battery of Oa]]}}
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:*[[Manhattan]]
  
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*{{A|[[New Earth]]}}
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:*[[Justice League Embassy]]
  
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* [[Oa]]
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**{{A|[[Lebanon]]}}
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* [[West Virginia]]
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*** {{a|[[Beirut]]}}
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:*[[Hope Springs]] {{1st}}
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** {{a|[[North Korea]]}}
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**{{A|[[United States of America]]}}
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*** {{a|[[California]]}}
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**** {{a|[[Los Angeles]]}}
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***{{A|[[New York]]}}
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**** {{a|[[New York City]]}}
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*****{{a|[[Manhattan]]}}
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******{{a|[[Justice League Embassy]]}}
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*** {{a|[[West Virginia]]}}
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****{{a|[[Hope Springs]]}}
 
'''Items:'''
  
'''Items:'''
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* [[Green Lantern Ring]]
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* {{a|[[Green Lantern Ring]]}}
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*{{A|[[Utility Belt]]}}
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'''Vehicles:'''
  
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* None
  
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| Cast1 = Batman (Bruce Wayne)
  
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| Cast2 = Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
  
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| Cast3 = Fire (Beatriz da Costa)
  
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| Cast4 = Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
  
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| Cast5 = Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
  
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| Cast6 = Green Lantern (John Stewart)
  
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| Cast7 = Ice (Tora Olafsdotter)
  
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| Cast8 = Justice League of America
  
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| Cast9 = Oberon
  
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| Cast10 = Priest
  
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| Cast11 = Rose Lewis Hardin
  
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| Cast12 = Toby Hardin
  
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| Location1 = New York City
  
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| Location2 = Manhattan
  
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| Location3 = Justice League Embassy
  
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| Location4 = Oa
  
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| Location5 = West Virginia
  
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| Location6 = Hope Springs
  
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| Item1 = Green Lantern Ring
  
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| Item2 =
 
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| Vehicle1 =
 
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| Vehicle2 =
 
   
 
| Notes =
 
| Notes =
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* This issue is reprinted in the ''[[Green Lantern: The Road Back]]'' trade paperback.
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* This issue is reprinted in the {{Co|Green Lantern: The Road Back (Collected)}} trade paperback.
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* The Green Lantern cast recently came off of a stint from the anthology series {{V|Action Comics Vol 1}}. Hal Jordan was last seen in {{C|Action Comics Vol 1 642}}.
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* [[John Stewart (New Earth)|John Stewart]] inadvertently caused [[Xanshi]]'s destruction in {{C|Cosmic Odyssey Vol 1 3}}.
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* The [[Green Lantern]] cast recently came off of a stint from the anthology series ''[[Comics:Action Comics Weekly Vol 1|Action Comics Weekly]]''. Hal Jordan was last seen in [[Action Comics 642|''Action Comics Weekly'' #642]].
  
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* The town of Hope Springs first appeared in {{c|Green Lantern Vol 2 #77}}, but at that time it was known as "Desolation".
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* Despite Hal mentioning that he had met Rose Lewis-Hardin when he was last in Hope Springs, she does not appear in the story depicting that visit.
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* [[John Stewart]] inadvertently caused [[Xanshi]]'s destruction in [[Cosmic Odyssey 3|''Cosmic Odyssey'' #3]].
 
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* Priest appears as a corpse only on [[Oa]].
  
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| Trivia =
 
| Trivia =
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* Hal Jordan's hair begins going gray with this issue.
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* Hal Jordan's hair begins going grey with this issue.
   
 
| Recommended =
 
| Recommended =
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| Recommended = {{Green Lantern RR}}
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* [[Comics:Green Lantern Vol 2|Green Lantern (Volume 2) #1-224]]
  
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* [[Comics:Green Lantern Vol 3|Green Lantern (Volume 3) #1-50]]
  
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* [[Comics:Green Lantern Vol 4|Green Lantern (Volume 4) #1-up]]
  
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* [[Comics:Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn Vol 1|Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn #1-6]]
  
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* [[Comics:Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn Vol 2|Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II #1-6]]
  
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* [[Comics:Action Comics Weekly Vol 1|Action Comics Weekly #601-646]]
  
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| CustomSection1 = Related Articles
  
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| CustomText1 =
  
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* [[Green Lantern]]
  
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* [[Green Lantern Corps]]
  
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* [[:Category:Green Lantern villains|Green Lantern Rogues gallery]]
  
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* [[Green Lantern/Gallery|Green Lantern image gallery]]
  
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* [[Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)/Gallery|Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) image gallery]]
  
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* [[Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)/Appearances|Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) appearances list]]
  
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* [[Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)/Quotes|Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) quotes page]]
  
   
 
| Links =
 
| Links =
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* [[Wikipedia:Green Lantern|Green Lantern article at Wikipedia]]
  
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* [[Wikipedia:Hal Jordan|Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) article at Wikipedia]]
  
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* [http://glcorps.dcuguide.com/profile.php?name=greenlantern2 Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) profile at the Book of Oa]
  
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* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=greenlantern2 Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) profile at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe]
  
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* [http://www.monitorduty.com/mdarchives/2006/02/alan_kistlers_p_4.shtml Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) profile by Alan Kistler]
  
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* [[Wikipedia:Green Lantern Corps|Green Lantern Corps article at Wikipedia]]
  
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Revision as of 16:58, 1 February 2020

"Down to Earth": It's been 15 years since Hal Jordan first found the fallen spacecraft of Abin Sur, and was given his Green Lantern Ring.

Quote1 Sometimes you follow a road for years and then it drops off in front of you. Where all your destinations used to be, now there's just a hole. A lot's dropped out from under me in fifteen years. Fifteen years since I crash-landed that plane, since I picked up the ring from the desert floor. The "Guardians of the Universe" and the Green Lantern Corps. Tomar-Re, Katma-Tui, and a dozen other friends on a dozen different planets. Carol Ferris and the aircraft company that bears her name. An engineering group called the gremlins, who won't talk to me anymore. Jets. When you start on them, the roads stretch away endlessly into the countryside. But then you top the last ride and you find nothing but the hole. And when you reach the hole, there's nowhere to go. Nowhere--and everywhere! Quote2
— Hal Jordan

Green Lantern (Volume 3) #1 is an issue of the series Green Lantern (Volume 3) with a cover date of June, 1990. It was published on April 17, 1990.

Synopsis for "Down to Earth"

It's been 15 years since Hal Jordan first found the fallen spacecraft of Abin Sur, and was given his Green Lantern Ring.

Hal visits the headquarters of Justice League of America to see if there is anything there that might inspire him to rejoin the team. When he arrives, it becomes clear that many of the League members would like him to replace their current Green Lantern, Guy Gardner. The playful antics of the League members, and more specifically, Guy Gardner's bad attitude, convince him that the League simply isn't the place for him. Truthfully, Hal feels that too much time spent around super-powered people has been wearing on him.

So, Hal embarks upon a journey to reconnect with himself, as a non-powered human. He recalls earlier years in his life, like his cross-country trip with his friend Green Arrow, fondly.

Meanwhile, John Stewart is suffering from a nervous breakdown due to his actions, which led to the destruction of the planet Xanshi. Unable to deal with his guilt any longer, he flies to the ruins of the planet Oa.

Hal's travels take him to the town of Hope Springs, West Virginia, which had been called Desolation when last he'd been there. He tracks down a woman he'd met there named Rose Lewis-Hardin. Rose had only met him as the Green Lantern, and therefore has no idea who Hal is. Even so, he offers to help her with the farm work for some room and board. In the meantime, he befriends Rose's young son, Toby. Hal senses a romantic tension between himself and Rose, but he is content to let nothing come of it.

Eventually, Guy Gardner shows up, and bullies Hal into competing with him once again, and the two engage in a ring-powered arm wrestling match. Unfortunately, Rose witnesses their argument, and despite Hal's assurances that he is just a man, she believes that he can never be anything but a super-hero. As such, she asks him to leave.

Appearing in "Down to Earth"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

Notes

Trivia

  • Hal Jordan's hair begins going grey with this issue.


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