History Awesome / GreenLantern

* In ''War of the Green Lanterns'', despite the repercussions, let it be remembered that Hal Jordan [[spoiler: ''ONE HIT KILLED'' [[PhysicalGod KRONA.]] Who, as a Guardian of the Universe, is supposed to be ''impossible to kill with a Green Lantern ring.'' But, does the impossible mean a ''damn'' to Hal?HELL no.]]

* John Stewart confronts Franchise/{{Batman}}, who had up to that point in the story had been drawn completely in shadow. After listening to Batman constantly bad-mouthing Hal, John puts the goddamn Batman in his place:

* After Mogo has been blown up, he reforms, and sucks in John and Fatality. As all of the Third Army soldiers within three parsecs of his coordinates arrive, he destroys them all before reforming the Green Lantern symbol across himself and releasing John and Fatality. {{Badass}}.

** And after all this, he ''still'' doesn't kill him. [[GenreSavvy Only because he doesn't want to deal with a Black Lantern Mongul.]]

* His impressive XanatosGambit in the SinestroCorpsWar-create an army of [[TheDreaded the most feared beings in the universe]] in order to [[WellIntentionedExtremist make the Green Lanterns more like him]] by forcing them to revoke the ThouShallNotKill rule. Either they stay by their scruples and [[TheBadGuyWins lose, letting Sinestro command the universe the way he sees fit]], or revoke the ThouShallNotKill rule just as Sinestro plans. [[MagnificentBastard There's a good reason why Sinestro remains their arch-enemy!]]

* In Green Lantern (2011-), Sinestro is trying to get Hal Jordan to think like a Green Lantern, not a superhero. When Hal tries to save a woman who's fallen from a collapsing bridge, Sinestro shuts down Hal's ring, then uses his own to catch the woman. And her car. And every other person, vehicle, and bit of debris. He then cold-welds the deck and cables, re-seals the road surface, and places everyone and everything back on the bridge. All at once. This is the first time we see exactly why he was known as the [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels greatest of the Green Lanterns]].

* During the ''Blackest Night'', when Mongol has taken over the Sinestro Corps. and enslaved Sinestro's home world, he doesn't take it well. Mongol seems to have him on the ropes, before Sinestro reprograms Mongols rings to impale him with several spikes and decides to ''crush him under the central power battery''.

** And after all this, he ''still'' doesn't kill him. [[GenreSavvy Only because he doesn't want to deal with a Black Lantern Mongol.]]

* Near the end of TheDeathOfSuperman arc, Hal Jordan returns to Coast City, only to find that [[GalacticConqueror Mongul]] has destroyed it with the help of Cyborg Superman. Hal goes [[UnstoppableRage absolutely berserk]] and attacks Mongul, only for Mongul to wipe the floor with him. At the last minute, Hal finds {{Steel}}'s hammer, which said hero had dropped in an earlier battle, and threatens Mongul with it. This ensues:

** The blue cat, Dex-Starr, is the Red Lantern of Secotr 2814. He's from Earth.

* Even if he is the BigBad and leader of the Sinestro Corps, Sinestro definitely qualifies himself as Awesome and Badass. According to Sinestro himself [[NoodleIncident he has '''broken''' power rings through sheer force of will twice]].

-->'''Batman:''' "Tell Guy he needs a [[{{Squick}}shave]]."

* At the end of the recent ''New Guardians'' run, Kyle Rayner, Carol, Saint Walker, the Templar Guardians and two other characters Kyle encountered during the run are fighting against Oblivion. [[DespairEventHorizon When Kyle has fallen into despair]], the Guardians, Carol and Walker all convince him to find another way - split up the Life Equation between seven White Lanterns, officially creating the White Lantern Corps and averting the future seen in ''Future's End''.

* In [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Lantern_Vol_3_178 this issue]], Kyle Rayner gets hit with a dart from Fatality that makes it hard to focus, and thus hard to use his Ring. When she has him on the ropes, on the deck of an aircraft carrier, he manages to start sketching something with his ring. Something with spikes...it's a LawyerFriendlyCameo of ''[[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]]'', who ''throws a jet fighter at Fatality like a paper airplane''.

* The entire end to the Green Lantern Corps: Recharge miniseries. First, you have the '''''entire''''' Green Lantern Corps standing together next to the main power battery in their darkest hour when Oa is raided by a group of space spiders that is slowly working its way towards winning against them. Second, you have Guy Gardner decides to give this speech:

* The training sequence on Oa, especially the duel with Sinestro, which mirrors the later climactic fight in its rapid and creative use of various weapons and other constructs.
* Carol Farris, the most idiotic comic girlfriend after LoisLane, is not fooled by Hal's ClarkKenting! This was the first DC comics film with a love interest smarter than a brick!

* The training sequence on Oa, especially the duel with Sinestro, which mirrors the later climactic fight in its rapid and creative use of various weapons and other constructs.

--> '''DaChief:''' All right, boys, [[CrazyPrepared you thought it was a joke when we spend that week training up for a zombie attack.]] Nobody's laughing now. You know what to do! '''[[RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain Head shots]] and major joints! Take 'em apart!'''

* On top of that? ''[[spoiler: He actually succeeds in killing the Guardians, as punishment for their flagrant abuse of power.]]''

* As his final trump card against the First Lantern, Volthoom, Hal [[spoiler: goes back to the Dead Zone...[[GodzillaThreashold and summons Nekron.]] And not only does it actually WORK, but Hal then inherits the First lantern's ring and uses it to bring himself back from the dead and banish Nekron in one fell swoop. ]]