Line #10 ComicBook/HalJordanAndTheGreenLanternCorps


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3	''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps'' is a 2016 biweekly comic book published by Creator/DCComics as part of their [[ComicBook/DCRebirth Rebirth]] initiative, written by Robert Vendetti with art duty shared between Creator/EthanVanSciver, Jordi Tarrogona, and Rafa Sandoval.
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5	The Green Lantern Corps, protectors of the universe for untold eons, has vanished. In their absence, the [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar Sinestro Corps]] has taken control of the universe. It's up to Hal Jordan, disgraced after his leadership of the Corps, to find and restore the Corps to its rightful place.
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7	The book serves as a continuation of the previous series of ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', ''ComicBook/{{Sinestro}}'', and the Green Lantern Corps books ''[[ComicBook/GreenLanternTheLostArmy Lost Army]]'' and ''[[ComicBook/GreenLanternCorpsEdgeOfOblivion Edge of Oblivion]]''. Despite the [[SpotlightStealingSquad name]], it features a huge cast of characters, though mainly focused around the primary Earth Lanterns. The series is published concurrently with ComicBook/GreenLanterns, which focuses on the Earth adventures of Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz.
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9	The series ended publication in 2018 with issue #50. It is followed by ''ComicBook/TheGreenLantern'' by Creator/GrantMorrison and Creator/LiamSharp.
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11	!! This series provides examples of:
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13	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Tomar-Tu's descent into villainy begins when he murders Xudarian Sinestro Corpsman and [[SerialKiller serial child killer]] Romat-Ru. Given that Romat-Ru murdered ''thousands'' of children, it's not hard to see why Tomar-Tu did it.]]
14	* BaitAndSwitch: Issue #3 ends with Hal defeated by a squad of Sinestro Corpsmen, ready to take him to Sinestro. The next issue begins with Sinestro about to gloatingly welcome Hal... only it turns out that the Green Lantern brought before him is [[spoiler:''Guy Gardner'']], who'd been captured offscreen.
15	** When Sinestro figures out that Soranik took Hal, it cuts to her apparently torturing Hal. The next issue reveals this was actually the beginning of the surgery needed to save his life.
16	* BaitAndSwitchBoss: At the beginning of the second arc, the Green Lanterns and Soranik's Yellow Lanterns work to repel Starro from the planet Xudar, only for all three parties to be captured by [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}]].
17	** In turn, [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}]] is being controlled by [[spoiler:Larfleeze.]]
18	* BeyondTheImpossible: In the ''Rebirth'' prologue, Hal manages to forge a Green Lantern ring from his own willpower. He and Soranik both point out that this feat was thought to be impossible for anyone but the Guardians of the Universe. [[spoiler:Ganthet, one of said Guardians,]] is at first surprised, but quickly gets amused at how long it took for Hal to do this.
19	* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Ganthet and Sayd]], not seen since ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern, finally return to [[spoiler:help bring Hal Jordan back to life]].
20	** The Twilight of the Guardians arc brings back the Templar Guardians after an absence of over two and half years, the Controllers and [[spoiler:the Darkstars on the final page, the army Kellic, leader of the Controllers, intends to use against the Green Lantern Corps]].
21	* CurbStompBattle: Surprisingly enough, [[spoiler:Parallax-powered Sinestro is no match for Hal in his pure-willpower form. Sinestro's constructs don't even affect Hal, and he can't stop the EarthShatteringKaboom of his base]].
22	* DeadlyUpgrade: Hal's usage of Krona's Gauntlet in the previous volume has started turning him into a being of pure willpower. He's far more powerful like this, but if he stays in it for too long, he will fade into the emotional spectrum. By forging a ring, he gains the ability to turn it on or off[[note]]Soranik operated on Hal for eight hours and didn't see any sign of it[[/note]], but he isn't sure how long that will last for. Plus, the power starts to creep in even when he's trying to avoid using it, resulting in Hal's loss to some Sinestro Corps {{Mooks}}, when he can't go all out for fear of killing nearby civilians. [[spoiler:Eventually, his fight with Sinestro allows him to pull an EarthShatteringKaboom on Warworld, [[HeroicSacrifice intending on taking Sinestro with him]]]].
23	* DefeatMeansFriendship: After Guy Gardner defeats Arkillo in a fight without either of them wearing their rings, they become BashBrothers, and even after [[spoiler:the Green Lantern and Sinestro Corps alliance ends]], they still meet up for monthly drinks.
24	* DefectorFromDecadence[=/=]RenegadeSplinterFaction: [[spoiler:Soranik Natu leads the defection of several Sinestro Corpsmen, who didn't want to be involved in the whole "terror and kidnapping" thing. They ally themselves with the Green Lantern Corps]].
25	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Soranik, exasperated by the Green Lanterns' continued distrust (and an accidental shot nearly hitting her), angrily asks that they look past their color and help the civilians. Bonus points for saying this to John Stewart.
26	* DramaticIrony: In the Prism of Time arc Kyle suggests he and Soranik watch Terminator because of the time travel in the arc. [[spoiler:The Big Bad of the arc, Sarko, is the child of Kyle and Soranik from the future, not unlike the time-tangled Conner family of the Terminator franchise]].
27	* EurekaMoment: Upon being informed that the Corps is trapped by an ultra-durable, glass-like material, and not an energy barrier like previously thought, John immediately puts the dots together to figure out their captor is [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}]].
28	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Tomar-Tu snaps, murders [[SerialKiller Romat-Ru]] in cold blood, and is arrested for it. Later, he escapes and joins the [[VigilanteMan Darkstars]], eventually becoming their leader and the BigBad of the Darkstar arc.]]
29	* HeelFaceTurn: When Soranik breaks the alliance between the Sinestro Corps and The Green Lantern Corps, Space Ape, Raynnun, Fanta-M, Subject-82, Two-Lobe, C.H.A.D., Combo, and Skurry, decide to leave the Sinestro Corps, becoming Green Lanterns.
30	* HonorBeforeReason: {{Invoked}}. When the Green Lanterns return to the universe, Guy is sent to recon their position, as their systems are still being repaired, but doesn't return. In a speech to the rest of the Corps, John states that the smart move now would be to wait and repair everything, get a clear picture of what's going on before rushing out.
31	-->'''John: '''Or we can do what Guy would - Say "To heck with it" and follow him into the black.
32	** John makes it clear he's going to do the latter, and asks for the rest of them to join him. Every single one of the Lanterns agrees.
33	* InternalReveal: Upon learning [[spoiler:about Hal's apparent death]], Kilowog tells the rest of the Corps about Hal's TakingTheHeat scheme, undoing his "traitor" reputation".
34	* IronicEcho: Soranik angrily confronts Sinestro about how he used her, but he retorts that she's trying to blame him for something that she ''really'' should have expected.
35	-->'''Sinestro:''' Take responsibility for your failures, Soranik. Or you will never learn from them.
36	** Shortly afterwards, they receive word about Hal Jordan resurfacing and opposing the Sinestro Corps. Sinestro starts ranting about how he was always a disappointment, and Hal can never single-handedly oppose him.
37	-->'''Soranik:''' Take responsibility for your failures, father. Or you will never learn from them.
38	* ItIsNotYourTime: [[spoiler:After Hal's HeroicSacrifice, he finds himself in the mysterious Emerald Space. [[DeathByOriginStory Abin Sur]] appears and tells him that it's the afterlife for the bravest of Green Lanterns, but also that Hal doesn't belong there. Sure enough, Ganthet and Sayd soon pull him out using Kyle Rayner's White Lantern powers, but not before Abin tells Hal to help restore the Blue Lanterns.]]
39	* KidFromTheFuture: Sarko, a Sinestro Corps fanatic of the far future, [[spoiler: turn out to be the son of Kyle and Soranik Natu. Kyle is devastated after his death. Kyle unable to tell Soranik this not only ruins any chance at a relationship, but leads Soranik to break the alliance between the Greens and the Yellows]].
40	* LastDance: Hal searches the universe for the Green Lantern Corps, only to find the Sinestro Corps in control. Due to his DeadlyUpgrade above, he decides that he can't risk waiting any longer to find the Green Lanterns. He storms Warworld to try and thwart Sinestro's scheme one last time, fully aware that, win or not, he's almost certainly going to die. [[spoiler:Hal does manage to destroy Warworld and apparently kill Sinestro, but he doesn't survive. [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt Though considering the title]], [[DeathIsCheap it doesn't stick for long.]]]]
41	* LethalJokeCharacter: Rot Lop Fan, a Green Lantern whose species has no concept of light or color, is usually remembered for his unique variation[[note]] ''In loudest din or hush profound, my ears catch evil's slightest sound. Let those who toll out evil's knell, beware my power: The F-Sharp Bell!''[[/note]] on the Green Lantern creed, and has had little to no speaking appearances since his first story in ''1987''. However, in #9, Rot uses his sensitive hearing to find and sever Starro's connection to the mind-controlling spawn. He even recites the oath will doing so!
42	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Guy's ring runs out of juice, and it turns out that he doesn't wear anything underneath his ring-generated uniform. Sinestro pauses mid-rant to FacePalm.
43	-->'''Sinestro: '''Gardner, how did the Green Lantern Corps ''ever'' accept you into its ranks?
44	* NotBrainwashed: Soranik's current affiliation with the Sinestro Corps is viewed with much suspicion by the Green Lantern Corps, with John Stewart assuming she was brainwashed right off the bat. She has to explain the whole story for Corps to accept that this trope is in play.
45	** Subverted with [[spoiler:Tomar-Tu. He chooses to join the Darkstars, and claims that the Darkstar mantle isn't affecting his mind, but it's later revealed that the telepathic link between the Darkstars allows them to share eachothers' anger, creating a kind of riot mentality among them. When Tomar-Tu is finally stripped of his armor, he's overcome with remorse.]]
46	* PoorCommunicationKills: Soranik Natu spells this out to Kyle Rayner:
47	--> '''Soranik:''' Kyle... you... should have... TOLD ME! [[spoiler:We had a son]].
48	* PoweredByAForsakenChild: In order to cement his control of the universe, Sinestro creates the Fear Engine, a gigantic machine inside Warworld. Thousands of captives are shown their greatest fears, which would fuel the Sinestro Corps' fear rings indefinitely. However, Sinestro actively avoids the "child" part of this trope. [[PragmaticVillainy He believes that only the best and brightest can provide enough fear energy, and children certainly don't fit the criteria]].
49	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Soranik Natu delivers a particularly scathing one to Kyle Rayner in issue #24 for [[spoiler: hiding from her that Sarko, the villain that he'd killed earlier and whom she was just done ''autopsying'', was actually their son from the future]]. Also doubles as a WhatTheHellHero
50	--> '''Soranik:''' You forget that I'm a Natu by name, but a Sinestro by blood. Fear is the family gift. I feel it throbbing inside you. The fear that made you keep your secret. Fear that I wouldn't want to be with you. Fear that I'd be the love you let slip away. You fear a wounded heart! You can't hide from your fear, ''alley rat''.
51	* TheRemnant: At the beginning of the series, the Green Lantern Corps has been reduced to this. The events of ''Lost Army'' and ''Edge of Oblivion'' depleted the ranks of the Green Lanterns to just ~400 out of 7200, or roughly 5% of their full strength. None of the major Lanterns died, but they're still badly outgunned against the full-strength Sinestro Corps.
52	* SeasonFinale: The Fracture arc (#22-#25) is this, after a year of publication and showing [[spoiler:the end of the the alliance between the Green Lantern Corps and Soranik's reformed Yellow Lanterns]].
53	* SequelSeries: To Venditti's preceding ''New 52''-era run on ''Green Lantern'', picking up Hal's storyline and the Corps' in the wake of ''Green Lantern: The Lost Army''.
54	* SurvivalMantra: When Guy is put into the Fear Engine and tortured, he starts reciting the [[BadassCreed Green Lantern oath]] over and over to keep going.
55	* TakeThat: In issue #12, Guy Gardner attempts to break one of the bottles of [[spoiler:Larfleeze and the 80s Brainiac]] that holds the New 52 ComicBook/{{Lobo}}. Hal Jordan shows up before Guy can spike it, claiming "Not that one. Trust me. Better to leave him on the shelf."
56	* VigilanteMan: [[spoiler:Tomar-Tu]] and the Darkstars. They enforce "Lethal Justice" by slaughtering criminals wherever they can find them.
57	* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Green Lantern Corps and [[spoiler:Soranik's Yellow Lanterns]] barely get along, mainly due to the Greens' massive distrust and suspicion of the latter. During the ''Bottled Light'' arc, the tension culminates into a full-on brawl between the two, [[spoiler:though it turns out to be a ploy to trick Larfleeze into freeing them.]]
58	* WeNeedADistraction: Hal's single-handed assault on Warworld turns out to be this, buying time for [[spoiler:Soranik and the good Yellow Lanterns to evacuate the Fear Engine captives. Once that's done, Hal pulls a TakingYouWithMe on Sinestro and ''the entire planet''.]]
59	** Also how the Corps manages to get away from [[spoiler:Larfleeze. The Greens and the Yellows were being overpowered by his Orange Lanterns, until John gets the idea to start freeing all of his collection. Larfleeze subsequently panics, and leaves the other Lanterns to try and get his "stuff" back.]]

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