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  • Heartwarming in Hindsight: Hal visiting Oliver's grave can be seen as this, after the events of Kevin Smith's story arc Quiver in the Green Arrow title, in which Hal's mourning led him to resurrect Oliver (initially as a Soulless Shell, but at the end of Quiver, Ollie's soul got back to his body).
  • Heartwarming Moments: All of Hal's interactions with his old friends count. He shows grudging admiration for Guy Gardner, acknowledges that John Stewart taught him about being the Green Lantern instead of the other way around, thanks his Silver Age sidekick Tom Kalmaku, has a brief reunion with on-and-off again girlfriend Carol Ferris, and is given some serious validation by one of the last guardians — who even acknowledges and apologises for the guardians Obstructive Bureaucrat tendencies. Even though it would later be undone, it's a heck of a send-off for the character.
  • It Was His Sled: Hal Jordan saving the day through Redemption Equals Death. It completes his story arc as the Anti-Villain Parallax, leads into his run as Spectre, and ultimately comes undone in Geoff Johns' Green Lantern: Rebirth. It's probably more surprising to new readers that Hal is absent for most of the comic.
  • Tear Jerker: The death of Hal Jordan, the long standing Silver Age Green Lantern who had fallen from grace and turned into the genocidal mad man anti-hero Parallax, instigator of the Zero Hour event, and the scenes of Hal visiting the most important people in his life - back up Lanterns Guy Gardner and John Stewart, former boss and long time love interest Carol Ferris AKA: Star Sapphire, and visiting the grave of his other superhero BFF Oliver Queen/Green Arrow - and trying to make sense of how his life went off the rails so badly, before making his Heroic Sacrifice to save the world, are all incredibly sad. Even fans who don't like Hal would be hard pressed not to feel bad for him in these scenes - especially his farewell to Carol before he goes off to what they both know will probably be his death.
  • They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: When one of the heroes needs to perform a Heroic Sacrifice by flying Lex's rocket into the sun, it's somewhat surprising Lex doesn't finagle a reason to force his hated nemesis Superman to fly the rocket. He doesn't even suggest it, Lex tries to get Kyle Rayner to do it. Admittedly, his reasoning is sound, as Kyle has already survived a close encounter with the sun, and they need someone who can take the heat for as long as possible. Superman himself volunteers when Kyle vanishes (summoned by Hal), but Ferro ends up taking the ship up.

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