Hal was raised in a multi-religious household. His father is Catholic, while his mother is Jewish. As a child, Hal was traumatized by watching his father, a pilot, die in a plane crash.Refusing to bow down t… See more

Years later, Hal had been kicked out of the military for assaulting an officer, and was reduced to an engineer giving planes tune-ups. He was abducted by a dying alien, Abin Sur. Sur wanted Hal to replace him in the Green … See more

Rogues Gallery
Hal and Sinestro worked well together and became friends. At some point, however, Hal discovered Sinestro had enslaved Korugarusing his ring. He attacked Sinestro and turned … See more

Alliance with Sinestro
After being stripped of his ring by the Corps, Hal returned home, resigned. In his Coast City apartment, Jordan was hounded by his landlord for overdue rent. As he looked out t… See more

Dark Crisis
After the apparent death of the Justice League, Hal, Superman, Black Adam, and the Flash came up with plans to confront the Dark Army. Hal met up with Kyle Rayner an… See more