Real name: Parris
First appearance: Showcase I#22 3/3 (Sept./Oct. 1959)
Abilities: Nuclear scientist
Worst act: Attempted treason, destruction of government property
Quote: "Green Lantern! I've been half-expecting you!"
Created by: John Broome (script), Gil Kane (pencils), Joe Giella (inks)
And so we reach the last story of the first appearance of Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern. Hal, as the Green Lantern, gets invited to a charity ball that happens so often in comics. While he's kissing on Carol Ferris, he spots a missile streaking towards the city! A yellow missile!
That for some reason has a red nosecone.
That's all he needs, thankfully, and thus the city is saved. He finds it isn't a nuke so then it must have been aiming for something specific! The government building that houses their hydrogen info, that must be it!
Using his ring to tell him pretty much everything, Hal finds the doc who (despite Hal only being the Green Lantern for a fairly short time) apparently was waiting for him? He easily captures him and drops him off with the military.
So, all in all a fairly weak run. More of a science fiction bent than Alan Scott but Hal is fairly flat as a character, although Broome and Kane seem to be ramping up the soap opera elements a fair bit, what with Hal chasing after Carol and her turning him down.
Seriously, the whole 'town almost blown to bit' gets glossed over fairly quickly so Hal can get cussed out by Carol for kissing with his eyes open.
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