Real names: N/A
First appearance: Showcase I#23 1/2 (Nov./Dec. 1959)
Abilities: Being giant birds
Worst act: Attempted murder
Quote: "Kreeeeeeeeeee!"
Created by: John Broome (script), Gil Kane (pencils), Joe Giella (inks)
More soap than space opera here. We also learn that Hal Jordan lives in Coast City.
Basically, Hal learns that Carol is gaga over the Green Lantern and he sneaks himself an invite by saying how close he and GL are. The catch? She wants Hal AND the Green Lantern to show up.
What is he to do? Mostly ignore all that as he gets a summons from his lantern. Yeah, he takes the ring he takes the orders too, and his job this time is to investigate an emergency on Venus. Hal pops over and what does he finds? Giant yellow pterodactyls trying to eat up some blue cave folk. Hal would save them...but his ring is powerless against yellow!
So he traps them in a cave via a ring created hawk.
A bit silly and yeah, there is tension about his weakness but then he just ignores it. The birds could just as easily been any other color and the story wouldn't be changed that much. Also, how did the blue cave folk get their message out in the first place?
Oh, and if you're wondering about the party, Hal just flies in as the Green Lantern and says Hal is a good buddy of his but he couldn't make it. Carol doesn't seem too upset over that.
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