Hal Jordan becomes Green Lantern! | Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn

Buy Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn right here: amzn.to/2wMNzON When the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814 crash lands on Earth, he decides it is time to pass on the Emerald Mantle to a deserving human, Hal Jordan. Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #greenlantern
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[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

I mean like, Legion's okay. Sinestro's alright. Parallax is meh. Nekron's fine. I'm just saying, Hal's _never_ beaten that Yellow Sign.

[@Grievousish]

I saw you mention Nekron and now I really want a GL/Warhammer 40k crossover

[@galvatron3323]

Ha yeah the sign is 1-0

[@fredrikgranstrom6743]

have you seen the yellow sign?

[@Beliasa01]

Goddamn yellow sign

[@TupocalypseShakur]

@@galvatron3323 I think you mean 2-0

[@HollyTellingStories]

"He does a care bear stare on a Lovecraftian monster." Oh my gosh, I love this show 😀😄

[@grantwinter-helms5410]

Tomar-Re is the Green Lantern of Krypton's sector. He actually considered it his greatest failure that he failed to save the planet. He was told while retiring to take solace in the fact that Krypton's destruction allowed Kal-El to become one of the Universe's greatest heroes.

[@liverusrock6789]

Hearing Sal say "Kawai Commander" gave me life LMAO

[@hapokas112]

Nice.

[@robi218]

Geoff Johns did a revised origin when he took the book over after GL: rebirth.

[@asiydah.6817]

Am I the only one who shuffles the entire Back Issues playlist for hours after every new episode? (who am I kidding, I do that every day)

[@UnrealGemini]

ASIYDAH. Top 5 episodes

[@asiydah.6817]

@@UnrealGemini Are you asking me what my top 5 Back Issues episodes are? Because if so I honestly can't choose. What about you?

[@kordelshorgar122]

21:32 the clippy reference was gold jajajaja

[@thomasarcanine]

So Hal's very first mortal enemy is The Sign... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dentonfilms8446]

Oh my god there are two Supermen on the couch!

[@victor6620]

Man they should've torn their shirts open in the opening.

[@SpiralSine6]

Oh no, where are the other two?!?

[@grimandbilly005]

Thank you Ben for that parallax pun! And Sal connecting the dots FTW!

[@ryanstang6556]

I love when others shit on the guardians as much as I do

[@ComicCrossing]

Interesting choice to do Emerald Dawn over Secret Origins. Secret Origins is really great, though I havent read Emerald Dawn so Im pretty hyped for this episode.

[@andrewfoerster6864]

Just wanted to let you guys know, I think you guys have one of the most underrated channels on KZbin. I never miss anything; this channel is the only one I check daily for updates. Thank you for always putting out A+ videos. You guys are awesome.

[@timshady237]

Power drunk Hal > Alcohol drunk Hal

[@PowerPackers90]

I got to say the 80s post crisis reboots of Superman (Man of Steel), Batman (year one), Wonder Woman (George Prez run), and Emerald Dawn are all really good

[@KyleBrand]

Ben at 6:50, making those big connections: paralyzed...he becomes paralax!

[@kylokatarn9080]

After a stressful, work-filled day, nothing feels better than curling up an watching a Green Lantern Back Issues episode. Thank you guys so much! I love it when you do Green Lantern.

[@NewPhoneWhoThis52]

Idea for Comic Line DC Lore vs Marvel Lore

[@joshuanelson6795]

I was ironically just wondering if you guys would ever cover this story. My personal favorite Green Lantern origin tale.

[@thomasarcanine]

Also, ain't it coincidence that Sal and Ben have the same clothing style, including a Superman undershirt??? Ethan, you've been left out... hahahaha

[@danielfoster3813]

I love the silence after suggesting to bring in Guy Gardner.

[@andrewmatseshe7343]

Holy Shit! I was a bout to hit the sack early! Nope. Back Issues! And A GL one! Hype! 😃

[@bman184r]

I was hoping for an “Ace of Base-the sign” reference 😞 hahaha

[@bacsilva]

4:46 yellow sign: the first yellow lantern

[@conceivebelieveachieve9544]

@Wet Cloth r/woooosh

[@Grievousish]

Coming home from work to an episode of back issues is like finding a sizzling steak waiting for you at the dinner table

[@dieboyandy5150]

I TOTALLY remember reading this when I was younger, and pissing my pants at "THE SIGN" segment, so awesome to be reminded of this again!!! I gotta go find these again!! Thanks for the nostalgia, Love you guys!!!!

[@chikidchris]

That quote bit was golden. Great to Cover the origin of the 2nd Best Green Lantern. #JohnStewartisbetter

[@andrewcabral963]

Do more Green Lantern stories like the one where the guardians leave to go off to meet some pretty aliens and the power battery is destroyed and the Green Lantern Corps is just disbanded and all there is now is the earth Green Lanterns after that do The Road Back which is about old Hal with white streaks in his hair coming out of being a loner to going back to being a Green Lantern.

[@ChadBenjamin]

Geoff Johns actually retconned this with Green Lantern: Secret Origin

[@pinche.dieguito]

You can see the moment Ben came up with the Parallax joke 6:39

[@chisasa9509]

Thank you to everyone at Comic pop. You guys share amazing Stories and Im so happy to get to listen to some of my favorite Hero's and Villains. I FREAKING LOVE LANTERNS! I wish I was a Shaphire Lantern. Love Conqures All!

[@Sicod79]

Green Holographic funeral attendance is literally a Green Lantern power move.

[@TevyaSmolka]

This was really fun :)

[@DrMadd]

Johns did write his own Green Lantern origin book called “Green Lantern: Secret Origin” which in my personal opinion is a better story. It’s basically a buddy cop story with Hal and Sinestro.

[@Syntherus]

I've had a rough week. I've been sick with the flu and burning with fever, my grandpa passed away, and my computer died, causing me to have to Frankenstein one together from parts I had lying around. And what do you know, an episode of back issues comes right when I needed it. Thanks for doing what you do, guys.

[@RayOnRoundball]

DC: The New Frontier is Hal Jordan's one true origin in my mind. But, this is alright I guess.

[@Scororo]

Heard about this story from Jason on Geek History Lesson and haven't had a chance to read it yet, glad that you guys did it

[@geoffreykandolo973]

Wait a minute i just remembered; wasn't Tomar Rey in charge of the sector where krypton was ?

[@nerdking1019]

Geoffrey Kandolo I’m pretty sure he was!

[@geoffreykandolo973]

@@nerdking1019 Right ! So he screwed up lost an entire civilization on his watch and he's still on the job !? God the guardian administration kinda sucks.

[@infernaldisdain8051]

@@geoffreykandolo973 They suck more than you know. Tomar Rey tried his best to delay the destruction of Krypton but the laws of the Green Lanterns wouldn't let him directly save them because it was a natural event. It doesn't help that the hopeful and best replacements for him were Lara and Jor-El, Superman's biological mother and father.

[@ninja1man4u]

In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let all who worship evils might, BEWARE MY POWER GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT!!! All right now I'm ready for some hilarious back issues.

[@CarlosRodriguez-sv4wd]

I think Johns changed it to be Atrocitus that killed / made Abin Sur's ship crash, havent read Johns' run in a while but i know he changed some stuff about the origin

[@Xer0sama]

Alright, here's a fucking doozy for you- The Origins of Donna Troy. You might want to get a whiteboard for this one to keep track like PCP University explaining Kingdom Hearts.

[@anothercleverusername992]

I prefer the much later on _"Green Lantern: Secret Origin",_ but only because of the additional plot points of weaving in Atrocitus causing Abin's crash, the War of Light/Blackest Night stuff, and Sinestro and Hal's blossoming friendship/rivalry... The rest is borrowed from this in a major way, and that's because it's not a bad story in need of major rework- which for the era is saying a lot.

[@ToonGal12]

Personally, my favorite GL origin is "Earth One", but this one, by far, is the funniest one. Or at least, the POPCrew made it funny. I think this is the most I've heard the trio continuously laugh in a long time.

[@LifeIsForEmos8D]

That back-cover review from Ben at the end 😂😂😂

[@alicedubois1348]

Just a chick passing by... I am loving the content! Back Issues are my favourite videos from this channel. 🇨🇦❤😂

[@GitShiddy]

First time I've heard Kawaii pronounced like that.

[@bobthebutcher3358]

This was a funny one. Thanks for the recommendation Ben. Lol.

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

today was hard day. thank you comicpop for this hilarious episode

[@willmartinez1606]

FINALLY. After a long day today ComicPOP never fails me. Love the content please more. Nj Represents

[@youngchief31]

Owlsley??? Missed out on an Ethan “Hoot hoo-hoo hoo-HOOT!!!” reference....

[@elijahjihaad7554]

“In true guardian fashion”🤣

[@DaveFu]

This is the back issues that convinced me that Sal should NEVER work in HR. "You're getting fired because you're an asshole and a moron."

[@camerond4689]

The whole episode is fantastic.the last minute of the episode is funny as hell.

[@andrewwestfall65]

The Guardians have tried nothing and their all out of ideas

[@nolawiegetu902]

At what point did Ferris Air suddenly stop blaming things on Hal for things that he couldn't control?

[@TheGreatDevlin]

Never. I would love for Hal to canonically be the least liked man at Ferris Air. Lol

[@rydergoodrich3346]

It wouldn't be unheard of. This is Hal we're talking about here

[@zachpeterson8341]

Johns did Secret Origin which is a revised origin. I thought you covered it

[@lukasszalbot1636]

They did the superman secret origin.

[@Spyder7223]

Now to watch all the other green lantern back issues again, in chronological order

[@lukasszalbot1636]

There is a part two to this origin. Which is also great.

[@lynnlynn6587]

4:03-4:50 This is the Hal Jordan that I know, I can’t believe what he does in DC vs Vampires….

[@batman369able]

My boy Hal getting smacked around by signs and roasted by guys named "Biff". Emerald Dawn was not kind to this man.

[@jacoblawson9934]

R.I.P Keith Giffen

[@Martin_TheCollector]

YAS, more Green Lantern!!

[@hugoiberri3945]

I was about to go to sleep but then I open KZbin and then boom a new back issue 😹

[@Ducaso]

The Guardians out here being Guardians, doing Guardian things. By that I mean being utterly useless.

[@PowerPackers90]

So does Hal get PTSD whenever the song "I saw the sign" comes on the radio?

[@justinmitchell2577]

Hal couldn’t discover 3 o’clock at 2:59

[@braedenmatthias4460]

I shit you not while i was watching this a commercial about Halloween came on with a girl dressed like dorthy...

[@jeff2178]

What a great episode..so funny, so obsessed with the sign..

[@CarlosRodriguez-sv4wd]

My question is if Abin Sur can fly through space without a need to breathe why is he in a ship in the first place

[@yfullman]

If you can run to work, why drive? Comfort. And maybe having a pre-made ship allows him to save some ring energy.

[@ericsanty]

In later stories it’s explained that the ship was for holding prisoners

[@DRILLY-f4t]

Wasn't Tomar Ray the green lantern of krypton pre-crisis?

[@roccoborghetti4693]

I thought Geoff Johns retconned the origin in like 2006 as the new "post-crisis" origin, making it the New 52 origin too.

[@RonCorleone]

5:25 That's some Eric O'Grady shit right there

[@CoolGuy-jp5yd]

The created a new origin called Green Lantern: Secret Origin by Geoff Johns.

[@NOTSparkyPants]

Doesn't Secret Origin kind of serve as John's retelling of the origin?

[@Evyscreations]

A stellar recommendation, Ben

[@eqs1782]

Loved you guys going over emerald dawn. Will you do the second one?

[@kinneary]

YES!

[@idongesitusen5764]

"I saw the sign"I opened up my eyes and saw the sign"Life is demandingWithout understanding"Had to get that out. I'm pretty sure this is where the Reynolds movie came from.

[@UndeadNerdT800]

If the hbo max show or the movie is this story line like the original movie and they need to fallow the hole story line than people will love it $$$

[@DMorfin11]

KawiiComander, I will cosplay at this one day

[@hapokas112]

Awesome.

[@ivansplvd6518]

I think him of a Halo mask with kitty ears... This is what fornite has done to us hahah

[@pebblebrookbooks4852]

🎶 Hal into the Danger Zone 🎶

[@fredrikgranstrom6743]

pretty cool

[@MercWithMouth1234567]

Now they real question is: why does Abin Sur need a spaceship if Green Lanterns can just fly through space?

[@Beliasa01]

Alan Moore covered this 30 years ago

[@rubenalmazanalmazan2742]

Watchmean sal!!!!!!!!! I been a fan since TV little house bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll pay you $20 to do it on back issues

[@kiyankurji67]

They did reboot the origin Geoff Johns wrote Green Lantern Secret Origin after he wrote the Sinestro Corps War.

[@endergamez5874]

Oh shit. You guys have mics! Getting high tech.

[@comicpop]

Almost two years running now!

[@endergamez5874]

@@comicpop guess I need to pay for attention

[@sonofhercules195]

I'm not really a green lantern fan. I'm more of a ComicPOP critique of the Green Lantern and Oa law fan.

[@Deadpoolzilla]

#KawaiiCommander

[@kurreof3014]

paralax was the best thing ever

[@yolanda8563]

Paralyzed Parallax now there's a story

[@JoshMunroe]

He are Legion... the best and worst way to describe him.

[@accidentalmadness1708]

Can they put this and emerald twilight in a trade and call it: the rise and fall of hal jordan

[@mattcomisar]

Need to review the New Frontier

[@Zxzero36]

Technally can't the green lantern ring do basically anything? It's basically a supercomputer and can recreate medical machines an such and would ha e a data base of alien stuff.

[@harley_yelrah9429]

Maybe I’m just a jerk but Hal is a relatable dude in this book

[@TheLovePeaceSoul]

Please do flash war!!

[@closegripbenchpress489]

why does parallax look like an old man?

[@luckysix1015]

See they are called the chickchickie because they are yellow, the color of a coward and sometimes cowards are called yellow bellies or chicken.

[@AAllen-br8it]

It's R O U G H