Green Lantern Emerald Twilight Author:Ron Marz And there came an "Emerald Dawn." — Hal Jordan was born and raised in Coast City. There he worked as a test pilot, met his girlfriend; his parents were buried there. When a dying alien gave Hal a power ring, he became part of the Green Lantern Corps, created by the Guardians of the Universe. — Coast City had Green Lantern, just as Metropolis had S... more »uperman and Gotham City had Batman.
Hal was the best, always following orders, and he often led the corps in its interplanetary quest to combat evil, even against Sinestro, a rogue Green Lantern. Sometimes Hal disagreed with the Guardians, but he always believed they had the greater good in mind.
But there is a limit beyond which no man can be pushed.
An alien conqueror named Mongul mercilessly destroyed Coast City and its seven million inhabitants. Hal defeated Mongul, but that could not bring back Coast City. That could not bring back the place where Hal Jordan had lived and worked and loved.