On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:03:13 GMT, Phantom Detective
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>Well, Rebirth has finally explained some things.
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>There are spoilers below, so, if you haven't read GL Rebirth #3, don't
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>DC had to "rehabilitate" Hal. He'd essentially gone crazy, killed a slew
of
>Green Lanterns, the Guardians, and attempted some evil things.
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>So, how to get his history back to the heroic side?
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>Infect him with an evil entity named Parallax who was hidden from others
so
>it seemed Hal was the evil one, but he wasn't.
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>Hal can now get rid of this Parallax entity and he's the old Hal, heroic
and
>innocent of the evil acts perpetrated by the evil entity.
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>This is a little too pat, but it gives DC its out. It also will probably
>give the Guardians a way to reinstitute the yellow impurity/vulnerability
>back into the rings.
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>It still doesn't tell me what they intend to do with Kyle, who I want to
>continue being GL. With his different ring. And, will Batman and the
>others completely absolve Hal and trust him again once they know he
wasn't
>responsible for his actions as Parallax?
I can see it as a way to have John continue to be the JLA GL for the
time being. Keep Hal out of the Leauge, with some contact, until
they're comfortable with him. 'Sides, it wouldn't be fair to John to
be replaced unless he was thinking of taking the walk anyway.
--
Lilith


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