green lantern came first hal jordan or john stewart.
who came first hal jordan or john stewart?
green lantern
the character of harold "hal" jordan was a second-generation test pilot, having followed in the footsteps of his father. he was given the power ring and battery (lantern) by a dying alien named abin sur, whose spaceship crashed on earth. abin sur used his ring to seek out an individual who was "utterly honest and born without fear" to take his place as a member of the corps. at one point, when hal jordan was incapacitated, it was revealed that there were two individuals matching the specified criteria on earth, the other being guy gardner, and the ring chose jordan solely because of his proximity to abin sur. gardner then became listed as hal's "backup", even though he had a strong friendship with barry allen (the flash). gardner would fill in if jordan was unavailable or otherwise incapacitated. later, when gardner was put into a coma, it turned out that by then there was a third human suitable for the task, john stewart, who was designated as the earth sector's "backup" lantern. jordan, as green lantern, became a founding member of the justice league of america and as of the mid-2000s is, along with john stewart, one of the two active-duty lanterns in earth's sector of space.
green lantern
bullet::::- stewart is referenced in "" episode "ranx". he is mentioned by guy gardner as the new green lantern of sector 2814 after gardner gets promoted to honor guard. hal jordan asks who the new green lantern is and guy mentions his name is john stewart. hal responds "the fake news guy?", in reference to "the daily show" host jon stewart. according to giancarlo volpe, had the show not been canceled, john stewart would've appeared in the season two premiere sent to capture hal jordan when he was framed by sinestro for his crimes.
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