▁Julius ▁Schw art z ▁rein vent ed ▁the ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁character ▁as ▁a ▁science ▁fiction ▁hero ▁named ▁Hal ▁Jordan . ▁Hal ▁Jordan ' s ▁powers ▁were ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁Alan ▁Scott ' s , ▁but ▁otherwise ▁this ▁character ▁was ▁completely ▁different ▁than ▁the ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁character ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s . ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁new ▁name , ▁a ▁red es igned ▁cost ume , ▁and ▁a ▁re written ▁origin ▁story . ▁Hal ▁Jordan ▁received ▁his ▁ring ▁from ▁a ▁dying ▁al ien ▁and ▁was ▁commission ed ▁as ▁an ▁officer ▁of ▁the ▁Green ▁Lan tern ▁Corps , ▁an ▁inter stell ar ▁law ▁enfor cement ▁ag ency ▁over seen ▁by ▁the ▁Guard ians ▁of ▁the ▁Un iverse . ▁ ▁Hal ▁Jordan ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁Show case ▁# 2 2 ▁( Se ptember – Oct ober ▁ 1 9 5 9 ). ▁Gil ▁K ane ▁and ▁Sid ▁Gre ene ▁were ▁the ▁art ▁team ▁most ▁notable ▁on ▁the ▁title ▁in ▁its ▁early ▁years , ▁along ▁with ▁writer ▁John ▁Bro ome . ▁His ▁initial ▁physical ▁appearance , ▁according ▁to ▁K ane , ▁was ▁pattern ed ▁after ▁his ▁one - time ▁neighbor , ▁actor ▁Paul ▁New man . ▁ ▁Later ▁develop ments ▁With ▁issue ▁# 7 6 ▁( A pril ▁ 1 9 7 0 ), ▁the ▁series ▁made ▁a ▁radical ▁sty list ic ▁departure . ▁Editor ▁Schw art z , ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁company ' s ▁earliest ▁efforts ▁to ▁provide ▁more ▁than ▁fant asy , ▁worked ▁with ▁the ▁writer