20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About Green Lantern

His 2011 movie may have crashed and burned, but Green Lantern remains one of the DC Universe's most popular superheroes. Had things not gone so wrong with that adaptation, it's not hard to imagine that Ryan Reynolds would have been standing alongside Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, and Gal Gadot at last year's Comic-Con panel for Batman V Superman. Regardless, Green Lantern will get a second chance in 2020, but until then his comic book adventures remain some of the most bizarre and enjoyable there are. A former test pilot who found himself in possession of an alien ring, Hal Jordan has been on some truly wacky and weird quests, though his ability to overcome great fear and harness the power of will makes Green Lantern one of the bravest and most powerful members of the Justice League. Whether it's in outer space or on his home planet of Earth, Green Lantern has faced countless threats and overcome the strangest of foes over the years, resulting in all sorts of controversial and sometimes borderline disturbing/hard to believe storylines. Here, you will find twenty of the craziest and most mind-blowing facts about Green Lantern. Whether it's his relationship with a minor, his hilariously pathetic weakness, what happened when he met Marvel's Iron Man, or the member of the Justice League he was supposed to hook up with, you'll look at the character in a very different way after reading this...