10 Best Times Superheroes Came Back From The Dead
6. Hal Jordan
Way back in 1993 Mongul showed up and destroyed Coast City. A grief stricken Hal Jordan uses the last of his power to make a fake version of the place as a coping mechanism, but this draws the ire of the Guardians who demand he return to Oa for disciplinary measures.
Hal snaps and decides to kill every last one of them and anyone stupid enough to get in his way. Having achieved this he drains the Power Battery of its energy, denounces the name Green Lantern and turns into Parallax.
As Parallax he sets about trying to re-write history to his own liking, but eventually sacrifices himself for the greater good and is sent to purgatory where he finds his freedom as the new host for Spectre, which is how he will stay until 2004, when the excellent Geoff Johns would bring him back in Green Lantern: Rebirth.
Racked with guilt for his actions and at odds with Spectre, Parallax tears all three of him apart and sets Hal free to once again wear the green ring, and it was long overdue.