11 Comic Book Characters Who Killed Their Loved Ones
1. Hal Jordan
Oh, Hal, what did you do?
For 35 years, Hal Jordan had been one of DC Comics' greatest heroes, protecting Earth and the further reaches of the galaxy as a Green Lantern. But in 1994, Jordan lost the plot in the most intense, brutal, and all-round engaging ways.
It was in the Emerald Twilight arc that Hal dropped his Green Lantern moniker and took on the name of Parallax, as Jordan became one of the most powerful villains in comics. All-powerful and thoroughly spiteful, the transition from Emerald Knight to Parallax made for some fascinating reading.
Why did Hal Jordan turn to the dark side? That initially comes down to Mongul and Cyborg Superman. After that nefarious pair nuked Hal's home locale of Coast City - completely destroying the city and its inhabitants in the process - Jordan went against Green Lantern Corps. protocol and used his power ring to recreate his home city and the people who had populated it.
Irked upon being chastised for his actions, Hal took off on a mission to Oa to confront the Guardians. Along the way, the enraged Green Lantern killed many of his fellow Emerald Knights, collecting their power rings as he went.
So many of these fallen GLs, particularly Kilowog, were long-time, close friends of Hal Jordan's, and to see him murder numerous people he had spent years caring for was majorly jarring at the time - all as Jordan continued on his dark path to becoming Parallax.
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