Green Lantern #1

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The Planet of Doomed MenOn a strange and far-off world...where he has gone in response to a mysterious message received via his battery of power...Green Lantern battles a creature of such fantastic strength that is can resist the power-ring attacks of the Emerald Warrior!Hal Jordan is testing a new experimental jet when he suddenly feels weird as the Guardians of the Universe, on the far distant planet Oa, summon his energy form. They want to determine if he is worthy of their trust and capable of dealing with a peril on a far off planet. The Guardians begin to speak to Hal's energy form and tell him of how he became a Green Lantern a year ago.The ship of the Green Lantern Abin Sur had crashed on Earth. Realizing he was dying, he knew he had to pass on the role of the Green Lantern to one worthy on Earth. Abin Sur had his power battery search for a worthy one. Back in the present-day, the Guardians then tell Hal that at that point there was an ion storm which disrupted communications between Earth and Oa. They did not know of him becoming Green Lantern until after the storm.The Guardians ask Hal Jordan what happened after Abin Sur sent out his power battery. He tells them that he was at the Ferris Airport Company as a test pilot practicing on a flightless trainer when he is suddenly brought through the air by the power battery and lands at the location of Abin Sur's crashed ship. He meets Abin Sur who tells him about the power battery and how he's worthy to become a Green Lantern. Abin Sur tells him about how, when he entered Earth's atmosphere, deadly radiation bands around the planet battered the ship. A yellow light blinded him as he crashed into Earth. Before he dies, he tells Hal Jordan that he will be powerless over any object colored yellow due to a necessary impurity in the battery and that his ring can be charged up to 24 hours.Hal Jordan, from then on, calls himself Green lantern and vows to battle evil wherever it may be. In the present day, the Guardians...