A not-exceptional reboot (hello crisis on infinite earths!) concerning a not-exceptional character. I don't think I like Hal Jordan that much...

By dumb luck, my randomly-selected Green Lantern comic was the first of an era! Perfect to start with, and there's a lot to like -- I especially liked the sci-fi aspect and the concept of earning one's superpowers.

Emerald Dawn serves as a great introduction to the Green Lantern of Sector 2814, Hal Jordan. The book is action packed and beautifully drawn. There's a certain parallelism in the beginning and the end of the book, which was very well written. What I didn't like were the narration bubbles, because they looked so compact and hard to read. Another thing to notice is how rushed it all felt, the supporting characters weren't given enough time to shine or bond with the protagonist.

Vote: 3,5Loved the 80/90 classic retelling of Hal Jordan's first days as Green Lantern when I've read it a life ago.Storyline is as just as good as ever, sadly dialogues and artworks not aged much well for me.

This is one of my favorite comics of all time. I love Hal Jordan but I like him to be a little bit more Hot Mess Who Tries Hard and a little less Frat Bro.I finally bought myself the tradeback after lovingly reading my digital copy for several years and it's super worth it. The pages aren't shiny like tradebacks are now but they're more papery - and I kind of dig it. I believe my tradeback edition was published in '06 but I could be wrong and I'm too lazy to get up and look.

ok this was a bit meh. it has a few good moments but overall it feels a bit dated I really enjoyed the ending though and it helps set up for Emerald Twilight by making Hal's charcter a bit agressive

Hal Jordan's post-Crisis origin. Most is the same except Hal is even more of a jerk, even going so far as drinking and driving. A new villain, Legion, is responsible for Abin Sur's death. I don't think he ever appears again and is retconned out of existence during Geoff John's run. I'd forgotten about the ring's vulnerability to yellow. It seems very antiquated and just kind of dumb now.

Very good.DC Comics rebooting of various characters after the Crisis of Infinite Earth's continues with Green Lantern's Hal Jordan.Basically the Green Lantern Corps begins with Hal Jordan back to the time when he first encountered fear... yet at the same time had the ability to overcome it.The new Hal Jordan is a bit reckless and irresponsible, I can see why there is some criticism here. People want comic-book characters to be flawed but in this case the flaws are too much.The premise of the sto...

This isn't a BAD series, it's just completely obsolete ever since Geoff Johns' "Secret Origin". Normally, different origin comics have a few different things to offer, but this one is literally identical, just worse. Johns took the exact same story, replaced the big yellow guy with a big red guy, and improved the character and scripting by a significant degree. I hate to shit on this, because it was the definitive Hal Jordan comic for a long time, but there's really no need for it anymore outsid...

This is an OK origin story that is done in much, much better fashion in Secret Origin by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis. If you're looking for a Green Lantern origin story, definitely choose that one.

Not sure if it’s because I just didn’t feel like reading it and that’s why I was left confused and underwhelmed? It was a solid start to the series, I suppose. Honestly, 3 stars feels generous but I do love the illustrations, so that’s that on that!

Classic comic! It felt a little rushed but that's how old school comics were written. I am a new Green Lantern fan! Thanks, Ethan.

For me that I´m begginning to know this world of the comics, I totally recommend this title of six issues. This member of the Justice League is one of the most complex heroes there are. His struggle, his belief, after this read of the origins of Hal Jordan, I´m a huge fan of him!!!

Collects Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn issues #1-6This was a great story, and acted as a new origin story for Hal Jordan post-"Crisis on Infinite Earths." In this story, Hal gets his power ring, meets the Green Lantern Corps., and fights his first battle as a Green Lantern. Hal makes some messed up choices before becoming a Green Lantern, but another story, "Emerald Dawn II," helps to redeem his character.

Same old origin story. If you've already read one, you're safe to skip this one.

I understand why many people see this as one of the quintessential starting points for new Green Lantern readers. It introduces the first intergalactic Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, first as a regular man with a test pilot job, and then as an irregular man with an intergalactic police job.For some reason, the character of Green Lantern really appeals to me, and Hal Jordan is kind of an ass so he's a funny and human introduction to the character. He is immediately thrown into the largest crisis the

A decent retelling of the origin of Green Lantern, but it's all but been left in the dust with today's Green Lantern stories.

I always like Green Lantern, but I haven't read many of the comics. What an incredible origin story. I had no idea the struggles Hal had gone through before Abin Sur's ring selected him. I did read the original origin story, but I liked this darker take way better.

Rating: 2 - A bad origin story told poorlyI'm new to Green Lantern. Google told me to read Emerald Dawn. This pretty much backed up what I've seen of Hal Jordan in other comics. He's an asshole. Why does he deserve the ring? Because he's fearless? So are a lot of sociopaths and serial killers. I don't know. I know this is an older comic, but I think it would have seemed dated even then. A yellow Kitty monster attacks. Oh man, my magic ring doesn't work on yellow. Why? No one knows. Drunk asshole...

A self-pitying wash-out is chosen to be the world's greatest hero, stumbles through a fight, and wins the big battle through a decent out-of-the-box, yet-completely-obvious idea. No. This book didn't do much to change my opinion of Hal Jordan. Bright's art was a little sloppy even, and I usually enjoy his crystal clear pages.