''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn'' is a 1989-1990 limited series comic book published by

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. The series retold the origins of

Hal Jordan Harold "Hal" Jordan, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created in 1959 by writer John Broome and artist Gil Kane, and first appeared in '' ...

and how he became a

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in post-

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continuity. It is created by

Keith Giffen Keith Ian Giffen (born November 30, 1952) is an American comics artist and writer. He is known for his work for DC Comics on their ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of Lobo. Biography K ...

and

Gerard Jones Gerard Jones (born July 10, 1957) is an American writer, known primarily for his non-fiction work about American entertainment media, and his comic book scripting, which includes co-creating the superhero Prime for Malibu Comics, and writing for ...

, with the first issue written by

Jim Owsley Christopher James Priest (born James Christopher Owsley, June 30, 1961) is an American writer of comic books who is at times credited simply as Priest. He changed his name legally circa 1993. He was the first black writer-editor in mainstream co ...

''Emerald Dawn II''

''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II'' is the sequel to ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn''. It was published from April to September 1991. This series explores what happened during Jordan's 90-day jail sentence, when he was taken under training by

Sinestro Thaal Sinestro () (or simply Sinestro) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, particularly those featuring Green Lantern. Sinestro is a former Green Lantern Corps member who was dishonorably discharged for abu ...

''Green Lantern: Secret Origin''

Certain aspects and events of ''Emerald Dawn'' have been retconned by the 2008 arc '' Secret Origin'', written by

Geoff Johns Geoffrey Johns (born January 25, 1973) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and film and television producer. Johns's work on the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash and Superman, has drawn critical acclaim. He serve ...

Collected editions

''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn'' was first reprinted with newsprint-type paper and cheaper priced

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in 1991 with new cover art by M. D. Bright and Klaus Janson. It was later collected as trade paperback once again in 2003 with a brand-new cover by

Alan Davis Alan Davis (born 18 June 1956) is an English artist and writer of comic books, known for his work on titles such as ''Captain Britain'', ''The Uncanny X-Men'', ''ClanDestine'', ''Detective Comics'', ''Excalibur'', '' JLA: The Nail'' and '' JLA: ...

and

Mark Farmer Mark Farmer (born 1957 in Birmingham) is a British comic book artist. He is best known as an inker, often working with Alan Davis. Career Farmer got his start in the UK comics industry before becoming part of the British Invasion, the wave of ...

(). ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II'' was collected for the first time as a trade paperback in 2003 with new cover art by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer (). This book is currently out of print. ''Green Lantern: Hal Jordan Vol. 1'' trade paperback collects both ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn'' #1-6 and ''Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II'' #1-6 in a single volume for the first time in chronological order ().

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