Green Lantern Was Always A Robot?! Why Would Hal Jordan Do This?? 

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And they say Dick Grayson has the deadliest buns in the DC Universe - work that pole, Hal! Also, I didn't think there were any Silver Age shenanigans that could surprise me any more, but Hal turning himself into a robot made me do a double-take and say, "What?!".

The Man in the Yellow Hat might be Hal’s biggest opponent.

Hal being a robot would explain his personality change in DC vs Vampires, to quote The Simpsons, “Yup, here your problem, someone set this to evil” lol

Comic books. The only place where "Why, but a clown on pogo sticks of course" is a sentence which garners neither laughs nor WTF

The toy I'd use to defeat Hal is a big bird puppet, life sized.

Wait, so was that really the ONLY reason Sasha hasn't gone around punching people her entire life??🤔

As much as I love Silver Age Green Lantern art design, I always find the additional pupils on Hal mask to be both weird, goofy, and kinda creepy at the same time.

The obvious approach would be "Some evil mastermind scans Hal's brain and puts his memories into a robot that impersonates him on Earth while the real Hal is away for a day. The robot figures it out, (make it some kind of scheme to drain energy from the battery so it can still use some of Green Lantern's power) and figures out a booby trap that can foil the mastermind even after he uses the control word that puts Hal 2.0 under control). The robot is destroyed in the process of defeating his creator, so sad."

Gotta love the colouring on these older books; Green Lantern busts out his ring-created yellow listening device . . . Also: If the radiation is invisible, how is it also yellow?

Of all the choices made in this story, the one that baffles me the most is why they had Hal do so much invisible stuff. Wouldn't it be more visually interesting if all that was visible? I've seen a lot of Hal being clumsy, and I've seen a lot of Hal being taken out by yellow things, but I haven't seen Hal slipping on a banana peel. Feels like a missed opportunity.

That look on Hals face is the kind of thing I would send to my friends and demand they caption it without explaining the image.

What with Silver Age Hal’s penchant for slipping in the shower, an enemy who pelts him with yellow rubber ducks seems appropriate.

I would just hire the condiment king Hal could be defeated by mustard.

Hal is at it again... nobody knows why he does this.

I love the duality that Hal "klutz" Jordan can go from tripping himself up and knocking himself out to altering his atomic structure into a robot with ease and maintaining it whilst fighting. Also that smug, mischievous face Hal does near the end is better than the whole story, it looks so odd.

I always wondered HOW MUCH yellow is enough to thwart the ring? Is it a gradation thing where slightly yellow will give the ring just a little trouble? Will jaundice protect you from the ring?

I don't know what I was expecting but Hal being able to turn himself into a robot wasn't it.

Gil Kane is a great artist, he really knows how to add little details that make the characters movements look more dramatic.

Was Hal Jordan a robot this entire time? It would explain his personality.

Hal "Silver Age Klutz" Jordan. Hal "Invisible Green Stuff" Jordan. Hal "Indistinguishable from Magic" Jordan. I thought they were going to go for the idea that Hal had created a robot double that thought it was the original, then flew off to deal with some other trouble. I think that would be cool; it could lead to a confrontation where flesh GL has to convince the other that it's not the original, and that it is okay for it to go back to not existing. Maybe Hal would have to come up with some other fate for the accidental himbot, like having it date Carol when he's busy.

You said it yourself Hal Buns of Steel Jordan.

One year before this issue came out, the "Outer Limits" TV show did an episode called ' Demon with a Glass Hand', starring Robert Culp. The main character there also didn't know he was a robot, and also had a missing hand.

Hal Jordan's comic mistreated him almost as badly as Johnny Thunder's did.

I think Hal just wanted to be a robot at least once, and given how the ring can do pretty much anything as long as he has the imagination and will, why not?

I was laughing out loud during the whole video; thank you!! I'm picturing Hal not quite understanding the nickname concept and introducing himself as Hal "Hal Jordan" Jordan.

That expression probably means his face short circuited.

What I love about Silver Age comics is that even though you need a high level of suspension of disbelief, it's actually easier. The other thing that's fun is how, each comic is in its own bubble, despite the JLA existing; this makes the people in it (even the heroes) still shocked by things that i -universe would actually be everyday fact. Another cool video.

I kind of love the idea of retconning some hero as being a robot the entire time? that's so fun

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I once joked that if the Sportsmaster had fought Hal Jordan instead of Alan Scott, he could pelt him with yellow penalty cards like a soccer ref...

I would use a rubik's cube to defeat Hal, there's no way he would ever solve it!

I am good with the idea that Hal isn't the smartest superhero; that's not why he was given a ring, never has been. He got the ring because he has a solid sense of right and wrong, and he refuses to be corrupted or stopped by fear. That's a pretty good recipe for a character who will always do the right thing, but may not choose the best tactics. One take on Hal is that he's an instinctive big picture guy; he's bad with details but he can get a pretty good read on overall strengths and weaknesses intuitively. It's when he tries to think at a problem too hard that, next thing you know, he's turning himself into a robot. There's also an angle on Hal that he's so super unpredictable that even a chessmaster villain can't stand up to him. I think that misses the point of chessmasters: they understand all the angles, even what stupid or unpredictable opponents will do, and they don't give them any paths to victory. But I am more amenable to a related possibility: most schemers expect opponents to be subject to intimidation, and they don't know what to do with someone who is undaunted by needless personal risk. Like, most opponents could be tricked into a trap by putting up intimidating defenses from every other approach; Hal is the guy who will say, "okay, I think I can hop through those whirling yellow blades, and once I'm in, one punch and that guy is done." Fortune favors the bold.

Bombarded by a bushel of bananas. Nice alliteration. Clearly a skill gained from reading so many Silver Age comics.

This is the Hal Jordan I know!

Why is Hal creating yellow constructs? It _could_ be an inking mistake... but it could ALSO be foreshadowing thirty years in advance that he's infected with the yellow fear Parallax entity!

Why WOULD Hal Jordan do this!?

Ok some of this doesn't even really make sense his ring should automatically protect him against radiation just by it's very nature he flies through space and it's full of all kinds of different radiation.

Some of these old stories need to be reconned as dreams or Oan holodeck simulations or other such plot-onium. Also it would have been brilliant for some young child to have accidentally knocked Hal out by throwing/dropping a yellow Tonka (tm) truck at/on him

Ah yes the patented Gil Kane amused, bemused, smug yet skeptical facial expression. They just don't make 'em like that any more.

Well, this makes my inexplicable reasons to carry around a little rubber ducky at all times sound really reasonable...

Its Hal "the planes I flew" jordan

There’s also a silver age Supergirl story where it turns out she’s been a robot the whole time

Boy, I wish I had some of that spy money right about now.

At least Robot Hal wouldn't begin a relationship with a teenage girl- I hope...

"Spy money, drug money. groceries..." I stan a financially-responsible criminal.

“Hal should use his powers but invisible more often so he’d look like a powerful telekinetic” I mean… that’s basically what he already is. The constructs are really for the sake of the artist and reader, since it’s no fun to just watch someone vaporize their opponent with their mind the moment a battle starts

Hal in that last panel looked like a season one King Of The Hill Character.

I can’t believe you forgot Hal “Neck Snapper” Jordan as a situational nickname. It’s my favorite and I’m offended

I'd leave a yellow Lego brick on the floor: he'd be de-powered and hurt his foot like hell. Silver age Hal is clumsy enough for it to work so I'd probably just theme my whole toy villain persona around yellow Lego, just for Hal.

It’s just another regular Hal day

That weird face Hal was making was his reaction to having his neck snapped. I mean, just look at the angles. His spine has just shattered.

That look at the end was Hal hearing the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" theme in his head to punctuate the awkwardness of his situation.

you joke about the tonka truck but remember they are tonka tough

Hal "walking around money" Jordan

Hal "Jump n' Fall" Jordan.

Hal "He Flew Planes" Jordan

Sasha is secretly a robot that worked at the wig factory! She had enough and wanted out, but always stayed true to her roots.

Clearly the best toy to pull crimes and take down Hal is the magic school buss.

I kept getting distracted by the crooks looking like Mad Magazine parodies of real people.

I like Hal, but your insane beef with him never fails to crack me up. Great video!

Hal 'Not A Drunk' Jordan

Hal “on the ground” Jordan

I cannot help feeling that if it was invisible, it has no colour. Hal fell victim to non-yellow, yellow

The one thing I can say about the cover first story later idea is that it is nice to have the stuff on the cover actually happen in the comic. Also Hal ("Chair" up) Jordan robotic crusader is something I wound have no problem seeing return.

The taxi, natural enemy of the Green Lantern Corps.

That would be hilarious - worthy of a MAD magazine parody - Sinestro creates a giant yellow Tonka dump truck and smashes Hal down with it!

I known it the second he said his favorite song was beep bop beep bop

Why would his first thought be "I've been turned into a robot" and not "I've been a robot/I'm not the real Hal Jordan this entire time"

Ah, Hal "Sometimes I have Kyle's personality" Jordan

Sasha, my comic book professor. Great video! You continue to teach me and keep me pumped for reading comics!

I could really see the joker throwing bananas, or better yet a rubber chicken, at him and then figuring out that yellow is his weakness. He then starts beating him with a rubber chicken while it makes squeaking sounds

Arrested Development with Silver Age Hal? Lol

This is some westworld level story telling

6:28 9/10 alternate Dr. Strange agree, having your hand in tack is good for you. Don’t do bad or reckless stuff like Punch people or driving carelessly.

Forget toys, there are so many children's characters that could whip Hal's butt. The Man in the Yellow Hat. Spongebob Squarepants, Banana Man, Minions, Tweety Bird, Big Bird, Pikachu, Winnie the Pooh, anybody from the Simpsons, Woodstock, Pacman.

Hal "princess peaching" that dude Killed me. "Why would Hal Jordan do this?"

Cake knows no limits.

"Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Green Lantern defeated by a Tonka Truck!" LOL

When I saw his fist detached, I was half expecting Green Lantern to shout "Split!", like the "other" Captain Marvel.

Radiation can’t go through walls, it isn’t a ghost!

Green Lantern with visible eyes through his mask, so like the Ryan Reynolds 2011 movie version, which wasn't the worst decision out of a movie full of them.

Hal “Hunkalicious” Jordan

2:21 great opportunity to break some stuff to relieve anger at your job Hal!

Hah green lantern, be defeated by these yellow rubber ducks we are dumping on you! Oh no, green lantern was a rapping space werewolf the entire time!

Silver age is almost always odd and wacky and i love it. Part of me wishes we had more of those shenanigans in the comics still

Lol. At 7:51 Hal’s expression…”I’am in love with Carol so so much and I am so glad I did not turn her into the police OR the guardian’s, for her Identity as The Super Villain..Star Sapphire, I did the right thing.”

that blurb of "a tonka truck" just... i had a sudden image of a tot having a tantrum and flooring him by chucking the construction toys at him. XD

They made a mobster who could make robotic toys and didn't go with, "curses if only green lantern was on my side! Wait, I'll make a robot duplicate of green lantern for crime puposes!" Cmon silver age

Power ring robot, so this is where the manhunter come from now. Lol.

I can NOT with those pouty kissy lips!

Now I am imagining Robot Hal having to plug himself in and charge his robot body up to make sure he has enough power to do his heroic deeds.

Hal Jordan - the man who tripped and stumbled his way to become the greatest Green Lantern of all time.

Wow... Just Wow, Silver-Age!! I knew those days were bad.... but... wow!!! 🤣 😂😅😮😅

Hal "cakes" Jordan

How'd you do that Hal??!!!!

When you think about it, Green Lantern is basically a super mime.

Hal fights Condiment King and turns himself into a pickle. Would be the funniest thing I've ever seen.

If there was no risk of breaking her hand, Sasha would just go around punching EVERYBODY.

I can't believe it's taken me decades to finally notice the uncanny resemblance of silver age Hal Jordan to the artist who drew him Gil Kane! I guess maybe it was because Kane drew him differently in the late 1970's and throughout the 1980's. Hard to believe that once upon a time I was able to buy such happy moments for just 25 cents. Thanks for the video!