any years into the future, a young Lantern named Snow has completed his training and earned his badge. Excited, Snow asks the Bookkeeper of Oa to tell him the story of Hal Jordan.

The Bookkeeper complies and retells Hal's first years as a Lantern, his corruption from Parallax, his redemption, his exploits in the War of Light and finally, his death.

In the present, Hal had jumped off a cliff in the Dead Zone in order to commit suicide and obtain the power of the black ring. Meanwhile, in the realm of the living, Sinestro had retrieved his old yellow ring and Power Battery.

Released from the Chamber of Shadows, the Templar Guardians discover Volthoom has taken the Great Heart, the first Lantern ever created.

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