There's a character in the book names Hal, who is presumably named after "Hal Jordan," the alter ego of the Green Lantern, despite the fact that there are no similarities in the characters.
Pol Manning was an identity assumed by the fictional comic book superhero Hal Jordan, otherwise known as Green Lantern.
While Mid-Nite and the new Mister Terrific debated religion in a church, they were visited by Hal Jordan, former Green Lantern and the current Spectre, who revealed that his attempts to turn the Spectre's mission to one of redemption as opposed to one of vengeance had weakened the Spectre's hold on the spirits he had once damned.
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The story arc introduced the supervillain team the Squadron Sinister, whose four members were loosely based on heroes in DC Comics' Justice League of America, with Doctor Spectrum based on Green Lantern.
They were seen again in One Year Later protecting Russia while hindering Green Lantern Hal Jordan's attempt to apprehend an interstellar criminal in Green Lantern #10.
In 1994, DC Comics published the controversial story Emerald Twilight which established Hal Jordan as the supervillain Parallax and introducing a single Green Lantern for our universe, Kyle Rayner.
Sinestro plans to have Kanjar Ro use the Weaponers of Qward to create a ring for Sinestro who kills Kanjar Ro and frames Hal Jordan.
Thomas Kalmaku, sidekick to DC Comics character Hal Jordan, the superhero Green Lantern
The Corps is destroyed again when Hal Jordan, crazed with grief at the loss of friends, became the entity known as Parallax.
After the events of the War of the Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan and Sinestro are trapped in the Dead Zone by the Guardians of the Universe (who have become unemotional), until they encounter a mysterious figure lurking in the zone observing them.