Green Lantern Learns Heartbreaking Truth Behind Justice League's Death
Spoilers for Justice League Road to Dark Crisis #1 by DC Comics
Hal Jordan is the latest hero to find out about the Death of the Justice League, as the Green Lantern learns the truth about his fallen friends and heroes in a heartbreaking fashion. In Justice League Road to Dark Crisis #1 by DC Comics, Jordan fights a battle against aliens in Atlantis, but when he calls for Aquaman's help, Jackson Hyde reveals he's not coming and that the Justice League were killed, stunning the Green Lantern.
The Death of the Justice League has left the surviving heroes in a difficult position of trying to defend the Earth and beyond without its greatest and most powerful leaders. The Justice League were killed in a fight against Pariah and the Great Darkness, as Flash, Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, and John Stewart's Green Lantern surprisingly perished in the battle to save the Omniverse. Now, it's up to the next generation of DC Comics superheroes to step up in their place. But, for Hal Jordan, the news of the Justice League's demise hits hard and shocks the hero.
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In the Hal Jordan-starring story by Chuck Brown, Fico Ossio, Sabastian Chang, and Josh Reed from Justice League Road to Dark Crisis #1 by DC Comics, the homesick hero returns to Earth following an alien who heads for the Earth's Ocean. Green Lantern calls for help from Aquaman, Flash, and Superman, but nobody responds to the hero, leading Hal to go underwater to Atlantis to chase the alien. After encountering Jackson Hyde and briefly stopping the threats, Green Lantern asks his fellow hero why Aquaman never responded to his distress calls, leading Hyde to break the news that the Justice League is dead.
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