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Oh...my. Finally got around to those '90s JLI issues I picked up at Dexcon (you know, Smitty, the ones I snatched out of your hands? :) and this plot is hysterical...
The bad guy has decided to stop the Justice League from interfering with him by going back in time and stopping their origins from ever happening. Cue a couple pages of Hal Jordan and Wally West going "Uh, do I know you?" "No, but you do look awfully familiar..." (No, there's no reason why they should feel that way, except to get the plot going. Anyway.)
But there's still a Green Lantern, because when Hal's origin was aborted, the job just went to Guy instead. Who, what with all his brain damage and other trauma being forestalled, is a noble, heroic man.
I'll pause while you all take that in.
So what we've got, once everybody has been filled in, is Hal Jordan horrified at the idea of taking his hero Guy Gardner's place, and Guy selflessly insisting that the proper course of history must be restored, no matter what happens to him in the process.
Hal: And if this does turn me into Green Lantern...I can only pray that I'll have half the courage and nobility of Guy Gardner!
Yes. Well. Excuse me, I'll be over here in the corner with a completely BROKEN BRAIN...
(Easter egg: In the alter-timeline, Wally's a car mechanic. Did Geoff Johns read this story?)
The bad guy has decided to stop the Justice League from interfering with him by going back in time and stopping their origins from ever happening. Cue a couple pages of Hal Jordan and Wally West going "Uh, do I know you?" "No, but you do look awfully familiar..." (No, there's no reason why they should feel that way, except to get the plot going. Anyway.)
But there's still a Green Lantern, because when Hal's origin was aborted, the job just went to Guy instead. Who, what with all his brain damage and other trauma being forestalled, is a noble, heroic man.
I'll pause while you all take that in.
So what we've got, once everybody has been filled in, is Hal Jordan horrified at the idea of taking his hero Guy Gardner's place, and Guy selflessly insisting that the proper course of history must be restored, no matter what happens to him in the process.
Hal: And if this does turn me into Green Lantern...I can only pray that I'll have half the courage and nobility of Guy Gardner!
Yes. Well. Excuse me, I'll be over here in the corner with a completely BROKEN BRAIN...
(Easter egg: In the alter-timeline, Wally's a car mechanic. Did Geoff Johns read this story?)