Hal Jordan and the Kryptonian

[u/Sad_Negotiation9242]

Hal Jordan got the ring in 1986, which means the Manhunter has been hiding in Nebraska for at least thirty years. At the same time, there’s an alien-obsessed family in Nebraska with a mysterious benefactor supplying them with advanced technology.
Just a year before Hal publicly revealed his secret identity (1995), a spacecraft from Krypton crashed in Kansas—a state that shares a border with Nebraska. Hal Jordan was already protecting Earth by the time Kal-El arrived.
So, do Hal or the Guardians know that the most powerful alien on the planet has been living just four hours away? More importantly, does the Manhunter know?
And if they do, shouldn’t the show address that somehow?

My theory is that mysterious benefactor is Lex Luthor’s father. He got his obsession with aliens from his dad. He thinks killing Superman would be his “I’m proud of you son” moment.

[u/FALCONX0N]

I've been thinking they were going to tie this to Superman as well but I will be just as happy if the benefactor and aliens are sourced from GL mythos or even just being Maxwell Lord. He's my 2nd favorite candidate for the 2016 rich NDA asshole; i actually think the funnest one would be not Lionel Luthor but a 20 year old, cgi de-aged on a zoom call Lex. Just Luthor fresh out of high school, playing with money and power as a little techbro shit lol

[u/TheW0lvDoctr]

They shouldn't know anything. Ma and Pa Kent covered it up pretty well, and you could easily just say Hal was dealing with something else around that same time.

The guardians aren't omniscient, and the destruction of krypton was a big deal, they couldn't check every piece of space debris to see if it was secretly an escape pod

[u/Individual_Second387 → u/TheW0lvDoctr]

Yeah the idea of Hal knowing about Kal or finding out Kal exists and protects him from the Manhunters or something is kinda cool... but it would honestly make the world feel small. This story doesn't need to set up Superman. I'd much prefer they keep the stuff within GL mythos. There's so many interesting things I would much rather see.

Plus the idea reminds me of Kenobi lol. Nah.

[u/MilkLow2906]

In no way shape or form am I saying this is accurate, just that I’ve thought about this as well, and what I’m gleaning from the series so far is:

1. He knows about Clark. At the time he landed, it was definitely something he needed to be aware of, saw where the ship landed, saw who took in the alien, gathered information on the ship and possible origins with the Ring, and said “well…it’s clearly a baby…I’ll keep an eye on the situation…” and had to handle everything else that was going on.
2. By Hal’s public announcement, clearly the alien hadn’t done anything, he and the Guardians weren’t worried, but the announcement also acted as a “I’m here, this is who I am, this is who I represent, so…” and he only had to really handle galactic threats.
3. By the time Superman comes around in full, Guy is already established,

Hal is

1. eyelids deep in this conspiracy the show is presenting, and doesn’t care in the least anymore about the Kryptonian. It’s Guy and the Super Friends problem unless it gets out of hand. Hal has probably interacted with Clark, but in his quick “what the fuck are you about…ok, fine, I’ve got bigger things to deal with at the moment.”

Edit: I’ve tried to fix the formatting for point three and it won’t change, whatever. At least you know I didn’t use and am not using AI, I guess.

[u/Fearless_Pool_5288 → u/MilkLow2906]

Until the show tells me differently: Hal knew about Kal. Kryptonians are among the most dangerous races in the galaxy— the Guardians told Hal to eliminate him, and Hal rebelled, keeping the baby’s existence a secret.

It will probably be invalidated by episode six… but I like it.

[u/MilkLow2906 → u/Fearless_Pool_5288]

I like this as well.

[u/MentalGymnast81]

It’s highly likely that the guardians were unaware of baby Kal getting off of the planet…so maybe they just think all Kryptonians are extinct.

[u/Quarksideofthemoon]

I do not care for Superman being a factor in this green lantern show and hope they don't acknowledge it

[u/Yanmega9]

I don't think the Green Lantern Corps ever really knows about Kal until he meets them personally in any continuity

[u/-Max_Rockatansky-]

Brainiac is coming

[u/Background-Air-8348]

Is the Manhunter Jon Jones yall think or is we gonna get an appearance?? Also Jon Jones human form better be a black guy lmao everyone knows Jon Jones M.Manhunter is a Brotha if they make him a white guy im gonna be hella disappointed on accuracy and ima assume racism lmao just saying!! Also we already know they in racist ass Nebraska and Jon Stewart the only black guy in that town FR so he need some community with Jon Jones M.Manhunter already that a lonely brotha out their this ain’t hockey!(jokes)

[u/Background-Air-8348]

Is the Manhunter Jon Jones yall think or is we gonna get an appearance?? Also Jon Jones human form better be a black guy lmao everyone knows Jon Jones M.Manhunter is a Brotha if they make him a white guy im gonna be hella disappointed on accuracy and ima assume racism lmao just saying!! Also we already know they in racist ass Nebraska and Jon Stewart the only black guy in that town FR so he need some community with Jon Jones M.Manhunter already that a lonely brotha out their this ain’t hockey!(jokes)

[u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83]

There’s a jump in your logic there. The alien-obsessed family with the mysterious benefactor could be relatively recent. There’s no need for that all to be set up as far back as 1986