For all ofGreen Lantern’sfaults , his archenemy Sinestro knows that one particular helplessness of Hal Jordan ’s makes him a lesser hero . For someone who wear a ring able of generating literally anything , Hal might not have the resource necessary to make for out its potency .

The greatest privilege that fare with being a phallus of the Green Lantern Corps is getting to wield a Power Ring . Those who possess dandy self-control can use their rings   to   tapdance into   the Emotional Spectrum ’s Green Light and construct anything they can imagine . It ’s no surprise that the Corps has many originative individual likeGreen Lantern Kyle Raynerin its rank . But creative thinking has never been a requirement to be a part of the Green Lantern Corps as much as being able-bodied to overcome fright has . And when it comes to conquer fear , Hal Jordan has establish he ’s one of the best at it .

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That sound out , it seems that Hal really does struggle on the creative side of his pack - slinging . In fact , it ’s so obvious , his former mentor and curse called him out on it back when they were allies . InGreen Lantern # 34by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis , Jordan and Sinestro are chamfer down the liquidator ofGreen Lantern ’s   predecessor , Abin Sur . The future drawing card of the Red Lantern Corps , Atrocitus , is running amok on Earth and is attempting to shoot down William Hand and harness his power as " a doorway to the Black . “But the Green Lanterns give Hand a prospect to escape by fighting Atrocitus direct . Despite have fully - charged closed chain , Sinestro notices Hal is n’t putting much endeavor into his construct , get him to chew out the rookie in the middle of the fight and take a firm stand   Jordan   show what he ’s up to of .

Now , this is incident is middling early in Hal ’s career and he does learn to master hisGreen Lantern Power Ringover time . And while a skillful imagination is n’t precisely necessary to operate a closed chain , Sinestro ’s criticism of Jordan get up a salient spot . For a ring that can conjure up anything a Lantern can mean of , Hal seems contented to bank on a few touchstone when his weapon is subject of so much more . To Hal Jordan ’s reference , he ’s done a circle with his common “ go - to ” constructs . A jumbo clenched fist , a baseball baseball glove or even duplicates of himself have made him a pretty piquant hero to watch . But imagination is literally the only limit ofa Green Lantern ’s band . Take Jordan ’s fellow corpsmen John Stewart . He was an architect and knows how to visualize matter down to their most   moment details . Same for Kyle Rayner , whose background as an creative person has helped him see things in his mind ’s eye , allowing him to produce grand , imaginative constructs .

Hal has an abundance of possession and it ’s treated him well , but such an expert ring - slinger could be doing so much more with just a bit more vehemence on his constructs . As much as Hal may detest to see it , Sinestro may have a tip aboutGreen Lantern’screative weakness .

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