Air Force test pilot Hal 'Highball' Jordan is teleported over to a dying alien known as Abin-Sur, who gives him a ring and a lantern. Hal promises to carry on the alien's legacy, as he is transported to the planet Oa by the Guardians of the Universe and is recruited as a new Green Lantern, part of an intergalactic law and peace enforcement agency who use their rings to create objects from their minds. However, when a former member returns for revenge and teams up with a being representing anger, Hal must prove himself to the Guardians as their first Green Lantern from Earth.
