Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn is a 1989-1990 limited series comic book published by DC Comics

DC Comics

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. The series retold the origins of Hal Jordan

Hal Jordan

Harold "Hal" Jordan is a DC Comics superhero known as Green Lantern, the first human shown to join the Green Lantern Corps and a founding member of the Justice League of America. Jordan is the second DC Comics character to adopt the Green Lantern moniker...

 and how he became a Green Lantern

Green Lantern

The Green Lantern is the shared primary alias of several fictional characters, superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The first Green Lantern was created by writer Bill Finger and artist Martin Nodell in All-American Comics #16 .Each Green Lantern possesses a power ring and...

 in post-Crisis

Crisis on Infinite Earths

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 continuity. It is created by Keith Giffen

Keith Giffen

Keith Ian Giffen is an American comic book illustrator and writer.-Biography:Giffen was born in Queens, New York City....

 and Gerard Jones

Gerard Jones

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, with the first issue written by Jim Owsley.

Emerald Dawn II

Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II is the sequel to Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn. It was published from April 1991 through September 1991. This series explores what happened during Jordan's 90-day jail sentence, when he was taken under training by Sinestro

Sinestro

Thaal Sinestro is a fictional character, an alien supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. Created by John Broome and Gil Kane, Sinestro is the former mentor of Hal Jordan and the arch-nemesis of the entire Green Lantern Corps. Sinestro first appears in Green Lantern #7 . In 2009, Sinestro was...

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Green Lantern: Secret Origin

Certain aspects and events of Emerald Dawn have been retconned by the 2008 arc Secret Origin

Green Lantern: Secret Origin

"Secret Origin" is a comic book story arc published in Green Lantern #29-35 by DC Comics. Written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Ivan Reis, the story retells the origin of Earth's first Green Lantern Corps member Hal Jordan for the New Earth continuity...

, written by Geoff Johns

Geoff Johns

Geoff Johns is an American comic book writer, best known for his work for DC Comics, where he has been Chief Creative Officer since February 2010, in particular for characters such as Green Lantern, The Flash and Superman...

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Collected editions

Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn was first reprinted with newsprint-type paper and cheaper priced trade paperbacks

Trade paperback (comics)

In comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...

 in 1990 with new cover art by M. D. Bright and Klaus Janson

Klaus Janson

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. It was later collected as trade paperback once again in 2003 with a brand-new cover by Alan Davis

Alan Davis

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 and Mark Farmer

Mark Farmer

Mark Farmer is a British comic book artist. He is best known as an inker, often working with Alan Davis.-Biography:Farmer got his start in the UK comics industry before becoming part of the British Invasion, the wave of UK creators that were an integral part of the DC Comics "new look" of the...

(ISBN 0930289889).

Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn II was collected for the first time as a trade paperback in 2003 with new cover art by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer (ISBN 1401200168). This book is currently out of print.