After his home town is destroyed and he is denied the power by the Green Lantern Corps' creators to change the past, Hal Jordan crosses the line and strips the Guardians of the Universe of all their power.
Keith Giffen, Gerard Jones, James Owsley, M.D. Bright
Paperback
(DC Comics, Sept. 1, 1991)
When the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814 crash lands on Earth, he decides it is time to pass on the Emerald Mantle to a deserving human, Hal Jordan.
While serving out his ninety-day prison term for drunk driving, Hal Jordan attempts to prove himself worthy of belonging to the Green Lantern Corps as he studies under the tutelage of the Green Lantern called Sinestro.