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Pre-Flashpoint:


There's a Green Lantern: Hal Jordan trade that collects the origin story before Johns changed it up. But I heard DC won't be continuing with another Hal Jordan vol 2 book so I'm not sure if you want it. Definitely get the Kyle Rayner book, it's great.


Kyle Rayner, during the early Johns run before Sinestro ripped Ion out of him, had a miniseries collected in two trades. Ion: The Torchbearer and Ion: The Dying Flame, the latter of which is pretty out of print. I really enjoyed those two.


If you want more about Hal Jordan as Parallax and how he became the Spectre, Zero Hour, Final Night, and Day of Judgment are needed.


Also, Infinite Crisis and Final Crisis both heavily feature the Green Lantern Corps, IC more so. You can pick up the trades, but there are omnibuses for both coming out later this year.


Last, the Green Lantern Corps series that ran alongside Johns' run is really good and definitely worth reading in full. I believe GLC: Recharge is collected in the first Johns omnibus, and the order after that goes: To Be a Lantern, The Dark Side of Green, Ring Quest, Sins of the Star Sapphire, Emerald Eclipse, Green Lantern Corps: Blackest Night, Revolt of the Alpha Lanterns, and The Weaponer. Also pick up Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors, which was a great Brightest Day-era storyline focusing on Guy Gardner.


New 52:


The 3rd Johns omnibus doesn't give the fully complete story for the final event, but it's collected in the Rise of the Third Army and Wrath of the First Lantern trades.

Otherwise, Red Lanterns and Green Lantern: New Guardians are worth reading. Some people only recommend the Soules Red Lantern stuff but I thought all of it was pretty fun.

Most people don't have much kind things to say about Venditti's Green Lantern run during the New 52, personally I wouldn't call it bad but just really underwhelming compared to Johns. I had a ton of fun with the Godhead event though, which is collected in a trade.

1. Sinestro comes back in Green Lantern: Rebirth (though his spirit makes an appearence in Hal's Spectre book prior to that).
   Kilowog is resurrected in Green Lantern: Legacy: The Last Will & Testament of Hal Jordan, though he's not fully himself until the tail end of Kyle's GL series. He regains a ring in the pages of Green Lantern: Rebirth
   The Guardians are resurrected in Green Lantern Vol. 3, #150, collected in the Green Lantern: The Power of Ion trade. Though they are just children until Green Lantern: Rebirth.
   
   
2. Green Lantern: Rebirth introduces Parallax as the entity of fear and that it had been influencing Hal's actions.
   
   
3. I believe he refers to himself as Parallax for the first time in Zero Hour: Crisis in Time
   
   
4. After Zero Hour he mostly appears to mess things up for Kyle. Here are all of his appearences as Parallax:
   
   Guy Gardner: Warrior #20 (May 1994): "Emerald Fallout, Part 3: Shootout At the Oa Corral!"
   Guy Gardner: Warrior #21 (June 1994): "Emerald Fallout, Part 4: Fist Forward, Face Down"
   Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #4 (September 1994): "Zero Hour"
   Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (September 1994): "Zero Hour"
   Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #2 (September 1994): "Zero Hour"
   Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #1 (September 1994): "Zero Hour"
   Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #0 (September 1994): "Zero Hour"
   Green Lantern Vol. 3 #0 (October 1994): "Second Chances"
   Green Lantern Vol. 3 #60 (March 1995): "Capital Punishment, Act 3"
   Green Lantern Vol. 3 #61 (April 1995): "Picnic"
   Green Lantern Vol. 3 #62 (May 1995): "Ganthet's Tale Redux"
   Green Lantern Vol. 3 #63 (June 1995): "Parallax View: The Resurrection of Hal Jordan, Part I"
   Green Lantern Vol. 3 #64 (July 1995): "Parallax View: The Resurrection of Hal Jordan, Part II"
   Green Lantern Annual Vol. 3 #4 (1995): "Shared Lives"
   Green Lantern/Silver Surfer (1995): "Unholy Alliances"
   Guy Gardner: Warrior #44 (July 1996): "A Warrior's Passing, Part 2: The Last Stand"
   Parallax: Emerald Night #1 (1996): "Emerald Night"
   Final Night #3 (November 1996): "Keeping Hope Alive" [Behind the scenes; appearance same as panel of Parallax: Emerald Night #1]
   Final Night #4 (November 1996): "The Final Knight"
   Day of Judgment #3 (November 1999): "Choosing Sides"
   Day of Judgment #4 (November 1999): "The End of the World as We Know It"
   
   
5. It first appears in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #9, The Battle of the Power Rings (Sinestro's second appearance). It's later explained he obtained the ring from the Weaponers of Quard... though I'm not sure where (my knowledge of 60s comics is lacking).
   
   edit: check out DCU Guide, which is a great way to research these types of questions

Hal Jordan

Emerald Dawn

Emerald Dawn II

Emerald Twilight

As Parallax

Zero Hour

The Final Night

As The Spectre

Green Lantern: Power of Ion

Green Lantern: Brother's Keeper

Rebirth

Green Lantern: Rebirth

Green Lantern: No Fear

Revenge of the Green Lanterns

Wanted: Hal Jordan

Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War

Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns

Green Lantern: Agent Orange

Blackest Night

Green Lantern: Blackest Night

Brightest Day

Green Lantern: Brightest Day

War of the Green Lanterns

War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath

This is what I've got for Hal Jordan so far.. up until the new 52.