REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN TIE-IN! Green Lantern Hal "Not a Psychopath" Jordan comes back from a mission in space to find his beloved hometown, Coast City, has been replaced by a giant engine (as seen in Superman: The Man of Steel #26). The ones responsible are a guy who looks like Superman but with robot parts and a giant yellow spaceman called…
Yes, it's the evil shhhrrakka— wait, no, Mongul.
Unfortunately, the "yellow" part means that Hal's Green Lantern ring doesn't work on Mongul, because comics. Hal tries to attack Mongul by just ripping some machinery around him, but in doing so he accidentally opens a giant tube pumping kryptonite gas — which is a problem, because the real Superman is in this place too. Also, hey, Superman's alive! So it's not ALL bad news today.
While Hal is feeling bad about the kryptonite thing and everything in general, Mongul wipes the floor with him, breaking multiple body parts in the process. Hal, however, is a stubborn motherfucker and gets up again. He makes himself a green energy armor and knocks Mongul unconscious with a steel hammer that Superman's Pal John Henry Irons dropped recently (which has no silly yellow weakness, and is therefore superior to a Green Lantern ring).
Hmmm, that "big shoulder pads" look suits Hal. Anyway, once Mongul is out, Hal runs into Supergirl, Superboy, and the owner that hammer he borrowed, and together they… spoil the end of Superman #82 (and the entire "Reign of the Supermen" storyline) for anyone who decided to read this issue first that week.
After the spoilery bit, the issue ends on a hopeful note. The "millions" of voices yelling for revenge in Hal's head have subsided, which is always a good sign, and only a part of him wants to use his ring to bring back Coast City (how would that even work, anyway?). Hal says he'll emerge from this tragedy as "a man transformed".
