Green Lantern: No Fear

EP1 - "First Flight"
''As a child, Hal Jordan watches his father Martin pilot Ferris Air's new experimental jet for the US Army. Pushing the limits of the vehicle, Carl Ferris tells Martin that something is wrong with the engine. The plane goes haywire, and Martin Jordan crashes in front of young Hal's eyes.''

Now veteran turned contractor for Ferris Air, Hal Jordan is scolded by superior Carol Ferris, having taken the role of her father. The two exchange banter, as Hal and mechanic Tom Kalkamu prepare the new jet Hal will fly. Consulting scientist Hector Hammond creeps in on Ferris, but his advances are rebuffed. She wishes Jordan good luck as he flies off into the sky.

In midst of his takeoff across the vacant steppes of the Mohave, Hal breaks the sound barrier, zipping across state lines in an instant. Just over New Mexico, green flames engulf the ship, and Jordan is surrounded by an emerald capsule. The capsule takes him down to earth, where he finds an alien ship crashes in the sand. The green light leads him to the wreckage where he finds a dying alien wielding a green ring.

The ring translates the alien's speech; "I am Abin Sur of Ungara, Green Lantern of sector 2814, and I am dying. You have the power to overcome great fear and have been deemed worthy by the Ring. Speak the oath and wield the power of the Green Lantern."

Hal accepts the ring, and becomes the Green Lantern. He takes the body of Abin Sur, burying it in the desert. Just as the US Air Force arrives, green flashes pass over and Jordan is whisked away by the ring.

Hal is then transported to Oa, where he receives training from Kilowog and Tomar Re, meeting the Guardians of the Universe. Ferris Air and the US Air Force take custody of Abin Sur's ship for inspection.

EP2 - "Test of Wills"
Kroloteans invade military complex where Abin Sur's ship is housed, and attack personnel. They use a reprogrammed robot called a Manhunter to take scientists and the ship. Hector Hammond and Neal Emerson are experimented on.

Hal is alerted, and goes to investigate, deserting his training with Kilowog and Tomar-Re. He knocks back the Kroloteans; battling the Manhunter while the authorities help the captured scientists. Hal takes the fight with the Manhunter across the desert, with the Kroloteans teleporting away along with the ship.

The cops find Hammond, but Hammond has mind powers and brain blasts them after telepathically registering insults. He rises as his head begins to expand, crackling with energy.

Hal is knocked back by the Manhunter, but is saved by Sinestro, sent by the Guardians to retrieve Jordan. Sinestro and Hal destroy the android.

They introduce each other, but Hal races back to Ferris Air after discovering Hammond's treachery. Hammond takes Carol Ferris hostage and Hal has to fight for her. Hal is forced to resist against Hammond's mental barrage, but he is put down by Sinestro's ruthless strategic constructs.

EP3 - "No Man Escapes The Manhunters"
Sinestro tells Hal of Abin Sur, explaining that he saved the Sol System after going alone to battle an alien invasion. Hal explains that the Kroloteans still hold Sur's ship, but Sinestro is confused, having no knowledge of such a ship. They return to Oa with the disabled manhunter.The Guardians inspect the Manhunter corpse, discovering that they have a hive world on the planet Biot. Kilowog and Tomar-Re tell Hal of the story of the Manhunters:

They were the predecessors to the Lantern Corps, but went rogue on a massacre through Sector 666, causing them to be rendered obsolete.

Hal asks if the Kroloteans are the ones who killed Abin Sur, with the Guardians stating that they were not.

Hal, Kilowog, Tomar Re, and Sinestro lead a squad of lanterns into battle against a legion of Manhunters, controlled by a faction of Kroloteans. They disable the Manhunters by rendering the proxy control tower inert, and Sinestro destroys Biot's core (foreshadowing his ruthlessness).

EP4 - "Polarity"
Green Arrrow and Speedy find a group of Kroloteans in Star City, discovering a hidden lab containing Abin Sur's ship.

Neal Emerson awakens in a hospital with magnetic powers, but the krolotean experimentation drives him insane (split personality). Emerson escapes from the hospital and goes to find the kroloteans who changed him.

Hal tracks a trail of dead krolo bodies, leading to Star City, where Emerson has killed the last of the kroloteans.

Hal meets Green Arrow, and the heroes are able to calm Neal and appeal to his peaceful personality. Hal reclaims Abin Sur's ship, taking it back to his garage to fix it.

EP5 - "Sinestro"
Hal is tasked by the Guardians to take down Sinestro after discovering that he has used his ring to turn his planet, Korugar, into a fascist regime. Hal infiltrates as a normal civilian, and meets doctor Soranik Natu. She gets him into the palace, but Sinestro catches them, revealing Natu to be his rebel daughter.

The Lanterns battle, with Sinestro revealing that he consulted the "oracles" on Ysmault of his future. They revealed that his planet would fall into chaos, so Sinestro imposed his own order. Hal and Sinestro clash rings, with Hal's willpower trumping Sinestro's. It results in the cracking of Sinestro's ring, and an explosion whisks him away, presumably dead. With Korugar freed, Natu helps restore order.

Sinestro awakens in the Void of Creation, and is met by Parallax (the fear entity), who saved him. The two meet with the Weaponers of Qward, who give him a yellow ring; Sinestro smiles.

Timeline

 * This event is part of the Golden Age
 * This event is preceded by Flash Year One
 * This event is followed by The Trinity

Links

 * Full Reading Order
 * Green Lantern Reading Order