[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by trebleshot

@Crazy Jetty: The reason you won't see them move away from Hal Jordan isn't because they don't realize he's a boring character. They did know and that's one of the reasons he got killed off. And his death pre-dates the [meaningless] death-a-week trend that comics seem to be fond of these days.

The only reason he was brought back is there was such an uproar/backlash from old-school fans when Kyle was brought in, that the writers ended up being forced to bring Jordan back (starting with his turn as the Spectre). So yeah, DC's not going to make that mistake again. We're stuck with Jordan for the long haul.

Yep. Mores the shame, too. Now we're stuck with him, just like Optimus Prime.
But I do feel most of it is Geoff John's overly nostalgic view of the silver-age.
As much as I adore his writing and his story archs, he's way too clingy to the silver-age statis quo.