Lanterns Debut Drops Hal Jordan Mystery, Sidesteps Fridging
TL;DR
Lanterns' premiere centers on Hal Jordan's murder—found in the bleachers with his ring missing—and uses the shock to tie the mystery to the DCU, while writers rejected killing Sheriff Kerry to avoid a fridging trope, making Hal's death the engine that drives the series' investigation and keeping John Stewart in focus.
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