RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Comic Books Biggest WTF in Comics, Redux v.2

I would say WTF were they thinking turning Hal into Parallax. But, I recently began reading the old Green Lanturn issues, starting with Emerald Twilight. I just finished #64. Now, I want to know WTF they were thinking when they killed Hal off and made him Spectre. In #64, we finally see what Hal has become. He is torn. He seems to finally understand that he can't undo the past, but he doesn't know what he can do now, because he has crossed the line. He doesn't know how to be a hero again. Talk about story potential. But, instead of setting him asside until someone could come along and finally give Hal that second chance (as the powerful Parallax), they have him sacrifice himself in Final Night (or so I am told). So, basically, they had this great character to work with. I mean, the guy was really messed up. Everything leading to him becoming Parallax made sense. But then, I guess they just didn't realize what they really had, and they had no clue what the next phase of evolution for Hal Jordan would be, so they said "fuck this, we're too dumb to give him his own book," and they killed him off. But then they made him Spectre. And now they are bringing him back somehow. So, what the fuck? They should have never killed him off. They should have left him alone and waited for say, I don't know, a guy like Peter David, to take over the character. Idiots.