Can I (pretty please) get (if you don't mind) a rundown (if it's no imposition) on the Jordan family?
I see very varying portrayals of them in fan content, and some of your recent posts have led me to believe what little I do know is pure fanon/bad faith readings.
Okay I would preface this first by saying that Hal's family is not seen a lot of since like maybe the last major crisis event in 2005, as far as I've read anyways
But anyways, here's just the Jordans I can name... as far as I've read into Hal's personal mythos.... and what I remember.........
Martin Jordan (father; deceased): died due to an aircraft defect when Hal was 9-10-ish old... pre-crisis, he's your typical military dad figure, very strict man, very much a negative parent; post-crisis is just tough love version of him
Jessica Jordan (mother; deceased): died due to terminal illness; she had forbidden Hal from pursuing anything to do with the air force, afraid he'd die like Martin did, but Hal went on to be an air force pilot anyways after college. she'd die some time later without Hal being able to reconcile with her
Note that Hal is a middle child! He has maybe a 2-4 year gap with either one of his brothers.
Jack Jordan (older brother; deceased): previous DA of Coast City, blamed Hal a lot for breaking Jessica's heart to her death, is often depicted as a daddy's boy bully and a tough guy. He and his wife, Jan, are killed in a car crash while searching for their daughter, Helen. It was a plot orchestrated by Stigmonus (idk if I remember how to spell this rogue's name right lol)
James "Jim" Jordan (younger brother): he is the only one of Hal's immediate family to know Hal is Green Lantern; he and Hal have a good, close relationship, and Jim is largely characterized as a non-confrontational kid who grew up to be a peacemaking guy that just wants what's best for his family. Currently is in Sacramento, Cali because they deemed Coast City as an unsafe place to live now; I forgot his occupation but I'm pretty sure he works in the gov't/finance
Janice Jordan (married to Jack; deceased): I don't remember much of her because she's largely highlighted around crisis events only, but I think she disliked Hal by extension of her husband
Susan "Sue" Williams-Jordan (married to Jim): journalist based in Coast City who met Jim when Jim was around for Jack's campaign as CC DA; she initially thought that Jim was Green Lantern. she appears to have an amicable relationship with Hal, even after learning he was Green Lantern
All the kids have 1-3 year gap by each other, and are all living
By Jack and Jan: Jason and Helen (twins).... when Jack and Jan died, iirc they'd been taken in by Jim and Sue
By Jim and Sue: Howard, Jane, Arthur (in that order)
All of the kids seem consistently enamoured by their Uncle Hal; Helen especially... I am unsure if they're aware he's Green Lantern, or at least don't remember
Again, a lot of these kids are one-dimensional and/or were last significantly featured in pre-crisis comics only
Helen Jordan II (yes, as in "the second")
this is basically a tldr of what I remember of the Spectre run
Helen is Hal's niece by Jack and Jan
Stigmonus (istg idk if this is the right name) sees Helen is developing reality warping powers, kills her parents in an attempt to overtake her upbringing and control her, but Hal as Spectre intervenes. Hal basically raises her for a time as she develops her powers
Spectre Vol 4 is not at all concluded cohesively, there's like a loose end of Helen possibly having some magic destiny relating to powers she's not further confirmed to still have
anyways general details of her is that she's a sweet kid, loves her Uncle Hal, likes the Justice League and regards them less as heroes and more like "Uncle Hal's best friends", is a rowdy cunning little runt actually, when she wants to be
also it is inconsistent as per the Spectre run if she even has siblings but for my own purposes, she is a twin
Hal's Other Family Branch (ft. Airwave)
okay this one you'll only ever know if you read the crisis events or any pre-crisis comics, which I do not blame you if you haven't, it's fucking confusing as shit
Martin has a brother named "Larry Jordan" who is the original Airwave. powers were basically coming, going, and manipulating the cyberspace; died at some point and passed the mantle along to his son, who is also named Hal... and might be who our Hal is named after????
Moral of the story is: DC, start putting your fucking metal on the pedal because I need more stories with heroes interacting with their human supporting casts, especially if it's their family. Bitch what the fuck.
