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What Price Will Hal Jordan Pay For Parallax In GL #51?

There's gotta be repercussions to becoming Parallax again.


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Things are heating up as Blackest Night is approaching the end. In Green Lantern #50, we saw Hal Jordan felt he had no choice but to unleash the power of Parallax. Parallax isn't a force you can just turn on and off. The last time Hal was exposed to Parallax, things didn't go too well for him.  Here's the solicit information:   

The most epic battle in BLACKEST NIGHT yet comes to a shocking conclusion as Hal Jordan makes the ultimate move to take on the Black Lantern Spectre. But what price comes with the unleashing of Parallax? And what does this mean for the future of the emotional spectrum's avatars? 

 
Will Hal Jordan survive this battle? Unfortunately, we have an idea. We know that Blackest Night is almost over. We know that Brightest Day is just around the corner. Does that mean Hal will use Parallax and then safely lock him away once they're done? Seems like it shouldn't be that easy. I wouldn't expect Geoff Johns to make it that easy for Hal.  
 
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Hal has had to face lots of struggles in his 'career.' Do you think having the darkness of Parallax locked away somewhere inside him would benefit his character? When you look at the cover image to issue #53 (all information on 52 is "top secret") Hal appears to be fine, standing in front of the other colored Lanterns. But look again a little more carefully. What is that glow coming out of Hal's ring? Is that...yellow? It could be argued that it's just a really light shade of green or maybe a 'green-yellow' color (I'm immediately reminded of my old Crayola Crayons from my childhood). 
 
You would think that there would be a price to harnessing the power of Parallax. While it appears that everyone will be getting a happy ending (I seem to be using that phrase a lot around here lately), I can't see everything coming out perfectly dandy. 
 
What do you think? Will Parallax become a fixed part of Hal? Is this something he will have to struggle to contain? Will Parallax just be locked away until the next major crisis? Issue #51 is on sale this Wednesday, February 17.