A fistfight, no rings... who would win in Hal vs. John?

[Andrew NDB Shot Caller Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew NDB]

I would tend to think John Stewart. Marines are trained to be the equivalent of ten men in a battle (I believe this even holds up in court... whenever an off-duty Marine gets in trouble in a fight, they're looked upon/disciplined much more severely in military court).

Hal? He's just a halfway decent scrapper with maybe some Air Force basic training under his belt.

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

I'd say John SHOULD win, especially as things are now. He seems to be drawn as, physically, pretty imposing (though Hal, and really any hero, is also pretty buff) and likely has the better training.

But you never know what the writer will cook up. I mean, Hal was putting in a pretty decent showing against KILOWOG earlier in this run without rings, and I would expect Kilowog to win rather handily under those circumstances against Hal OR John, so who knows.

[TheGoatLantern Beta-Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close TheGoatLantern]

John, Former Marine vs. Air Force exile (at one point).

[Guest Close GL Logan]

Hal is a scrapper.

John is a bull dog.

I'd say it could go either way....

That's the nature of fighting unless one opponent INSANELY outclasses another.


Kilowog kicks both their asses.

[Guest Close Shingo Wol]

John,hands down.

[TEN_RINGS Senior Corps Member Find all posts View Profile Close TEN_RINGS]

JOHN has a few things going for him without a ring....he has always been depicted as on tough sob, growing up on the streets,and now he has marine training under his belt.the one problem with john is that I have never seen him beat anyone in hand to hand ,as i said before i never see john without his ring.

HAL has plenty of experience under his belt,hand to hand he has defeated guy gardner twice at least,a sinestro copy whos neck he broke ,he has stood his ground against kilowog,fought green arrow one on one to a draw,
its hard to say until we see john use some hand to hand stuff.

[lantern1055 Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close lantern1055]

hmmmm the age old question. One one hand you have a Marine, the other an Airman who would win...... It really depends on the individual. I mean in my day I have seen Marines who yes are trained to take on 10 guys fall to one scraggly little 18 year old fresh outa' boot Army Grunt. Hal has been around the block a time or two. If I recall he enjoyed boxing but, I don't recall if he trained in boxing or not. Hmmm tough call. I gotta go with Hal.

[Guest Close The Deadpool]

John would win without ring but Hal would win with rings.

[Andrew NDB Shot Caller Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew NDB]

John would win without ring but Hal would win with rings.

Are you sure? John kind of shamed Hal in Mosaic. And Johns went out of his way to tell us John's willpower exceeds his ring... Hal's ring has never said that.

[Marvelous Iggy God Of Turtles Find all posts View Profile Close Marvelous Iggy]

John is a fucking Marine. Nuff said

[Guest Close Rainbow Lantern]

This happened in secret origin you know?

[Maverick_GL Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Maverick_GL]

Vol 2 + 3. John = Archetect / Hal = Test Pilot

- Hal. He spent a large portion of his early carrier using his fists. He's taken out aliens that were physically stronger than him, many times.

Vol 4. John = Marine / Hal = Air Force

- John. Bigger, badder, and better trained.

[GreenLanternGrl Sinestro's Sparring Partner Find all posts View Profile Close GreenLanternGrl]

if youre going to post this in the John Stewart section who do you think will get more votes? lol

[Sylent_Asassin Black Lantern Find all posts View Profile Close Sylent_Asassin]

Current comic continuity, John wins. He's a Marine. Semper Fi.

[Echo7Solo Star Sapphire's Love Slave Find all posts View Profile Close Echo7Solo]

I voted for Hal simply because he seems to be the kind to throw more punches in life.