Air Wave
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Hal Jordan
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DC Universe Online biography
Hal Jordan of Earth is one of several other-dimensional heroes that were captured by Brainiac during the villain's numerous trips through time and the Multiverse. Brainiac had traveled the Multiverse in search of unique heroes and villains from many worlds including alternate Earths to use as an army. Air Wave was being used as a template for many of the new exobyte-enhanced humans until he was able to escape from a Brainiac ship with help from this Earth's Oracle and Superman. Upon escaping captivity, he discovered that he was on an alternate Earth and timeline from the one he had known. Batman offered Air Wave his aid and sponsored him as an honorary Justice League member seeking out his help in a series of adventures. Adjusting to his new life in this new time and this new Earth, Air Wave has joined a new team of heroes known as Young Unity which features several of the exobyte-enhanced and other trans-dimensional heroes that Brainiac had kidnapped.
Air Wave's current whereabouts are in Central City stopping the Reapers from destroying the timeline, but often aids his teammates and other heroes in Metropolis and Gotham City.
DC Comics biography
Alter Ego: Hal (Harold) Jordan
Other Alias: Maser
Known Relatives: Larry Jordan (Father - Air Wave I); Helen Jordan (Mother - Air Wave II); Hal Jordan (Uncle - Green Lantern)
Homeworld: Earth
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 156 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
First Appearance: Green Lantern (Vol. 2) #100 (January 1978)
Powers: Able to ride and transmute into energy, and fly at superspeed; inherited and initially used his father's suit and helmet to better control his abilities.
Weapons & Equipment: None
Origin/History: At a young age, Harold was found to exhibit the power to transmute into energy. Just as his father had modified his helmet and was preparing to train him to use his powers, Larry was killed. Eventually, Harold decided to follow in the footsteps of his father's career and took up the mantle of Air Wave. When his character was introduced, it was also revealed that he was a cousin of the Green Lantern Hal Jordan, with whom he shares the name. Air Wave continued as a supporting character, though not in every issue, of Green Lantern and his co-stars of the time, Green Arrow and Black Canary, showing young Harold how to be a superhero. (Green Lantern vol. 2 #100) Starting in Action Comics #488, Hal was featured in adventures of his own. For the next couple of years, he appeared in the secondary stories of Action Comics (the cover story almost always starred Superman), often alternating with the Atom. At some point, he became able to control his transmutation to energy without relying upon his father's equipment.[6]
When Air Wave was recruited by the Institute for Metahuman Studies to join a group of highly capitalist superheroes called the Captains of Industry (Firestorm #88), he used the code name Maser after undergoing extreme gene-modification at the hands of Doctor Moon. This group was relatively short-lived and he soon resumed using Air Wave as his moniker. His next major appearance was in the JSA story arc (JSA #11-12) involving super-villain Kobra's plot to seize control of the world's media resources. When freed by the JSA, the seriously weakened hero destroyed Kobra's satellites, which were targeted to annihilate many of Earth's cities.
Later, Air Wave joined the JSA reserve in battle during the Imperiex War (JSA: Our Worlds at War #1), as well as against the triumvirate of Mordru, Obsidian, and Eclipso.
During the "Infinite Crisis" company-crossover storyline, Air Wave joins a team of superheros, including Animal Man, Cyborg and others, that travel into space to help investigate a destructive spatial warp. Air Wave almost instantly detects the cries for help coming from the ships being affected. In Infinite Crisis #4, these cries overwhelm him, and he splits into millions of radio waves that fly off in different directions.
