Story: "Secret Origin, Part 1" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns (plot, script)
Ivan Reis (pencils)
Oclair Albert (inks)
Ranov Mayor (colors)
Rob Leigh (letters)
Adam Schlagman (assistant edits)
Eddie Berganza (edits)

Feature Character:

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; also in flashback; appearance on pages 2 though 6 same as flashback in Green Lantern: Rebirth #2, see Comment)

Guest Stars:

Abin Sur (last in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2)

Supporting Characters:

Carol Ferris
Jessica Jordan
Martin Jordan (dies)
Jack Jordan
Jim Jordan (next in issue #35)
Jonathan Stone (chronologically earliest appearance; next in issue #31)
Ken "High Life" Arden (first appearance; one of Jack's Air Force buddies and owner of Arden Aviation)
John Stewart
Carl Ferris (next in issue #34)
Shane Sellers

Villains:

Atrocitus (chronologically earliest appearance; last in flashback in issue #33)
Qull of the Five Inversions (last in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2)

Other Character:

Cindy (first appearance)

Comment: Hal Jordan is only seen as Green Lantern on the first page of this issue. The rest is a flashback to events prior tol Hal Jordan becoming Green Lantern. Story continues in the following issue.