You say that
Hal Jordan = Parallax = True Spectre = BL Crispus Allen
Hold the phone, that’s not even
close to what I’m saying. Let me quickly explain this.
Black Lantern Crispus should, at the absolute bare minimum, be comparable to his base self, who is a
2-C. The Guardians and Hal also treat him as being just as strong as The Spectre.
Parallax is a
2-C that is also superior to Spectre, as Hal stated that he can defeat Spectre and Spectre is stated to be afraid of him. Despite being weaker, Crispus could take hits from Parallax.
Hal can damage Crispus on multiple occasions and even overpower his grip, but he can’t defeat him. He can still fight Crispus though, which would be therefore
2-C. Couple that with Hal taking hits from SBP, GLs not being retconned by the Crisis, Hal fighting someone that could fight Ion during Ion’s solo run, and a high-end of
2-C becomes consistent.
And as an overall reminder, nobody here is arguing that Hal is
always a
2-C. What we’re going for is ‘
4-B, up to
2-C’ or something like ‘
4-B,
2-C at peak.’
This would be a more accurate scale: Peak Hal Jordan =< Black Lantern Crispus Allen => Base Crispus Allen < Parallax