This story tells how a young Hal Jordan mastered his power ring. The story is set on a world formed entirely by the imagination of other Green Lanterns. Writer J. M. DeMatteis described the story as 'Green Lantern meets Little Nemo in Quantum Wonderland. A playful, surreal, quantum physics fairytale.'

Before the birth of this universe, there was Igrund: the world of the Old Gods. Not much is known about them, apart from the fact that they manufactured weapons beyond comprehension that tore infinity apart. The JLA face their greatest ever challenge - one of those weapons has survived.

As if Superman didn't have enough problems with dealing with the effects of the Brainiac 13 virus and a possible war with Atlantis, he's now got the extra headache of Lex Luthor running for the presidency His arch-enemy is bent on attaining the greatest seat of power in the world.