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Green Lantern/Green Arrow Collection - Volume 2

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Like the original Star Trek series, this series was cancelled while still in full swing for some reason. The high point is the story about drug addiction as well as the first appearance of John Stewart as Green Lantern. The stories may seem dated now, but at the time, they were taking comics into a new direction, and they remain one of the high points in comic book history.

The Adams/O'Neil Green Lantern and Green Arrow series was truly revolutionary. I always thought that a real cool animated movie could be made from them. If you enjoy comics and care about social/political issues, you won't be disappointed with this book. Check out Volume 1. The two books compliment each other.

Volume 2 of a trade collection of Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams' GL/GA team-ups, this book collects the remaining stories from GL #83-87, 89, plus a handfull of backups from from The Flash. As in the first volume, these stories from 1970 are full of harsh social commentary that sometimes borders on the absurd. Nevertheless, they make a point and bring important issues to the fore in comics, a medium that, up to that time, was notorious for ignoring such. In many cases, the final point of each story forces the reader to take a look at themselves, wondering what they would do in the same situation. Particularly outstanding is the two-part story in which Green Arrow finds that his former sidekick, Speedy of the Teen Titans, is a drug addict: quite a powerful conclusion that doesn't put on the brakes. Neal Adams' artwork for these stories is simply stunning. These heroes have never looked, and maybe never will look, so good again. The pencils enable the reader to feel the rage and anguish on their faces.

While I will always feel that these stories are overwhelming in their yearning to address the problems of their particular era, these issues are just as relevant today. You can still see racism, corporate greed, drug use, and pollution everywhere you look, so DC is doing a good thing by reprinting these stories. It seems that, even though we are more aware, times really never change.

What more can I say? If you're looking at this item, chances are that you're interested in Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen as Green Lantern and Green Arrow, two of DC's greatest and longest-running characters. These aren't epic tales like Preacher or Sandman, it's just a trade with collected issues, most of them individual stories on their own. There are a few multi-issue story arcs that are also included. Both volumes of Green Lantern/Green Arrow are just good old school fun. Highly recommended!

This is the second and final installment of Neal Adam's excellent series that first appeared in the 70s. There is a new story, but is done in the 90s, over photoshopped style. It was so unappealing I didn't even read it. But the original work is fantastic and is reproduced in this edition on a paper that is in the spirit of the original newsprint (but better quality without being glossy). Adams' economic, graphic style doesn't need the over rendered color so common to comics today.

I was surprised at how well the stories and art held up after all these years. A friend of mine, who is not a comics aficionado, read the book and remarked how entertaining it was. I agree with him.

This one is as good as the first volume. One thing that I really like about this volume is that more stories are centered on Green Arrow. If you like the first one, you like this one.