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The Green Lantern & Green Arrow comics covered issues like drugs, racism,
hypocrisy and religion - groundbreaking stuff in the 1970s. Stuff that gave
a kid time to pause and reflect.
The Green Lantern Green Arrow Collection
by Dennis O'Neil, Dick Giordano, Neal Adams
Smart, sophisticated, and ahead of its time
In the early 1970's, the comic book world had to start changing.
It seems, no matter what problem Superman got himself into, those accursed robots would be called in from the Fortress of Solitude to give him a hand.
And Batman's utility belt was always full of what you needed.
And characters like Green Lantern and Green Arrow could face whatever villains came their way in the Justice League series.
But the problem was, comic books had to grow up to retain readers.
What had been aimed largely at children before, began to broaden its audience as a means of survival.
Though if you have the actual comics from the 70s, you'll see the ads are still aimed at a juvenile
audience.
One of the first series to push the industry forward was the new Green Lantern/Green Arrow series.
This is the O'Neill and Adams era (not included are the subsequent years when O'Neill handled the title with other artists), in which Green Lantern and Green Arrow began to confront inner demons.
They'd look at problems in society.
True, most of this comes across as not always so subtle liberal propaganda, but when you look beyond the politics, you find amazingly talented writers and artists churning out a good product that makes you think (whether you agree or disagree with their conclusions.)
These days, almost all "important" comics require some near Armageddon scene, (think "Watchmen" or "Kingdom Come), but this title managed to talk about important issues without thinking it was even more important than those causes.
Reviewer from Pittsburgh, PA USA
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