There are very few comics that changed the entire direction of the medium. Green Lantern #76 is one of them.
In April 1970, writer Denny O’Neil and artist Neal Adams launched a creative partnership that would redefine what superhero comics could say and who they could say it to. Hal Jordan — a space cop tasked with protecting the universe — is confronted on the streets of a decaying city by an old Black man who asks him a question he can’t answer: he’s helped everyone from yellow-skinned aliens to blue-skinned aliens, so why not his own people?
The scene still lands. The comic still matters. Green Lantern/Green Arrow — the run that begins here — tackled poverty, racism, drug addiction, and political corruption at a time when superhero comics weren’t doing anything of the kind. It was a creative risk, a cultural statement, and one of the most artistically significant runs in the Silver-to-Bronze Age transition. Neal Adams’ cover is among the most recognized images in the medium.
This CBCS 6.0 is a solid Fine copy with white pages — a well-presented example of one of the genuine landmarks in American comics history.
There are very few comics that changed the entire direction of the medium. Green Lantern #76 is one of them.
In April 1970, writer Denny O’Neil and artist Neal Adams launched a creative partnership that would redefine what superhero comics could say and who they could say it to. Hal Jordan — a space cop tasked with protecting the universe — is confronted on the streets of a decaying city by an old Black man who asks him a question he can’t answer: he’s helped everyone from yellow-skinned aliens to blue-skinned aliens, so why not his own people?
The scene still lands. The comic still matters. Green Lantern/Green Arrow — the run that begins here — tackled poverty, racism, drug addiction, and political corruption at a time when superhero comics weren’t doing anything of the kind. It was a creative risk, a cultural statement, and one of the most artistically significant runs in the Silver-to-Bronze Age transition. Neal Adams’ cover is among the most recognized images in the medium.
This CBCS 6.0 is a solid Fine copy with white pages — a well-presented example of one of the genuine landmarks in American comics history.
