This collection marks the thirtieth anniversary of one of comicdom's greatest sagas - and the mother of all road trips. The Green Lantern - Green Arrow Collection presents, for the first time in a deluxe hardcover format, the complete O'Neil / Adams run on the original Emerald Allies from the pages of Green Lantern and The Flash. Together these "Hard-Traveling Heroes" did more than bust the chops of costumed baddies they addressed social ills and made us, the readers, pause to think not just of the world of comic-book fantasy, but the world outside our windows. Long a Sci-Fi-oriented hero, Green Lantern had for years spent his time battling threats from outer space, rather than dealing with more down-to-earth matters. By pairing the feisty, Oliver Queen with his straight-laced emerald-clad counterpart, Hal Jordan, O'Neil and Adams set the stage for a new generation of comic-book characters. One year later, these two creators, guided by editor Julie Schwartz combined their efforts in the pages of Green Lantern. Meanwhile, in Justice League of America, Dennis O' Neil was helping to transform the personality of the Emerald Archer from that of a generic hero into something more edgy, more closely attuned to the heated political climate of the times. In September of 1969, Neal Adams helped to redefine longtime DC hero Green Arrow in The Brave and The Bold # 85, changing the look of the freshly scrubbed do-gooder into that of a hardened veteran of the streets. This hardcover edition has the best paper and the best color. It was subsequently repinted in paperback and as an Absolute. Reprints Green Lantern 76-87 & 89 and the Flash 217-219 including all the covers.
The complete saga in a deluxe slipcased hardcover edition.
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