We talked earlier about the first BATMAN cover to feature an African-American character on it. This GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW cover is definitely the first DC book to feature a black man in a super hero costume. And while it would have been more plugged into the zeitgeist in, say, 1968 than when it saw print … Continue reading Great Covers – GREEN LANTERN #87 →

Here is the realism and relevance of the GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW series taken to the extreme, with an image that DC might think twice about running even today. Neal Adams’ photo-realistic style is used to good effect as we are smacked in the face with the image of a super hero (albeit a sidekick) using … Continue reading Great Covers – GREEN LANTERN #85 →