This trade paperback collects the classic and much-lauded Green Lantern/Green Arrow series #76 - 89 from 1970-72, and four stories which subsequently appeared as back up features in the Flash, as well as a few then-new covers drawn by Neal Adams for DC's early 1980s reprints of the series.
Written by Denny O'Neil, pencilled by Neal Adams, and inked by Dick Giordano (except for one page in #81 and the entirety of #84 by Berni Wrightson when Giordano was sick with the flu), this series pits the title characters as polar opposites: one is politically conservative and the other quite liberal, and they are as often at each others throats as they are various nemeses, often the embodiment of burning issues of the day: racism, slum lords, drug deals and addiction, women's rights, overpopulation, corporate greed, cult leaders and brainwashing, the ecology, and even a Christ figure (published in #89 at the height of the Jesus movement amongst the hippie generation in the U.S. and Europe).
While often dated, the stories are always heartfelt and passionate, and Adams' and Giordano's art is in top form. This series won many awards in its time, and was reprinted numerous times in paperback form as well as in comics, culminating in this trade paperback anthology. One short Green Arrow story, a backup feature in GL/GA #88 written by Elliot S. Maggin and drawn by Adams, retains the emotional tone and social relevance of O'Neil's scripts.
It is even more remarkable when one considers that while Neal Adams was drawing this series he was simultaneously pencilling the Kree-Skrull war in for Marvel in the Avengers #93 - 96 (with Tom Palmer on inks). How he was able to keep characters "on model" in two different series populated by heroes, villains, and a supporting cast with very distinct features, physiques, and costumes is a staggering feat for even the most disciplined professional in the comics medium, aside from spending time with family and getting (nearly) enough sleep! On top of that, Adams (and Giordano) began Continuity Associates in 1971, an advertising agency in NYC (and eventually LA) which operated for over 50 years until his passing in 2022.
Neal Adams was not only a top talent in the silver and bronze age of comics, he was indefatigable and prolific.
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