The Academy of Comic Book Arts which started about this time was the source of the "Academy Award" blurb; they did actually bestow awards. There was some confusion about what their purpose was. Stan Lee, the first president, wanted to have the equivalent of Hollywood's Academy as a kind of prestige public relations organization, including televised award ceremonies. And the first Vice President, Neal Adams, wanted to use it as a platform for creator rights and organizing a union. It was a classic Green Lantern/Green Arrow style generational confrontation, and the ACBA no longer exists.
Yes, I was going to comment on that, too. Lasted about a decade. This title won the prestigious Shazam! Award, plus those working on the comic, won various awards as well.
I had expected Jim's marching orders at the end to be "Say No to Drugs" or something along those lines. I'm relieved that I just have to read more comics, and can still do all the drugs I want!
I've never cared for O'Neil's writing here, but I think it was pivotal for his more delicate and literary approach to social awareness in The Question later on. Compare the sequence of a man jumping to commit suicide early in his The Question run to anything in this Lantern/Arrow run and there's a world of difference.
A really big moment in DC/Superhero comics history, even if it hasn’t quite aged so well. And if nothing else, definitely still worth checking out for the art.
I was 14 when I first read this series as well, only it was 2012. I was completely blown away by it, to this day I still consider Denny O’Neil to be among my favorite comic writers
Many thanks to Warren for sharing some of his collection this week. O’Neil and Adams also teamed up on a stellar Batman run that revitalized the character.
This format with a guest is great, adds a new voice/sensibility and selection to the usual perspectives of Jim and Ed. Maybe a similar format looking at other creators or collectors favorites or influences with them under the microscope could be a series to break up the other stuff.
"Winner of Academy Award for Best Comic" on issue 86 refers to the Shazam Awards presented by the Academy of Comic Book Arts (ACBA). The first Shazam Award was for 1970 and Green Lantern/Green Arrow won for Best Continuing Feature, as well as Best Story, Best Drama Penciller, and Best Drama Writer. GL/GA also won several awards for 1971.
Oh my god, I've been watching these videos for a while now (opening Action Comics 48 grabbed my attention) and this is the first time I noticed your name, Piskor! Wow... late thanks for Grand Design!
Volume 5 of The Green Lantern Showcase Presents phonebook sized Trade paperback has the entire run including the backups with art by Mike Grell, all in glorious black and white.
I appreciate the disarmed approach you took with reviewing this run and its content. You do anthropology better than most anthropologists that I know. When the subject is able to disentangle their modern biases from the historical object they are commenting on, it definitely presents a clearer picture of the object and the culture/era that birthed it. The moment reviewers begin to impose their contemporary baggage on the past, I tend to tune out.
My first intro to Denny's green lantern was when he time traveled and gave earth its moon. I never forgot that LOL. As far as the heavy handidness of that era of Dennys writing and i guess il add in addams to this.... Its no coincidence that they are both drug addicts at the time, it had to play a part in the way they did this. And to me it explains the entirety of it.
Heavy handed is not a bad thing all the time, and here it isn't either. many classic works of art are extremely heavy handed and that is perfectly fine. While I do agree that some comic writers had a hard time balancing kids and adult fiction, I think you are completely wrong about O'Neil. Have you read The Question? It's full of zen philosophy. You may not like this comic, but O'Neil knew exactly what he was doing in trying to bring social issues into comics. Kind of like how Patt Mills and others were doing over in Britain. Also, this was recently reprinted in a beautiful deluxe edition that I needed and have.
These GL/GA comics might be 'heavy handed' but they're also vibrant and fun which is something you can't say about modern DC or Marvel superhero borefests.
I notice both the drug issues ran with the Comics Code seal... was that unusual? I know a bit about the story of the Spider-Man Green Goblin LSD saga where he had to run it without the seal. It seems like both issues would break the standards of the comics code as written.
In the day, finding a copy of this run was a joy. Especially in my little part of the UK. Neil A was a rock star compared to others of the day. The stories were also an eye opener. Now the story line may last in finesse, but as a teen, the story lines effected my world view. In the 60s and early 70s I knew that no one of colour who lived within miles of me. We were not controlling minority housing, there were just very few ethnic minorities in our small rural English city. We lived on a Naval town, so many people were well traveled and had more of a world view. So stories of segregation and bigotry were important. Thank you. I'll now get off my soap box....😁
This was right in my wheel house! I still have copies of those books and many others from this period. I was 13 in 1970 when I really started buying comics. The books then started grounding the characters and stories in a more realistic world. In the 60s books were really kinda silly and the artwork was very cartoonish. Instead of the monster terror of the month from outer space or from wherever stories dealt with racism pollution poverty drug addiction. The artwork was better also. I began my love of comics during this period which endures to this day
The art in these issues holds up today but the stories do not. Denny O'neil did not have much interest in sci fi/space opera and so for the most part GL was grounded throughout with the exception of issue #81 Death Be My Destiny which is my favorite issue of this run. Otherwise it was way too preachy with Green Arrow just a cypher for Denny's politics and Hal miscast as "the man". The most cringeworthy moment is an old black man berating Hal Jordan for saving the universe when he should have been helping the "black skins". That is prime liberal white savior complex material. Denny wrote some great Batman stories but his Green Lantern stuff is not good.
Neal Adams swears that the reason why this GL/GA had low sales is because newsstands were inflating returns on this series and then actually selling the returns on the side.
Cancelled due to low sales. Sjw comics even good ones like these never do. Right now with big corporations behind them that are also woke just let them restart at no 1 again
The Academy of Comic Book Arts which started about this time was the source of the "Academy Award" blurb; they did actually bestow awards. There was some confusion about what their purpose was. Stan Lee, the first president, wanted to have the equivalent of Hollywood's Academy as a kind of prestige public relations organization, including televised award ceremonies. And the first Vice President, Neal Adams, wanted to use it as a platform for creator rights and organizing a union. It was a classic Green Lantern/Green Arrow style generational confrontation, and the ACBA no longer exists.
Yes, I was going to comment on that, too. Lasted about a decade. This title won the prestigious Shazam! Award, plus those working on the comic, won various awards as well.
I had expected Jim's marching orders at the end to be "Say No to Drugs" or something along those lines. I'm relieved that I just have to read more comics, and can still do all the drugs I want!
"You're pretty high and far out aren't ya? What kind of kick are you on, son?" - Sgt. Joe Friday
I've never cared for O'Neil's writing here, but I think it was pivotal for his more delicate and literary approach to social awareness in The Question later on. Compare the sequence of a man jumping to commit suicide early in his The Question run to anything in this Lantern/Arrow run and there's a world of difference.
You GOTTA do Neal Adam’s Batman, especially night of the reaper
A really big moment in DC/Superhero comics history, even if it hasn’t quite aged so well. And if nothing else, definitely still worth checking out for the art.
I was 14 when I first read this series as well, only it was 2012. I was completely blown away by it, to this day I still consider Denny O’Neil to be among my favorite comic writers
I really love this artwork in black and white! It's magnificent!
I was born in 2000 and this was in my high school library and I read it when I was 15 and remember liking it, but I haven't revisited it yet
Many thanks to Warren for sharing some of his collection this week. O’Neil and Adams also teamed up on a stellar Batman run that revitalized the character.
This format with a guest is great, adds a new voice/sensibility and selection to the usual perspectives of Jim and Ed. Maybe a similar format looking at other creators or collectors favorites or influences with them under the microscope could be a series to break up the other stuff.
"Winner of Academy Award for Best Comic" on issue 86 refers to the Shazam Awards presented by the Academy of Comic Book Arts (ACBA). The first Shazam Award was for 1970 and Green Lantern/Green Arrow won for Best Continuing Feature, as well as Best Story, Best Drama Penciller, and Best Drama Writer. GL/GA also won several awards for 1971.
When I was a kid, this was awesome!!! So different than anything else!
Oh my god, I've been watching these videos for a while now (opening Action Comics 48 grabbed my attention) and this is the first time I noticed your name, Piskor!
Wow... late thanks for Grand Design!
Volume 5 of The Green Lantern Showcase Presents phonebook sized Trade paperback has the entire run including the backups with art by Mike Grell, all in glorious black and white.
I appreciate the disarmed approach you took with reviewing this run and its content. You do anthropology better than most anthropologists that I know. When the subject is able to disentangle their modern biases from the historical object they are commenting on, it definitely presents a clearer picture of the object and the culture/era that birthed it. The moment reviewers begin to impose their contemporary baggage on the past, I tend to tune out.
The back cover ads are day glow masterpieces! Awesome!
I liked seeing all of the Aurora Model ads- monsters, cavemen, the 70s horror craze.
Those pictures on the cover of issue #83 are Carmine Infantino as Dr. Wilbur Palm, if I am not mistaken.
My first intro to Denny's green lantern was when he time traveled and gave earth its moon. I never forgot that LOL. As far as the heavy handidness of that era of Dennys writing and i guess il add in addams to this.... Its no coincidence that they are both drug addicts at the time, it had to play a part in the way they did this. And to me it explains the entirety of it.
I love the content of this chanel, it's like an old dream finally coming true.
Heavy handed is not a bad thing all the time, and here it isn't either. many classic works of art are extremely heavy handed and that is perfectly fine. While I do agree that some comic writers had a hard time balancing kids and adult fiction, I think you are completely wrong about O'Neil. Have you read The Question? It's full of zen philosophy. You may not like this comic, but O'Neil knew exactly what he was doing in trying to bring social issues into comics. Kind of like how Patt Mills and others were doing over in Britain.
Also, this was recently reprinted in a beautiful deluxe edition that I needed and have.
These GL/GA comics might be 'heavy handed' but they're also vibrant and fun which is something you can't say about modern DC or Marvel superhero borefests.
I notice both the drug issues ran with the Comics Code seal... was that unusual? I know a bit about the story of the Spider-Man Green Goblin LSD saga where he had to run it without the seal. It seems like both issues would break the standards of the comics code as written.
Great comics
The photos are of Carmine Infantino posing as Dr. Wilbur Palm.
I really need to hear Ed tearing these apart
In the day, finding a copy of this run was a joy. Especially in my little part of the UK. Neil A was a rock star compared to others of the day. The stories were also an eye opener. Now the story line may last in finesse, but as a teen, the story lines effected my world view. In the 60s and early 70s I knew that no one of colour who lived within miles of me. We were not controlling minority housing, there were just very few ethnic minorities in our small rural English city. We lived on a Naval town, so many people were well traveled and had more of a world view. So stories of segregation and bigotry were important. Thank you. I'll now get off my soap box....😁
TWO crucifixions? lol
Oh. oh wow.
Bought Flash 217 at a KOA campground. Read it to shreds.
Adams was being fairly reserved in those books, but still.... who would have to "hear that this Adams guy is interesting?" Just look at it.
maybe he's a "junkie" because you stand there talking about him like he's the family cat.
This was right in my wheel house! I still have copies of those books and many others from this period. I was 13 in 1970 when I really started buying comics. The books then started grounding the characters and stories in a more realistic world. In the 60s books were really kinda silly and the artwork was very cartoonish. Instead of the monster terror of the month from outer space or from wherever stories dealt with racism pollution poverty drug addiction. The artwork was better also. I began my love of comics during this period which endures to this day
The art in these issues holds up today but the stories do not. Denny O'neil did not have much interest in sci fi/space opera and so for the most part GL was grounded throughout with the exception of issue #81 Death Be My Destiny which is my favorite issue of this run. Otherwise it was way too preachy with Green Arrow just a cypher for Denny's politics and Hal miscast as "the man". The most cringeworthy moment is an old black man berating Hal Jordan for saving the universe when he should have been helping the "black skins". That is prime liberal white savior complex material. Denny wrote some great Batman stories but his Green Lantern stuff is not good.
Neal Adams swears that the reason why this GL/GA had low sales is because newsstands were inflating returns on this series and then actually selling the returns on the side.
Cancelled due to low sales. Sjw comics even good ones like these never do. Right now with big corporations behind them that are also woke just let them restart at no 1 again
They are so bad!