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This one is as good as the first volume. One thing that I really like about this volume is that more stories are centered on Green Arrow. If you like the first one, you like this one.
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Volume 2 of a trade collection of Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams' GL/GA team-ups, this book collects the remaining stories from GL #83-87, 89, plus a handfull of backups from from The Flash. As in the first volume, these stories from 1970 are full of harsh social commentary that sometimes borders on the absurd. Nevertheless, they make a point and bring important issues to the fore in comics, a medium that, up to that time, was notorious for ignoring such. In many cases, the final point of each story forces the reader to take a look at themselves, wondering what they would do in the same situation. Particularly outstanding is the two-part story in which Green Arrow finds that his former sidekick, Speedy of the Teen Titans, is a drug addict: quite a powerful conclusion that doesn't put on the brakes. Neal Adams' artwork for these stories is simply stunning. These heroes have never looked, and maybe never will look, so good again. The pencils enable the reader to feel the rage and anguish on their faces.
While I will always feel that these stories are overwhelming in their yearning to address the problems of their particular era, these issues are just as relevant today. You can still see racism, corporate greed, drug use, and pollution everywhere you look, so DC is doing a good thing by reprinting these stories. It seems that, even though we are more aware, times really never change.
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Like the original Star Trek series, this series was cancelled while still in full swing for some reason. The high point is the story about drug addiction as well as the first appearance of John Stewart as Green Lantern. The stories may seem dated now, but at the time, they were taking comics into a new direction, and they remain one of the high points in comic book history.
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The Adams/O'Neil Green Lantern and Green Arrow series was truly revolutionary. I always thought that a real cool animated movie could be made from them. If you enjoy comics and care about social/political issues, you won't be disappointed with this book. Check out Volume 1. The two books compliment each other.
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