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Issue Details

Issue #87
Published December 1971-January 1972
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Cover colorist credit from 2004 collected edition. Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (July 2007).

Cover Details

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Black Lantern [John Stewart]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Colors Jack Adler
Notes Cover colorist credit from 2004 collected edition. Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (July 2007).
Reprinted in Green Lantern / Green Arrow (DC, 2004 series) #2

13 page Green Lantern story "Beware My Power"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Guy Gardner; Guardians of the Universe; Black Lantern [John Stewart] (intro); Jeremiah Clutcher
Synopsis When Guy Gardner is injured, the Guardians of the Universe instruct Hal Jordan to train another back-up, but John Stewart has different ideas about how to be a Lantern. When an attempt is seemingly made on the life of racist politician Jeremiah Clutcher, John Stewart figures out that the attack was faked and part of a cynical plot to get Clutcher elected president.
Genre Superhero
Script Denny O'Neil
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Dick Giordano
Letters John Costanza
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted in Green Lantern / Green Arrow (DC, 1983 series) #6 (March 1984); in Green Lantern / Green Arrow: More Hard-Traveling Heroes (DC, 1993 series) #nn; in Green Lantern / Green Arrow (DC, 2004 series) #2

13 page Green Arrow story "What Can One Man Do?"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Jack Major; Kevin McManus; Dinah Drake Lance [Black Canary]; Bruce Wayne [Batman]; Hal Jordan [Green Lantern]; Clark Kent [Superman]
Synopsis After Green Arrow witnesses the death of a young boy in a riot, he decides that he might be able to do more for his city as its mayor.
Genre Superhero
Script Elliot Maggin
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Dick Giordano
Letters John Costanza
Notes This is Maggin's first professional script. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #23 (July 1982); in Green Lantern / Green Arrow (DC, 1983 series) #6 (March 1984); in Green Lantern / Green Arrow (DC, 2004 series) #2

10 page Green Lantern story "Earth's First Green Lantern!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Abin Sur; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Larifars (Energy Beings); Balzona (Energy Being)
Synopsis Hal Jordan explains to Pieface why Abin Sur came to Earth in a spaceship when all Green Lanterns can travel thru space unaided.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Recap of how Hal Jordan got his power ring. Some sources have incorrectly credited the inking to Joe Giella, but Murphy Anderson inks confirmed by Bob Bailey, Bob Hughes, David Bachman, and Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 Series) #16 (October 1962)