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CLASSIC COMICS : Green Lantern Vol 2 #129 "The Attack Of The Star Sapphire!"

2/27/2013

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Green Lantern Vol 2 #129
June, 1980
Executive Editor: Joe Orlando
Cover Artists: Jim Starlin

"The Attack Of The Star Sapphire!"
Writers: Dennis O'Neil
Pencilers: Joe Staton
Inkers: Frank McLaughlin
Colourists: Anthony Tollin
Letterers: Todd Klein
Editors: Jack C. Harris

Appearing in "The Attack Of The Star Sapphire!"
Featured Characters: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Villains: Star Sapphire
General Fabrikant
Other Characters: Tom Kalmaku
Rance Rideout
Locations: Coast City
Ferris Aircraft
Coast City Police Museum
Ferris Mansion
Items: Green Lantern Ring
Green Lantern Power Battery
Star Sapphire Gem

Synopsis for "The Attack Of The Star Sapphire!"
General Fabrikant gains mental control of Carol Ferris, forces her to change into Star Sapphire, and assigns her first to kill Hal Jordan, then Green Lantern.

Review from Expertscolumn.com
In this issue of Green Lantern, released in June 1980 from DC Comics, entitled “Attack of the Star Sapphire” it was written by Denny O’Neil, penciled by Joe Staton, inked by Frank McLaughlin, colored by Anthony Tollin, lettered by Todd Klein, and Jack C. Harris was the editor.

First of all, the way female characters, especially since potential love interests were written back in the day were rather interesting and different. They acted rather hostile and quite…well like a certain word that rhymes with “witch” that starts with a “b” for lack of a better term. If they acted like a fraction of that, the comic book fans on the Internet would tear them down and call for their violent and bloodshed death.

Carol Ferris always tended to be an interesting character and obviously when you run a business, you’re going to be a bit high strung and perhaps prone to fits of insanity. But there are times where she rails on poor Hal Jordan just for simply being the Green Lantern and perhaps just existing.

Of course her villainous alter ego, the Star Sapphire, back before the Star Sapphires got expanded on, is very normal person gets twisted by a psychotic alter ego. And the villain in this issue mind controlling her to kill Hal Jordan and then the Green Lantern.

The cover was interesting with Hal Jordan and Green Lantern side by side, but even more so, when it is expanded on in the issue. And the way he defeated General Fabrikant worked well. Plus the end with Hal and Carol proved that perhaps some healing could occur with their friendship (or maybe more). Perhaps, maybe, you never know.

Overall another good Green Lantern read.

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CLASSIC COMICS : Green Lantern Vol 2 #87 "Beware My Power!"

2/21/2013

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"Man, that's pretty corny... except for the part that says, "Beware my power!" Mmm-hmm... I do dig those words!" - John Stewart, on the Green Lantern Oath.

Green Lantern Vol 2 #87
December, 1971
Executive Editor: Carmine Infantino
Cover Artists: Neal Adams

"Beware My Power!"
Writers: Dennis O'Neil
Pencilers: Neal Adams
Inkers: Dick Giordano
Editors: Julius Schwartz

"What Can One Man Do?"
Writers: Elliot S. Maggin
Pencilers: Neal Adams
Inkers: Dick Giordano

"Earth's First Green Lantern"
Writers: John Broome
Pencilers: Gil Kane
Inkers: Murphy Anderson

Appearing in "Beware My Power!"
Featured Characters: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) 
Supporting Characters: Green Lantern (John Stewart)  (First appearance)
Villains: Jeremiah Clutcher (Single appearance)
Other Characters: Guy Gardner 
Suzy Delancy
Guardians of the Universe
Locations: California
Items: Green Lantern Ring
Green Lantern Power Battery

PictureGuy Gardner hit by a bus.
Synopsis for "Beware My Power!"
Guy Gardner is injured in an accident, and the Guardians have Green Lantern choose another emergency substitute for himself--who happens to be black.

Appearing in "What Can One Man Do?"
Featured Characters: Green Arrow 
Supporting Characters: Black Canary
Villains: Rioting
Other Characters: Bruce Wayne
Hal Jordan
Clark Kent 
Kevin McManus
John Mayor
Locations: Star City
Items: Trick Arrows

Synopsis for "What Can One Man Do?"
Mayor Jack Major wishes to step down as head of Star City’s government. Mayoral aide Kevin McManus phones up Oliver Queen and asks him to run for the office. Queen phones some of his Justice League friends to talk over the offer, and gets mixed advice. But, shortly after, Green Arrow is embroiled in a race riot in which a young boy is shot, and, despite GA’s and a team of doctors’ best efforts, he dies. Moved to tears by the incident, Green Arrow goes to see Dinah Lance, and tells her he has decided to run for mayor.

Appearing in "Earth's First Green Lantern"
Featured Characters: Green Lantern (Abin Sur)
Supporting Characters: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Other Characters: Pieface
Locations:Items: Green Lantern Ring
Green Lantern Power Battery

Synopsis for "Earth's First Green Lantern"
This story is reprinted from Green Lantern (Volume 2) #16. 

Notes
First appearance of John Stewart. He appears next in Justice League of America #110.
Guy Gardner appeared last in Green Lantern (Volume 2) #59, this is his second appearance. He appears next in Green Lantern (Volume 2) #116.

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CLASSIC COMICS : Green Lantern Vol 2 #74 "Lost In Space"

2/18/2013

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Green Lantern Vol 2 #74
January, 1970
Executive Editor: Carmine Infantino
Cover Artists: Gil Kane

"Lost In Space"
Writers: Mike Friedrich
Pencilers: Gil Kane
Inkers: Murphy Anderson
Editors: Julius Schwartz

Appearing in "Lost In Space"
Featured Characters: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Supporting Characters: Thomas Kalmaku
Villains: Sinestro
Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris)
Other Characters: Terga Kalmaku
Keith Kalmaku
Locations: Coast City
Items: Green Lantern Ring
Green Lantern Power Battery
Yellow Power Ring
Star Sapphire Gem

Synopsis for "Lost In Space"
Story continued from last issue.... Hal Jordan has been transported into space and stripped of all his memories of being Green Lantern by Star Sapphire. With no memory of how he got there, Hal begins to go mad, and when he wishes he could make a toy rocket that he has in his pocket take him home he unconsciously activates his power ring which turns the toy into the real thing, causing the Green Lantern to remember who he is and return to Earth.
There, Green Lantern learns that Sinestro is behind the resurrection of Star Sapphire and hopes to use her to destroy his most hated foe, even going so far as suggest that the two begin a relationship. As the battle rages on, Star Sapphire is torn between her loyalty to Sinestro and her desire to force Green Lantern to be her husband. Learning of the battle from the radio, Thomas Kalmaku rushes off to help Hal the best he can.

With his power ring drained of energy, Hal is easily defeated however before Sinestro can defeat the Green Lantern, Star Sapphire decides to that she wants Green Lantern alive and battles Sinestro. As Green Lantern struggles to get away, he is met by Thomas who has brought his power battery to him, allowing the Green Lantern to recharge his ring and rejoin the battle.

First Green Lantern uses his power to change Star Sapphire back into Carol Ferris and then begins to fight Sinestro once more. Sinestro suddenly gives up and turns over his yellow power ring to the Green Lantern. When the Green Lantern is puzzled, Sinestro explains that there are more than one way to win a battle before teleporting away.

Green Lantern then checks to see how Carol is doing and decides to tell her once and for all that she is really Star Sapphire. The news horrifies Carol who ends up fleeing from the Green Lantern in tears. Later changing back to his civilian identity of Hal Jordan, he pays one last visit to his friend Thomas and tries to deal with losing Carol.

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CLASSIC COMICS : Green Lantern Vol 2 #177 "The Green That Got Away"

2/6/2013

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Green Lantern Vol 2 #177
June, 1984
Executive Editor: Dick Giordano
Cover Artists: Gil Kane

"The Green That Got Away"
Writers: Len Wein
Pencilers: Chuck Patton, Dave Cockrum
Inkers: Bob Smith
Colourists: Anthony Tollin
Letterers: Albert DeGuzman
Editors: Len Wein

"Final Duties"
Writers: Len Wein
Pencilers: Gil Kane
Inkers: Gil Kane
Colourists: Anthony Tollin
Letterers: Ben Oda
Editors: Len Wein

Appearing in "The Green That Got Away"
Featured Characters: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) 
Supporting Characters: Guardians of the Universe
Tawny Young
Villains: Hector Hammond (new story told as flashback)
Other Characters: Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) (flashback only)
Locations: Oa
California
Coast City
Los Angeles
Items: Green Lantern Ring
Green Lantern Power Battery

Synopsis for "The Green That Got Away"
Green Lantern rescues the crew of the ship that exploded at the end of the previous issue. He drops them off at a dock where reporter Tawny Young asks for an interview. Her questions prompt Green Lantern to remember a previous adventure. In the flashback, Green Lantern chases some theives who stole a transport truck filled with antique cars. Green Lantern pursues and catches a few released cars when his ring shorts out and his power abruptly disappears. He drives one of the cars and heads off the truck. He bluffs the driver into stopping threatening them with his non-functioning ring. Soon after the ring begins working again. Green Lantern asks the ring what happened but the ring cannot say. Green Lantern deduces that someone is stealing the energy and manages to get the ring to lead him to the culprit. Green Lantern enters the prison cell of Hector Hammond who reveals he has been tapping into the ring's power for months. With the energy, Hammond has been able to retrieve his mobility. He steals the rest of the ring's energy and uses it to cause the wall to form a giant stone hand grabbing Green Lantern. He mentions that he has been using the energy to search for the meteor that caused his initial transformation in hopes of evolving further into an unbeatable form. He leaves to continue the search. Green Lantern realizes that the stone hand still contains green energy residue in order to hold it's shape. He concentrates and commands the energy to open the hand. He races back to his power battery and recharges. Then he flies off after Hammond encountering him in space. The two fight and Green Lantern keeps him busy until the 24-hour charge of the stolen energy runs out. He then captures Hammond and returns him to prison. Back in the present, Green Lantern spots an airplane about to crash and he rescues the plane. Meanwhile, on Oa, the Guardians have been studying a threat - planet Omnicron Ceti IV's core is unstable and is about to explode. They decide they must summon Hal Jordan to combat the threat.

Appearing in "Final Duties"
Featured Characters: Green Lantern (Kwo Varrikk)
Supporting Characters: Guardians of the Universe
Locations: Oa
Items: Green Lantern Ring

Synopsis for "Final Duties"
Kwo spends his last day as a Green Lantern. He visits Minos III and stops a train wreck. At Minos IV he stops an earthquake. He stops an invading force from Krodarr from attacking Vrygoth. He visits planet Elysium (formerly planet Bloodworld where he had once defeated tyrant K'runak K'ann) where he retrieves a lost kite for a small child. He redirects a meteor storm away from habited planet Balgus VI to a new water-covered planet making a small landmass. Then he flies to Oa where his ring is passed on to his successor. 

Notes
The primary story this issue - the battle with Hector Hammond - is told as a flashback. It is not specified when this story actually occurred but a reference is made to various power ring glitches including issue Green Lantern & Green Arrow (Volume 1) #115. The flashback sequence, pages 3 - 14, are reprinted from Green Lantern (Volume 2) #128. The framing sequences before and after are original material.
Hector Hammond's last appearance is listed as Green Lantern & Green Arrow (Volume 1) #101.

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