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May. 2nd, 2008 12:23 pmBack in the early 1970's, the comic book title Green Lantern was suffering from bad sales and was slated to be canceled when new-to-the-industry Denny O'Neil took over writing duties with Neal Adams doing the illustrations.
O'Neil had been heavily influenced by the activism of the sixies and threw Green Arrow into the book as an activist foil to Green Lantern, who had been portrayed as a sort of cosmic cop with no idea of what was going on in the world.
The three panels here are what really got the ball rolling, with race addressed in a way it never comic books had never before attempted. The title would later tackle issues like drug abuse and sexism, but this is where it really all began:
( So you've helped all these people, Green Lantern... )
O'Neil had been heavily influenced by the activism of the sixies and threw Green Arrow into the book as an activist foil to Green Lantern, who had been portrayed as a sort of cosmic cop with no idea of what was going on in the world.
The three panels here are what really got the ball rolling, with race addressed in a way it never comic books had never before attempted. The title would later tackle issues like drug abuse and sexism, but this is where it really all began:
( So you've helped all these people, Green Lantern... )
