*DC: DC’s ground-breaking and controversial run of Green Lantern (cover-titled ‘Green Lantern co-starring Green Arrow’) was renowned for its tackling of issues which had been seldom raised in comics before – albeit, in retrospect, perhaps heavy-handedly, it nevertheless raised many questions the medium had previously failed to address. One such was racism, and when, after Hal Jordan got injured, the Power Ring selected African-American John Stewart as a temporary replacement Green Lantern, the heroes were forced to confront certain unspoken truths in their society. Originally intended as a one-off character, John was brought back frequently, often replacing Hal for long stretches, both in the Justice League and as the Green Lantern of Earth – mercifully having abandoned his cliched ‘angry black dude’ persona early on. This copy of Green Lantern #87 is a very reasonable mid-grade pence stamped copy; some short horizontal reading creases at the spine do not break colour, slightly dingy along the bottom edge with a tiny crease across the bottom right corner extremity. Nice colour and gloss; very small nick at centre right edge. Staples tight and firm at spine and centrefold. Pages are supple, off-white to cream.
PICTURED: GREEN LANTERN #87 VG p £200