*DC: The groundbreaking run of Green Lantern, in which he and Green Arrow set out to confront the failing American Dream, resonates with audiences even today, as, sadly, corruption, pollution, overpopulation and the other issues raised seem even more relevant today. The Comics Code Authority had long prohibited the mention of drug use, but that being one of the issues the editors wanted to address, creators Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams took advantage of a then-recent liberalisation of the Code to have a shocking story in which Speedy, Green Arrow’s former sidekick, was revealed to be a heroin user. The controversial cover was banned in many parts of the USA, and the story, though naïve, was a sincere attempt to address the issue for only the second time in mainstream comics. This is a FN+ copy, pence stamped, with superior inside pages and the historic cover scene unmarred, on sale at £70. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD