DC Retroactive: Green Lantern - The '70s #1
"Nightmare Planet" kicks off DC Retroactive: Green Lantern – The '70s with a powerful blend of social conscience and cosmic oversight, as Green Arrow brings Green Lantern face-to-face with the harsh realities of slumlord Jubal Slade’s tenements. Written by Denny O'Neil and illustrated with stark intensity by Neal Adams—his inks lending weight to every panel—this story sets up a pivotal moment where Earth’s heroes clash with the Guardians’ rigid doctrine. Cover by Mike Grell captures the tension perfectly, as the Guardians prepare to send a representative to join the duo on a journey of discovery across America’s overlooked struggles.
In "Nightmare Planet," Green Arrow confronts a haunting echo from his past when a boy he once knew at a monastery begins targeting his allies, starting with Black Canary. Separately, Green Lantern meets an emissary from Abin Sur’s people, a being who arrives with a desperate plea for peace—though its message proves harder to deliver than expected.
In "No Evil Shall Escape My Sight!", Green Lantern is thrust into a moral reckoning when Green Arrow reveals the suffering of slum-dwellers under the tyrannical slumlord Jubal Slade. After being reprimanded by the Guardians of the Universe for breaking their code, GL defies orders to gather proof and confront Slade on Earth—only to find himself joined by Green Arrow, who insists that the universe’s greatest injustices may lie far beyond the stars.
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