Cover: Joe Staton & Dick Giordano

Green Lantern #117

Jun 1979 · DC · 0.40 USD

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“Sight -- Of the First and Second Kinds!”

★ 1st appearance — Kari Limbo

About this Issue

Green Lantern #117 is the first appearance of Kari Limbo, a Romani fortune teller with genuine precognitive powers who became one of the most consequential supporting characters in the Green Lantern mythos of the late Bronze Age. Her introduction set in motion a prolonged love-triangle storyline — she was Guy Gardner's fiancée, then nearly married Hal Jordan while Gardner was presumed dead — that generated dramatic tension across more than a dozen subsequent issues and humanized both Lanterns in ways the series had rarely attempted. The issue also marks a transitional moment in the title's editorial identity: Julius Schwartz had recently departed as editor after an eighteen-year run, and writer Denny O'Neil was steering the book toward street-level, character-driven threats rather than cosmic spectacle. Kari's character has proven durable enough to be revisited in post-Crisis continuity, the Zero Hour event, and — as recently as 2025 — the Absolute Universe.

writer Denny O'Neil · artist Joe Staton · inker Dave Hunt · colorist Adrienne Roy · letterer Ben Oda · cover Joe Staton, Dick Giordano

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History

The issue was produced by the creative team that had been stabilizing the series after the legendary O'Neil/Neal Adams social-realism run: writer Denny O'Neil returned to the title he had helped define, now paired with artist Joe Staton, whose Gil Kane-influenced style gave the book a lively, kinetic energy appropriate for its more grounded stories. Jack C. Harris served as editor following Julius Schwartz's departure from the book with issue #103. A contemporary collector account notes that Joe Staton's name was actually misspelled in the printed credits by letterer Ben Oda — a minor production error that has been flagged by readers since the issue's release. O'Neil's approach during this stretch has been described by at least one writer-editor commentator as an attempt to pursue 'street-level heroes and threats,' reminiscent of the Charlton Action Hero comics of the mid-1960s.

Trivia · 8 facts

First appearance of Kari Limbo (cover date: June 1979), a Romani fortune teller with precognitive powers, created by Denny O'Neil and Joe Staton.
Story title: 'Sight — Of the First and Second Kinds!' The plot follows Hal Jordan informing Kari of Guy Gardner's apparent death, while Green Arrow pursues Professor Ojo and the Crumbler.
Full creative credits: Script — Denny O'Neil; Pencils — Joe Staton; Inks — Dave Hunt; Colors — Adrienne Roy; Letters — Ben Oda; Editor — Jack C. Harris.
The Joker and Two-Face both appear in cameo roles; the issue is set partly at Arkham Asylum.
Kari Limbo's introduction launches a multi-issue love-triangle arc: after Gardner's 'death,' she and Hal Jordan develop a romantic relationship that nearly ends in marriage before Gardner resurfaces, alive and trapped in the Phantom Zone.
The issue is part of the long-running Green Lantern/Green Arrow co-starring format that had characterized the book since issue #76 — Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) and Black Canary (Dinah Lance) are both supporting cast here.
The issue was reprinted internationally: in the German Grüne Leuchte (Egmont Ehapa) #7/1980, and in the French Flash (Arédit-Artima) #57 (December 1982) in black-and-white reformatted form.
Kari Limbo's character survived into post-Crisis New Earth continuity and remained active through the 1990s, dying during the destruction of Coast City; she has most recently been reimagined in the Absolute Universe (Absolute Green Lantern #9, 2025).