Green Lantern #200

May 1986 · DC · 1.25 USD; 1.60 CAD; 0.60 GBP

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“Five Billion Years”

★ 1st appearance — Herupa Hando Hu★ 1st appearance — Nadia Safir★ 1st appearance — Olapet

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Green Lantern #200 stands as the definitive capstone of Steve Englehart and Joe Staton's transformative run on the series, delivering a structural change to the Green Lantern mythology that DC would build upon for decades: the Guardians of the Universe and the Zamarons abandon Oa entirely, leaving the Corps to govern itself for the first time in its billions-year history. That single narrative pivot directly retitled the series — the very next issue became Green Lantern Corps — and seeded the 1988 crossover event Millennium, demonstrating how consequentially a single milestone issue can reshape a publisher's shared universe. The issue also served as the payoff for Englehart and Staton's work elevating John Stewart and Guy Gardner from background characters into fully developed leads, a decision whose long-term cultural reach extended to the Justice League animated series of the early 2000s, where Stewart became the primary Green Lantern for a new generation of fans.

"Five Billion Years" marks a pivotal moment in the Green Lantern mythos, with writer Steve Englehart and artist Joe Staton delivering a story that redefines the Corps' purpose after the upheaval of Crisis on Infinite Earths. On Oa, the Green Lantern Corps faces a devastating assault by the Weaponers, led by Sinestro, as Guy Gardner, Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris), and Hector Hammond stand alongside the Guardians in a desperate defense. The issue concludes with the Zamarons departing with the Guardians, entrusting the Corps with self-policing and preparing for a new era—setting the stage for the next generation of heroes. The cover by Walter Simonson captures the cosmic scale of the conflict with bold, dynamic lines.

writer Steve Englehart · artist Joe Staton · inker Bruce Patterson · colorist Tony Tollin · letterer L. Lois Buhalis · cover Walter Simonson, Walt Simonson

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History

Steve Englehart joined the Green Lantern title with issue #188, brought in by DC editor Dick Giordano as part of a broader initiative to revitalize the publisher's flagship characters; Giordano reportedly told Englehart that sales were stable and essentially unmovable, yet within six months of the Englehart–Staton run launching, Giordano acknowledged to the creators that worldwide sales had in fact doubled. Englehart and Staton deliberately broadened the title's scope into a science-fiction space opera, expanding alien worldbuilding and pushing secondary Lanterns to the foreground, all of which culminated in this oversized 48-page anniversary finale. The issue was edited by Andrew Helfer and featured an eye-catching cover pencilled by Walt Simonson — a guest contribution that underscored the milestone nature of the occasion — with interior art inked by Bruce Patterson and colors by Anthony Tollin.

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Written by Steve Englehart, pencilled by Joe Staton, inked by Bruce Patterson, colored by Anthony Tollin, lettered by Lois Buhalis, and edited by Andrew Helfer; cover art by Walt Simonson.
Story title is 'Five Billion Years'; the plot centers on the Guardians of the Universe and Zamarons announcing their permanent departure from Oa, leaving the Green Lantern Corps to self-govern — the first time in the mythology's history that the Corps operates without its founders.
Named for the first time in this issue: Guardians Herupa Hando Hu and Pazu Pinder Pol, and Zamaron army leader Nadia Safir — both Herupa and Nadia go on to become central figures in the 1988 DC weekly crossover event Millennium.
Sinestro escapes his Sciencell and impersonates a Guardian (Pazu Pinder Pol) in a bid to leave Oa with them; he is discovered and returned to confinement before the Guardians' departure.
The issue features a post-Crisis moment in which Hal Jordan encounters visions of two recently deceased comrades — Barry Allen (the Flash, killed in Crisis on Infinite Earths #8) and former fellow Lantern Tomar-Re.
This is the final issue of Green Lantern Volume 2; beginning with issue #201 the series was retitled Green Lantern Corps on the cover and continued under the same numbering for a further 24 issues before cancellation in 1988.
Reprinted in the DC collected edition Green Lantern: Sector 2814 Vol. 3 (2014); the issue exists in three contemporaneous formats — Direct, Newsstand, and Canadian editions.