Justice League International #10

Feb 1988 · DC · 0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.40 GBP

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★ 1st appearance — G'nort

About this Issue

Justice League International #10 earns its place in DC history primarily as the debut of G'nort (full name G'nort Esplanade G'neeshmacher), the canine Green Lantern of Sector 68 whose hapless, good-natured incompetence became one of the defining comedic notes of the Giffen/DeMatteis era. Beyond that single introduction, the issue represents the creative team at the center of DC's sprawling Millennium crossover event, staging the JLI's most cosmically ambitious action set piece to that point: a full assault on Orinda, the hidden homeworld of the android Manhunters, with a roster that briefly reunited the series' lighter post-Legends lineup alongside heavy-hitters like Superman, Hawkman, and multiple Green Lanterns. That tension between old-guard gravitas and the book's signature absurdist humor—perfectly captured by G'nort wandering the Manhunter tunnels for months looking for a bathroom—is precisely what made this run so influential on how superhero team books could be written.

Contains 2 stories

Soul of the Machine

17 pp · Superhero

...Back at the Ranch…

5 pp · Superhero

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History

The issue sits squarely within the collaborative method Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis had developed for the series: Giffen provided plot and breakdowns in a nine-panel grid style, while DeMatteis scripted the finished dialogue, with Kevin Maguire on pencils and Al Gordon on inks—the same core team that had been running the book since its Justice League relaunch. Editor Andrew Helfer shepherded the tie-in obligations to DC's weekly Millennium event (written by Steve Englehart), positioning JLI #10 as the Week 5 chapter that bridges Millennium #5 and #6 and delivers the attack on Orinda that the main miniseries had been building toward. G'nort was conceived by Giffen and DeMatteis as a comedic foil, his personality reportedly modeled on Ed Norton from the classic television sitcom The Honeymooners.

Trivia · 8 facts

First appearance of G'nort (G'nort Esplanade G'neeshmacher), the canine Green Lantern of Sector 68, created by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis.
Cover date: February 1988; the issue served as the Week 5 tie-in to DC's Millennium crossover event, bridging Millennium #5 and Millennium #6.
Story title: 'Soul of the Machine'; plot and breakdowns by Keith Giffen, script by J.M. DeMatteis, pencils by Kevin Maguire, inks by Al Gordon, colors by Gene D'Angelo, letters by Agustin Más, edited by Andrew Helfer.
The issue contains two stories: the main feature sends a combined JLI/Green Lantern Corps strike force to Orinda, the Manhunters' hidden homeworld; a back-up strip titled '...Back at the Ranch...' follows Blue Beetle and Mister Miracle guarding the captured Manhunter ship on Earth.
The Manhunter homeworld Orinda is rendered entirely yellow, rendering all Green Lantern power rings useless throughout the assault—a plot-level nod to the classic power-ring weakness.
G'nort's character backstory is established on debut: Hal Jordan reveals that G'nort received his ring through the influence of a well-connected uncle, and that the Guardians had assigned him to this remote, supposedly lifeless sector—unknowingly the same sector where the Manhunters had concealed their home planet.
The issue has been reprinted in Justice League International: The Secret Gospel of Maxwell Lord, Justice League International Vol. 2 (2009), the Eaglemoss DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection #80 (2016), and Justice League International Omnibus Vol. 1 (2017).
Published with direct edition, newsstand, and Canadian price-variant editions.