{"id":36159,"date":"2026-08-08T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=36159"},"modified":"2026-08-07T17:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:46:38","slug":"green-lantern-john-stewart-a-celebration-of-50-years-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2026\/08\/08\/green-lantern-john-stewart-a-celebration-of-50-years-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Lantern John Stewart: A Celebration of 50 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Neal Adams<\/strong>, Dennis O\u2019Neil<\/strong>, Len Wein<\/strong>, Steve Englehart<\/strong>, Christopher Priest<\/strong>, Jim Starlin<\/strong>, Ron Marz<\/strong>, Judd Winick<\/strong>, Geoff Johns<\/strong>, Tony Bedard<\/strong>, Peter J. Tomasi<\/strong>, Van Jensen<\/strong>, Robert Venditti<\/strong>, Stuart Moore<\/strong>, Derek Fridolfs<\/strong> & Dustin Nguyen<\/strong>, Dave Gibbons, Joe Staton<\/strong>, Gil Kane<\/strong>, Mike Mignola<\/strong>, Darryl Banks<\/strong>, Dale Eaglesham<\/strong>, Ed Benes & Maros Marz<\/strong>, Tyler Kirkham<\/strong>, Fernando Pasarin<\/strong>, Igor Lima, Rodney Buchemi<\/strong> & Geraldo Borges<\/strong>, Pat Broderick<\/strong>, Doug Mahnke<\/strong>, John Delaney<\/strong>, Eric Nguyen<\/strong> & various (DC Comics)
\nISBN: 978-1-7795-1125-6 (HB\/Digital edition)<\/p>\n

This book includes Discriminatory Content<\/strong> produced in less enlightened times.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now a cornerstone underpinning the entire DC Universe, the many heroes called Green Lantern<\/strong> have waxed and waned over eight decades and are now much more Concept than Character. This stunning compilation – part of a dedicated series introducing and exploiting the comics pedigree of veteran DC icons – offers a brief but astoundingly enticing sequence of snapshots detailing how one particular Emerald Gladiator broke many boundaries whilst battling evil and injustice for the entertainment of millions across many generations.<\/p>\n

This book features material from Action Comics<\/strong> #601; Batman Beyond Unlimited<\/strong> #4-5; Cosmic Odyssey <\/strong>#2, Green Lantern<\/strong> (volume 2) #87, 182, 185; Green Lantern<\/strong> (vol. 3) #74, 156; Green Lantern<\/strong> (vol. 4) #49; Green Lantern Corps<\/strong> #211; Green Lantern Corps<\/strong> (vol. 2) #60,; Green Lantern Corps<\/strong> (vol. 3) #9; Green Lantern: Futures End<\/strong> #1; Justice League <\/strong>#1 (vol. 4) #6, 40; Justice League Adventures <\/strong>#22; Justice League of America <\/strong>#110 and Secret Origins<\/strong> (vol. 4) #9. These span cover-dates January 1971 to April 2020, with the groundbreaking appearances are preceded by brief critical analysis of the significant stages in his development. The emerald exploits begin with Part I: 1971-1985 – A Sign of the Times<\/strong> and a revelatory essay by legendary activist\/comics iconoclast Neal Adams who shares the secret origin of the first Green Lantern of colour, before we enjoy that seminal classic…<\/p>\n

Originally created by Martin Nodell & Bill Finger, the first Emerald Avenger – Alan Scott<\/em> – debuted in All-American Comics<\/strong> #16 (July 1940), just as superheroes started to take hold, and supplanting newspaper strip reprints and stock genre characters in still primarily-anthologised comic books. He was a white guy with a magic ring and an icon of his era.<\/p>\n

After superheroes vanished and returned in the early 1950s, another GL was created: once again a symbol of his era. After the hugely successful revival and reworking of The Flash<\/strong>, DC\/National Periodicals were keen to build on the resurgent superhero trend. Showcase<\/strong> #22 hit the stands at the same time as the fourth issue of the new Flash<\/strong> comic book (#108) and once again the guiding lights were editor Julie Schwartz and writer John Broome. Assigned as illustrator was action ace Gil Kane, inked by Joe Giella.<\/p>\n

A vivid Space Age origin revealed how young test pilot Hal Jordan<\/em> was plucked from his Californian aircraft factory by an alien policeman who had crashed his spaceship on Earth. Mortally wounded, Abin Sur<\/em> commanded his power ring – a device to materialise thoughts – to seek out a replacement officer who was honest and without fear. Scanning the planet, it selected Jordan and brought him to the crash-site. The dying alien bequeathed his ring, lantern-shaped Battery of Power<\/em> and his professional vocation to the astonished Earthman.<\/p>\n

In six pages \u2018S.O.S Green Lantern\u2019<\/em> established characters, scenario and narrative thrust of a series that became the spine of DC continuity, leaving room for another two adventures in that premiere issue. Unlike the debut of The Flash<\/strong>, the editors were now confident of their ground. Two more Showcase<\/strong> issues carried even greater exploits, and six months later Green Lantern<\/strong> #1 was released.<\/p>\n

For the new iteration, emerald ring-wielders were a members of a universal police force and Jordan\u2019s \u201cbeat\u201d – which included planet Earth – was Space Sector 2814<\/em>. Having introduced the cosmic peacekeepers, Broome, Gardner Fox and others carefully expanded the concept throughout the 1960s, adding alien – and even female(!) GLs – as well as alternate human Lanterns like Charlie Vicker<\/em> and Guy Gardner. <\/em>They even brought back the original as Alan Scott (now designated Green Lantern of alternate world Earth-Two) became a semi regular cast member…<\/p>\n

Over many traumatic years, Jordan emerged as one of the greatest members of a serried band of law-enforcers. For billions of years, the Green Lantern Corps<\/strong> protected and served the cosmos, policing countless sentient beings under the severe but benevolent auspices of immortal superbeings who deemed themselves Guardians of the Universe<\/em>. These undying patrons and enforcers of Order were one of the first sentient species to evolve and dwelt in sublime, emotionless security and tranquillity at the very centre of creation on the small world of Oa. <\/em>Primarily chosen for a capacity to overcome fear, Green Lanterns are equipped with a ring that forms solid constructs from emerald light. The miracle weapon is fuelled by the strength of the user\u2019s willpower, making it one of the mightiest tools imaginable. For eons, a single individual from each of 3600 sectors of known space was selected to patrol their, his, her, or its own beat. Cautious, meticulous supervisors, Guardians laid contingency plans and frequently appointed designated reserve officers to inherit the office of their peacekeeping representatives.<\/p>\n

Jordan\u2019s originally assigned substitute was quiet, steadfast PE teacher Gardner<\/em>, but when the other white Guy was critically injured and required long-term recuperation, the Oans\u2019 fallback option was somewhat worrying to staid, by-the-book Hal. In GL<\/strong> #87 (cover-dated December 1971\/January 1972 and crafted by Adams, his scripter of choice Denny O\u2019Neil & inker Dick Giordano), \u2018Beware My Power!\u2019<\/em> introduced a bold new character to the DCU, conceived at a time when non-Caucasian heroes could be counted on the fingers of one hand…<\/p>\n

The time was more than ripe for change. With superhero titles in decline, O\u2019Neil & Adams had been asked to try something different to save the title and responded by assaulting all the traditional monoliths of contemporary costumed dramas with tightly targeted, protest-driven stories. The series was re-titled Green Lantern\/Green Arrow <\/strong>with the loudly Liberal avenging Archer constantly mouthing off as a hot-headed sounding-board and platform for a generation-in-crisis, whilst staid, conservative, quasi-reactionary Hal Jordan played the part of the oblivious but well-meaning old guard. America had become a bubbling cauldron of social turmoil and experimentation. Everything was challenged and with issue #76 (April 1970 and the first issue of the new decade), O\u2019Neil and comics iconoclast Adams utterly redefined superhero strips with relevancy-driven stories; transforming complacent establishment boy scouts into uncertain, questioning champions and strident explorers of the revolution.<\/p>\n

Racial disparity had been the crux of the creators\u2019 first outing. \u2018No Evil Shall Escape My Sight!\u2019<\/em> (not included here) broke the mould of the medium, utterly re-positioning the very concept of a costumed crusader as newly-minted ardent rebel\/social justice warrior Oliver Queen <\/em>challenged Jordan\u2019s cosy worldview after the lofty space-cop painfully discovered real villains wear business suits, operate expense accounts, hurt people just because of skin colour and will happily poison their own nests for short-term gain\u2026
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\nHere, from GL\/GA<\/strong> #87, that tone and strident attitude manifested as unemployed architect and full-time \u201cradical\u201d activist John Stewart<\/em> \u201cmade the scene\u201d. This angry black man was spoiling for a fight and would to take guff from no-one, making Jordan certain his bosses had grievously erred when selecting the rash, impetuous Stewart as Sector 2814\u2019s official GL stand-in. However, after seeing how his proposed pinch-hitter handled a white supremacist US presidential candidate trying to ride into the Oval Office by fomenting race war, he was happy to change his tune…<\/p>\n

Once established, Stewart was almost immediately forgotten. His next appearance came in Justice League of America<\/strong> #110 (March 1974) where Len Wein, Dick Dillin & Giordano delivered a delightful and potent seasonal present as Superman<\/strong>, Batman<\/strong>, Green Arrow, Black Canary<\/strong> and Red Tornado<\/strong> had to adapt to the abrasive substitute mid-mission, when the team gathered to hunt down \u2018The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus!\u2019 <\/em>Murderous psychopath The Key<\/em> had set up the heroes for ambush with the callous assassination of an actor hired to cheer orphaned kids, but his horrific deeper scheme was only foiled thanks to the supernatural intervention of almost forgotten Leaguer The<\/strong> Phantom<\/strong> Stranger<\/strong>, after which rebellious Stewart \u201cfinessed\u201d his bosses\u2019 cosmic rules and protocols to give destitute and impoverished ghetto dwellers a Christmas present that changed their lives forever…<\/p>\n

Time passed and Stewart popped up occasionally as the Guardians\u2019 motives and ineffability were increasingly called into question by many of their once-devoted operatives. Frequently, the grunts began seeing their formerly infallible little blue gods exposed as venal, ruthless, doctrinaire and even capricious. As his repute grew, headstrong Hal Jordan enjoyed an extremely tempestuous and fractious relationship with the Guardians, which eventually led to them accusing him of neglecting his space sector to concentrate on Earth\u2019s problems and criminals. When he couldn\u2019t reconcile his love for Carol Ferris<\/em>\u00a0with his offworld duty to the Corps, Jordan quit.<\/p>\n

In Green Lantern<\/strong> #182 (November 1984), Wein, Dave Gibbons & Mark Farmer confirmed a landmark reshaping of the legend as \u2018It\u2019s a Dirty Job, But\u2026!\u2019<\/em> saw now merely mortal Jordan second-guessing his decision as he revisits Abin Sur\u2019s remote resting place. Meanwhile, across the universe, the Guardians have moved swiftly, promoting Stewart to the full-time position in Space Sector 2814. At this time, the architect was working on rebuilding the shattered Ferris Aircraft<\/em> complex and had no idea Jordan was the alter ego of his abruptly \u201cretired\u201d predecessor, nor that his predecessor\u2019s old enemy Major Disaster<\/em> was back and looking for a fight…<\/p>\n

In Green Lantern<\/strong> #185, Wein & Gibbons took another brave step as \u2018In Blackest Day\u2026!\u2019<\/em> found 2814\u2019s newest ringslinger fully acclimated to his responsibilities. Overnight celebrity\/media sensation Stewart is courted by TV reporter Tawny Young<\/em> but only earns her enmity after refusing to divulge the circumstances of his origin and promotion. Meanwhile, in the wings evil energy entity Eclipso<\/em> lays his own plans…<\/p>\n

At that time, many fans and critics felt the substitution of Jordan with Stewart was little more than a PC stunt, but time and the quality of the stories proved the decision to be brilliant one. It certainly offered a cruelly underserved portion of the readership another solid role model but as time progressed and the different personalities and approaches coalesced, the move led to an expansion and re-evaluation the nature of being a DC hero…<\/p>\n

Part II: 1987-1996 – More Than Just the Back-up Guy<\/strong> opens with John (12 Years a Slave<\/strong>; The Other History of the DC Universe<\/strong>; Future State: The Next Batman<\/strong>) Ridley\u2019s discussion of Stewart\u2019s evolution from experiment in \u201cmeasured progressiveness\u201d to uniquely individualist major character prior to another tantalising of tranche revolutionary tales.<\/p>\n

In the mid-1980s, DC\u2019s editorial hierarchy felt their vast 50-year continuity was deterring new readers. The solution was a colossal braided-mega series to streamline, redefine and even add new characters to the mix. The worlds-shattering, reality-altering Crisis on Infinite Earths <\/strong>resulted in such spectacular commercial success, those movers-&-shakers must have felt more than justified in revamping a number of their hoariest icons for their next fifty years of publishing. As well as Superman<\/strong>, Flash<\/strong>, Wonder Woman<\/strong> and Justice League of America<\/strong>, Green Lantern was earmarked for a radical revision, with the Guardians removed from existence and most of their surviving agents setting up a far smaller shop on Earth. Stuart, Jordan & Gardner were joined by a number of alien GLs, and John found unlikely romance with his former training officer Katma Tui<\/em> of Korugar in Steve Englehart, Joe Staton & Farmer\u2019s \u2018Pink Elephants\u2019 <\/em>(Green Lantern Corps<\/strong> #211, April 1987). However, doom lurked in the wings in the form of Hector Hammond<\/em> and Star Sapphire<\/em> Carol Ferris<\/em>…<\/p>\n

Signature DC title Action Comics<\/strong> became a weekly anthology in May 1988, with the GL\u2019s a key feature. Pulling no punches, first chapter \u2018\u2026And the Pain Shall Leave My Heart\u2019<\/em> (#601, by Christopher Priest as James Owsley & Gil Kane) opened years of heartache for Stewart as Star Sapphire murdered his beloved…
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\nThanks to Jim Starlin, Mike Mignola & Carlos Garzon, the Emerald Gladiator\u2019s troubles peaked as the year ended. Cosmic Odyssey<\/strong> was a stellar melodrama teaming Superman, Batman, Doctor Fate<\/strong>, a cadre of alien superheroes and many of Jack Kirby\u2019s greatest DC creations in an interplanetary slugfest to save the Milky Way galaxy from malevolent and predatory sentient concept The Anti-Life Equation<\/em>. Here from Book Two<\/strong> of the 4-part miniseries, unfolding events reveal how Green Lantern Stewart\u2019s arrogance and unwarranted overconfidence causes the obliteration of inhabited world and rising civilisation Xanshi\u2026
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\nYears later, after the GL Corps was utterly destroyed by Hal Jordan as Parallax<\/em>, only one hero remained. Youthful\u00a0Kyle Rayner<\/em> wielded the last power ring to keep the green flame burning until the peacekeeper force could rebuild. During that interim, Stewart joined rival paramilitary organisation The Darkstars<\/strong>, and in Ron Marz, Darryl Banks & Romeo Tanghal\u2019s \u2018Stand\u2019<\/em> (Green Lantern <\/strong>vol. 3, #74, June 1996) unites with Rayner, Donna Troy<\/em>\/Troia<\/em>\u00a0and space veteran Adam Strange<\/strong>\u00a0to save planet Rann from annihilation by Grayven<\/em>, son of Darkseid<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n

Screenwriter\/comics author Geoff Johns (JSA<\/strong>, The Flash<\/strong>, Superman<\/strong>, Green Lantern<\/strong>, Stargirl<\/strong>) then discusses Stewart\u2019s modern major league status in Part III: 2003-2020 – The Identifiable Hero<\/strong>, which begins here in the aftermath of many changes to the history of DC\u2019s first black superhero.<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Judd Winick, Dale Eaglesham & Rodney Ramos, Green Lantern <\/strong>volume 3 #156 (January 2003), Stewart is again \u2018Walking Tall\u2019<\/em>: a restored, reactivated ring-wielder freshly healed from wheelchair-bound paraplegia thanks to arch enemy and understandably aggrieved Xanshi survivor Fatality<\/em>. Sadder, wiser and resolute, he\u2019s ready to resume the duties he was born for. Ongoing continuity revisions had remade him as a former elite soldier, and \u2018Semper Fi\u2019<\/em> (Green Lantern <\/strong>#49, February 2003 by Johns, Ed Benes, Marcos Marz & Luciana del Negro) samples epic event Blackest Night<\/strong> as combat flashbacks and fallen Lantern buddies seek to wear Stewart down, after which an increasing breakdown of trust between the Guardians and their agents leads to all-out rebellion as seven different shades of the emotional power spectrum clash.
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\nWith Rayner empowered by blue hues of Hope and Stewart employing indigo shades of Compassion against reborn rogue Oan Krona<\/em>, the odd couple embark on a suicide mission to assassinate a beloved emerald comrade suborned to ultimate evil in \u2018War of the Green Lanterns, Part Eight\u2019<\/em> (Green Lantern Corps <\/strong>#60 July 2011, by Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham & Matt Banning). Months later DC rebooted its entire line for a second time in high profile stunt \u201cThe New 52\u201d. The mostly cosmetic changes barely affected the assorted GL boutique titles, which had been merrily dismantling and rebuilding the Master & Servant relationship between ring-wielders and their obsessively controlling bosses. With civil war rending the organisation, \u2018Alpha War: Tried and True\u2019<\/em> (Peter J. Tomasi, Fernando Pasarin & Scott Hanna, GLC <\/strong>#9 July 2012) saw rapidly ascendant figurehead Stewart railroaded and held for judgement by the Guardians\u2019 new secret police, before scoring ultimate victory by embracing his sins and accepting his guilt…
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\nIn 2014, as the New 52 staggered to its conclusion, a company-wide event offered speculative glimpses at the eventual demise of its heroes. Green Lantern Corps: Futures End <\/strong>#1 (Van Jensen, Igor Lima, Rodney Buchemi, Geraldo Borges & Ruy Jos\u00e9) detailed how, five years from \u201cnow\u201d Stewart goes rogue: ruthlessly enforcing a Green Peace as \u2018The Death Dealer\u2019. <\/em>He has no inkling of how one last sanction will change him…<\/p>\n

Secret Origins<\/strong> #9, March 2015, by Jensen & Pat Broderick related his latest modified backstory in \u2018The Architect\u2019<\/em>, after which Robert Venditti, Doug Mahnke & Richard Friend bring us relatively up to date with Justice League <\/strong>#40 (April 2020) and \u2018Invasion of the Supermen Part One: Impact!\u2019<\/em> with Stewart taking point for his earthly teammates when The Eradicator<\/em> leads an army of Daxamites (each mightier than Superman) in a war of ruthless conquest\u2026<\/p>\n

This celebration concludes with a personal memoir from celebrated actor Phil LaMarr who played Stewart in TV shows Justice League <\/strong>& Justice League Unlimited<\/strong>: discussing the hero\u2019s out-world impact in Part IV: The Animated Years – Voicing an Icon<\/strong>. It\u2019s supported by tales from assorted DC comics based on animated shows adapted from the original DC comics – Whoa! Infinity moment! – and opens with \u2018Second Contact\u2019<\/em> from Justice League Adventures <\/strong>#22 (October 2003). Here Stuart Moore, John Delaney & Robin Riggs reveal how John leads a JL squad against the Shayol<\/em>, perpetrators of a Green Lantern massacre five years previously and which only he survived. They claim to have changed, but can he trust himself to trust them?
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\nThe compulsive comics classics close with a yarn from 2012, culled from the thrilling and expansive sub-universe based on the animated Batman Beyond<\/strong> show. Set in the days when Gotham\u2019s Dark Knight is troubled teen Terry McGinnis<\/em>, it includes an elderly Superman and a new Justice League populated with the children and legatees of the originals. Taken from Batman Beyond Unlimited<\/strong> #4-5, back-up strip \u2018Beyond Origin: Warhawk\u2019<\/em> by Derek Fridolfs, Dustin Nguyen & Eric Nguyen details the doomed love story of Stewart and Thanagarian teammate Hawkgirl<\/strong>, his rebound romance with African superhero Vixen<\/strong> and the tragedy and terrors that led to the birth of his son and heir, before this celebratory chronicle closes with a \u2018Poster Pinup\u2019<\/em> from Green Lantern: Mosaic<\/strong> by Cully Hamner & Dan Panosian. The tome is immeasurably enhanced throughout by a superb collection of covers by Adams, Giordano, Gibbons, Banks & Tanghal, Ariel Olivetti, Benes, Kirkham & Banning, Fernando Pasarin & Scott Hanna, Francis Portela and Bryan Hitch. This is not a sop to minorities or appeasement to diversity, but a solid reminder that heroes and superstars come in all colours.<\/p>\n

Green Lantern<\/strong> has a long, proud history of shaking things up and providing provocative, dynamic drama wedded to outstanding artwork. This compelling assortment of snapshots is staggeringly entertaining, titanically tantalising and a monolithic testament to the inestimable value of a strong core concept matured over decades of innovation.
\n\u00a9 1971, 1974, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988,1996, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

Today in 1934 arrived Spanish-born artist of British & international comics Jes\u00fas Redondo Rom\u00e1n<\/strong> (El Capit\u00e1n Trueno<\/em>, SOS Dossier Ecol\u00f3gico<\/em>, Suzette of the Silver Sword<\/strong>, Mind Wars<\/strong>, Dan<\/strong> Dare<\/strong>, Motormouth and Killpower<\/strong>, Star Trek<\/strong>, Kitty Pryde<\/strong>), with Swiss raconteur & illuminator Claude de Ribaupierre<\/strong> AKA Derib<\/em><\/strong> (Yakari<\/strong>, Buddy Longway<\/em>) popping by in 1944 and underground comix pioneer Rory Hayes<\/strong> (Arcade<\/strong>, Weirdo<\/strong>, Bijou Funnies<\/strong>, Snatch Comics<\/strong>, Bogeyman<\/strong>) in 1949. In 1952 prolific colourist Janice Cohen<\/strong> (Howard the Duck<\/strong>, Godzilla<\/strong>. Spider-Man<\/strong>, Warp<\/strong>, Starslayer<\/strong>, Jon Sable<\/strong>) was born, with German cartoonist Ralf K\u00f6nig<\/strong> (The Killer Condom<\/strong>, Der bewegte Mann<\/em>, Lysistrata<\/strong>, Pretty Baby<\/strong>, Wie die Karnickel<\/em>, Santa Claus Junior<\/em>) proudly joining the parade in 1960; master mangaka Kit? Mohiro<\/strong> (Noririn<\/em><\/strong>, Shadow Star<\/strong>, Bokurano<\/em><\/strong>) and in 1966; comic book artist Carlo Barbieri<\/strong> (Impulse<\/strong>, Harley Quinn<\/strong>, Gen13) in 1972 & Ryan Ottley<\/strong> (Invincible<\/strong>, Haunt<\/strong>, Amazing Spider-Man<\/strong>,) in 1975.<\/p>\n

The date also marks the deaths of writer, screenwriter and poet Joseph Patrick<\/strong> \u201cJ.P<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d McEvoy<\/strong> (Dixie Dugan<\/strong>) in 1958 and Mexican writer of Memin Pinguin<\/em><\/strong> Yolanda Vargas Dulch\u00e9 de la Parra<\/strong> in 1999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Neal Adams, Dennis O\u2019Neil, Len Wein, Steve Englehart, Christopher Priest, Jim Starlin, Ron Marz, Judd Winick, Geoff Johns, Tony Bedard, Peter J. Tomasi, Van Jensen, Robert Venditti, Stuart Moore, Derek Fridolfs & Dustin Nguyen, Dave Gibbons, Joe Staton, Gil Kane, Mike Mignola, Darryl Banks, Dale Eaglesham, Ed Benes & Maros Marz, Tyler Kirkham, Fernando … <\/p>\n

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