Book of the Week: DC Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Volume 5

This week's book of the week is a collection of some of the most moving, and award-winning comics in the series that highlight issues like racism, pollution, violence and drugs. Written by Denny O'Neal and drawn by amazing artists Mike Grell and Neal Adams - this collection of issues totally remade Green Lantern and it was the best of the best. Today's Blog is about the book and how I love the character (and dressed up as him!).

One of the superheroes I love is the Green Lantern. This character has been around since the 1940s, but in a different interation. When he was created, he was Alan Scott, who worked in broadcasting. He found a mysterious green lantern and a power ring that gave him the ability to construct anything he thought of with his ring. It had the weakness of wood, so anything with wood could resist the powerbeam. - In the 1960s, Green Lantern was reimagined as Hal Jordan, test pilot, with the same green ring, powered by a green lantern from a space corps known as the Guardians of the Galaxy. I loved the character and the costume and dress up as him during some comic-cons! 

(Photo: Rob at the Baltimore Comic-Con dressed as Green Lantern/Hal Jordan)

DC SHOWCASE PRESENTS: GREEN LANTERN VOL. 5

Green Lantern's SHOWCASE PRESENTS series continues with issues #76-100, including the famed stories that teamed Green Lantern with Green Arrow, in which the two heroes face issues of the day including women's rights, political corruption, religious intolerance and more — all while battling evil. This volume also includes adventures from GL's 1976 relaunch, collected here for the first time!

SUMMARY: Over 500 pages of classic super hero adventure are collected in this valuepriced volume! Green Lantern – a.k.a. test pilot Hal Jordan – battles evil as a member of the star-spanning Green Lantern Corps. This new Showcase volume collects the famed stories by writer Dennis O’Neil and artist Neal Adams that teamed Green Lantern with Green Arrow, in which the two heroes face issues of the day including women’s rights, political corruption, religious intolerance and more — all while battling evil.