Showing posts with label 1960. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 23, 2025

ITEM # 2858 Justice League of America Vol. 1 #1 – 261 + Annuals (1960-1987)

Following three try-out adventures in Brave and Bold, the Justice League of America graduated to its own magazine. The series was to run for 261 issues. The original team consisted of Superman, Batman, Flash (Barry Allen), Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and J’onn J’onzz, the Martian Manhunter. Many JLA fans refer to this team as the “big 7” or even the “Magnificent 7.” As a reward for helping them solve their first case against Starro the Conqueror, Lucas “Snapper” Carr was made an honarary member of the team, and along with the other members had his own JLA signal device. In their early adventures, it was editorial policy to use Superman and Batman sparingly in the JLA, as editor Julius Schwartz believed that the World’s Finest duo got enough exposure elsewhere in the DC line.

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

ITEM # 2786 Green Lantern Vol. 2 #1 – 205 (1960-1986)

The Silver Age Green Lantern was created by John Broome and Gil Kane in Showcase #22 (October 1959) at the behest of editor Julius Schwartz. Volume 2 of Green Lantern began publication in August 1960. The series spotlighted the Silver Age Green Lantern, Hal Jordan and introduced the expansive mythology surrounding Hal’s forebearers in the Green Lantern Corps. The supervillain Sinestro was introduced in #7 (July–August 1961). In 2009, Sinestro was ranked IGN’s 15th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. Hal Jordan’s love interest, Carol Ferris, became the Star Sapphire in issue #16. Black Hand, a character featured prominently in the “Blackest Night” storyline in 2009-2010, debuted in issue #29 (June 1964). A substitute Green Lantern, Guy Gardner first appeared in the story “Earth’s Other Green Lantern!” in issue #59 (March 1968).