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GREEN LANTERN VOL. 2 #81
Cover Date: December 1970
Cover Price: $0.15
Publication Date: 1970-10-15
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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams
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Credits:
| Story | Dennis O'Neil |
| Pencils | Neal Adams |
| Inks | Dick Giordano |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
- Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
Supporting Character(s):
- Old Timer (Appa Ali Apsa; stripped of his immortality, opts to remain on Maltus; next in Brave and the Bold #174)
- Black Canary (last in Justice League of America #84)
- Guardians of the Universe (next in World's Finest Comics #198)
Villain(s):
- Mother Juna (first appearance; a Maltusian)
- Mother Juna's genetically enhanced guards (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Maltusians (first appearance)
- The third assistant archivist (first appearance; a Maltusian)
- citizens of Star City
Location(s):
- Space Sector 0
- Space Sector 2814
- Space Sector 2828
- Maltus (first appearance; also in flashback to 70 solar cycles ago, revealed to be the original homeworld of the Guardians)
Comment(s):
- The Guardians are established as originating on Maltus, more than 10 billion years earlier.
- Story continued, in part, from the previous issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #16 (December 1981)
- Green Lantern / Green Arrow #3 (1983)
- Green Lantern / Green Arrow: Hard Travelling Heroes
- Green Lantern / Green Arrow Vol. 1 (2004)
- Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 5 (2011) (black and white)
Solicitation:
- After the council of The Guardians of the Universe strip one of their own of his immortality, he, along with Green Arrow, Green Lantern and Black Canary, are sent to the planet Malthus. But how can they survive on the most overpopulated planet in the galaxy?