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Green Lantern (Vol.2) #126 Page 2

Owner: Michael Sullivan
Artists: Joe Staton (Penciller) , Frank McLaughlin (Inker) , Milt Snapinn (Letterer) , Dennis O'Neil (Writer)

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Title:	Green Lantern (Vol.2) #126 Page 2
Artist:	Joe Staton (Penciller)
Artist:	Frank McLaughlin (Inker)
Artist:	Milt Snapinn (Letterer)
Artist:	Dennis O'Neil (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
Views:	474
Likes on CAF:	13 14
Added to Site:	8/14/2025

Description

When I was eight or nine, Green Lantern was my character. He's stayed that way for a good long while. It was the book that got me into deep comic collecting, such that I spent the following twenty years (on and off), collecting the entire silver/bronze age series. I still have that Green Lantern run today. It sits in a spinner rack in a place of prominence in my home.

So, yes, this was primarily a nostalgia-based acquisition, but not purely.

Joe Staton was not the first artist�s name I knew and could identify by style, that was Mike Grell, but he was certainly an important piece of forming my taste in art. I associate him with Green Lantern, both character and title, and his initial run on the book was the height of my monthly reading as a "youngster."

His is a classic panel-to-panel, pre-widescreen, high-density storytelling, much like other stalwarts of this era of DC. At the time, I became conscious of the concept of "house style," and I liked DC's as exemplified by the likes of Dick Giordano and Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, but I also liked how Staton would push through the edges of that style and make it really Joe. He would lean further into his own instincts as time went on, particularly when he returned to the book after Dave Gibbons run, but I like the more subdued version as found in this early part of his first stint on Green Lantern. This page, to me, is a prime example of Staton's subdued approach as well as being right in my nostalgic sweet spot.

The opportunity to snag this page could not be ignored. It�s optimal to me in many ways. Classic Staton lines, Hal in uniform in every panel, and using the power ring to make a construct all contribute to make this a very attractive page. Denny O�Neil�s words also contribute (though not his best work), as do little things like the Jack C. Harris editor�s note and blue pencil, and the combo universe-building/movie marketing of the t-shirt on the kid (spoiler: he�s not a kid).

Frank McLaughlin�s bold foreground and toned background inks give Staton�s work a vibrancy that really works for this page in black and white. The foreground characters really pop against the background of ~~Vasquez Rocks~~ the outskirts of Coast City. The scan doesn�t do the contrast justice.

From the era of cutting boards off the drums in haphazard fashion but, importantly, retains the title, number, month and publication codes on the header.

Signed by Staton in the last panel.

10.5"x15.75"
Graphite, ink and White-Out on Bristol

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	Michael Sullivan ( 1 )
Joined:	August 2021
Last Login:	January 2026
Website:	http://www.redrighthand.net
Country:	UNITED STATES
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