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Old 06-14-2018, 12:39 PM   #35
Andrew NDB
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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy View Post
So who was the main guy or guys behind the Green Lantern comics before Geoff Johns became involved?
Judd Winick had a big run on Green Lantern before Geoff seeped in. Ben Raab for a little bit. Ron Marz before that.

In the heyday of Green Lantern, it was guys like Gil Kane, Dennis O'Neil, Len Wein, John Byrne, Steve Englehart, Paul Kupperberg, Gerard Jones.

But it wasn't like it is now. There is never like, one writer who rules over GL. You'd get a writer with a respectable 2, 3 year-run overseen by an editor, and that's that. Now it's like... Geoff Johns overseeing everything, writers afraid to even speak his name in any way but overly complimentarily.
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