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Wednesday Trending Topics: Famous First Appearances

Published Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:06:55 -0600

Last updated Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:07:12 -0600

Green Lantern's first appearance was in All-American Comics #16. Or you could plausibly say it was Showcase #22, or even Green Lantern #59, or Green Lantern #87, or a few other books. BC forumers pointed out that recent DC backmatter has been taking the New 52-centric approach mentioned in today's Green Lantern post consistently with other characters as well, and a few further noted that reboots typically bring with them… a fresh directory structure. Still, it's a little jarring to see that info, even in that context, without some sort of backlink to what has gone before.

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