Green Lantern #173
Beware the Javelin, My Son!

Writer/Editor: Len Wein
Art/Letters: Dave Gibbons
Colors: Anthony Tollin

Old Friends, New Foes..!

     Hal is in hog heaven as he flies over L.A., so happy to be home. Before heading home to Carol, he has to save a drunk driver and literally bottle him up for the cops. He removes his costume and returns to find Carol awake, and she tells him to get ready for work.
     As Hal is preparing to tell Carol a "marvelous way" to spend what time they have, a call is coming in to Monitor's satellite above the earth. Congressman Jason Bloch wants to "step up his campaign against Ferris Aircraft." But Hal has returned to Earth, and he "has always exhibited an uncommon fondness for Ferris." But it won't be a problem for Monitor and Lyla, since it may actually stir up some extra business. So Monitor allows the call from Bloch to go through.
     Back on Earth, Hal and Carol arrive at Ferris as Carol explains some of the changes tha have happened. As they ride by a construction site, a girder snaps loose! Hal jumps out and tackles the man under it to safety. The man turns out to be Richard Davis, an old friend of Hal's, and he says hello. But as he and Carol head off, Davis wonders why Hal had to come back now and "spoil everything"...
     Carol takes Hal to a lab where some sort of chair device is being tested. Carol introduces Hal to the scientist, Dr. Clay Kendall, who appeared to have ruined Hal's and Carol's relationship until Carol explained otherwise (GL #172) and his partners: April O'Rourke, who is also his fiancee, and Jake Ramirez, whose full name isn't worth bothering to type :) They're studying psionics--the science of the mind--and Clay has invented a Psi-Chair with which he hopes to move a paper airplane by sheer force of will. They ask Hal to try it, but he refuses. But Carol insists, and he gives it a go. He concentrates extra hard, and he flies the plane! He pretends like it was a breeze that made the plane fly, so as to protect his identity. He and Carol leave as Clay attempts to sort the whole thing out.
     Meantime, north of L.A., a couple of Ferris truckers are stopped by the Javelin, an overconfident villian with a heavy German accent. They try to run him down, but his expertly-thrown javelin blows up the front of the truck. The truckers try to fight him but ae easily taken out. Javelin radios the base ant tells them they can "commence pick-up."
     Back at Ferris, Pieface is working on a plane as Hal pops in. Pie is elated to have Hal back. The plane is Bruce Gordon's new and improved solar jet. He seems to have been cured of the affliction of Eclipso, and, once the solar engine is installed, Hal can test the plane. But the phone rings, and Carol recieves the news that the engine has been hijacked! Hal offers to help, and he heads off to his office, where he suits up and charges up. As he looks for clues, he flies over a couple policemen who can't believe that the hijackers used a javelin and rode off on flying bicycles. The bicycles left a residue trail that Hal easily trails to the thugs. They are easily dealt with, until Javelin comes along. He uses a javelin that sprays yellow plastic. The plastic coats Hal and his ring, and there's no way he can stay aloft!

GL Corps Back-Up
"Progress"

Writer: Joey Cavalieri
Art: Dave Gibbons
Colors: Jeanine Casey
Editor: Len Wein

     An alien GL's ship is shot down by a bunch of yellow lasers, and it crashes on another alien planet, leaving the GL alive long enough to pass his ring and battery on to another alien (sounds familiar, huh?). He tests out his newest acquisition: A rainstorm strikes, and he is able to create an umbrella. He sees his brethren dragging cow carcasses across the land, and makes carts to help them.
     In the city, the new GL, now in costume, sees a girl about to be attacked and mucks up the would-be attackers. He then heads before some grand council. They want him to destroy some ships that are moving on the planet. He heads into space to confront them, but is shot down... turns out these were the same yellow ships that killed the first GL. He falls toward another planet, "and so it goes..."