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Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 continues Hal Jordan's early cosmic shelf, expanding the Corps, the Guardians, alien threats and the moral pressure of wielding a ring powered by will. The appeal is seeing the rules of the mythology grow issue by issue: friendship, duty, temptation and the sense that one human hero has been drafted into something far bigger than himself.

Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 begins the Satellite Era, when the League leaves the cave behind and becomes a bigger institution orbiting above Earth. Classic superhero plots start absorbing 1970s tension, larger rosters and more ambitious team architecture. Len Wein, Mike Friedrich, Gardner Fox, Denny O'Neil and Dick Dillin give the book a transitional DC voice and a clear place in the JLA shelf.