Mike Friedrich

Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 keeps Hal Jordan in the bright, fearless mode that defined early cosmic superhero comics: strange planets, clean heroism, impossible tests and Gil Kane's elegant sense of motion. It is vintage DC science fiction with the charm of rules being invented as the universe expands.

Justice League of America: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 opens a more textured era for the League, still heroic and direct but increasingly shaped by shifting casts, social unease and a DC universe learning to carry more continuity. Gardner Fox, Dennis O'Neil, Len Wein, Mike Friedrich and Dick Dillin bridge classic team adventure with a richer 1970s mood.