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Green Lantern
Green Lantern/Green Arrow: Emerald Allies
A Generation ago, Green Lantern and Green Arrow were comicdom's hard-traveling hero's -- two friends whose adventures captured the spirit of an era.
BUT THIS IS A NEW AGE.
AND THESE ARE NEW HEROES.
Kyle Rayner and Connor Hawke have assumed the mantles of the jade warriors as the new Green Lantern and Green Arrow. This is the story of their partnership, from their first meeting on the streets of New York to their epic battles against a high-tech militia and the master of hate, Nicholas Kotero.
Will the new Emerald Allies measure up to their legendary predecessors?
208 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2000
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About the author
Chuck Dixon
3,431 books1,033 followersCharles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
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November 2, 2025
I love Kyle and Connor. They are MY Green Lantern and Green Arrow and I was excited to read their first few team-ups. The books is okay. I appreciate the two of them became fast friends and would have enjoyed seeing them just hang out more and learning new stuff from each other since they’re both new to the superhero game. Unfortunately the action parts didn’t leave much room for that.
The Kyle’s dad story was interesting and eerily relevant. The last story wasn’t that great. This book does make me want to read more 90s Green Arrow, though. Art was okay for the time.
The Kyle’s dad story was interesting and eerily relevant. The last story wasn’t that great. This book does make me want to read more 90s Green Arrow, though. Art was okay for the time.
November 11, 2014
If you're looking for a standalone team up story (like a miniseries), you are looking in the wrong place. These are collections of issues from both the GL and GA runs at the time. So it's very important to be aware that you will be jumping half way into an ongoing Green Arrow plot line. Honestly, this entire book feels like Green Arrow ft. Green Lantern, not the other way around. Kyle kind of shows up and distracts Connor from the main plot, so to speak, on two separate occasions and that's what this trade is collecting. Don't get me wrong, you'll be able to follow the two stories in this book even if you have no idea what is going on in GA at the time. They mostly hold up on there on (the first story is about Kyle trying to find his father and the second one is about the boys trying to stop a race riot). But you're going learn quite a bit about Connor's current frustrations with his family and not get much resolution for it. Furthermore, you're not going to get a lot of resolution for the first team up story collected here as I get the impression this will continue on in Green Lantern later. But this is kind of how these Emerald-Whatever trade paperbacks work so it's not much of a surprise.
Anyway, you have to be a hardcore Kyle and/or Connor fan to find any enjoyment in this book. I'm pretty sure that's the only reason this book didn't get one star from me. Oh Kyle, what I do for you. These are very much very silly stories featuring stupid decision making to progress the plot, really dated (and that's why I'm not saying downright offensive) handling of race issues, and some really terrible writing in general. However, Kyle and Connor play well off each other and it's fun to watch the boys fight crime and talk about life, love and fathers.
Anyway, you have to be a hardcore Kyle and/or Connor fan to find any enjoyment in this book. I'm pretty sure that's the only reason this book didn't get one star from me. Oh Kyle, what I do for you. These are very much very silly stories featuring stupid decision making to progress the plot, really dated (and that's why I'm not saying downright offensive) handling of race issues, and some really terrible writing in general. However, Kyle and Connor play well off each other and it's fun to watch the boys fight crime and talk about life, love and fathers.
April 19, 2021
See, the last volume of this run I complained about being goofy and weightless, and then this one tries to tackle 'real issues' and so ends up arguing that 'both sides are wrong' in a pretty cut and dry conflict that turns out to have been a villainous revenge scheme anyway. Shame, as I like Connor Hawke and Kyle's team-up vibe.
June 9, 2017
"Emerald Allies"? More like " Daddy Issues" and "Racism for Schoolchildren".
February 14, 2025
Not my favorite iterations of Green Lantern or Green Arrow.
January 5, 2026
Enjoyed the team up between the two
November 13, 2025
I am quite a fan of both Connor Hawke and Kyle Rayner so this was right up my alley. The issues in the book do have plot elements from previous Lantern or Arrow issues that are not included but I had a fun time reading it nonetheless.
July 26, 2021
Love the differences between Kyle's high-energy, imaginative personality vs. Connor's contemplative, subdued personality. They quickly earn each other's respect, and are very accepting of each other's POVs. Awesome bro-sesh going on here.
Nowhere near as great as O'Neil's Hard Traveling Heroes. The storytelling here is generic, which isn't a bad thing, but it doesn't reach the iconic heights of their predecessors' groundbreaking sociopolitical stories of the '70s.
Nowhere near as great as O'Neil's Hard Traveling Heroes. The storytelling here is generic, which isn't a bad thing, but it doesn't reach the iconic heights of their predecessors' groundbreaking sociopolitical stories of the '70s.
September 16, 2012
When the son of the original Green Arrow (Connor Hawke) and Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) get together to deal with family issues. In the first episode it's Green Arrow's Mother who needs saving in the second sequence it's to search for Green Lantern's father, who left him and his family years ago. They find themselves caught up in conspiracy and hatred and find perspective on some of their life issues.
It's interesting and sometimes over the top but fun. The two lads are good together as a team and the banter rings pretty true.
It's interesting and sometimes over the top but fun. The two lads are good together as a team and the banter rings pretty true.
March 23, 2014
This trade felt kinda all over the place, a majority of the story is about Kyle Rayner trying to find his father with Connor Hawke in towe. Long story short, they are led to the town of Desolation, Rayner is tricked into putting a laser into orbit for his father but ends up dismantling it in time, learning later that the man who he thought was his father was actually his uncle.
The rest of this book consists of side issues...it's an ok trade but not one I am keeping .
The rest of this book consists of side issues...it's an ok trade but not one I am keeping .
January 26, 2023
This 90s crossover of the "New" Green Lantern and Green Arrow is a perfect illustration of why I have never found anything written by Chuck Dixon or Ron Marz to be anything more than tolerable: hackneyed plots, tired cliches, and replacement-level social commentary that reads like something your blowhard uncle would spam your email with. There are fine stories featuring Connor Hawke and Kyle Rayner out there. This isn't one of them.
February 12, 2020
This doesn't quite nail the vibe of the classic 70s issues, but it's fun to see these new versions of the characters do a classic team up.
We discussed this run, plus the Green Arrow's complicated history in a special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/ep...
We discussed this run, plus the Green Arrow's complicated history in a special episode of the All the Books Show: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/ep...
June 8, 2012
I cannot actually get enough of Kyle Rainer. It seems to be totally impossible.
Connor Hawke's meeting the Buddha on the side of the road and killing him idealism is also pretty tight.
Connor Hawke's meeting the Buddha on the side of the road and killing him idealism is also pretty tight.
October 4, 2012
I'm not schooled enough to truly review this collection of stories, but I did enjoy it and it definitely made me want to read about the original Green Lantern/Green Arrow Adventures.
February 28, 2014
Enjoyed it. Bought it for the Rayner issues mostly. Not a huge fan of Ollie's kid, but be was alright. Gotta read the original GL/GA stuff now...
September 9, 2015
I love this one
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