This run consisted of 14 stories:
- Green Lantern 76 (Apr 1970) - 87 (Dec 1971/Jan 1972)
- Green Lantern 89 (Apr/May 1972)
- The Flash 217 (Aug/Sep 1972) - 219 (Dec 1972/Jan 1973)
Green Lantern 88 (Feb/Mar 1972) had a cover by Neal Adams but the interior of the book was filled with reprints of older Green Lantern stories. Green Arrow's name is not on the cover of this issue.
O'Neil and Adams first work on the Green Lantern series was in Green Lantern 63 (Sep 1968). Neal Adams drew the cover. Denny O'Neil wrote the story inside the book which was not drawn by Neal Adams. O'Neil wrote a few more Green Lantern stories before the two started their historic run a couple years later.
Green Lantern's adventures continued, after Green Lantern 89, in the pages of The Flash. The final Green Lantern/Green Arrow story that was written and drawn by O'Neil and Adams was also the first Green Lantern backup story in The Flash and ran across issues 217 - 219. Green Lantern continued as a backup feature in The Flash through issue 246 (Jan 1977), although not every issue had a new Green Lantern story. These were strictly Green Lantern stories and did not co-star Green Arrow. There were occasional reprints of older Green Lantern stories. Denny O'Neil wrote all the new Green Lantern stories that appeared in The Flash. Neal Adams penciled the story in The Flash 226 (Mar/Apr 1974) but after that he was done with Green Lantern.
Green Lantern's own title was revived 4 and a half years after it was canceled with Green Lantern 90 (Aug/Sep 1976). The Green Lantern backup stories continued in the pages of The Flash for a few months after his book started publication again. Green Arrow was once again a part of the book and featured on the cover. Denny O'Neil continued to write the adventures of Green Lantern and Green Arrow but Neal Adams did not return to the book.
Green Arrow continued to be a co-star in Green Lantern through issue 122 (Nov 1979) and appeared in the book through issue 124 (Jan 1980). Denny O'Neil continued to write the book through issue 129 (Jun 1980). A number of artists stepped in to handle to the penciling chores after Neal Adams left including Dick Giordano, Dick Dillin, Mike Grell, Alex Saviuk, Don Heck, and Joe Staton.
Black Canary was a recurring character starting in Green Lantern 78 (Jul 1970). She appeared in roughly 2/3 of the O'Neil and Adams run and 3/4 of the run from 78 to 122. She also appeared in the story that ran in Flash 217-219 but, as with Green Arrow, she didn't appear in any of the other backup stories in The Flash.
The Hard Traveling Heroes stories were first reprinted in a seven issue series titled Green Lantern/Green Arrow in 1983. The stories were reprinted again roughly 10 years later in two trades, although the story from Green Lantern 82 (Feb/Mar 1971) was not included this time around. The indicia for the first trade says that it reprints the stories from Green Lantern 76-82 but the last story in actually the one from Green Lantern 83 (Apr/May 1971). The indicia for the second trade correctly indicates that the stories reprinted in that volume are from Green Lantern 84-87, 89, and The Flash 217-219.
There is no colorist credited in the original issues. Some of the reprint issues have Cory Adams (aka Cornelia Adams) credited as the colorist. Cory was Neal Adams wife. She passed away in 2016. There seems to be a lot of controversy (based on my research) over what was recolored and what was not. These books were being recolored in the earliest reprint editions so I guess the only way to see them in their original form is to purchase the original issues which in the case of this run of comics are not inexpensive. You can probably find some for under $100 in decent shape but others will cost you considerably more if you want copies that are in fine or better shape.
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