John Stewart as Green Lantern is DC Comics first African-American superhero, first appearing in the December 1971/January 1972 issue of Green Lantern Vol 2, #87. Neil Adams, an artist for DC, came up with the idea of a substitute Green Lantern and had a discussion with editor Julius Schwarz. The decision to make John Stewart black stemmed from that conversation in which Adams said "we ouught to have a black Green Lantern, not because we're liberals, but because it just makes sense".
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