(September-October 1959)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1959-07-30
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Julius Schwartz
- Format:
- Standard Silver Age U.S.; Later Standard Modern Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was An On-Going Series
Issue Notes
first Silver Age Green Lantern
On sale date from stamp on cover (image from Brian Bolland's personal collection, http://brianbolland.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-comic-collection_08.html)
Menace of the Runaway Missile!
Green Lantern / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane (signed)
- Inks:
- Gil Kane (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
- Reprints:
-
in DC Silver Age Classics Showcase 22 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992) - in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1 (1993), #1 (1993), #1 (1993)
- in Green Lantern Annual, No 1, 1963 issue (DC, 1998 series) #[nn] (1998)
- in Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (December 2000)
- in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([September] 2005) [black and white]
- in The Green Lantern Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)
- in Green Lantern Omnibus (DC, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Some sources credit Joe Giella with the cover inking, including Green Lantern Annual, No 1, 1963 issue (DC, 1998 series) #[nn]. The cover is signed with a K over G, which at this time meant that Gil Kane did the inking also. The Schwartz pay records also list solely Gil Kane on this cover. Art Spotters Bob Bailey, Michael Evans, David Bachman and Gene Reed all agree that it is Gil Kane inks. Schwartz pay records provided by DC Comics.
SOS Green Lantern
Green Lantern / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Broome
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Joe Giella
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (introduction, origin); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (introduction)
- Synopsis:
- Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern.
- Reprints:
-
in All Favourites Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #18 ([May 1960]) - in Green Lantern and Green Arrow (Paperback Library, 1972 series) #1 (64-729) (January 1972) [[1]]
- in Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #2 (April-May 1973)
- in Secret Origins of the Super DC Heroes (Crown Publishers, 1976 series) #[nn] (1976)
- in Green Lantern Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #1 ([July 1976])
- in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #22 (June 1982)
- in DC Silver Age Classics Showcase 22 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992), #[nn] (1992)
- in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1 (1993)
- in Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (December 2000)
- in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([September] 2005) [black and white]
- in The Green Lantern Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)
- in Green Lantern Omnibus (DC, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Introduction and origin of Silver Age Green Lantern.
Green Oddities
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils:
- Morris Waldinger ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Synopsis:
- facts about several things associated with the color green
- Reprints:
- in Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #73 (December 1969)
- in Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (December 2000)
-
Secret of the Flaming Spear!
Green Lantern / comic story / 8.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Broome
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Joe Giella
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris (introduction); Willard Ferris (introduction); saboteurs (villains); Frank Nichols (pilot)
- Synopsis:
- Saboteurs try to crash a new experimental aircraft created by Ferris Aircraft.
- Reprints:
- in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #22 (June 1982)
- in DC Silver Age Classics Showcase 22 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
- in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1 (1993)
- in Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (December 2000)
- in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([September] 2005) [black and white]
- in The Green Lantern Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)
- in Green Lantern Omnibus (DC, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)
-
Pioneer Guided Missiles!
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Synopsis:
- Information about the developments in missile technology.
- Reprints:
- in Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (December 2000)
-
Test Pilot!
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Synopsis:
- Text feature containing many facts about test pilots through history.
- Reprints:
- in Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (December 2000)
-
Menace of the Runaway Missile!
Green Lantern / comic story / 9.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Broome
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Joe Giella
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Dr. Parris (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Green Lantern stops a missile launched by Dr. Parris at a government Hydrogen Power facility.
- Reprints:
- in DC Silver Age Classics Showcase 22 (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
- in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1 (1993)
- in Millennium Edition: Showcase 22 (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] (December 2000)
- in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([September] 2005) [black and white]
- in The Green Lantern Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)
- in Green Lantern Omnibus (DC, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Menace of the Runaway Missile!
Green Lantern -
1.
SOS Green Lantern
Green Lantern -
2.
Green Oddities
-
3.
Secret of the Flaming Spear!
Green Lantern -
4.
Pioneer Guided Missiles!
-
5.
Test Pilot!
-
6.
Menace of the Runaway Missile!
Green Lantern
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