Green Lantern #4

(January-February 1961)

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The Diabolical Missile from Qward! (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Weaponers of Qward (villains); Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Gnaxos (robot); Kiman (Chief Weaponer) (villain)

Synopsis

The Qwardians send a missile to destroy Green Lantern. Tom Kalmaku is trapped in the missile's radiation and Green Lantern is forced to travel to Qward for the cure.

Reprints

• in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #57
• in Top Comics (BSV - Williams, 1969 series) #15
which is reprinted
• in Die Grüne Laterne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #4 (Januar 1976)
• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #147 (3 de enero de 1963)
• in Die Grüne Laterne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #4 (Januar 1976)
• in Mundo de Aventuras (Agência Portuguesa de Revistas, 1973 series) #490 (3 Março 1983) [black & white]
• in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1 ([January] 1993)
• in Showcase Presents: Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005) [black and white]
• in The Green Lantern Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #2 (2009 [February 2010])
• in Green Lantern Omnibus (DC, 2010 series) #1 (2010 [January 2011])
• in Green Lantern: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([December] 2016)
• in Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([April] 2017)

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It's Hard to Believe, But / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

An object at the center of the Earth...

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #147 (3 de enero de 1963)

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following page 7 of the previous story sequence.

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Get a Grip on Your Gripes! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

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Green Lantern's Mail Chute / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Secret of Green Lantern's Mask! (Table of Contents: 7)

Green Lantern / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome

Pencils

Gil Kane (Pages 1,2); Mike Sekowsky (Pages 3,4); Ross Andru (Pages 5-8,10,11); Carmine Infantino (Page 9); Joe Giella (Page 12)

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Woozy (villain); Chip (villain)

Synopsis

Carol invites Green Lantern to her party. When Hal Jordan arrives instead of Green Lantern some crooks posing as waiters go forward with an impostor Green Lantern plan to steal from the guests. Reveals the secret of Green Lantern's mask.

Reprints

• in Top Comics (BSV - Williams, 1969 series) #15
which is reprinted
• in Die Grüne Laterne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #4 (Januar 1976)
• in Rymdmannen (Centerförlaget, 1962 series) #4/1962 ([juli-augusti ?] 1962)
• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #147 (3 de enero de 1963)
• in Green Lantern Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #6 ([circa 1975-1977])
• in Die Grüne Laterne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #4 (Januar 1976)
• in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1 ([January] 1993)
• in Showcase Presents: Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([November] 2005) [black and white]
• in The Green Lantern Chronicles (DC, 2009 series) #2 (2009 [February 2010])
• in Green Lantern Omnibus (DC, 2010 series) #1 (2010 [January 2011])
• in Green Lantern: The Silver Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([December] 2016)
• in Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([April] 2017)

Indexer Notes

Credits in Green Lantern #100 list this as Gil Kane pencils only, as do the Schwartz pay records. The credits in 80-Page Green Lantern Annual list this as Kane, Sekowsky, Andru, Infantino and Giella. Art Spotter Gene Reed provided the page numbers for the pencils. Some pages may be combinations of more than one penciller. It is believed that while Kane was paid for the job the others were involved in the artwork, possibly helping with deadline issues. Schwartz pay records provided by DC Comics.

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