Green Lantern #24

(October 1963)

The Shark That Hunted Human Prey! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 14.33 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Carol Ferris; Bill Bowery; The Shark (introduction; origin; villain)

Synopsis:

A nuclear accident causes a common shark to evolve into The Shark, who battles Green Lantern until defeated and de-evolved back into a shark.

Reprinted:

• in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #10 (March 1981)
• in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #4 (June 2002)
• in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #2 (February 2007) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Synopsis and character appearances provided by Donald Dale Milne.

It's Hard To Believe, But-- (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Synopsis:

Science information on: the sun's corona, venus fly-trap, radar, and gamma rays, accompanied by illustrations.

Indexer Notes

Information provided by Donald Dale Milne except writing credit provided by Bob Hughes.

The Strange World Named Green Lantern! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Terga Kalmaku; Green Lantern (entire planet); Sinestro (imitation); Dr. Polaris (imitation); Sonar (imitation); The Shark (imitation)

Synopsis:

A sentient planet summons Green Lantern and appears to attack him while attempting to "talk" to him. Green Lantern then removes an apparently sentient fireball and places it in orbit to cure the planet of both indigestion and loneliness.

Reprinted:

• in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #4 (June 2002)
• in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #2 (February 2007) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

The planet "Green Lantern" has NO Green Lantern powers, it takes the name in honor of Hal Jordan. The "imitation" characters are constructed by the planet. Character appearances, synopsis and notes provided by Donald Dale Milne.

Bob Rozakis, in Green Lantern #100 (January 1978), credited Joe Giella (and not Frank Giacoia) with this story’s inks. In Green Lantern Annual #1 (1998), Giacoia and Giella were both credited with inks. The Giacoia and Giella credits were repeated in Showcase Presents Green Lantern @2 (2007).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern's Mail Chute / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes the information that Green Lantern #21 was written by John Broome, and illustrated by Gil Kane and Joe Giella.
A letter from Phil Cetrone notes that the story "The Man Who Mastered Magnetism" in Green Lantern 21, was drawn by Gil Kane, and inked by Joe Giella: the editor does not refute this. A letter from Bob Beck notes that the same story was written by John Broome: the editor does not refute this either. Another letter from Jack Harris notes that he sent in the idea for the cover of that same issue, and the editor states that for providing the idea, he sent Mr. Harris the original art for the cover. Information provided by Donald Dale Milne.