Green Lantern #39

(September 1965)

Practice Makes the Perfect Crime! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 13.33 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Sid Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Carol Ferris; Black Hand [William Hand] (villain)

Synopsis:

Black Hand uses his power-light to create the illusion that Green Lantern is Black Hand, leading to GL's arrest for stealing art treasures.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #6 ([January] 2007)
• in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([May] 2008) [black and white]

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).

Nature's Bill of Rights (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Two boys who are polluting a stream are given an anti-pollution lesson by a fisherman. Includes an excerpt from an 1869 Massachusetts Board of Health document.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern's Mail Chute / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Bob Butts; Frank Tower; Richard Flinchbaugh

The Fight for the Championship of the Universe! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

John Broome

Pencils:

Gil Kane

Inks:

Sid Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Kory (first appearance); Brutus Force (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis:

An intergalactic fighting champion wants a shot at Green Lantern.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #10 (December 1976)
• in The Flash (K. G. Murray, 1975 ? series) #136 ([Circa 1976-1978])
• in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #6 ([January] 2007)
• in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([May] 2008) [black and white]
• in Top Comics Die Grüne Laterne (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #115

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).

[Readers.. Why Do You Force Enemy Ace to Kill Again...?] (Table of Contents)

Enemy Ace / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

war

Indexer Notes

house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #58, on sale July 29

See Lois Lane Challenge Her Rivals for Superman (Table of Contents)

Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks:

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G-14, on sale July 15

What's All the Hullabaloo About? (Table of Contents)

Starman; Black Canary / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Murphy Anderson

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #61