(October 1965)

DC, 1960 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug. and Nov.
On-sale Date
1965-08-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from ad in The Atom #21 and copyright registration.

The Secret Origin of the Guardians! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
Jack Adler ?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Guardians of the Universe
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Secret Origin of the Guardians! (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome (credited) (sourced)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited) (sourced)
Inks
Sid Greene (credited) (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; The Guardians of the Universe (origin); Green Lantern [Ki-Nilg] (first appearance, flashback); Krona (first appearance, villain, origin)
Synopsis
Hal Jordan and Alan Scott team up to fight the Guardians' oldest adversary... Krona.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 11.67 pages, 3.67 pages, and 7.67 pages.

This story sows the seeds that evolve into the Crisis on Infinite Earths. First team-up with the Earth-2 Green Lantern.

A Laugh a Minute with the Cuckoo Bird! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Cocoa Puffs; Cuckoo Bird / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Go-Kart and Speed-Bike Easy Plans / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Are You a Litter-Bug? (Table of Contents: 5)

Little Pete / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff ?
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Genre
advocacy; children; humor
Characters
Little Pete

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately following the previous two sequences.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Kat Korners the King! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

AMT Models; The Kat from AMT / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Julius Schwartz
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Mike Flesher, Donald D. Ensign and Alan Busby - and responses from Julius Schwartz.

On the page between page 12 and page 13 of the main story sequence.

What's All the Hullabaloo About? (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Superman and Batman and Robin for the First Time (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Superman and Batman with Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

How's Trix? (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Trix; Trix Rabbit / advertisement / 0.75 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Cap's Hobby Center / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let's have six model plane kits...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Secret Origin of the Guardians!
    Green Lantern
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    G.I. Joe
  3. 2. Secret Origin of the Guardians!
    Green Lantern
  4. 3. A Laugh a Minute with the Cuckoo Bird!
    Cocoa Puffs; Cuckoo Bird
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Go-Kart and Speed-Bike Easy Plans
  6. 5. Are You a Litter-Bug?
    Little Pete
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  8. 7. Kat Korners the King!
    AMT Models; The Kat from AMT
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Green Lantern's Mail Chute
  11. 10. What's All the Hullabaloo About?
    Starman and Black Canary
  12. 11. ["Are Cheerios your favorite cereal Bullwinkle?"]
    Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle
  13. 12. Superman and Batman and Robin for the First Time
    Superman and Batman with Robin
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  15. 14. ["Boys & girls.."]
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  17. 16. How's Trix?
    Trix; Trix Rabbit
  18. 17. ["Let's have six model plane kits..."]
    Cap's Hobby Center
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Aurora Products
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Bob Hughes
  • Morbus Iff
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore