Green Lantern #45

(June 1966)

The Top TV Comic Stars Come from DC (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

various (illustrations)

Inks:

various (illustrations)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; advertisement for the television shows Batman (ABC), The Adventures of Superman (syndicated), the New Adventures of Superman (CBS), and the Broadway musical It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman

Prince Peril's Power Play (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 23 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]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (Earth-2); Doiby Dickles (Earth-2); Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Princess Ramia (first appearance); Petia (first appearance); Gil Kane (cameo); Prince Peril (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis:

Princess Ramia comes to Earth looking for a new husband so she doesn't have to marry Prince Peril.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Original Green Lantern (K. G. Murray, 1974 series) #6 (September 1975) [June 1966]
• 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

Artist Gil Kane draws himself into the strip. Doiby Dickles & Princess Rama marry [implied] at the end of the story. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).

Your Free Trip Around the World! (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

Synopsis:

After telling the boys some tales, the sea captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated December 1963.

A Super-Scoop! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187 [80 Page Giant #G-23]

["Said a cat suffocating in Squaresville...."] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Indexer Notes

house ad for DC comics, written in limerick form, promoting the "go-go checks" cover design

["The total amount of heat rising from the interior of the earth..."] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz ?

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger ?

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Reprints:

• from ?

Batman and Detective Comics Started Something New (Table of Contents)

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell ?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad promoting two-page centerfold pin-ups to be appearing in several DC comics, which began with Batman #181 and Detective Comics #352 (both June 1966)

[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

letters submitted by Mike Flesher; Don Foote; Bill Mooney; Bob Butts

Scooter? Who He? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Orlando

Inks:

Joe Orlando

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Indexer Notes

house ad for Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series) #1

Wheet! The Famous Battle-Cry of Hawkman... (Table of Contents)

Hawkman / 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 Hawkman (DC, 1964 series) #14

["Check the kit for all parts."] (Table of Contents)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Ralph Poe of Peru, Indiana

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

listing of DC comics on sale in the last week of April 1966