Green Lantern #3

(Spring 1942)

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

How You Can Defend Your Home! / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Living Graveyard of the Sea, Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Bill Finger (signed)

Pencils

Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)

Inks

Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Winston Churchill (cameo); Doiby Dickles; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Adolf Hitler; Irene Miller; unnamed Executive Officer of APEX; Mr. Sprig (banker); Vivian Sprig; Roger Sprig; the Nazis (villains, many die)

Synopsis

Alan Scott is sent to Australia to help install a short-wave radio transmitter, but his ship is torpedoed at sea by Nazi raiders.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 ([March] 2002)

Keywords

APEX Broadcasting Company; green lantern (called the battered green lamp); oath; power ring

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Sweet Adeline / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Art Helfant (signed)

Pencils

Art Helfant (signed)

Inks

Art Helfant (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Art Helfant

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh woe is me- Oh woe is me- I must get free somehow...

Genre

humor

Characters

Adeline

[The Living Graveyard of the Sea], Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Bill Finger (signed)

Pencils

Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)

Inks

Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doiby Dickles; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Mr. Sprig; Vivian Sprig; Roger Sprig; Kapitan Schmidt (villain, unnamed in this chapter); the Nazis (villains); Kraken (giant octopus, death)

Synopsis

The lifeboat containing Alan, Irene, Doiby and other survivors makes its way to safety, but lands in a strange area called Sargasso Island, whose inhabitants are descendants of those ship-wrecked there thousands of years ago.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 ([March] 2002)

Keywords

Power ring

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All-Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

False Alarm (Table of Contents: 7)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

aviation

Characters

Hop Harrigan

An Important Message to Members of the All-American Flying Club (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

All-American Flying Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

[The Living Graveyard of the Sea], Chapter 3: The Nazi Dream! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Bill Finger (signed)

Pencils

Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)

Inks

Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doiby Dickles; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Adolf Hitler; Irene Miller; Mr. Sprig; Vivian Sprig; Roger Sprig; Kapitan Schmidt [aka Baron von Schmidt] (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

Hitler decides to use Sargasso Island as a concealed base from which to launch attacks on his enemies, while G.L. attempts to convince the peace-loving inhabitants to fight back against the Nazis.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 ([March] 2002)

Keywords

green lantern (called an old old lantern); power ring

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

O'Malley of the Fourth Precinct / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Pencils

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Inks

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

In which the peaceful hours of a lazy Sunday afternoon...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

O'Malley

Have You a Civilian Defense Club in Your School? (Table of Contents: 11)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

[The Living Graveyard of the Sea] Chapter 4: Utopia vs. Totalitarianism (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Bill Finger (signed)

Pencils

Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)

Inks

Marty Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doiby Dickles; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Adolf Hitler (cameo); Irene Miller; Mr. Sprig; Vivian Sprig; Roger Sprig; Kapitan Schmidt (villain, death); the Nazis (villains, many die)

Synopsis

The Nazi commander captures Green Lantern and dons his ring in an attempt to turn the tide of victory in his favor.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 ([March] 2002)

Keywords

Power ring

Indexer Notes

When Kapitan Schmidt dons the ring of G.L., he is destroyed.

The Big Eight! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

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Muscle Power Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)