Green Lantern #57

(December 1967)

The Catastrophic Weapons of Major Disaster! (Table of Contents: 1)

Green Lantern / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited)

Inks

Gil Kane (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Too bad you didn't think to insure yourself

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]

Synopsis

Major Disaster uses his knowledge of Green Lantern's secret identity to distract GL from his latest robbery plans.

Reprints

• in Green Lantern Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #6 ([circa 1975-1977])
• in Green Lantern (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #19 (septembre 1977) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
• in Showcase Presents: Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([July] 2008)
• in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #7 ([October] 2012)
• in Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #2 ([May] 2018)

Indexer Notes

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

Story across 23 pages, but pages 12 and 23 are half-pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Brad Castor, Guy H. Lillian III, Peter Sanderson, Jr.

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

The Haunted Tank / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Bad News, Readers! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Marv Ellis; David Lewis; Rand Lee

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

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

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

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

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The plastic steering wheel broke off...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Roy Funnell of Colorado Springs, Colorado

2 Neither Alive Nor Dead! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Deadman; The Spectre / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)