(January 1969)

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
1968-11-26
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 (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

5708 A.D. -- A Nice Year to Visit -- But I Wouldn't Want to Live Then! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

5708 A.D. -- A Nice Year to Visit -- But I Wouldn't Want to Live Then! (Table of Contents: 1)

Green Lantern / comic story / 22.2 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As a crack claims adjuster for a busy and popular insurance company
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Iona Vane; Chairman Dasor
Synopsis
Green Lantern travels again to the year 5708, where he finds his future colleagues under the mental control of two alien entities.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Story across 23 pages, but page 10 is a 2/3-page and page 23 is a 1/2-page.

Iona Vane's name spelled "Ione" throughout this story.

[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 Don McGregor, Rand Lee, Martin Pasko.

It Can Be a Merrier... and a Happier... (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

Genre
teen

Indexer Notes

house ad for DC Special (DC, 1968 serioes) #2

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

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

Script
Julius Schwartz
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Mark Evanier, Peter Sanderson, V. O. Speights.

You'll Never Guess... (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #208 [80 Page Giant G-55]

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. 5708 A.D. -- A Nice Year to Visit -- But I Wouldn't Want to Live Then!
    Green Lantern
  2. 1. 5708 A.D. -- A Nice Year to Visit -- But I Wouldn't Want to Live Then!
    Green Lantern
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Green Lantern's Mail Chute
  4. 3. It Can Be a Merrier... and a Happier...
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Green Lantern's Mail Chute -- Extra
  6. 5. You'll Never Guess...
    Batman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jason Sacks
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore