(October 1979)

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Volume
17
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-07-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893051510
Editing
Jack C. Harris (credited); Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #170.
This issue has variants:

The Steel Vengeance (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern and Green Arrow / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Giordano (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
C-143
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fly, Lantern -- Fly or you'll fall to your death!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Synopsis
Green Lantern falls out of an airplane towards his free-falling ring.

Indexer Notes

Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

A 23rd Century Odyssey Now (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Star Trek the Motion Picture / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Steel Vengeance! (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern and Green Arrow / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)

Job Number
J-6086
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Drake-Lance]; Kari Limbo; Carol Ferris; El Espectro; unnamed common criminals; U.S. Navy personnel
Synopsis
After the wreck of Hal's semi truck, he and Green Arrow hunt El Espectro and capture him. Meanwhile, Carol Ferris offers a flight job to Hal and Kari Limbo proposes marriage, which Hal accepts.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Carol Ferris re-appears after a long absence. References Green Lantern #116. Kari has visions which may be of the lost Guy Gardner.

Fruit Stripe Gum Sweepstakes (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Fruit Stripe Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Super Gifts & Gimmicks (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Fun Factory / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Saves the Astronauts (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Take a Terrifying Trip Through the... Time Warp (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Gumfighting Practice and Techniques. (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[500!] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Comic Strips. (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Slim Jim / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Fun to Use! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Dennison Glue Stics / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

New! H-O Scale Military Figures! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Atlantic Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Little Books that Pack a Big Punch! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

Remember How Many Times You Felt Left Out Because You Were Broke! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Great Snackin' Great Trackin' (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Lowrey's Freshies / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Rings and Arrows / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris (credited as JCH)
Pencils
Gil Kane; Curt Swan (illustrations)
Inks
Gil Kane; Murphy Anderson (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-333
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]

Indexer Notes

Letters about Green Lantern #115-116 from Tamsyn O'Flynn, Wallace L. Hopkins, and Gary Thompson, with an illustration.

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

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)

Number 48 Fred Hembeck (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

132 Roman Soldiers (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Roman War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Action! Power! Accuracy! (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Steel Vengeance
    Green Lantern and Green Arrow
  2. 1. A 23rd Century Odyssey Now
    Star Trek the Motion Picture
  3. 2. The Steel Vengeance!
    Green Lantern and Green Arrow
  4. 3. Fruit Stripe Gum Sweepstakes
    Fruit Stripe Gum
  5. 4. Super Gifts & Gimmicks
    Fun Factory
  6. 5. Saves the Astronauts
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Wonder Woman
  7. 6. Take a Terrifying Trip Through the... Time Warp
    Time Warp
  8. 7. Gumfighting Practice and Techniques.
    Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum
  9. 8. [500!]
    DC Comics
  10. 9. Comic Strips.
    Slim Jim
  11. 10. Fun to Use!
    Dennison Glue Stics
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    DC Comics
  13. 12. New! H-O Scale Military Figures!
    Atlantic Products
  14. 13. The Little Books that Pack a Big Punch!
    DC Comics
  15. 14. Remember How Many Times You Felt Left Out Because You Were Broke!
    Grit Newspaper
  16. 15. Great Snackin' Great Trackin'
    Lowrey's Freshies
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Rings and Arrows
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    The Answer Man
  20. 19. Number 48 Fred Hembeck
    DC Profiles
  21. 20. 132 Roman Soldiers
    Roman War Soldiers
  22. 21. Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  23. 22. Action! Power! Accuracy!
    Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Hector G. Dueñas G.
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore