Green Lantern #157 [Direct]
(October 1982)

DC, 1960 Series
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Volume
20
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-06-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor, credited); Marv Wolfman (editor, credited); Ernie Colon (editor, credited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

The Fearsome Return of Hector Hammond! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Keith Pollard (signed as pollard)
Inks
Keith Pollard (signed as pollard)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
C-986
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Star Kill!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hector Hammond
Synopsis
Hal Jordan flies through space, menaced by a giant image of Hector Hammond.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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

Parker Brothers Games / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

There's No Grave Like Home (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Mike W. Barr (credited)
Pencils
Keith Pollard (credited)
Inks
Mike DeCarlo (credited)
Colors
Anthony Tollin (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited as J. Costanza)
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited)

Job Number
J-8199
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hector Hammond; Carol Ferris
Synopsis
Hector Hammond has been able to find another piece of the meteor that gave him his powers, and uses it to increase his powers. But overuse while trying to defeat Green Lantern reverts him back to his helpless state.
Reprints

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

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Estes Industries / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

New Capsela Construction (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Play-Jour, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Life Savers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Remco / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

One Among the Stars! (Table of Contents: 9)

Green Lantern Corps / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg (credited)
Pencils
Irv Novick (credited)
Inks
Joe Giella (credited)
Colors
Tom Ziuko (credited)
Letters
Phil Felix (credited)
Editing
Len Wein (credited)

Job Number
J-8328
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Charlie Vicker]; Guardian of the Universe; Axelbob III inhabitants
Synopsis
Charlie is becoming disgusted with the duties of a Green Lantern and the isolation of not being near any humans.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues in the next issue.

Charlie Vicker of Earth became a Green Lantern in the events of Green Lantern #55 and #56, where his name was given as Charley Vicker.

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Letters by Lantern Light / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris (credited as Michael C. Carmichael)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-1139

Indexer Notes

Letters from T. M. Maple, Mike Mettler, Nicky Adams, Kevin Kerr, and W. Greg Stamey, Jr.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

DC Coming Comics / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Dungeons & Dragons / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Fearsome Return of Hector Hammond!
    Green Lantern
  2. 1. ["We hopped Frogger out of the arcade."]
    Parker Brothers Games
  3. 2. There's No Grave Like Home
    Green Lantern
  4. 3. ["Now Bubble Yum is super yum"]
    Bubble Yum
  5. 4. ["We are looking for a few good boys and girls..."]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. ["Build and fly Space Shuttle Columbia"]
    Estes Industries
  7. 6. New Capsela Construction
    Play-Jour, Inc.
  8. 7. ["Be a Life Savers flavor shooter!"]
    Life Savers
  9. 8. ["Sgt. Rock is on the move in 82!"]
    Remco
  10. 9. One Among the Stars!
    Green Lantern Corps
  11. 10. Write Right Now!
  12. 11. ["You can enter the Swamp Thing movie contest!"]
    Swamp Thing
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Letters by Lantern Light
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    DC Coming Comics
  15. 14. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales Club
  16. 15. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure
    Dungeons & Dragons
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jochen G.
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore