Green Lantern #188 [Newsstand]
(May 1985)

DC, 1960 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-02-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893051505
Editing
Andy Helfer (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #12.
This issue is a variant of Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #188 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Staton (signed)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He can't do that! He can't reveal his secret identity!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Hal Jordan; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Tawny Young
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Decent Exposure (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Joe Staton
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Helen Vesik

Job Number
G-1755
Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Tawny Young; Sonar; The Predator; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Carol Ferris; Hal Jordan; Thomas Kalmaku; Superman [Clark Kent] (cameo)
Synopsis
Stewart reveals his secret ID to the world.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Katma Tui disquises her crimson skin by matching John's skin color.

Mogo Doesn't Socialize (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Alan Moore
Pencils
Dave Gibbons
Inks
Dave Gibbons
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Dave Gibbons
Editing
Len Wein

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Tomar-Re]; Green Lantern [Arisia]; Green Lantern [Mogo] (intro); Bolphunga the Unrelenting (intro)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Mogo is a planet-sized Green Lantern.

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

Letters by Lantern Light / letters page / 1.83 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Greenberger
Pencils
José Luis García-López
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-1903

Indexer Notes

Letters from Kevin T. Brown, John Henry Sain, Kevin J. Dooley, Dennis Payne, Steve Mandel, Charles D. Brown, and T. M. Maple.

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

statement of ownership / 0.17 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Average circulation 85,800; latest 87,400.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["He can't do that! He can't reveal his secret identity!"]
    Green Lantern
  2. 1. Decent Exposure
    Green Lantern
  3. 2. Mogo Doesn't Socialize
    Tales of the Green Lantern Corps
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Letters by Lantern Light
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Steven Samuels
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore