DC Special #20

(February-March 1976)

Think Big (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Challenge from 5700 A.D.! (Table of Contents: 2)

Green Lantern / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (signed)

Pencils

Gil Kane (signed)

Inks

Joe Giella (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Job Number

N-1418

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan; Pol Manning]; Zegor warriors (villains); Solarites; Raf Tamin; Chairman Dasor; Iona Vane; gold sea monster; Dr. Vance Barnard (flashback only); Earth army

Synopsis

Zegors, a highly evolved gila monster form, have the earth under attack in 5700 AD, and the ruling Solarite council brings Hal Jordan to defeat them. He does so by destroying their main weapon and is returned to the present, with no knowledge of his adventure.

Reprints

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #8 (September-October 1961)

Indexer Notes

Story across 25 pages in 3 chapters of 12.67 pages, 7.67 pages, and 3.67 pages.

First story set in 5700 A.D. with the Pol Manning secret identity.

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

What to Sink Your Teeth into When You're Hungry and You're Not a Werewolf. (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Slim Jim / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Make Money Fast! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Anchor Specialties Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Three Jordan Brothers (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Job Number

N-1424

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jack Jordan; Hal Jordan; Jim Jordan; Sue Williams Jordan (Jim Jordan's wife)

Synopsis

Information about Hal Jordan's borthers.

Indexer Notes

Sequence appears between Chapters 1 and 2 of the 5700 AD story.

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

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Earth's Other Green Lanterns (Table of Contents: 8)

Green Lantern / text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

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Job Number

N-1426

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]

Synopsis

Information about the various Earth Green Lanterns.

Indexer Notes

Sequence appears at bottom of page 21 of 5700 AD story.

Green Lantern's Oaths (Table of Contents: 9)

Green Lantern / text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

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Job Number

N-1425

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Alan Scott]

Synopsis

The 3 oaths used by Green Lantern [Alan Scott].

Indexer Notes

Sequence appears at bottom of final page of 5700 AD story.

Riddle of the Frozen Ghost Town! (Table of Contents: 10)

Green Lantern / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (signed)

Pencils

Gil Kane (signed)

Inks

Joe Giella (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Job Number

N-1419

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku] (intro); Jimmy Dawes (flashback); Pieface's father (flashback); Duke Danfield (villain); Duke Danfield's crew [Weeper; unnamed man]

Synopsis

Tom Kalmaku's father and Jimmy Dawes had stumbled on a gold mine and split the map for keeping while Dawes raised money to work it, but Tom's father died and Dawes lost his map while gambling. Duke Danfield won the map half and steals Tom's half to find the gold, but Green Lantern defeats his gang and Tom discovers Hal's secret identity as Green Lantern.

Reprints

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #2 (September-October 1960)

Indexer Notes

Introduction of Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku], who learns Green Lantern's secret identity.

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

Dusty and Skye / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Have You Seen This Coupon Before? (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

LaSalle Extension University / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Circle Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Put Your DC Super Hero in Your XMas Stocking! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

NCG Merchandise / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Now You Can Fly a Plane the First Time You Try. (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Cox Sure Flyers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Once a Green Lantern -- Always a Green Lantern! (Table of Contents: 16)

Green Lantern / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (signed)

Pencils

Gil Kane (signed)

Inks

Sid Greene (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Job Number

N-1419

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui] (intro); Imi Kann; The Guardians of The Universe; giant amoeba; Tom Kalmaku [Pieface]

Synopsis

Hal Jordan is sent on a mission to convince Katma Tui to remain a Green Lantern, though she has announced her resignation upon the end of her probation period. Hal convinces her using a ruse to show her that her loyalty to the Corps is stronger than her love of Imi Kann.

Reprints

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #30 (July 1964)

Indexer Notes

Introduces Katma Tui as Sinestro's Green Lantern replacement.

Look, Friends! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Grit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A DC Super-Special Holiday Treat (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

You Asked for More of Green Lantern and You've Got it! (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.34 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Green Lantern's Mail Chute / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis

Pencils

Gil Kane ? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Job Number

S-2194

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]

Indexer Notes

Letters regarding stories in DC Special #17 from David Bachman, Pete Gallo, Bob Perman, Steve Barton, Joe Molloy, Carol Dill, and Kenneth Ball. Includes the reprint credits for the stories in this issue and in DC Special #17.

The Cup Cake Caper (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel [Fawcett/DC]; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Nothing Can Stop the Smashing Assault of Big Jim's P.A.C.K. (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Big Jim's P.A.C.K. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

No Gluing! No Painting! They're a Snap! (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Revell Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Further Adventures of Evel Knievel (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

Ideal Toy Corporation / advertisement / 1 page (report information)