Green Lantern
#179
[Newsstand]
(August 1984)
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1984-05-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893051508
- Editing
- Len Wein (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)
Issue Notes
[no title indexed]
Green Lantern / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave Gibbons (signed as Gibbons)
- Inks
- Dave Gibbons (signed as Gibbons)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To battle the Demolition Team, here comes -- the Predator!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Predator; The Demolition Team [Rosie; Hardhat; Jackhammer; Scoopshovel; Steamroller]
- Synopsis
- The Demolition Team is wrecking a Ferris "F" and a Green Lantern power battery.
- Reprints
-
in Green Lantern: Sector 2814 (DC, 2012 series) #1 (2012 [January 2013])
-
Indexer Notes
Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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[no title indexed]
Kenner Toys / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get in on the action with power action!
- Characters
- Superman; Lex Luthor; Hawkman; The Joker; Wonder Woman; Batman; Aquaman; The Penguin; The Flash; Brainiac; Green Lantern; Robin
Indexer Notes
Ad for poseable action figures of DC characters from Kenner, a division of CPG Products Corp.
On inside front cover.
Let Us Prey!
Green Lantern / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Len Wein (credited)
- Pencils
- Dave Gibbons (credited)
- Inks
- Dave Gibbons (credited)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin (credited)
- Letters
- Dave Gibbons (credited)
- Job Number
- G-1254
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Predator (first appearance); The Demolition Team [Rosie; Hardhat; Jackhammer; Scoopshovel; Steamroller]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Thomas Kalmaku; Carol Ferris; Bruce Gordon; Guardians of the Universe; Congressman Jason Bloch; Dr. Clay Kendall; Richard Davis
- Synopsis
- Congressman Bloch has hired the Demolition Team to finish demolition of Ferris Aircraft, but a new hero, The Predator, defeats them. Meanwhile, Dr. Kendall may be dead during the battle and Green Lantern has been called away by the Guardians to save Omnicron Ceti IV from exploding like Krypton did.
- Reprints
- in Green Lantern: Sector 2814 (DC, 2012 series) #1 (2012 [January 2013])
-
Indexer Notes
Hal Jordan displays a clear animus towards the Guardians when they order him to save a planet while his friends are in danger back on Earth. He threatens that they will regret it for a long, long time if his home and friends were destroyed, in an early foreshadowing of the events of Emerald Twilight.
Imagine! Oreo Cookies Everywhere!!
Oreo Cookies / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for cookies from Nabisco, presented as a find-the-Oreos activity.
Between pages 4-5 of Predator story.
[no title indexed]
Remco / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cross swords with champions!
- Characters
- Arak; Warlord; Hercules; Deimos; Mikola; Machiste
Indexer Notes
Ad for poseable action figures based on DC Comics' characters and available at Kmart stores. Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Between pages 10-11 of Predator story.
[no title indexed]
DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get 'em at your comic store or subscribe today!!
Indexer Notes
House ad for subscriptions to DC comics, with covers of Letion of Super-Heroes #1 and Warlord #84 shown.
Between pages 13-14 of Predator story.
Write Right Now!
advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ads in classified format for comic books, stickers, body building, stickers, the March of Dimes, and more. S. Schwarz & Co. agent.
On top of page between pages 16-17 of Predator story.
[no title indexed]
Jemm, Son of Saturn / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A boy and his alien
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Jemm
Indexer Notes
House ad for Jemm Son of Saturn, with panels excerpted from the comic.
On bottom of page between pages 16-17 of Predator story.
Enemy Lines!
Green Lantern Corps / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Pencils
- Dave Gibbons (credited)
- Inks
- Dave Gibbons (credited)
- Colors
- Anthony Tollin (credited)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Job Number
- J-9036
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hollika Rahn]; Mikkin; Tahrk; Skeev; Brindi; Rhandor; Fian; Vihnor; Ahzur
- Synopsis
- Hollika has her friends meet with her and a newfound friend from the enemy side, Tahrk. Meanwhile, Vihnor plots to kill Hollika.
- Reprints
- in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([March] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
A Green Magic sequence. Story continues from the previous issue; continues in next issue. References Green Lantern #163, 165-166.
[no title indexed]
Omega Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This Is what the Psions did to Tigorr!
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Tigorr
Indexer Notes
House ad for subscriptions to The Omega Men.
Between pages 5-6 of Green Magic story.
[no title indexed]
Letters by Lantern Light / letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- L-1700
Indexer Notes
Letters from Jeff Bock, Scott Gibson, Kevin Brown, Jim Plank, T. M. Maple, Scot Getchonis, D. Fonesca, and Dale Coe. Also includes a thumbnail of the cover for the next issue, in blue.
[no title indexed]
Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Giordano (signed as
Dick (extra kerning)); Mike W. Barr (credited) - Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Dick discusses DC's humor comics and answers questions from Stephen Gawronski, Jim Guida, and Raul Wrona. Mike discusses what's going on in Batman and the Outsiders.
Not for Sunday Drivers!
Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for car model kits.
On inside back cover.
Burger Time
Intellivision / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for video game for Intellivision or Atari 2600 game systems, or Apple II or IBM personal computers. Previous versions of this ad have mentioned Mattel Electronics, but this does not.
On back cover.
-
0.
["To battle the Demolition Team, here comes -- the Predator!"]
Green Lantern -
1.
["Get in on the action with power action!"]
Kenner Toys -
2.
Let Us Prey!
Green Lantern -
3.
Imagine! Oreo Cookies Everywhere!!
Oreo Cookies -
4.
["Cross swords with champions!"]
Remco -
5.
["Get 'em at your comic store or subscribe today!!"]
DC Comics -
6.
Write Right Now!
-
7.
["A boy and his alien"]
Jemm, Son of Saturn -
8.
Enemy Lines!
Green Lantern Corps -
9.
["This Is what the Psions did to Tigorr!"]
Omega Men -
10.
[no title indexed]
Letters by Lantern Light -
11.
[no title indexed]
Meanwhile... -
12.
Not for Sunday Drivers!
Monogram Models -
13.
Burger Time
Intellivision
- Mac Herrmann
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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