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Issue: Green Lantern Archives #1
Publication Date: January 1993
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 12/03/1992
Volume: 1
Pages: 232
ISBN: 1563890879
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $47.95 USD
$39.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 30 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bob Kahan (collected edition editor); Alex Jay/Studio J (series design); Brian Pearce (publication design)
Disclose Notes: Black-and-white reconstruction on some internal material by Rick Keene.

2nd printing released May 20, 1998.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
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Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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reprinted 28 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Rick Taylor
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
This hardcover masterpiece reprints the original tales of Hal as he learns both the limits and powers of his Power Ring and fights against surreal foes such as the Invisible Destroyer and the Giant Puppet. In these timeless tales, we see how an ordinary man begins his journey of becoming one of the world's greatest champions." [per solicitation]
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Table of Contents

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Credits
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Subject Matter
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gil Kane
Gil Kane
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Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Introduction by Gil Kane
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gerard Jones
Gil Kane
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Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Introduction by Gerard Jones
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Showcase #22

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Gil Kane
Gil Kane
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959
was Menace of the Runaway Missile! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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SOS Green Lantern

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (intro, origin); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (intro)
Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern.
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FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959
was SOS Green Lantern! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Reprinting the Intro and Origin of Silver Age Green Lantern.
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Secret of the Flaming Spear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris (intro); Willard Ferris (intro); saboteurs (villains); Frank Nichols (Pilot)
Saboteurs try to crash a new experimental aircraft created by Ferris Aircraft.
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FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959
was Secret of the Flaming Spear! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Menace of the Runaway Missile!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Dr. Parris (villain)
Green Lantern stops a missle launched by Dr. Parris at a government Hydrogen Power facility.
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FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959
was Menace of the Runaway Missile! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Showcase #23

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Credits
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Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Invisible Destroyer
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FlagShowcase #23 published November 1959
was The Invisible Destroyer! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Summons from Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (brief origin); Carol Ferris; A Venusian Pterodactyl; Venusians
Green Lantern travels to Venus to save a blue-skinned caveman-like race from attack by yellow Pterodactyl-like creatures.
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FlagShowcase #23 published November 1959
was Summons from Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Invisible Destroyer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Phantom Destroyer [aka The Invisible Destroyer] (intro, villain); Carrol Ferris; Dr. Phillips
When Dr. Phillips is distracted, The Invisible Destroyer is released from his mind.
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FlagShowcase #23 published November 1959
was The Invisible Destroyer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Showcase #24

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Credits
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Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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FlagShowcase #24 published January 1960
was The Creature That Couldn't Die! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Secret of the Black Museum!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Moster (Villain, Spy); Carrol Ferris
When a group of spies steal secret plans for a new spaceplane from Hal Jordan, Green Lantern goes into action to recover them.
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FlagShowcase #24 published January 1960
was The Secret of the Black Museum! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Creature That Couldn't Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carrol Ferris; cosmic-ray creature (Villain)
A blob is turned into a giant monster when exposed to cosmic rays. It is up to Green Lantern to stop the destruction.
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FlagShowcase #24 published January 1960
was The Creature That Couldn't Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Green Lantern #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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FlagGreen Lantern #1 published July 1960
was Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Planet of Doomed Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Murphy Anderson
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (origin recap); The Guardians of the Universe (intro); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (flashback); Calorians; The Dryg (villain)
Hal Jordan's energy-duplicate is summoned by the Guardians for the first time. After he is returned to Earth the Guardians send him to Calor, a nearby planet, to save the Calorians from the ape-monster Dryg.
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FlagGreen Lantern #1 published July 1960
was The Planet of Doomed Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Menace of the Giant Puppet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Puppet Master (intro, villain); Carol Ferris; Biffy (small-time crook)
The Puppet-Master invents a Hypno-Ray and commits crimes using others as puppets, until he attempts to capture Green Lantern, who instead captures him. Meanwhile, Carol Ferris daydreams of marrying Green Lantern.
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FlagGreen Lantern #1 published July 1960
was Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Hypno-Ray is similar to an emotion controlling ray invented by Mind Games in Action Comics Weekly 611-613. Green Lantern uses a high speed stunt like The Flash.
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Green Lantern #2

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Gil Kane
Murphy Anderson
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; a Weaponer of Qward
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FlagGreen Lantern #2 published September 1960
was Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; the Weaponers of Qward, the anti-matter universe (intro, villains); Carol Ferris; Telle-Teg; Kramen
Green Lantern learns of the anti-matter universe of Qward. He travels there to rescue the few lawful citizens and brings them to Earth and closes the portal between dimensions.
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FlagGreen Lantern #2 published September 1960
was The Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Riddle of the Frozen Ghost Town!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku] (intro); Jimmy Dawes (flashback); Pieface's father (flashback); Duke Danfield (villain); Weeper and another man working for Duke Danfield
Tom Kalmakus' 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.
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FlagGreen Lantern #2 published September 1960
was Riddle of the Frozen Ghost Town! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Introduction of Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku], who learns Green Lantern's secret identity.
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Green Lantern #3

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Credits
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Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
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FlagGreen Lantern #3 published November 1960
was Amazing Theft of the Power Lamp! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Amazing Theft of the Power Lamp!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Weaponers of Qward (villains); Drik (villain); Chomin (villain)
Drik and Chomin travel to the Plus-Matter universe from Qward to steal Green Lantern's power battery.
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FlagGreen Lantern #3 published November 1960
was The Amazing Theft of the Power Lamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Leap Year Menace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern Fan Club; Carol Ferris; Mrs. Cranston; "Chiller-Diller" (villain, a creation of the power-ring); General Willis
In an attempt to dodge a marriage proposal from Carol Ferris, Green Lantern creates a menace with his power ring to distract her. This menace goes on a rampage and is stopped by Green Lantern.
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FlagGreen Lantern #3 published November 1960
was The Leap Year Menace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Green Lantern #4

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Credits
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Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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FlagGreen Lantern #4 published January 1961
was The Diabolical Missile from Qward! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Pencil and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, July 2008.
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The Diabolical Missile from Qward!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Murphy Anderson
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Weaponers of Qward (villains); Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Gnaxos (robot); Kiman (Chief Weaponer) (Villain)
The Qwardians send a missle to destroy Green Lantern. Tom Kalmaku is trapped in the missle's radiation and Green Lantern is forced to travel to Qward for the cure.
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FlagGreen Lantern #4 published January 1961
was The Diabolical Missile from Qward! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Secret of Green Lantern's Mask!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane (Pages 1,2); Mike Sekowsky (Pages 3,4); Ross Andru (Pages 5-8,10,11); Carmine Intantino (Page 9); Joe Giella (Page 12)
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Woozy (villain); Chip (Villain)
Carol invites Green Lantern to her party. When Hal Jordan arrives instead of Green Lantern some crooks posing as waiters go forward with an imposter Green Lantern plan to steal from the guests. Reveals the secret of Green Lantern's mask.
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FlagGreen Lantern #4 published January 1961
was Secret of Green Lantern's Mask! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Green Lantern #5

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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FlagGreen Lantern #5 published March 1961
was The Power Ring That Vanished! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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The Power Ring That Vanished!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Gil Kane
Joe Giella
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
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Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hector Hammond (intro, villain, origin); Carol Ferris; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Dr. Evart; Professor Paulson; Horton; Sue (Friend of Carol's)
Hector Hammond captures four scientists and uses a strange meteor to evolve them and then forces them to give him advances in science.
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FlagGreen Lantern #5 published March 1961
was The Power Ring That Vanished! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Biographies

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mark Waid
Typeset
Subject Matter
informational
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Biographies for John Broome, Gil Kane, Joe Giella, Murphy Anderson, and Julius Schwartz. Biographical material researched and written by Mark Waid.
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Backcover

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Gil Kane
Gil Kane; Joe Giella; Murphy Anderson
Anthony Tollin (color reconstruction)
?
Julius Schwartz (original editor)
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Invisible Destroyer; a Weaponer of Qward
Reprinting
FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959
was Menace of the Runaway Missile! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagShowcase #23 published November 1959
was The Invisible Destroyer! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagGreen Lantern #1 published July 1960
was Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagGreen Lantern #2 published September 1960
was Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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