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Issue: Green Lantern #27
Publication Date: August 1947
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Issues: #27 of 38 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/25/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sheldon Mayer (editor, credited); Julius Schwartz (assistant editor, uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
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The Sky Pirate!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Howard Purcell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern; Doiby Dickles; the Sky Pirate (Villain)
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Pages: 1
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The Dodo and the Frog

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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Funny Stuff; The Dodo and the Frog
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Freedom of the Skies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Sky Pirate (Intro); J. B. Jasper
Synopsis: From out of the skies appears a new criminal that robs from the air: the Sky Pirate, whom the Green Lantern must battle in order to establish dominion of the skies.
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Pages: 12
Job Number: GL31-A
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Luke Appling

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Lampert
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert
Inker(s): Harry Lampert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lampert
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ton o' Fun
First Line: Bah! Don't sleep!
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Roller Skate Facts

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Feature(s): Winchester Skates
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ton o' Fun
First Line: It's like I've always said, Abdul...
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Lampert (signed)
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Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ton o' Fun
First Line: It won't be long now, dear!
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Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
First Line: The Justice Society of America is proud to announce...
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The Lamb Who Cried Wolf!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Egbert Lamb; Sebastian Wolf (Villain)
Synopsis: A young scientist's son has a problem that he feels that only Green lantern can help him solve: the fact that all he can invent are lies, and those lies have gotten Gotham City's underworld after him!
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Pages: 12
Job Number: GL 26A
Disclose Notes: According to the splash page of this story, this tale was prepared to appear in Green Lantern #26.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Old Mill Stabilizer
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Ed Wheelan
Penciller(s): Ed Wheelan
Inker(s): Ed Wheelan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Wheelan
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Out of the Gag-Bag
First Line: Judge, me Big Chief Rain-in-the-Face!
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Mr. Roberts and the Piano-Tuner

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Writer(s): Ted Udall [as Charles King] (credited)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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The Gambler Bets His Life!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lee Goldsmith
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Bob Oksner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; the Gambler (villain, chronologically 3rd appearance)
Synopsis: The Gambler bets that Green Lantern and the Warden will die instead of him on his execution night. He then escapes from prison on the scheduled night of his execution, believing the odds are all in his favor: after all, he has killed the Emerald Crusader!
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Parker Johns
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Flash Comics
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Drama on the Highway!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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