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Issue: Green Lantern #43
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 01/13/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
 
 

Statement of Ownership
 
 
The Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Gil Kane
Murphy Anderson
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]
Reprinting
FlagGreen Lantern Omnibus #2 published January 2011
FlagGreen Lantern Archives #6 published March 2007
as [Cover - Green Lantern #43]; The Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #3 published July 2008
as The Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
 
Miscellaneous
1
Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Schiff
Bernard Baily
Bernard Baily
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
informational
Betsy tells young Bobby that he should keep his room neater but realizes that she has the same problem.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated May 1959.
Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox (credited)
Gil Kane (credited)
Sid Greene (credited)
?
Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
superhero
Green Lantern
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Flash [Barry Allen] (guest star); Carol Ferris; Iris West; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker] (first appearance, villain)
A new villain creates disasters to commit his crimes, and Hal and Barry are having a hard time stopping him.
Reprinting
FlagGreen Lantern Omnibus #2 published January 2011
FlagDC Special #18 published October 1975
as Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly #127 published November 1975
as The Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGreen Lantern Archives #6 published March 2007
as The Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #3 published July 2008
as The Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
 
Miscellaneous
23
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 24 pages in three parts of 7.67, 9.67, and 5.67 pages.
Any Questions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Professor Aubit
Professor Aubit
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
gags about scientific facts
Look -- Up in the Sky!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Curt Swan
Sheldon Moldoff
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
Supergirl
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
house ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 [80 Page Giant #G-20]
Second Smash Issue

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Murphy Anderson
Murphy Anderson
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
occult, superhero
The Spectre
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #62
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff
?
Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
informational
Cap's Hobby Hints
My racing track looks pretty bad.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
6362
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Direct Currents
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
listing of DC comics on sale in late January 1966
[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Statement of October 1, 1965
No circulation information given.
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Estate of Harry Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz, P. H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, Sonia Iger, all at 575 Lexington Ave, New York, N.Y., 10022
Revised statement including circulation numbers appears in the July issue (#46).
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Julius Schwartz
typeset
Subject Matter
Green Lantern's Mail Chute
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters submitted by Rand B. Lee, Mike Flasher, and Leonard Tirado.
Get With It, Cats!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Nick Cardy
Nick Cardy
?
Ira Schnapp; typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Teen Titans
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
subscription advertisement: ten issues for $1.00
No One in Central City Believed It Would Ever Happen

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
?
Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
superhero
The Flash
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
house ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #159

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