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Issue: Green Lantern #57
Publication Date: December 1967
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Issues: #57 of 205 Issues (373 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/12/1967
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (1 story, 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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Catastrophic Weapons of Major Disaster!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Sid Greene (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #3 published July 2008
as Catastrophic Weapons of Major Disaster! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Archives #7 published October 2012
as [Green Lantern #57]; Catastrophic Weapons of Major Disaster! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Catastrophic Weapons of Major Disaster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox (credited)
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (credited)
Inker(s): Gil Kane (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Major Disaster
Synopsis: Major Disaster uses his knowledge of Green Lantern's secret identity to distract GL from his latest robbery plans.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Album #6 published January 1975
as Catastrophic Weapons of Major Disaster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #3 published July 2008
as The Catastrophic Weapons of Major Disaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Archives #7 published October 2012
as Catastrophic Weapons of Major Disaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story across 23 pages, but pages 12 and 23 are half-pages.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Green Lantern's Mail Chute
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Brad Castor; Guy H. Lillian III; Peter Sanderson, Jr.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff; Joe Kubert
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff; Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff; Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Dig What's Coming; Haunted Tank
First Line: Joe! Get under cover!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for G. I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #127, contained in a Boltinoff humor strip
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown; Joe Orlando (illustrations)
Inker(s): Bob Brown; Joe Orlando (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Direct Currents
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: listing of DC comics on sale in mid-October 1967
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Bad News, Readers!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tales of the Bizarro World; Superman
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 [80 Page Giant #G-42], on sale October 17
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff; Neal Adams
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff; Neal Adams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff; Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dig What's Coming; Adventures of Bob Hope
First Line: Look at this issue of Bob Hope!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #107, contained in a Boltinoff humor strip
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Julius Schwartz
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Green Lantern's Mail Chute -- Extra
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: letters submitted by Marv Ellis; David Lewis; Rand Lee
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed); Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff; Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff; Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Dig What's Coming; The Flash
First Line: The winner!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #175 [second Flash-Superman race], contained in a Boltinoff humor strip
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Hints
First Line: The plastic steering wheel broke off...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: hint submitted by Roy Funnell of Colorado Springs, Colorado
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2 Neither Alive Nor Dead!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky; Murphy Anderson
Inker(s): George Roussos; Murphy Anderson
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Deadman; The Spectre
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover; house ad for Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) and The Spectre (DC, 1967 series)

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