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Issue: Green Lantern #5
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #5 of 38 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Jolaine Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/26/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 20 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of September 30 in ad in Action Comics #54.
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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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Genres: superhero
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Ghost Town Adventure by Rutherford Montgomery

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Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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The Legion of the Lantern!! Chapter 1: Five Picked Men!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Irene Miller; General Brock; The Black Prophet (villain, introduction); Princess Valla; Prince Karl; Lt. Smith; Legion of the Lantern [Yank Jones; Reb Stuart; Inad Hohay] (introduction)
Synopsis: While at a U.S.O. dance, a beautiful princess is kidnapped by a group of Nazis. Soon after her rescue by G.L., General Brock asks Alan and 3 others to form a special squad to go behind enemy lines.
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Disclose Notes: Green Lantern recites an unusual oath in this story: "I shed my Light upon the Darkness! Evil has no place to hide itself! Green Lantern goes forth to conquer!"
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Seven Flags Have Flown Over California; The First Flag to Reach the North Pole!

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First Line: Here it is, boys and girls!
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
First Line: Here it is again!
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[The Legion of the Lantern!!] Chapter 2: Swords of the Sahara

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Character(s): General Brock; The Legion of the Lantern [Yank Smith; Reb Stuart; Inad Hohay]; The Black Prophet (villain); Sheik Judar
Synopsis: After fending off a Nazi attack, the hand-picked team is flown to Africa and is shot down over the Sahara region by a mysterious Arab leader called "The Black Prophet."
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): We Were All Kids Once!
First Line: Oh sure! It'll be perfectly all right...
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Sweet Adeline
Character(s): Adeline
First Line: Wish we had our old store back...
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An Important Message to Members of the All-American Flying Club

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[The Legion of the Lantern!!] Chapter 3: Triumph in the Desert!

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Character(s): The Legion of the Lantern [Reb Stuart; Yank Smith; Inad Hohay]; Black Prophet (villain); Captain Kortz
Synopsis: The team fights valiantly, but is captured. Then --- the unexpected occurs: one of the men turns traitor!
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Disclose Notes: Green Lantern recites an unusual oath in this story: "Let the light of the Lantern penetrate the dark places of ignorance and Wrong, setting all minds right and overthrowing all servants of evil!"
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First Line: Well, Jeff, we made it!
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Feature(s): All-Flash
First Line: Another complete novel-length story featuring The Flash...
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The Flying Serpent of Yucatan

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Genres: aviation
Character(s): Hop Harrigan
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Character(s): Fuller Phun; Archibald Clubb
First Line: Dirt - dirt - dirt!!
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[The Legion of the Lantern!!] Chapter 4: Spy's Showdown!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Capt. Kortz; The Legion of the Lantern [Reb Stuart; Yank Smith; Inad Hohay]; Irene Miller; General Brock
Synopsis: It's the Legion of the Lantern versus Nazi Captain Kortz, as G.L. trails the infamous Nazi spy back to his HQ in America for the final showdown.
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The Big Eight!

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Feature(s): Modern Concise Encyclopedia
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Choose Your Prize!

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Feature(s): American Specialty Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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