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Issue: Green Lantern Archives #1
Publication Date: January 1993
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Issues: #1 of 7 Issues (8 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Archive EditionsView Brand Images
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):  
Disclose Notes: Series design by Alex Jay/Studio J. Publication design by Brian Pearce. Black-and-white reconstruction on some internal material by Rick Keene.
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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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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Synopsis: 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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Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Foreword

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Disclose Notes: Introduction by Gil Kane
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Disclose Notes: Introduction by Gerard Jones
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Showcase #22

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959
was Menace of the Runaway Missile! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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SOS Green Lantern

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (intro, origin); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (intro)
Synopsis: Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern.
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959
was SOS Green Lantern! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Reprinting the Intro and Origin of Silver Age Green Lantern.
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Secret of the Flaming Spear!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris (intro); Willard Ferris (intro); saboteurs (villains); Frank Nichols (Pilot)
Synopsis: Saboteurs try to crash a new experimental aircraft created by Ferris Aircraft.
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From Content Item: 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!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Dr. Parris (villain)
Synopsis: Green Lantern stops a missle launched by Dr. Parris at a government Hydrogen Power facility.
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From Content Item: 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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Invisible Destroyer
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #23 published November 1959
was The Invisible Destroyer! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Summons from Space!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (brief origin); Carol Ferris; A Venusian Pterodactyl; Venusians
Synopsis: Green Lantern travels to Venus to save a blue-skinned caveman-like race from attack by yellow Pterodactyl-like creatures.
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #23 published November 1959
was Summons from Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Invisible Destroyer!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Phantom Destroyer [aka The Invisible Destroyer] (intro, villain); Carrol Ferris; Dr. Phillips
Synopsis: When Dr. Phillips is distracted, The Invisible Destroyer is released from his mind.
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #23 published November 1959
was The Invisible Destroyer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.67
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Showcase #24

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #24 published January 1960
was The Creature That Couldn't Die! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Secret of the Black Museum!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Moster (Villain, Spy); Carrol Ferris
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #24 published January 1960
was The Secret of the Black Museum! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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The Creature That Couldn't Die!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carrol Ferris; cosmic-ray creature (Villain)
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #24 published January 1960
was The Creature That Couldn't Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Green Lantern #1

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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From Content Item: 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

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (origin recap); The Guardians of the Universe (intro); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (flashback); Calorians; The Dryg (villain)
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #1 published July 1960
was The Planet of Doomed Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Menace of the Giant Puppet!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Puppet Master (intro, villain); Carol Ferris; Biffy (small-time crook)
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #1 published July 1960
was Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: 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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; a Weaponer of Qward
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From Content Item: 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!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; the Weaponers of Qward, the anti-matter universe (intro, villains); Carol Ferris; Telle-Teg; Kramen
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #2 published September 1960
was The Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Riddle of the Frozen Ghost Town!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #2 published September 1960
was Riddle of the Frozen Ghost Town! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Introduction of Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku], who learns Green Lantern's secret identity.
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Green Lantern #3

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From Content Item: 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!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Weaponers of Qward (villains); Drik (villain); Chomin (villain)
Synopsis: Drik and Chomin travel to the Plus-Matter universe from Qward to steal Green Lantern's power battery.
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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #3 published November 1960
was The Amazing Theft of the Power Lamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12.67
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The Leap Year Menace!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern Fan Club; Carol Ferris; Mrs. Cranston; "Chiller-Diller" (villain, a creation of the power-ring); General Willis
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #3 published November 1960
was The Leap Year Menace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Green Lantern #4

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #4 published January 1961
was The Diabolical Missile from Qward! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Weaponers of Qward (villains); Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Gnaxos (robot); Kiman (Chief Weaponer) (Villain)
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #4 published January 1961
was The Diabolical Missile from Qward! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Secret of Green Lantern's Mask!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Woozy (villain); Chip (Villain)
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #4 published January 1961
was Secret of Green Lantern's Mask! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Green Lantern #5

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #5 published March 1961
was The Power Ring That Vanished! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Power Ring That Vanished!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hector Hammond (intro, villain, origin); Carol Ferris; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Dr. Evart; Professor Paulson; Horton; Sue (Friend of Carol's)
Synopsis: 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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From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #5 published March 1961
was The Power Ring That Vanished! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 24.67
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Biographies

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Genres: biography, informational
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: 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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Invisible Destroyer; a Weaponer of Qward
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959
was Menace of the Runaway Missile! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #23 published November 1959
was The Invisible Destroyer! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #1 published July 1960
was Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #2 published September 1960
was Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1

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