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Issue: Green Lantern #170
Publication Date: November 1983
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Issues: #170 of 205 Issues (373 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/26/1983
Volume: 21
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ernie Colón (editor, credited)
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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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Title Page
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Assets1
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The Inheritance!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Lodar Monak]; Green Lantern [Meeno Monak]
Synopsis: Meeno inherits his father's position as a Green Lantern and grieves over his father's death.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-411
Disclose Notes: Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.
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A Golden Opportunity to Get Free MPC Kits Is Here.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MPC
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for model kits, with tokens toward free kits.
On inside front cover.
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The Inheritance!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Guardians of the Universe; Green Lantern Corps [Green Lantern [Krista]; Green Lantern [Lodar Monak]; Green Lantern [Meeno Monak]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; unnamed Green Lanterns]; Korhalem
Synopsis: Krista is ready to resign her Green Lantern position, when the Guardians give her a reflective stone of memories, in which she sees the main story. Meanwhile, the Guardians tell Hal Jordan that his psychodrama is over and he can return to his duties. In the main story, Lodar Monak is killed while battling Z'Nang forces attacking his planet, and passes his ring to his son, Meeno. But Meeno has no training and nearly destroys the planet of Z'nang, dying himself when saving it at the last minute after the Guardians intervene. The Guardians pass his ring to a rebel on Z'nang.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermans Freunde #3 published January 1984
as Das Erbe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 23
Job Number: J-8448
Disclose Notes: This is really a Tale of the Green Lantern Corps, with a 5-page framing sequence added to fill out the book.
No division of credits for inkers McLaughlin and Rodriguez or for letterers Andrews and Felix.
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Get My Exciting New Kool-Aid Man Video Game Free!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mattel
Character(s): Kool-Aid Man
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for video game from Mattel Electronics, for Intellivision or Atari 2600 game systems.
On first page between pages 4-5 of story.
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Star Frontiers

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): TSR Hobbies, Inc.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Star Frontiers role playing game.
On second page between pages 4-5 of story.
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At $4.95 a Game You Can't Miss.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Columbia Video Game Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for subscription video game club.
Between pages 8-9 of story.
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E-X-TRA E-X-TRA Spending Money!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Grit
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for sales people for Grit newspapers.
On top of first page between pages 17-18 of story.
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Multi-media's Convention Double-Header

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Multi Media Conventions
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for comic conventions in 40 cities across America.
On bottom of first page between pages 17-18 of story.
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Sgt. Rock Is on the Move in 83!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remco
Character(s): Sgt. Rock
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for posable action figure. Letters credit from Todd Klein.
On second page between pages 17-18 of story.
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Write Right Now!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Charles Atlas; Bill Cosby
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ads in classified format for comic books, stickers, body building, model kits, stickers, Vacutex blackhead removal, the American Red Cross, used video games, and more. Sanford Schwarz & Co. agent.
On first page between pages 21-22 of story.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Dick relates how he came to comic books, some of his biography, and his vision for comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On second page between pages 21-22 of story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-1472
Disclose Notes: Letters from Jim Seeber, Paul Gillespie, John Psinas, and John Henry Sain.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for upcoming Green Lantern comics with a large illustration.
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Burger Time

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mattel
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for video game from Mattel Electronics, for Intellivision or Atari 2600 game systems, or Apple II or IBM personal computers.
On inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): James Bond 007 Octopussy
Character(s): James Bond
First Line: Sensational, a real thriller...It's James Bond all the way.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for video game from Parker Brothers, for the Atari 2600 and Sears Video Arcade systems.
On back cover.

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