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Issue: The Green Lantern Chronicles #1
Publication Date: June 2009
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Issues: #1 of 4 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 04/29/2009
Volume: 1
Pages: 164
ISBN: 9781401221638
UPC/EAN: 978140122163851499
Price: $16.99 CAD
$14.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bob Joy; Julius Schwartz (editor, original series)
Disclose Notes: Reprints Showcase #22-24 and Green Lantern #1-3.

Fourth printing available September 10, 2014 (per comiclist.com).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected editions
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19 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959 was Menace of the Runaway Missile! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959 was SOS Green Lantern! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959 was Secret of the Flaming Spear! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase #22 published September 1959 was Menace of the Runaway Missile! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase #23 published November 1959 was The Invisible Destroyer! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagShowcase #23 published November 1959 was Summons from Space! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase #23 published November 1959 was The Invisible Destroyer! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase #24 published January 1960 was The Creature That Couldn't Die! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagShowcase #24 published January 1960 was The Secret of the Black Museum! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase #24 published January 1960 was The Creature That Couldn't Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGreen Lantern #1 published July 1960 was Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagGreen Lantern #1 published July 1960 was The Planet of Doomed Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGreen Lantern #1 published July 1960 was Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGreen Lantern #2 published September 1960 was Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagGreen Lantern #2 published September 1960 was The Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGreen Lantern #2 published September 1960 was Riddle of the Frozen Ghost Town! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGreen Lantern #3 published November 1960 was Amazing Theft of the Power Lamp! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagGreen Lantern #3 published November 1960 was The Amazing Theft of the Power Lamp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGreen Lantern #3 published November 1960 was The Leap Year Menace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Menace of the Runaway Missile!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Inker(s): Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp (letters, logo design)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Pages: 1
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SOS Green Lantern!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (introduction, origin); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (introduction)
Synopsis: Hal Jordan is selected by the power ring of Abin Sur to become a Green Lantern.
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Pages: 6
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Secret of the Flaming Spear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris (introduction); Willard Ferris (introduction); saboteurs (villains); Frank Nichols (pilot)
Synopsis: Saboteurs try to crash a new experimental aircraft created by Ferris Aircraft.
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Pages: 8.67
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Menace of the Runaway Missile!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Dr. Parris (villain)
Synopsis: Green Lantern stops a missile launched by Dr. Parris at a government Hydrogen Power facility.
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Pages: 9.67
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The Invisible Destroyer!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Invisible Destroyer
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Summons from Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
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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Pages: 12.67
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The Invisible Destroyer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Phantom Destroyer [aka The Invisible Destroyer] (introduction, villain); Carol Ferris; Dr. Phillips
Synopsis: When Dr. Phillips is distracted, The Invisible Destroyer is released from his mind.
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Pages: 11.67
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The Creature That Couldn't Die!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Secret of the Black Museum!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Moster (villain, spy); Carol 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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Pages: 13
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The Creature That Couldn't Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol 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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Pages: 12
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Menace of the Giant Puppet!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): Jack Adler ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Planet of Doomed Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (origin recap); The Guardians of the Universe (introduction for all); 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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Pages: 15
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Menace of the Giant Puppet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Puppet-Master (introduction, 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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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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Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Jack Adler ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; a Weaponer of Qward
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Pages: 1
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The Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Giella (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Anti-Matter Universe Qward [Telle-Teg; Telle-Teg's Friends; The Weaponers; Weaponer Kramen; Thunderbolt Destroyers] (introduction, villains)
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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Pages: 12.67
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Riddle of the Frozen Ghost Town!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku] (introduction); Jimmy Dawes (flashback); Pieface's father (flashback); Duke Danfield (villain); Weeper; another man working for Duke Danfield
Synopsis: Tom Kalmaku's 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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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Introduction of Pieface (Thomas Kalmaku), who learns Green Lantern's secret identity.
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Amazing Theft of the Power Lamp!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): Jack Adler ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Amazing Theft of the Power Lamp!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Carol Ferris; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Qward Spy Drik (villain); Qward Spy Chomin (villain); Qward Vekos Squadron (villain); Qwardian Chieftains (villain)
Synopsis: Drik and Chomin travel to the Plus-Matter universe from Qward to steal Green Lantern's power battery.
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Pages: 12.67
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The Leap Year Menace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Broome
Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Giella (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12

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