Issue | #20 |
Published | February-March 1976 |
Cover Price | 0.50 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell |
Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui]; Imi Kann; Duke Danfield; Zegor warriors |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Mike Grell (signed) |
Inks | Mike Grell (signed) |
Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (aka. Pol Manning); Zegor warriors (villains); Solarites; Raf Tamin; Chairman Dasor; Iona Vane; gold sea monster; Dr. Vance Barnard (flashback only); Earth army |
Synopsis | Zegors, a highly evolved gila monster form, have the earth under attack in 5700 AD, and the ruling Solarite council brings Hal Jordan to defeat them. He does so by destroying their main weapon and is returned to the present, with no knowledge of his adventure. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | John Broome |
Pencils | Gil Kane |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Notes | Story has 3, 2-tier pages, with another sequence on the bottom 1/3 of those pages. First story set in 5700 A.D. with the Pol Manning secret identy. Story is in 2 chapters. |
Reprinted | from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #8 (September-October 1961) |
Characters | Jack Jordan; Hal Jordan; Jim Jordan; Sue Williams Jordan (Jim Jordan's wife) |
Synopsis | Information about Hal Jordan's borthers. |
Genre | super-hero |
Notes | Sequence appears between Chapters 1 and 2 of the first sequence. |
Characters | Green Lantern [Guy Gardner]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] |
Synopsis | Information about the various Earth Green Lanterns. |
Genre | super-hero |
Notes | Sequence appears between pages 21 and 22 of sequence 1. |
Characters | 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 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. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | John Broome |
Pencils | Gil Kane |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Notes | Introduction of Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku], who learns Green Lantern's secret identity. |
Reprinted | from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #2 (September-October 1960) |
Characters | Green Lantern [Alan Scott] |
Synopsis | The 3 oaths used by Green Lantern [Alan Scott]. |
Genre | super-hero |
Notes | Sequence appears between sequences 1 and 2 of this issue. |
Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Katma Tui] (intro); Imi Kann; The Guardians of The Universe; giant amoeba; Tom Kalmaku [Pieface] |
Synopsis | Hal Jordan is sent on a mission to convince Katma Tui to remain a Green Lantern, though she has announced her resignation upon the end of her probation period. Hal convinces her using a ruse to show her that her loyaty to the Corps in stronger than her love of Imi Kann. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | John Broome |
Pencils | Gil Kane |
Inks | Sid Greene |
Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Notes | Introduces Katma Tui as Sinestro's Green Lantern replacement. |
Reprinted | from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #30 (July 1964) |
Characters | Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] |
Genre | super-hero |
Script | Bob Rozakis |
Pencils | Gil Kane? |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Letters regarding stories in DC Special #17 from: David Bachman; Pete Gallo; Bob Perman; Steve Barton; Joe Molloy; Carol Dill; Kenneth Ball. Includes the reprint credits for the stories in this issue. |
Characters | Billy Batson; Captain Marvel; Max; Max's boss |
Synopsis | Max's boss is attempting to control all the Hostess Cup Cakes, but Captain Marvel ends his caper. |
Genre | super-hero |
Script | E. Nelson Bridwell? |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Vince Colletta |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Ad for Hostess Cup Cakes. |