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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published July-August 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Menace of the Giant Puppet!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1; in Green Lantern (DC, 1990 series) #81 (December 1996); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1.

15 page Green Lantern story "The Planet of Doomed Men"

Characters 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.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Origin recap. 1st appearance of the Guardians.
Reprinted In Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #4 (September-October 1980); in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1; in Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1

10 page Green Lantern story "Menace of the Giant Puppet!"

Characters 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.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
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.
Reprinted in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #1 (July-August 1972); in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1