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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published September-October 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; a Weaponer of Qward
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Some sources credit the cover inks to Joe Giella. Credits in Green Lantern #100 and 80-Page Giant Green Lantern Annual list Murphy Anderson inks, as do the Scwartz pay records. Art spotters Gene Reed and Bob Bailey agree with the Murphy Anderson credit. Schwartz pay records provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1

12 page Green Lantern story "The Secret of the Golden Thunderbolts!"

Characters 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.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted in DC Special (DC, 1975 series) #17 (Summer 1975); The Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1; In Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1

12 page Green Lantern story "Riddle of the Frozen Ghost Town!"

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 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.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Introduction of Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku], who learns Green Lantern's secret identity.
Reprinted in DC Special (DC, 1975 series) #20 (February-March 1976); in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1; In Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #57