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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published October 1962
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "The Secret Life of Star Sapphire!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris]
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson
Reprinted in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #3 (April 2001); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1

15 page Green Lantern story "The Secret Life of Star Sapphire!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Zamarons; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Anamede (Zamoron); Star Sapphire [Carol Ferris] (villain; first appearance)
Synopsis Zamoran warriors travel to Earth to make Carol Ferris thier new queen. They turn Carol into Star Sapphire and test her by having her defeat Green Lantern.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
Notes vs Star Sapphire (revival), 1st.
Reprinted In DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #4 (September-October 1980); in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #3 (April-June 1969); In Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #3 (April 2001); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 Series) #1 (2005)

10 page Green Lantern story "Earth's First Green Lantern!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Abin Sur; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Larifars (Energy Beings); Balzona (Energy Being)
Synopsis Hal Jordan explains to Pieface why Abin Sur came to Earth in a spaceship when all Green Lanterns can travel thru space unaided.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes Earth's First Green Lantern. Recap of how Hal Jordan got his power ring. Some sources have credited the inking incorrectly to Joe Giella. Murphy Anderson inks confirmed by Bob Bailey, Bob Hughes and David Bachman. Murphy Anderson also listed in the Schwartz's pay records supplied by DC Comics.
Reprinted In Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #87 (December-January 1972); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #5 (November-December 1980); In Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #3 (April 2001); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 Series) #1 (2005)