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Issue Details

Issue #39
Published September 1965
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "The Fight for the Championship of the Universe!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Brutus Force
Genre Superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Murphy Anderson
Reprinted in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #6 (January 2007); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #3 (May 2008)

14 page Green Lantern story "Practice Makes The Perfect Crime"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Carol Ferris; Black Hand [William Hand] (villain)
Synopsis Black Hand uses he power-light to create the illusion that Green Lantern is Black Hand, leading to GL's arrest for stealing the Dona Maria.
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Sid Greene
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #6 (January 2007); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #3 (May 2008)

10 page Green Lantern story "The Fight For the Championship of the Universe"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Kory (first appearance); Brutus Force (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis An intergalactic fighting champion wants a shot at Green Lantern.
Genre Superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Sid Greene
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).
Reprinted in DC Super Stars (DC, 1976 series) #10 (December 1976); in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #6 (January 2007); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #3 (May 2008); in Flash, The (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #136