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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published November-December 1959
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz
Notes Cover pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (9 May 2008)

Cover Details - "The Invisible Destroyer!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Invisible Destroyer
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Cover pencils credit from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (9 May 2008)
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1

12 page Green Lantern story "Summons from Space!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (brief origin); Carol Ferris; A Venusian Pterodactyl; Venusians
Synopsis Green Lantern travels to Venus to save a blue-skinned caveman-like race from attack by yellow Pterodactyl-like creatures.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Some sources list this as Murphy Anderson inks. The Schwartz pay records list Joe Giella, as does the credits in 80-Page Giant Green Lantern Annual. Art spotter Gene Reed agrees with the Joe Giella credit. Schwartz pay records provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted in Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #88 (February-March 1972); in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn; in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1

11 page Green Lantern story "The Invisible Destroyer!"

Characters Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Phantom Destroyer [aka The Invisible Destroyer] (intro, villain); Carrol Ferris; Dr. Phillips
Synopsis When Dr. Phillips is distracted, The Invisible Destroyer is released from his mind.
Genre superhero
Script John Broome
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted In Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #1