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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published Winter 1941-1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Sheldon Mayer
Notes Alan Scott works for APEX Studios in this issue.

Cover Details

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles.
Genre superhero
Pencils Martin Nodell (signed)
Inks Martin Nodell (signed)
Reprinted In Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2002).

1 page Green Lantern promo (ad from the publisher) "Green Lantern"

Characters Green Lantern; Doiby Dickles.
Synopsis The promo page features G.L. and Doiby in four panels from previously published stories.
Genre superhero
Pencils Irwin Hasen [4 panels, signed as Mart Nodel]; Howard Purcell [inset]
Inks Irwin Hasen [4 panels, signed as Mart Nodel]; Howard Purcell [inset]
Notes Oddity: the page spells Nodell's name as "Nodel". Sequence and all info added by Craig Delich 6-21-08.
Reprinted In Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2002).

13 page Green Lantern story "The Tycoon's Legacy: Chapter 1"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller; Elias Slagg [D]; V: Baldy (Corbin, I).
Synopsis Alan Scott's promotion to announcer at APEX Studios leads the Emerald Crusader into a case involving an out-of-work lawyer, a decidedly crooked lawyer and a mental patient who claims he was cheated out of a $5 million inheritance.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Notes On page 3, when G.L. hit a crook on the jaw, it left behind an image of a "green lantern." All info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-21-08.
Reprinted In Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2002).

13 page Green Lantern story "The Tycoon's Legacy?: Chapter 2"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Irene Miller; Doiby Dickles; Joe Stromboli; Lester Vane [D]; Mr. Blane; Frank Benton; V: Baldy [Corbin].
Synopsis The mysterious murders of several key individuals in the case brings the Master of Light into conflict with a weird crime boss named "Baldy."
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger [signed}
Pencils Martin Nodell [signed as Mart Nodell]
Inks Martin Nodell [signed as Mart Nodell]
Notes All info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-21-08.
Reprinted In Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2002).

13 page Green Lantern story "The Tycoon's Legacy: Chapter 3"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Delber; P. Blane; Joe Stromboli; Mrs. Larson; Frank Benton; V: Baldy (Corbin).
Synopsis After a direct confrontation with Baldy, Green Lantern discovers that this mysterious criminal is involved with a crooked loan racket, wherein the people taking out loans are hurt in some way so that they can't pay off the loan and their collateral can be seized.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell [signed as Mart Nodell]
Inks Martin Nodell [signed as Mart Nodell]
Notes All info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-21-08.
Reprinted In Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2002).

14 page Green Lantern story "The Tycoon's Legacy: Chapter 4"

Characters Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller; Joe Stromboli; Delber; Frank Benton; P. Blane [Dorrit]; V: Baldy [Corbin].
Synopsis Alan pools resources to finance the services of a group of lawyers [known as the Crime Clinic] to investigate the Jeffers Loan Corporation, only to find out that Baldy has threatened all of the people who have taken out loans.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger (signed)
Pencils Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks Martin Nodell (signed as Mart Nodell)
Notes All info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 6-21-08.
Reprinted On Golden Age Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1999 series) #2 (2005).

2 page text article "Will-Power Games"

Genre fact
Script William Moulton Marston
Letters typeset
Notes This feature is listed out of proper sequence.

2 page Hop Harrigan text story

Characters Hop Harrigan
Genre aviation
Letters typeset
Notes This feature is listed out of proper sequence.

1 page Sweet Adeline filler

Characters Adeline
Genre gag
Script Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils Art Helfant (signed)
Inks Art Helfant (signed)
Letters Art Helfant
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 6-21-08. This filler is listed out of proper sequence.