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Issue Details

Issue	#18
Published	January 1963
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "World of Perilous Traps!"

Characters	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Sinestro
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Joe Giella
Notes	Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Reprinted	in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #3 (April 2001); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #2 (February 2007)

13 page Green Lantern story "World of Perilous Traps!"

Characters	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Carol Ferris; Dusty; Frank; Magot; Sinestro (villain); subhumans of Kyrba (flashback); Qwardians (villains)
Synopsis	In their last encounter, Sinestro implanted a telpathic command into Hal Jordan's mind, which causes him to release Sinestro from his imprisonment. Sinestro then transports Hal to Qward for a battle, where Hal tricks him into thinking he no longer has his Green Lantern Ring and then imprisons Sinestro again.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Joe Giella
Notes	References Green Lantern #15. Character appearances, synopsis, and notes from Donald Dale Milne.
Reprinted	in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #3 (April 2001); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #2 (February 2007)

1 page public service announcement "Touchdown for Picasso!"

Characters	Stan; friend of Stan's; Biff Drake
Synopsis	Stan learns that his favorite football player also enjoys the fine arts.
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Information for this sequence provided by Donald Dale Milne on 2 August 2004. Credits from a list by Lionel English.

1 page filler "It's Hard to Believe, But--"

Genre	Fact
Notes	Science information on: blood capillaries, erosion by rain, Mars, and MASERs. Information for this sequence from Donald Dale Milne on 2 August 2004.

12 page Green Lantern story "Green Lantern Vs. Power Ring!"

Characters	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Bill Baggett (intro)
Synopsis	During a series of distance control tests, Bill Baggett finds Hal Jordans ring and uses it for destruction before Hal overcomes him through willpower and regains the ring.
Genre	Superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Gil Kane (pencils pages 1-6; layouts pages 7-12); Mike Sekowsky (pencils pages 7-12)
Inks	Joe Giella
Notes	Pencils correction (was "Gil Kane (layouts by Sekowsky on pages 7-12"), character appearances, and synopsis from Donald Dale Milne on 2 August 2004.
Reprinted	in Green Lantern Archives (DC, 1993 series) #3 (April 2001); in Showcase Presents Green Lantern (DC, 2005 series) #2 (February 2007)