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Issue: Green Lantern #1
Publication Date: July 1960
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Issues: #1 of 205 Issues (373 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/24/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in House of Secrets #34 and copyright registration. Bruno Andreacchi also reports his copy, originally purchased in early 1961, has that arrival date.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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Menace of the Giant Puppet!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
First Line: An unknown enemy--manipulating a monstrous puppet to fire deadly ray-blasts at me!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Green Lantern Chronicles #1 published June 2009
In Content Item: FlagDie Grüne Laterne #1 published October 1975
as Die ersten Abenteuer Hal Jordans als Die Grüne Laterne [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Archives #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
as Green Lantern #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Archives #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
as Backcover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern #81 [Collector's Edition] published December 1996
as Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Annual, No 1, 1963 Issue #[nn] published July 1998
as Green Lantern Cover Classics [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #1 [500 Pages Promo] published November 2005
as Green Lantern #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Green Lantern Omnibus #1 published January 2010
as Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Buzzy Says: "Free Speech -- Free for All!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy; Tom Stone; Mr. Brown
First Line: Say, look at what Tom Stone is doing -- tearing down the posters we've been putting up!
Synopsis: Tom is tearing down the campaign posters of the candidate his father opposes, until Buzzy shows him that his father is much more fair-minded.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; The PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style and published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously published in DC comics cover-dated January 1953.
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The Planet of Doomed Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (origin recap); The Guardians of the Universe (introduction for all); Green Lantern [Abin Sur] (flashback); Calorians; The Dryg (villain)
First Line: An incredible mental force from this huge creature... affecting me... weakening my will power... so that I can't get my power-ring beam to reach him!
Synopsis: Hal Jordan's energy-duplicate is summoned by the Guardians for the first time. After he is returned to Earth the Guardians send him to Calor, a nearby planet, to save the Calorians from the ape-monster Dryg.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Green Lantern Chronicles #1 published June 2009
In Content Item: FlagSecret Origins #1 published January 1961
as The Planet of Doomed Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Grüne Laterne #1 published October 1975
as Der Planet der Verdammten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMundo de Aventuras #186 published April 1977
as O Planeta dos Homens Condenados [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #4 published September 1980
as The Planet of Doomed Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGrüne Leuchte #6/1981 published June 1981
as Der Planet der Verlorenen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Archives #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
as The Planet of Doomed Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecret Origins Replica Edition #1 published February 1998
as The Planet of Doomed Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #1 [500 Pages Promo] published November 2005
as The Planet of Doomed Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Green Lantern Omnibus #1 published January 2010
as The Planet of Doomed Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: First appearance of the Guardians.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Dobie Gillis; Thalia
First Line: National Comics proudly presents...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis #2 (July-August 1960), with cover art shown. No shipping info given.

On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
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Nobel Science Winners

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: The only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different science categories is Marie Curie!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four panels with text regarding Nobel Prize winners Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Albert A. Michelson, and Hideki Yukawa.

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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Black Magic!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, informational, non-fiction
First Line: In certain rural ares of England, when cattle became demented, a black penny was dipped into a well whose water ran southward.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four panels with text regarding old superstitions.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Dear Editor, I am 24 years old...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Bob Saxon; Joseph Colasacco; Louise Lazarowics; Roy Thomas; Bob (Unsigned); and "Fatman".
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Menace of the Giant Puppet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Puppet-Master (introduction, villain); Carol Ferris; Biffy (small-time crook)
First Line: A tremendous force--yanking on every part of my body--as if I were a puppet!
Synopsis: The Puppet-Master invents a Hypno-Ray and commits crimes using others as puppets, until he attempts to capture Green Lantern, who instead captures him. Meanwhile, Carol Ferris daydreams of marrying Green Lantern.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Green Lantern Chronicles #1 published June 2009
In Content Item: FlagWanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains #1 published July 1972
as Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Grüne Laterne #1 published October 1975
as Kampf mit der Riesen-Marionette! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMundo de Aventuras #195 published June 1977
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMundo de Aventuras #195 published June 1977
as Ameaça da Marioneta Gigante [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Archives #1 [unnamed variant] published January 1993
as Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #1 [500 Pages Promo] published November 2005
as Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Green Lantern Omnibus #1 published January 2010
as Menace of the Giant Puppet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The Hypno-Ray is similar to an emotion controlling ray invented by Mind Games in Action Comics Weekly 611-613. Green Lantern uses a high speed stunt like The Flash.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
First Line: The most distant satellite from its mother planet is Jupiter IX--14,700,000 miles distant from Jupiter.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Two panels with text regarding moons Jupiter IX, Phobos, and Iapetus.
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Be My Guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: Do you want spending money? Sell these popular Patriotic and Religious Mottoes
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Pages: 1
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How to Gain Up to 50 lbs. of Mighty Muscles!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Are you skinny like I was?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Win a Beautiful Signet Ring

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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