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Issue: Green Lantern #6
Publication Date: May 1961
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Issues: #6 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: 03/21/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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World of Living Phantoms!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Tomar Re]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Green Lantern Chronicles #2 published February 2009
In Content Item: FlagDie Grüne Laterne #6 published January 1976
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Archives #2 published February 1999
as Green Lantern #6 [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 #6 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Green Lantern Omnibus #1 published January 2010
as World of Living Phantoms! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Still 10¢

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. House ad for DC holding the line on their comics.
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The World of Living Phantoms!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Green Lantern [Tomar-Re] (introduction); Carol Ferris; Ibr (villain); Kadmun; Pieface [Thomas Kalmaku]; Alyssha (alien); Cosmo (alien)
Synopsis: When Tomar-Re has emergencies on two planets at the same time he has to call Hal Jordan to come help. Hal travels to the planet Aku and stops a revolt by the thought images of the original alien race. Hal then travels to Tomar-Re's homeworld and helps him fight off an alien invasion.
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In Issue: FlagThe Green Lantern Chronicles #2 published February 2009
In Content Item: FlagDC Special #17 published January 1975
as The World of Living Phantoms! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Album #6 published January 1975
as The World of Living Phantoms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Grüne Laterne #6 published January 1976
as Welt der lebenden Phantome! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Archives #2 published February 1999
as The World of Living Phantoms! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #1 [500 Pages Promo] published November 2005
as The World of Living Phantoms! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Green Lantern Omnibus #1 published January 2010
as The World of Living Phantoms! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24.67
Disclose Notes: Introduction of Tomar-Re, the first alien Green Lantern.

Story comprised of three parts: Chapter One is 8 pages, Chapter Two is 10 pages, and Chapter Three is 6.67 pages.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Aquaman; Aqualad
First Line: Meet the New Monarch of the Deep...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Showcase #32 (May-June 1961) featuring Aquaman; advertised as "On Sale." (Interestingly, the Still 10c box is white in the promo ad, but red on the actual published cover, perhaps indicating that DC felt a shout was better than a whisper.)

On the page immediately following page 8 of the main story sequence.
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How's Your Eye-Q?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, opinion
Synopsis: Children are lectured about the frequency of accidents injuring the eye and how to prevent them.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the main story sequence.
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Blunder Stories

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from F.N.*; Billy Clapper; Richard Simcax; James Richard Owen; Joe Coglianese; Mike Sumner; and Rick Wood. (Interestingly, F.N. suggests "why shouldn't the people who spot blunders think up an explanation for them instead of merely mentioning them?" Three years later, Stan Lee originated the Marvel No-Prize, utilizing this very premise.)

On the two page immediately following page 18 of the main story sequence.
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[untitled]

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: The water level of a river...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four panels with text.

On the page immediately preceding page 19 of the main story sequence.
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For The Very Best... and Still 10¢

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction, superhero
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Mystery in Space #67 (May 1961) and Flash #120 (May 1961), both advertised as "On Sale March 2nd".
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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