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Issue: Green Lantern #8
Publication Date: September 1961
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Issues: #8 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: 07/25/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: In Alter Ego #56 (Feb. 2006), in an interview, Adler told how he accomplished this art over Gil Kane's pencils: he also did the prints, color schemes and color separations for this cover. Pencil and ink credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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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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Adult Image
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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The Challenge from 5700 A.D.!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Green Lantern Chronicles #2 published February 2009
In Content Item: FlagThe Amazing World of DC Comics #10 published January 1976
as Green Lantern No. 8 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Grüne Laterne #8 published May 1976
as 5700 - Das Jahr der Gefahr! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Archives #2 published February 1999
as Green Lantern #8 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Archives #2 published February 1999
as Backcover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #1 [500 Pages Promo] published November 2005
as Green Lantern #8 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Green Lantern Omnibus #1 published January 2010
as The Challenge from 5700 A.D.! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Challenge from 5700 A.D.!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan; aka Pol Manning]; Zegor warriors (villains); Solarites; Raf Tamin; Chairman Dasor; Iona Vane; gold sea monster; Dr. Vance Barnard (flashback only); Earth army
Synopsis: Zegors, a highly evolved gila monster form, have the earth under attack in 5700 AD, and the ruling Solarite council brings Hal Jordan to defeat them. He does so by destroying their main weapon and is returned to the present, with no knowledge of his adventure.
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In Issue: FlagThe Green Lantern Chronicles #2 published February 2009
In Content Item: FlagDC Special #20 published February 1976
as The Challenge from 5700 A.D.! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDie Grüne Laterne #8 published May 1976
as Die Herausforderung des Jahres 5.700! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGreen Lantern Archives #2 published February 1999
as The Challenge from 5700 A.D.! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Lantern #1 [500 Pages Promo] published November 2005
as The Challenge from 5700 A.D.! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Green Lantern Omnibus #1 published January 2010
as The Challenge From 5700 A.D.! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: First story set in 5700 A.D. with the Pol Manning secret identity.

Story across 25 pages in 3 chapters of 12.67 pages, 7.67 pages, and 3.67 pages. Page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 13 of the main story sequence.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 13 of the main story sequence.
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Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual; Secret Origins
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately preceding page 14 of the main story sequence.
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 21 of the main story sequence.
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Feature(s): Giant Batman Annual
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 21 of the main story sequence.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following page 21 of the main story sequence.
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Spiders & Insects

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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, nature, non-fiction
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following the two previous sequences.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On the same page as the previous sequence.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Richard C. West, Albert J. Aubry, Jr., Ken Gentry, Andy Gustafson, and Stuart Thorn.

On the page immediately preceding page 22 of the main story sequence.
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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