 "In brightest day... in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight! Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power - Green Lantern's light!" - Hal Jordan
Showcase Vol 1 #22 October, 1959 Executive Editor: Julius Schwartz Cover Artists: Gil Kane "S.O.S. Green Lantern!" Writers: John Broome Pencilers: Gil Kane Inkers: Joe Giella Editors: Julius Schwartz "Secret of the Flaming Spear" Writers: John Broome Pencilers: Gil Kane Inkers: Joe Giella Editors: Julius Schwartz "Menace of the Runaway Missile" Writers: John Broome Pencilers: Gil Kane Inkers: Joe Giella Editors: Julius Schwartz Appearing in "S.O.S Green Lantern!" Featured Characters: Green Lantern/HalJordan (First appearance) Supporting Characters: Green Lantern (Abin Sur) (First appearance) (Dies) Locations: California Items: Green Lantern Ring (First appearance) Green Lantern Power Battery (First appearance) Vehicles: Abin Sur's Starship (First appearance) Synopsis for "S.O.S. Green Lantern!" An alien peace officer named Abin Sur of the Green Lantern Corps crash lands in the middle of the California desert. As he lay dying, he commands his power ring to seek out a worthy successor - one who proves to be fearless and strong-willed. Miles away, test pilot Hal Jordan is examining a flight simulator when a corona of green light envelops him, pulling him along with the simulator to the spot of Abin Sur's crashed vessel. Abin Sur tells Hal that the power of the ring selected him to take on the role of the Green Lantern. He gives him the ring, his costume and a power battery. He instructs him that the ring will obey his every command, but is powerless against anything colored yellow. He further tells him that the ring's energy must be charged from the power battery once every twenty-four hours. Hal agrees to accept the responsibility of wielding the ring in the cause of justice, and with that, Abin Sur passes away. Hal Jordan is now Green Lantern. Appearing in "Secret of the Flaming Spear" Featured Characters: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Supporting Characters: Carol Ferris (First appearance) Carl Ferris (First appearance) Villains: Saboteurs (Single appearance) Other Characters: Frank Nichols (Single appearance) Locations: California Coast City Ferris Aircraft Items: Green Lantern Ring Green Lantern Power Battery Vehicles: The Flaming Spear Synopsis for "Secret of the Flaming Spear" Test pilot Hal Jordan goes to the office of Carol Ferris, daughter of Ferris Aircraft's president and CEO Carl Ferris. He asks Carol out on a dinner date, and Carol agrees. Suddenly, an S.O.S. pipes through the office intercom. A Ferris aviator piloting the experimental Flaming Spear is in trouble. Hal sneaks away and changes into the Green Lantern. He flies out towards the runway and helps bring the Flaming Spear safely to ground. His ring picks up a strange radiation emanating from the nose of the plane. Tracing the energy signature back to its source, Green Lantern finds that a group of saboteurs are responsible for disrupting the Flaming Spear's flight path. When Green Lantern appears before them, the thugs begin shooting at him, but he uses his ring to make their bullets explode. One of them picks up a yellow lamp and heaves it at Hal Jordan. As the power of his ring is vulnerable against anything colored yellow, the lamp succeeds in striking Jordan's head, knocking him down. The saboteurs take this opportunity to make their escape. Green Lantern revives and gives chase, but quickly discovers that their getaway car is colored yellow as well. He uses his ring to spike the vehicle's tires causing it to skid to a halt. The three criminals attempt to flee, but Hal binds them with tendrils of green energy. With the threat abated, Green Lantern changes into his civilian attire and returns to Ferris Aircraft. Carl Ferris calls Carol and he into his office for an important announcement. He tells them that his wife and he are going on an extended vacation for the next two years. During this time, Carol will retain full control of the company. After Carl leaves the room, Hal asks Carol if they are still on for their dinner date, but Carol tells him that as his new boss, their relationship will be "strictly business" for the next two years. Back in his locker room, Hal laments the fact that his power ring can grant him his every desire except the one thing he wants most in the world - Carol. Appearing in "Menace of the Runaway Missile" Featured Characters: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Supporting Characters: Carol Ferris Villains: Doctor Parris (Single appearance) Other Characters: Unnamed Colonel (Single appearance) Locations: California Coast City Ferris Aircraft Items: Green Lantern Ring Green Lantern Power Battery Synopsis for "Menace of the Runaway Missile" After partaking in a test flight, Hal Jordan tries to ask Carol Ferris out on a date, however she rebuffs him stating that she is going to the celebrity ball to meet Green Lantern. That night, Hal changes into Green Lantern and has a romantic interlude with Carol until he notices a missile in the sky. Speeding off to try and stop it, he realizes that the missile is coated in yellow paint and his power ring cannot effect it. That is until he notices that the nose cone of the missile is not yellow and is able to stop it by creating a net with his power ring. Tracking the missile to its source, he captures its creator: a scientist who put his evil ambition ahead of his country. After Green Lantern turns him over to the military, he returns to the Ferris Aircraft Company the next day as Green Lantern to apologize to Carol, who coldly rebuffs him. Notes
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 "Three times shall I flame green! First - to bring death! Second - to bring life! Third - to bring power!" - the Green Flame of Life
All-American Comics Vol 1 #16 July, 1940 Executive Editor: Sheldon Mayer Cover Artists: Sheldon Moldoff Writers: Bill Finger Pencilers: Martin Nodell Inkers: Martin Nodell Letterers: Martin Nodell Editor: Sheldon Mayer Appearing in "The Origin of Green Lantern" Featured Characters: Green Lantern (Alan Scott) Next (First appearance) Supporting Characters: Jimmy Henton (Only appearance; dies) Villains: Albert Dekker (Single appearance) (Dies) Other Characters: Billings (Single appearance) Chang (First appearance) Locations: Earth-Two China Arizona Grand Canyon (Behind the scenes) Trestle Bridge Gotham County Arkham Asylum Items: Green Flame of Life (First appearance) Green Lantern Power Battery (First appearance) Green Lantern Ring (First appearance) Synopsis for "The Origin of Green Lantern" Engineer Alan Scott and his colleague, Jimmy, travel aboard a train across the American Midwest. Alan is present to inspect the recently designed Trestle Bridge. Alan recently outbid a rival engineer named Alert Dekker for the Trestle Bridge contract, and Jimmy is concerned that Dekker might try to sabotage the bridge's test trial. Alan assures him that there is nothing to worry about. As fate would have it however, a bomb explodes beneath the bridge derailing the train. Everyone on board is killed in the explosion – everyone but Alan Scott. Alan awakens and finds a strange emerald lantern resting near the wreckage. The lantern begins glowing and an eerie voice begins to chant, "Three times shall I flame green! First - to bring death! Second - to bring life, and third - to bring power!" Known as the Green Flame of Life, the disembodied voice infuses Alan with visions of the past. Flashback: Two-thousand years ago a green meteor came to Earth and landed in the provinces of China. An aging occultist named Chang discovered the meteor and listened to the same spectral promises of death, life and power. Cutting away a portion of the alien rock, Chang fashioned it into a small lantern. The neighboring villagers distrusted the sorcerer and before long, a mob gathered together and killed him. The Flame of Life fulfilled the first of its prophecies. The lamp traveled across the globe for centuries until it eventually fell into the hands of a mental patient named Billings. Billings remolded the lamp into the shape of a train conductor’s lantern. The Green Flame of Life flared again and mystically restored Billings' sanity – granting him a new lease on life. As promised, the second of three prophecies has been fulfilled. Now the Green Flame of Life flares for a third time granting the gift of power to Alan Scott. Following the lantern's instructions, he cuts away a small piece of the lamp and molds it into a ring. The Flame of Life instructs that in order to effectively wield his power, he must charge his ring with energy from the lantern, once every twenty-four hours. With this fantastic new power under his command, Alan sets out to find Albert Dekker – the man responsible for blowing up the Trestle Bridge. Glowing like a green phantom, he phases through the walls of Dekker's office and forces him to take responsibility for the bridge's destruction. Moments after Dekker confesses to his crimes, he falls away dead from fright. Alan decides to use his new-found powers and tools to fight crime as a man of mystery. He becomes... the Green Lantern. Notes
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July 2015 marks the 75th Anniversary of Green Lantern. Allan Scott the original Green Lantern, created by Martin Nodell, was introduced in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940). Published by All-American Publications, one of three companies that would eventually merge to form DC Comics. Over the years there have been many more GL's with Hal Jordan becoming the most well known. Here we will be celebrating all things Green Lantern in honor of there 75th anniversary. 
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