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SHOWCASE #23
Cover Date: November-December 1959
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-09-24
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Gil Kane
Inks: Joe Giella
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Credits:
| Story | John Broome |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Supporting Character(s):
- Carol Ferris
- Venusians (first appearance; a blue-skinned caveman-like race)
- Lois Fuller (first appearance; a debutante; one of Green Lantern's dates)
- Guardians of the Universe (behind the scenes; voice heard through Green Lantern's power battery only)
Villain(s):
- Bird-Raiders (first appearance; a race of yellow Venusian pterodactyls)
Other Character(s):
- Brenda Brown (first appearance; an actress; one of Green Lantern's dates)
- Susie Taft (first appearance; one of Green Lantern's dates)
- Partygoers in Coast City (first appearance)
- Employees at Ferris Aircraft (first appearance)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Hal Jordan's sector is first designated as 2814.
- According to this story Hal is still not aware of the Guardians of the Universe.
Story Reprinted in:
- Green Lantern Vol. 2 #88 (February-March 1972)
- The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (1990)
- Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1 (1993)
- Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 1 (2005) (black and white)
- Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1 (2009)
- Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 1 (2011)
- Green Lantern: The Silver Age #1 ([December] 2016)
- Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([April] 2017)
Credits:
| Story | John Broome |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan; next in flashback in Justice League of America #9/Secret Origins Vol. 2 #32; see Comment)
Supporting Character(s):
- Carol Ferris
- Dr. Martin Phillips (first appearance; a famous physicist)
Villain(s):
- Invisible Destroyer (first appearance; created from the subconscious mind of Dr. Phillips; next in JLA: Year One #7; also see comments)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner switch lives in the Year One Annual Green Lantern Annual Vol. 3 #4 (1995): "Shared Lives"
- In pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity Green Lantern's next appearance following this story is Justice League of America Vol. 1 #9. Post-Crisis on Infinite Earths certain elements of that story were retconned and new version appeared in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #32. That retcon has since been retconned but it is not known whether or not the old version is once again valid.
Story Reprinted in:
- Green Lantern Archives Vol. 1 (1993)
- Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 1 (2005) (black and white)
- Green Lantern Chronicles Vol. 1 (2009)
- Green Lantern Omnibus Vol. 1 (2011)
- Green Lantern: The Silver Age #1 ([December] 2016)
- Green Lantern: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 ([April] 2017)